Smyrna times., 1897-07-28
County and State Items.

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F. H. Burgess, of Philadelphia. pro-
poses to locate a shirt factory in Dover.
Mrs. Bessie W. Box Monday brought
suit in Wilmington Court for divorce
from her husband, w. J. Box.
Rev. Sam Small last evening address,
ed temperance meeting N Whining
ton on "Cranks and Jugwumps."
W. E. Smith, W. L. Cannon, and s
B. Hancock, of Dover, have each losta
valuable horse recently by lockjaw.
Big Thursday will be celebrated at
Bowers Beach on August 18th. At
Slaughter Beach it will be August 10Th.
The hardships suffered by the Cali
fornia 'FOrty-niner" will now be gone
over by the Alaskan ''Ninty-sevener. "
The congregation of the St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Georgetown. has
subscribed $1,000 to a rectory and re-
pair fund.
While Mrs. NJ. E. Norris was walk
ing in Dover street she was shot in the
arm by bullet, supposed to be from
an air rifle.
The Delaware Insurance COMPANY
has been organized at Dover with H. A.
Richardson as president and capital
stock of $4,000.
A. n. Brown, of Wyoming has been
elected secretary of the Delaware
State Fair Association, vice Mark w.
Cole, resigned.
There is says an exchange, nothing
half SO sweet in the life of a country
editor than subscribers paying ND with
an enticing smile.
More round potatoes are being ship
ped from Georgetown to the northern
markets than ever before. The prices
have been very good.
Edward S. WOOters, one of Kent |
cOnnty's leading citizens, died at his |
late residence near Burrsville on Sat-
urday week last
Detective McVey, in Wilmington,
arrested John KiwOwsky on board a
Delaware Railroad train, for robbing a
room mate of S54 at Stockley Station.
The drowning Ofyoung Howard Pyle,
Of Wilmington, near Glasgow, on
Sunday, was caused by the lad falling
from wagon he was washing in a mill
pond.
j. Edward Addicks has become Pres
ident Of company formed to develop
the Klondyke gold fields. Auditor
Gaynor of the Manhattan Railroad is
Treasury of the company.
Nine dogs in the vicinity of Green
wood, died recently of hydrophobia.
An Alderney COW owned by John H.
Wiley, which had been bitten by one
Of the rabid animals, died last Monday.
During the last week Milford and
Kenton have both shipped a few
peaches to Eastern markets. The
peaches were small in size and poor in
quality, but good prices were secured.
The trustees of the Delaware State
College for COlored Students have de-
cided to erect an addition to the col
lege building, near Dover. It will be
Of frame, 2jx5O feet and two stories
high.
John Cannon Short, of near George
town, a staunch Regular Republican,
is making a strong fight for the Office
Of United States Marshall, and if he
does not get there it will not be his
fault.
The Frederica excursion to Wood !
land Beach on Wednesday was attend
ell by about $50 persons. It stOrmed ,
SO IN the afternoon and evening that
they could not get back to Frederica ,
until o'clock in the morning.
President Mckinley has nominated '
as consul to Fuerth, Germany, Charles
w. krdman, of Kentucky, to succeed s
d. e. Carpenter, the present incum-
Dent Mr.. Carpenter was formerly a
resident Of Dover and editor of the 7
Dover Inter. {
a WILD MANA Townsend writer I
slate that an unknown man is living in a
blackblrd swamp and that he is caus-' '
ing much uneasiness among the resi- S
uehts OF that section. He very seldom l
comes out in day time, but he has been }
surprised by farmers who happened to '
De passing through the woods. 4
Ihe Admas tax bill will go into eff
iec' on August 1st, and with that date
.ne taxation of investments will begin.
all Alinyestments paying interest or yield
ius an income and which are notnow
''Aeu Tor either State or county pur- :
PO'eS' exempted from taxation, are to
Ue assessed at three-fOurths their cash
value. v
Inc Lewes Pilot has this to say: ga .
s'e4l many farmers seed large acre /;
ase as wheat in the fall, but when they !.
.-iesh IN the following summer the !,
lumber Of acres appear to have !;
s1indied down very considerable when
ls quantity of wheat grown to the 2
-'ie Is reported. This is the case :
4O''iy IN Kent and New Castle. 3
y a Violent windstorm, Friday from u
"e" York attended with rain and hail, c
'aused considerable damage to /
property In Philadelphia and Delaware, A
aOases being unroofed, chimneys de- k
lOlished, crops of fruits and vegetables n
destroyed and trees and electric lights il
and telegraph poles blown down. Sew ID
siai persons were shocked by the cleo b
VIC current, but no fatality was re- I
IsSr CouNTY's WHEAT YIELD. Big L
''slas Of wheat are reported from all Il
~ slf's Of Kent county, the estimate for "
SlspilliOn hundred being 200, 600 bush
IL The same proportion in the other S
-1lureds would make the total for the "