Smyrna times., 1897-02-10
County and State Items.

The State Agricultural Society will
meet at Dover to-day.
While chOpping wood near Middle.
town Noah Sliney cut off three toes.
Ex-Sheriff Mcdaniel, of Dover
broke a rib by falling on the ice last
week.
The Dover Hader is opposed to the
Adams bill to tax bonds and mort
cages.
Delaware National Guard officers
have prepared bill asking for larger
State appropriation for the militia.
The memorial of the Episcopalians
to the convention wants the grounds
granting divorce limited to infidelitv.
There are 400 applicants for positions
as conductors and motormen on the
New Castle & Wilmington Electric
Railway.
An effort will be made to secure a
charter from the Legislature for pro-
posed electric railway between West
Chester and Wilmington.
Fourteen Wilmington labor organi-
cations will petition the Constitution
al Convention not to abridge the pow
ers of the General Assembly.
While at play in Clayton, Edmund
Gootee, aged years, stabbed 7-year-
old George c. Tunis over the eve with
a penknife, inficting painful wound.
1t cost Editor Roberts ten dollars to
libel Mr. W. Hastings. Mr.. Hastings
should feel gratified at this judicial
determination of his value. Six cents
would have done about the same.
An exhibition was given by the deaf
and dumb children of Delaware from
the Washington School, at the Court
House, Dover, before the General As
sembly yesterday.
More than half the bills introduced
III the Legislature up to this month
were divorce bills, and the new Con-
stitution should compel this work
going to the courts where it properly
belongs.
SENATOR KENNEY's PRIVATE SEcRE-
TARY.-Arley B. Magee was sworn in
Saturday as private secretary to Sena-
tor Kenney by Justice of the Peace
Peter l.. Cooper. Mr.. Magee is 23
years old and is a law student under
General Kenney.
Mrs. Mary Newman Andrews. moth
er-in-law of Gen. James H. Wilson ,
and widow of the late Col. James F. |
Andrews, 1st Del. Regiment, died at {
her home near Wilmington on We'd {
nesday, in her S3rd year. !
The Levy Court of Sussex county
organized with Charles H. Sackett Of s
Cedar Creek, chairman, J. Francis
Bacon attorney and William H. Jester
bailiff. Mr.. Sackett is an active an in g
fluential Republican. The Levy Court
Is composed of eight Republicans and '
five Democrats. I
Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard will '
soon be an ex-Ambassador and will Law
aside all power as Minister to England '
He has done his country honor and I
his country has honored him. Not Q
withstaading all this, the Democrats
of Delaware do not take as kindly to 7
the name of Bayard as they once did. d
1t is now men of the stripe of Kenney, c
Gray and etc. v
CHARGED WITH EMBRzzLESrENT.-
George NJ. Satterfield of FELTON, was u
brought before Squire Cooper at d
Dover, Thursday, on the charge of -
embezzleing $3.50 from John 7. Mich
olson Of Albany, n. Y The suit grew y
out Of transactions over last wears Il
peach crop. Satterfield waived a hear
ing and was held in $500 bail for {
court. k
On Thursday, Joshua NJ. Arthurs, of 6
Kenton, took the oath of office as y
County Treasurer and his bond was =
approved by the Levy Court. Mr.. \
Arthurs will not assume the active 7
duties of the position until next week. q
as it will take three or four davs'to h
make the necessary settlement with n
County Treasurer Startling. .,
10arean. =,
Frank Thomas the colored man who CT
brutally assaulted Mrs Carrie E. Ball
OF Stanton, few weeks ago, and came G
near being lynched by the infuriated at
farmers of the neighbOrhood, was b,
brought to trial last week and received ia
the full extent of the law for his crime. T
ten years imprisonment, a fine of $500 d,
and thirty lashes at the whipping 81
post. "
The remnant of the John A. Rev ca
nolds stock of merchandise, at Middle 70
town, was sold at auction on Saturday, "
and this old firm that for so many II
years mad the leading mercantile house N
III TINS section, has gone ont of busi- N
ness. The large store rooms are beino Ie
made ready for their new occunants si
-At ~ D. moSSlCk will ha -
moving in.-Transcript
A VISIT To FARNHURsT.-Tb nam, -.
bers Of the General Assembly and Con esI
stltutional Convention, with a few in. tn
vIted guests, visited the State Hosni. cU cU
tai, Thursday, and were shown tbrore,l, it
the buildings. The visitors were MT Sl Sol
by DR.. j. J. Black and a COMMITTEES -
the trustees. DR.. Black in speecb ~
welcome urged the Assembly TO mako
= liberal appropriation to the bosnitaI ~
de also favored the abolition Of tbs "
whipping post and the piIlory. Speech
eS IN reply were made by D. s. Clark %
and Captain Dasey, of the Convention
and Mr.. Hazell of the Assembly. The mi
trustees of the Hospital are asking for
lot an appropriation of 800, 900. tai
BIG FIRE AT NEWPORT. Fire of
supposed incendiary origin wiped out rie
siA buildings in Newport, Friday, and Sc
n,so II not been for the timely arrival