Smyrna times., 1898-02-02
County and State Items.

The book and stationery busines.
ior many years conducted in Whining
ton by q. F. Thomas & Co., has been
SOLD to ). 5. Connor & Co., of Phila.
delphia.
Professor William A. Pratt, of Della
ware College, at Newark, is preparing
TO make tour of the Delaware towns,
where he will deliver his lecture ON .
''TrlI to Alaska"
The Diamond State Telephone Com
pany is still prospering. During Jan.
uary nine new telephones have been
put IN, making the present number
one hundred and seven.
John B. Pennington of the legal
commission is sick. Senator Fenimore
IS sick, and with the legal commission
dlsagreelng and the House in a souab-
bic the people will soon be sick.
The official board of Goodman Cburcb
OF Wilmington, will urge the appoint
ment of Rev. H. G. Budd, of Perry
Vllle' Md, to fill the vacancy in the
pastorate caused by the retirement of
Rev. John France.
Sheriff Shaw, of Kent county sold
the VIM. R. Phillips farm of 151 acres
located near Milford, to Austin Peek
OF Philadelphia, for 81, 10000. The
buildings on the place cost over thirty
three hundred dollars, and Mr.. Peek
gets bargain. He formerly lived in
Milford Neck.
PENINSULA CANNERs MEET.-Tbe
PENINSULA Gamers met last week at
the Hotel Richardson, to hold their an
nual election and dinner. Over fiftv
members We're of the body dined to-
gether representing the canning in
dustry OF the peninsula The officers
elected were: president Joseph Wal
lace, Cambridge; vice president, H. p.
Cannon, Bridgeville; secretary and
treasurer, G. NJ. Dashiell, Princess
Anne, Nd.
DOVER rs TO HAVE LETTER Boxes
Through the efforts of the ladies' of the
Dover Century Club and others. the
cltlzens OF Dover are to enjoy the con-
venlence of having six letter boxes To-
Gated IN different parts of the town
from which mail will be collected three
times a day. The government furn-
lshes the boxes free and the Century
Club aud few other parties are to nav
Mail Carrier James Goodwin for max
ing the collections.
REoPENING OF DOVER Church
Bishop G. H. Fowler, of Buffalo. will
preach in the morning, Feb. 6, and
DR.. 5. F. Beiler. Vice Chancellor of
the American University, at Washing
ton, ID. c., at night. All the living ex-
pastors are invited and will be heard
from at free and easy meeting in the
afternoon. The Bishop will remain
over and deliver his wonderful lecture
on Abraham Liucoln" on Monday
night, FEBRUARY 7th.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY RULEs.-The
appointed at therecent Dem
Ocratlc county committee for the pur-
pose of making the rules of the party
conform to the new constitution of the
State, finally decided that the nomipa
lions for senators and representatives
should be made at primary elections
leld III the different districts, the same
Us will be done in New Castle county
md each district will of course vote ,
or its own man only. The nomina-
ions for offices which are voted for all ,
'yer the county will be held at county
conventions called for that purpose.
These conventions will consist of six :
MEMBERS from the representative dis
ricts.
JAMES JOHNSON. Johnson.
of Millington, dropped dead ?
t the residence of Wilson Jackson.
iear Downs Chapel on Sunday week
nd was buried at Kenton. He had :
een walking about the place and had I
ot complained of feeling unwell. !
Jpon returning from his walk he en- =
cred the house and Immediately drop >.
ed to the floor without uttering a -
'ord. Death was due to heart failure a
lie was 66 years old Mr.. johnson "
'as a celebrated character in his line. =
nd was for years proprietor of the 7
Green Tree Inn, at Millington. At q
very term of the Circuit Court of Kent p
ounty, Md, there were dozen or >;
lore indictments against the hotel =,
ian for selling liquor without a Ii ;,
ense. He invariably escaped all but 7
ne charge He would plead guilty to +,
ne charge indictment, and thus nolle E,
ros the other cases. He was G5 years w
age, and left Millington about six :,
lonths ago, as the of Kent county r
ere seeking him for breaking the =
zeal option laws of the county, and w
lme to Delaware. He has lived in n q
ut in the forest near Kenton since
'aving Millington. .,
HIGGINS OUT OF PoLITIos. s.-The Will II
lngton correspondent of the Phila- G
elphla Record says: ''It is stated that sc
. j. Reinhart will become law part P
er of ex-senator Higgins and that the
enator will retire from politics and
evote himself to law practice. Mr..
iggins had made the statement that
was out of politics several times, 70
I'd he has been taking no part in the in
stribution of the Federal patronage. M
1t a political campaign in Delaware lo
lthout ex-senator Higgins taking
md would be such a phenomenon tb
at his friends think his retirement is bo
lly temporary. -
Messrs. Morse and Dupont will do M
the patronage dispensing, but when lin
heat OF the campaign is on the in
sgular Republican workers will fall +r,
scouting behind the ex-Senators and mn
a ENrra IL