Smyrna times., 1898-05-04
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
.HnzYrnn. DeI.
Wednesday Afternoon, May 4, '98.
DELAWARE ITEMS.

OldLuS are quite pl6uIl1u1 LAlo SCdSOA
and are excellent for chowders or when |
nicely deviled.
Ridgely Harrington could not in
spire the Dover boys with sufficient
patriotism to fill his company.
Restaurateur Blackiston, of Dover,
found in an oyster blue pearl which,
a local jeweler informs him, is worth
$40.
Governor Tunnel is reported as say
ing that the ''brave boys" at Camp
Tunnel proved to be rabbit heart
ed lot.
Miss Mary Louise Field, daughter
of William NJ. Field, and Howard P.
Sadtler of Baltimore, Md, were mar
ried Thursday evening at the brides
home, Kentmere, Wilmington.
Albert W. Williams, the Bowers
Beach correspondent of the Hnder, is
organizing a company of able bodied
colored men. He reports having good
success so far.
Sheriff Shaw sold the property of
Charles and Ella Patten, in Dover, to
Arley B. Magee for $3.50, and the prop
erty of Washington McClary, at Leip-
sic, to Mr.. Magee for SO. 50.
Joshua J. Workman, of George
town, has obtained arenewal of pension
of $S per month. William H. Davis, of
Townsend, has been granted an in
crease of pension, from So to S12.
Mr.. William NJ. Holten, of Middle
town, and Miss Ida V. Houston, of
near Mt. Pleasant were married Thurs
day at the residence of her aunt, Miss
Harriet Houston, by Rev. I. L. Wood.
H. G. Collision, of Dover, Del, offers
himself as candidate for the nomina-
tion for the Office of Clerk of the Peace
in and for Kent county, subject to the
decision of the Democratic County
Convention.
1t was we'll that our National Guard
experienced discomforts and hardships
at the opening of Camp Tunnel. The
situation showed the ''picnic soldiers"
what was to be expected and sent them
home in short order.
Ex-Recorder James 7. Shallcross
has bought the McDonough Flour
Mills of Mr.. w. 81. Voshell, and has
taken charge of them. The mill is
known as Smiths Mills situated near
Mr.. Shallcross' residence.
Already there is a decided advance
in the rates for the necessaries of life.
This is One of the penalties people have
to pay for indulging in war, and it is
bound to fall most heavily upon those
least able to bear the burden
On Tuesday West Point graduated
the class of 1898, consisting of fifty-fve
young men, who will enter service i'm
mediately. Among the number is
Clark Churchman of Delaware, the
son of Caleb Churchman.
A ten-foot flag has been raised at
Jones Machine Shop i'll Dover, and il
will continue to float as long as the
war lasts. We are glad, says the Del
aaUarean, that there are signs of pa
triotism somewhere in Dover.
Lorenzo Forskey and Thomas White
of Salisbury, Md, visited Laurel the
other evening and fred revolvers in al
directions, Pete Cooper being strucl
in the arm. Forskey was sent tC
Georgetown Jail.
The placing of the big mines in the
Delaware River at Fort Delaware, it ii
said. els a necessary precaution, buf
we doubt if weeks argument would
convert the captain of a single river
boat to such an extreme idea just a
this time.
The fiasco at Camp Tunnel OF
Thursday, leaves a black mark on tn
page of Delaware's hitherto prout
history. The boasted valor of tn
Blue Hens chickens has suffered al
eclipse, by the larger part of the regi
ment going home.
George Dugan, Thomas F. Dugan
Thomas J. Begley, George F. Leland
Eugene Lamont and E. M. Harris O
Z Philadelphia, who are interested in tn
Milford & Woodland Beach electri
railway, went to Dover, and, accom-
panied by John D. Hawkins, drov