Smyrna times., 1898-10-12
DELAWARE ITEMS.

Now for the sober October.
Ten hogs owned by Geo. A. Milling
ton died last week of cholera.
Swapping mackerel are running at
New Castle and the fishing is said to
be frst-class.
Wilmington has building boom, % |
permits for new structures having been |
issued last month.
Philadelphia's Peace Jubilee, Oct.
Goth, will place that old town Miles
ahead of every other city.
Mrs. r. H. Vandyke succeeds the
late lamented Mrs. Ida Deane as sec
retary of the Dover Century Club.
The funeral of Mrs. Kate Stoeckle,
of Wilmington, Thursday, was one of
the largest in Wilmington in recent
years.
The ice factory, at Dover, has closed
with large quantity of ice on hand.
The plant will probably be enlarged
next year.
Jacob Hevahoe, of Dover, caught his
hand in his bicycle chain, and it was
so badly mangled that amputation was
necessary.
George H. Kelley, of South Butte,
Montana, and Miss Mary N. Anderson,
of Middletown, will be married at the
brides to-day.
The annual session of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union of this
State will be be held in Camden to-day
Thursday and Friday.
If every man in Kent county pays a
dollar and gets registered so as to vote,
5000 will be in the treasury of the
county from this source.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee has sent circulars to unregis-
tered Democrats, urging them to be-
come registration, October 22nd.
Rev. S. n. Pilchard preached al
Wesley Church, Dover, Sunday morn
ing, DIR. Smith preaching in Camder
at the reopening of the church there
j. Harvey Spruance has resigned as
member of the Democratic Excutiv,
Committee of New Castle County, an(
is succeeded by Colonel William B
Norton.
The Delaware soldiers have beel
paid off and the men furloughed for 3
days. They will then report in viii
mington at the armory and be muster
ed out of service.
E. l.. Jones & Co. have contracted t
put steam-heating apparatus in tn
= residences of J. Stanley Short anC
3 Alexander Pullen, at Milford, and i
the residence of Joseph E. George, q
, Sudlersville.
Probably the Hon. L. Irving Hand.
:. can explain why the recent Democrat
! State convention held at Dover faile
= to pass a resolution of sympathy fo
Thomas F. Bayard and his family
f Morning NeIUs.
) A circular letter has been sent b
g the Demoratic State Central Commi
r tee to each Democrat in the State M
q already registered urging him to
e registered at the next and last, oppo
tunity ON the % inst.
According to a statement from Ger
A eral John p. Donohoe, the line office
IT of the First Delaware Regiment wi
be given general shaking up for Il
l. partiality they have shown in selectir
l. men to be mustered out of service.
Is MoNRo-DAvIs. Walter MOnro an
N N Miss Ida Davis, of Blackbird, we
d married on Wednesday morning last
d the residence of the brides parents, Il
g Rev. Alfred Chandler officiating. II
If couple are spending their honeymoC
\. in New York City.
q The Clerk of the Peace for Ne
t, Castle County, Jefferson B. Foard, h
"a settled with the State Treasurer f
az the license fees for the two mont
ne ending with September. The amou
IS. paid to the State Treasurer was So;
re 147. Liquor licenses furnished $S'
$40 of the amount.
Circulars of the Union Republic
u committee of New Castle comfy, as
. ing the Regular Republican nomine
NJ for the General Assembly to pied
Iiss themselves, in the event of Repub
y" can Legislature, to abide by cauc
u mandates on United States Senai
'o' and on all political measures, we
'rs sent to the candidates last week.
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Ex-AMBAssADoR BAYARD's WILL
The will of the late Thomas F. Baya
le- was filed in the Office of the Regis
er. of Wills. Thursday. The estate is '
tor ued at between $4,000 and $75, o
nd At the end of year the Whining
the property is to be sold and the proce,
re- divided. The Washington house
ate left to Mrs. Bayard. Five hund
dollars was left to Old Swet
Church.
ure Says the Wilmington Republic
cit is said fifty members of the d