Smyrna times., 1898-10-19
DELAWARE ITEMS.

> reu TO the West Virginia Conference.
/ Thus far the Republicans of New
Castle county are united and every
: thing they say, looks like a clean
!. sweep at the election in November.
. In the hope of starting a re-
!; vlval of religion, Wilmington's Sun
!; day School superintendents have or
ganized, with William K. Crosby as
= president.
About 200 members of Delaware g
; Grand Army Of the Republic will par
=, tIclpate i'll the peace jubilee in Phila-
delphia. They will be accompanied
by the Smyth Post Band.
The Republican factions of Sussex
have agreed upon Robert Short. I'm
iOnist, for Sheriff, and Mark II. Davis.
for Representative from the First Leg
islative district.
Mr.. q. w. w. Naudain and daugb-
ter Miss Daisy, of Middletown, have
gone to Omaha, Neb., where thev will
attend the exposition and also be pres
ent at a reunion of Mr.. Naudain's fam
lily.
MAY Go SOUTH,-The Peninsula
Press Association may take trip to
Jacksonville, Florida, or New Orleans.
Louisiana, during the Mardi Gras
FESTIVAL as arrangements could not be
made to go to Omaha, Neb.
Tugs last week begun to pump 9OO,-
OOO gallons of oil out the steamer.
Weehawken, which was damaged to
the extent of $500, 900 by fire, off Cher
ry Island Flats, and she will be able to
take the remainder of her cargo to
Point Breeze.
A wedding took place at the home Of
John W. Collins near Dover last We'd |
nesday evening, when their daughter
Annie was married to Howard Moore. |
of Philadelphia The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Alfred Smith. d. |
ID. They will reside in Philadelpbia
n. j. Abbott, who has acted as boss
OF the section gang from Dover to
Cheswold, has been promoted to the
position OF boss of the floating gang to
succeed Benjamin Fluharty, of Clay
ton, who goes to the Maryland Divis-
ion.
Mr.. Clark Franklin, of Middletown.
tOrmerly y of Smyrna, a musician in the
lst Delaware Regiment, and one of
those to be mustered out has secured
position as machinist at Merchant
vile, n. j., and left for his new home
last week.
The Democrats of Smyrna and vicin-
lty have organized club to be known
as the Democratic club of Duck Creek
hundred. The officers are Robert Y.
Wallen, president; w. L. MacFarlane.
secretary; and Willard G. Pierce.
treasurer; Nathaniel S. Pratt, Jani
tor.
Detective Hutchins has been down
In Sussex, looking after violators of
the game laws. He has also been en-
deavoring to get on the trail of the
burglars who have been operating ,
along the line of the Delaware Rail
road. If he will come to Smyrna he !
will find men or boys shooting down
the creek on Sundays.
No JURORS DRAwN-As no Jurors
have been drawn for the Botkin case 6
up to the present time it is not likely $
that there will be any session of the :
Court OF Oyer and Terminer at the 5
time of the Court of General Sessions I
which cOnvenes October Gath. The 8
trial of Alfred Gibbs, who shot How !
ard Harper, at Dover, also awaits this
court G
DEATH OF r. A. BLACK.-R. A. !
Black, aged 81 years, who built the q
Priscilla Block, died in Dover. Last I
spring, he swallowed a small piece of i
chicken bone, and it became lodged in Q
his lntestines. The bone was not re- !,
moved until last week, when DR.. Glenn I
ents performed an operation. Mean e
while, it cut the intestines, and gan
creme set in. Another operation was n n
performed Wednesday. il
Howard Harper, colored, aged twen q
ty-two years, was shot and killed early "
Tuesday week at Dover by Zachariah
Gibbs, also colored. The shooting oc- r,
Cured at o'clock and about Z o'clock :,
Gibbs walked to the county Jail and y,
surrendered to the sheriff Gibbs saws :,
Harper chased him with club and he :,
shot in self-defense. Jealously is said v v
to have been at the bottom of the =
crime. II
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Outten
who recently moved to Seaford, We'd b,
lesday, and, going to the Odd Fellows OF
cemetery, where he has a burieI lot. 10
'wallowed paris green, laudanum and to
odine, which he had purchased at va
cambridge. Harry Lawrence. who it
discovered Outten in great agony, sum- tn
noned DIR. Johns. The physician ad- al
antidotes and used stom- en-
lch pump upon the would-be suicide,
lter winch he revived. pC
The nominees on the Republican al
icket in New Castle county, have con- IL
luded that they would not give any OF
pledges to the letter sent them by the he
Union Republican Committee. They pl
cry wisely came to the conclusion op
hat the voters did not require them to TIC
lake any pledges. They, as candi-
ates received the votes of their con-
tituents, who were the judges of their De
iepublicanism, and as such, were will IT
ng to vote for them, nothing more was tir
sked of them or should be. ,r,
DELAWARE BAPTIST UNION APPROVE i'm
HE REFUSAL TO APPROPRIATE MONEY far
OR SUNDAY Schools. ad- at
the fifth annual convention ov'
the Delaware Baptist Union Asso- ha
iation at Dover, adopted resolutions sio
pproving the action of New Castle me
ounty's Levy Court in ruling against this
money to each Sunday tho
,hoOl in the county The asSooio4;o, itV