Smyrna times., 1898-02-09
County and State Items.

The February term OF New Castle |
County Court opened in Wilmington
yesterday.
Twelve young ladies met on Friday |
night and organized literary society |
in Frederica.
A civil service examination for pos
tai clerk and carriers will be held IN
Wilmington on March Is.
The venerable ManlOve Hayes, who
has been a director of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of DOvor, since its fOun-
datiOn, has resigned in order to divest
himself of some of his business cares.
Because of high prices last spring
many more acres of early white pota-
toes will be planted in Delaware than
have been heretofore. High price of
seed potatoes may check the increase
some.
The colOred pupils at Dover met at
Whatcoat NJ. E. Church and organized
an auxiliary committee to work in con-
{ JuAlCllOu M1bll llC OldlG OOllGS6
tees and to assist them in building up
the college.
The Adams Tax law, in its present
shape, is a source of constant wOrri-
ment to the county assessors. The
law is so imperfect that they cannot
understand how to apply it. Better,
by far, repeal it altogether. -Erery
EUening.
The oil painting of General Wash
ington will be rehung in the position
it has occupied ON the walls of the
main stairway of the State House at
Dover. 1t is lucky that the question
has been finally disposed of and this
all absorbing subject settled.
A disastrous fire was averted at Del
mar on Thursday morning by the
prompt action of several of the citizens
by the use of several buckets of water.
The blaze started in the second story
of w. Bellett's store, the same location
as the fire of 1892 originated.
1t has been Al years this month since
the Nj. E. Church was dedicated at
Frederica. On the Goth of February
they will celebrate the anniversary of
the dedication of the church in con-
junction with the Missionary anniver-
sary. II was built by Alvan Allen.
The assessors were given an extern
sion of time on the Adams Tax Law
until March when the assessment of
properties will be completed. The
Adams tax bill Interpretation seems as
yet to be a puzzle to the members of
the Levy Court as well as the Asses
sOrs.
The Wilmington Board of Trade will
hold a special meeting this week to
4 consider further the bill to be pre-
sented to the Legislature that the city
appropriate ten cents on every dollar
? given by the National Government to
. improve the river and harbor at Will
: mington.
: John Cummings the oldest residen
I of Leipsic, died Friday at the resi-
. dence of his daughter in that place.
0 His death was due to old age He was
: close to 100 years old, and some of his
! children now living are between &C
and 20 years of age, the oldest being
the last named age.
l. The Wilmington "EUery EUening''
= came to us on Wednesday evening last
= as a twelve page industrial edition
}. representing the various industries O.
.e the city of Wilmington. We cOngrat
= ulate it on its success in getting VI
such an edition and bespeak for it the
9 well wishes of its many patrons.
: New CASTLES Poor CARED FOR
is The appeal for aid for the destitute o.
S. New Castle has resulted in the supply
N ing of the applicants for the present
59 Two wagons, laden with provisions
I. were received at the headquarters o
r the Associated Charities. David W
s. ElkihtOn, treasurer of the Associate
20 Charities, stated that he had receive
'. checks and money to the amount {
a 5000.
is
n The pressure that has been brougI
IS to bear on Senator Gray if he wants t
o. succeed himself in the U. S. Senat
and he has gracefully succumbed t
the inevitable. 1t begins to look as
Senator Kenney and Congressma
ID Handy were bigger men in the part
II; than Senator Gray, in Delaware,
o. least The Missionary work of Col
af- gressman Handy, Senator Kenne
er- John F. Salisbury, the Silver Leagu
Us Us; and John G. Gray is progressing. III
RS sound money Democrats, under IL
es, leadership of ex-Ambassador Thomi
nd F. Bayard, appears to be on the wan,
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