Smyrna times., 1898-05-25
DELAWARE ITEMS.

The English-speaking people OF the
world are in full harmonyto day. That |
is good.
The question of having a rousing
Fourth of July celebration in Dover Is
being agitated.
Camp Tunnel will soon come to an
end. and our soldiers will become full
fiedged Federal troops.
The gunboat Wilmington has at
tended to Cardenas and made up for
the attack upon the Winslow.
The convention of the Episcopal
Diocese of Delaware will he heldl IN
Georgetown on June l.
The clearings of the Wilmington
banks last week were S035, ,997, com
pared with $685.. 92S last year at the
same time.
Washington Hastings has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Wilmington, to
succeed Col. Enoch Moore, whose
term had expired.
There will be no home guard for
Delaware. All members of the Ma
tional Guard of Delaware, who do not
enlist, will be discharged.
William Wright and Miss Annie
Naylor, both of Townsend, were mar
ried at Odessa on Thursday evening,
the Rev. W. o. Hurst officiating.
There will be no public demonstra-
| ton in Dover on Decoration Day. A
| committee has been appointed to SIM
| plv decorate the graves of the dead
comrades.
Senator Alrichs last week, made an
effort to have the Legislature adjourn
sine die, but as he and Mr.. Stewart
were the only members voting for his
motion it was lost.
The Rev. S. F. Upham, D. D., Of
Drew Theological Seminary, Will
preach the baccalaureate sermon to
the students of the Wilmington Con-
ference Academy next month.
Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr., Princi-
pal of the public schools at Newport,
resigned to devote himself to the prac-
tice of the law, having recently been
admitted to the New Castle county
Bar.
Two companies of the Pennsylvania
troops will take the place of Battery
G at DuPont's powder works. Bat
terv G. left for the front Friday anC
Battery NJ was expected to leave Tues
day morning.
In every war that this country has
engaged in, from the Revolution tC
the present day, the men of Delaware
have taken a conspicuous and honor
able part, and the State never failed tt
do its full duty to the general govern
; ment.
Mr.. G. E. NJ Stengle, editor of tn
: Port Deposit Press, has been mad
e Third Sergeant of the Delaware Ma
4 tiOnal Guards. Jacob Gehrney, Levi
Todd and Clay Whitaker accompanie
him from Port Deposit.
The searchlight on Fort Delawar
z furnishes a rare spectacle. On Tues
day and Wednesday nights it was Opel
A ated for hours, its beams being throw
a in every direction and lighting up tn
l. country on either side of the river fC
2, miles.
y CAMDEN CAMP.-The Board of mai
LS ayers and trustees of the Camden UniC
10 Camp Meeting Associations, have d
E cided to hold camp this year from Jul
/ 81 till August the 10. Rev. G.
lie Sheppard will be the preacher
Y, charge.
N DIR. Baker, of Grace NJ. E. Churcl
to said Sunday evening in his sermC
"That it is war of defence, war {
humanity, because this nation hi
k said to Spain that the oppression
a. Cuba must stop" He paid a his
N compliment to President Mckinley.
re 1t is understood that both the Ke
n. and Sussex County Union Republics
- Committees are in favor of keeping |
r their organizations and placing ticke
TX in the field regardless of the Regular
s. The Regular vote in both counties
n so small that the Union leaders apps
~ = emily do not think it worth the VIII
a. trifing with.
SO W. B. Truitt, the Bridgeville me
chant, who was shot on Tuesday
- Alexander Close, is in critical cone
u ton. DIR. W. Joseph Hearn, of Phil
ell delphia, was at Bridgeville, THU
to day, in consultation with the atten