Smyrna times., 1898-01-12
SmVaWU, Del. ,
CLAYTON.
Three Cows Fell Down a Well, from which
Two Died-Ran a PitchfOrk Into
His Hand.

Two Died-Ran a PitchfOrk Into
His Hand.
The pay car gladdened the hearts OF
the employees of the P. W. & B..R. r.
Co. at this place last Friday. Pay cars
are nice things to have around.
r. E. Cantwell, of the ''Brick Store
Landing Farm" has rented the
"Spruance Farm, tenanted bv l.. r.
Davis, and will move there March 1st
At a meeting for the purpose of
electlng superintendent of the Ewell
NJ. ?. Sunday School, E. Shaw was
chosen for the position. Revival ser
vices are being held at the above
church each night. The meetings are
being well attended and good feel
ing seems to prevail.
John W. Ennis met with a painful
accident last Tuesday. While assist
ing IN loading a wagon with ice at the
pond, his hand came in contact with a
pitchfOrk used by his brother, and one
prong entered the palm of the hand at
the base of the thumb, inhicting
painful wound. Medical aid was at
once summoned and probably lock-jaw
was prevented.
The Ladies' Guild, of Trinity P. E.
Church, met last Thursday evening at
Mrs. E. r. Sipple's fOI the purpose of
electlng officers for the ensuing year.
which resulted in the reelection of the
ones who had served so efficiently and
faithfully during the past year: MIS-.
Richard Tunis, president; Mrs. w. S.
Colpltts, secretary, and Mrs. Thos.
Holiday, treasurer.
Mr.. l.. L. Davis met with a rather
heavy loss Sunday morning. He is
noted for having fine cattle and takes
great pride in caring for them. Each
COW is stabledand haltered in her stall.
In the feed room is a we'll which for
the past year has not been used. The
pump had been removed and the well
covered over. Sunday morning Mr..
Davis was awakened by his man, who
notified him that two cows were in the
well, while the herd was roaming at
large in the feed room. Mr.. Davis at
once set to work to extricate them.
With block and fall he succeeded in
getting them out The last one to 90
down, lived. The first one was found
dead and the second one lived until
Monday morning. Both COWS would
have been fresh in a month or six
weeks. 1t is supposed that they were
left unhaltered and in skirmishing
around knocked the cover off and
went down backwards.
Personal Miss Annie lamar is
spendinga few days with her sister.
Mrs. Ed. Ford. She is just recover
ing from an accident in which she
was severely hurt by bicycle rider,
who was scorching. Rev. H. G. G.
Vincent, of Paulsboro, n. j.. late
Chaplain and Reading Clerk of the
House of Representatives, stopped over
IN town yesterday en- route to the
re-convenlng of the Legislature on
Monday night. - Mr.. 1. n. Mills.
OF Clayton, and Captain Hedge
Thompson, of Longwoods, Md, left
Clayton last Thursday for an ex-
tended trip through the South. The
itinerary embraces the States of Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee.
Georgia aud Florida, in which thew
will visit all the places of interest
They expect to return sometime in
February. = Mr.. and Mrs. Seiders
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Alexandria, Va, and Wash
lngton, d. c., returning home on
Luke F. Matthews.
who has been here some weeks repre-
8entlng the Guarantee Building and
Loan Association, of Baltimore, has
transferred his headquarters to SMYRNA
Tor awhile.-Miss Elsie Thomas made
a very pleasant visit last week at Miss
Lulu Severson's. The Misses Mills
eetertained the Tuesday Club, of
smyrna, last evening. Miss Isabelle
and Edna Tunis were present at the
'ard party of Miss Helen Slaughter, at
Dover. R. f. Blair will leave soon for
/ trip to California and other points
Nest.-Miss Emma Hearne was given
lsursprie party last Wednesday even
ng by her friends.