Smyrna times., 1898-01-26

land of Milford, to Mr.. Walter Lozier
Hopkins, of Philadelphia. The mar
rlage took place January 14th in Phila-
delphia.
}. Frank Alice bought from Harry
Mcdaniel, for J. Edward Addicks, the
trotter TiptOe, for $3.50, and Mr.. Ad-
dicks has presented to James Alice.
son of J. Frank Alice, a pony and a
two seat carriage.
Miss Daisy Dorman, of Salisbury,
who has large property interests at
Harrington, sold to Geo. w. Wilken.
and j. H. Myer, of Bridgeville, Del.
the farm formerly occupied bv James
Butler, for a consideration of 935OO
In the last fifty years water has been
constantly encroaching on the shore
at Bowers Beach and during the half
century the high-water mark has ad-
vanced inland $50 rods The spot where
the large hotel stood twenty years ago
inundated, and steps are being taken
to check the further encroaching of
the tides.
KENNEY FAvORs CONSIDERING IT AND
GRAY IN OPPOSITION. The U. S. Sen
ate Thursday voted by Al to % to CON
slider the Teller resolution to make the
United States bonds payable in silver
as well as gold. Senator Kenney voted
III favor of considering the resolution
aud Mr.. Gray voted against consider
ing it.
STATE HOUSE RELICS. The old Latin
bible which was printed in 1882 and
was obtained by the State through the
Vattemare international Exchange in
1850, now reposes III a glass case in the
library of the State House. Heretofore
1t has been stored away out of sight.
The State House protrait of General
Washington is to berepainted and again
hung on the main stairway.
A Sussex county sage claims that
county sent more soldiers to the war to
the rebellion, according to population
than any other county in the United
States. This may not be so of Sussex
county, but the records prove that the
State of Delaware in proportion to pop
ulatlOn furnished more troops to the
Union army than any other State.
officer Timmons, of Townsend, as
sisted by policemen Shields and Ma
loney, made important arrests in Will
mlngtOn. Wednesday, when they cap
tured Samuel Bell and Piner Dixon.
both colored, who are charged with
being implicated in the riot which oc-
CURED at Townsend on last Christmas
eve. Officer TimmOns has writs for
other negro men on the same charge,
and he will be very apt to get them
too.
Two sudden deaths occurred at Lau-
rel last week in the family of the late
governor, Joshua H. Marvil. His
cousin, Captain H. Creighton Hast
ings, an aged citizen, was the first.
Mr.. Hastings, who was one of Laurel's
oldest citizens, was stricken with a
chill during prayer in the Methodist
Episcopal Church Sunday morning.
The other was Mrs. Reuben Marvil.
aged 20 years, neice. Mrs. Marvil
was married on her nineteenth birth
day, January 81, 1897.
KENT COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the Kent
County Mutual Insurance Company
was held Wednesday. John w. Causey,
George B. Money and J. j. Ross were
elected directors for three years, and
James A. Hopkins, was elected direc-
tor for one year, to finish the late
James POnder's unexpired term. The
directors elected the following officers:
President, John w. Causey; Secretary
and Treasurer, William Denny; Agent
at Dover, James H. Todd. The agents
for other towns were reelected. After
the meeting the officials dined at the
Capitol Hotel.
DELEGATION ALWAYS AGREE.-Rep-
resentative J. Frank Eliason of New
Castle county says that there is one
delegation in the General Assembly
which always agrees and which always
votes UNANIMOUSLY for anything which
may be proposed in any of its caucuses.
1t is the Republican delegation from
Castle county Some people could not
understand how this was until they were
informed that Mr.. Eliason was the only
Republican representative in the lower
house of of the General Assembly and
is therefore the whole delegation him
self. This can never happen Under the
New Constitution.
The KENToN POSTMASTER. ap-
pointment of William H. Moore as
postmaster at Kenton was peculiarly
the result of circumstances. Mr..
Moore is a member of the Union Re-
publican Kent County Executive Com
mittee-and was an applicant for the |
Office having entered the field about
year ago.
When Colonel DUPONT was desig-
mated dispenser of the Federal patron
age of this State it was given out that
no Union Republican would be ap-
pointed to Office, and the result was two |
Democrats, one a man and the other a
woman, made application for the ap-
pointment A dilemma presented |
itself to Col. DUPONT and he was COM
PEELED to reccomend the Union Repub-
lican, who is highl y esteemed citi-
zen and will undoubtedly make an eff |