Smyrna times., 1898-01-19
County and State Items.


shot IN the arm and painfully wounded
by the accidental discharge of a re-
yoIyer III the hands of her small
brother
farm Of 100 acres owned bv the
heirs Of William Wood, near Smvrna.
was sold at Sheriffs sale at Townsend
Saturday, to A. B. Cooper, attorney.
for $1,000
Albert Cole, formerly of Dover, but
now of New York City, and Miss Min
ME White, also of that city. came TO
Dover, Thursday, and were married bv
the Rev. J. c. Pierce.
Mr.. Harry Manlove, of Middletown.
Del, and Miss Nellie f. Boulder.
daughter of Mr.. James Boulder, of
Chesapeake City, were quietly married
IN Philadelphia, on the 9TH inst
Robert H. Lewis has sold his farm
consisting of IS acres, situated near
Dover, to William Albrecht and
brother, of Brooklyn. n. J. The pur-
chasers expect to take possession tn e
first of March.
An impOster has been victimizine
residents of Dover by selling them pic-
lures of the National Soldiers Mon
ument" for 1918. After collecting the
money the man departed without leav-
ing the pictures
Mrs. f. j. Holson, the mother of
Elwood HOlson, who accidentlv and
fatally stabbed Walter Railey, a school
mate at Georgetown, received news
last week that her mother, Mrs. John
b. Wilson, had died suddenly at Hous-
ton, Del.
As Bunk Turner of Magnolia, was
coming in FELTON, Friday afternoon his
horse started to run and apiece of har
ness broke. He was arrested for fast
driving through town. The fine was
81 80 which he paid and hitching up his
horse drove home.
A Democratic contemporary saws
that Sin fact, Andrew jackson was a
gold standard advocate" Let's admit
that he was. But how is it that BRYAN.
Handy, kenney and several others of
the same kind, keep on insisting that
jackson was free silver man?-n0rn-
ing AeUS.
Because they are either culpablv
Ignorant or bent upon deliberately mis-
representing well-known facts. .-Ercry
EUening.
PENINSULA BANK SHowINGs. The
First National Bank of Seaford. has
declared dividend of per cent. for
the past six months. The National
Bank of Milford, has declared div
ldend of y per cent. for the same
time. The First National Bank of
Dover has declared a semi-annual div
idend of 3 per cent. despite the Boggs
tefalcatiOn from which it suffered.
The father of the late Moses P.
Handy, the eminent newspaper man,
and editor of the Chicago Times
herdtd, was a prisoner at Fort Della
ware during the war and subsequently
printed a book called Omitted States
BON bonds" Mr.. Handy at one time
lved in Odessa, his father being pastor
II Old Drawyer's Church near there.
de was buried at Berlin, Md, a week
lgO.
DEATH OF JACOB NEAFIE.-Jacob
Neafie, head of the great shipbuilding
irm of Neafie & Levy, died of heart
Iisease in Philadelphia Sunday. He
'egan life as n ship carpenter and was l
ver 20 years of age. The name of
'eatie a Levy is familiar to every man !
'ho runs boats on the Delaware river. .
he engines made by the firm are
.nown the world over. He was
'ealthy and in qniet way very gen
rOus.
THE GAMERS TURN Now.-The can
ers in the lower part of the State are
ow paying back hefarmers for break
lg contracts last season. They will ,
lake no contracts for tomatoes, peas
+ other produce with men who violated
heir contracts. Last year the tomato |
rop was short and men who had
greed to deliver tomatoes to the can
ers at So ton found that they could (
sll them for $50 ton to outside can
ers, and did so.
The engagement of Rev. Charles I.
tengle, Of Leipsic, to Miss Marion =,
tewart Bland, of Berkley, Va. has Nj
cen announced, the wedding to occur H
'metime during the coming spring. B
r. Stengle is pastor of the M. E.
hurch, of Leipsic, and was elected
laplain of the present. House of Rep
sentatives- Miss Bland is the
lughter of the well-to-do citizen of 4
orfolk county, Va, and is known in
over society. The Inder.