Smyrna times., 1899-05-24
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
Trout are plentiful and cheap now
while shad and herring are a thing of
the past.
The Delaware Railroad Company
has begun the erection of new freight
offices at Wyoming, the fruit shipping
centre.
Friday night at Magnolia, the house
Loss, $14OO. The family had narrow
escape.
The First Battalion of the Delaware
Regiment left on Monday for Wash
ington, to take part in the Peace
Jubilee.
Henry G. Carpenter, formerly COM
mercial agent at Feurt, Germany, is
visiting Professor James H. Groves
in Wilmington.
William E. Cotter sentenced to 1S
months Imprisonment at Trenton for
completely in the Dover bank affair, is
florist at the institution.
The remains of Mrs. Susan Bice,
wife of Jacob Bice, conductor on the
Delaware Railroad, were taken to
Dover Monday, for interment.
The Peninsula Methodist appeared
last week with a pretty new heading,
in the centre of which is picture of
the Wilmington Conference Academy.
Chas. W. McFee of Georgetown,
formerly private Secretary to Senator
Geo. Gray, has been appointed pay
master IN the army at salary of 49,,
900 year.
The I. NJ. Gooden Merchandising
Company, which was incorporated on
Thursday, has purchased the store of
E. B. Kerbin, Dover. The latter goes
to Porto Rico.
Alfred Spencer was held Saturday
under $1,000 bail for Court, in Will
mington, charged with drugging some
gin for John l. Boyer, of Marydel, Nd,
and robbing him.
The farmers of this section of the
county says the Milton Times, seem to
be using more land lime than in pre-
vious years. We think this a good
move on the part of the farmers.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THE Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Milton,
which was recently rebuilt, was struck
by lightning Wednesday evening.
The steeple and auditorium were
partly wrecked.
After sowing the wind, when is the
proper time to reap the whirlwind? =?
-Deta'OGre Paper. If BOggs can't
answer this question, it could very
properly be referred to Zeke or Ken
ney.
DR.. J. Thomas Jones of Gumboro,
and Miss Florence Virginia Bowman,
daughter of Rev. George w. Bowman,
will be married in Hopewell M. E.
Church, at Woodlawn, Md, on Thurs
day, May 25.
Senator and Mrs Kenney left Dover
on Saturday for the Pacific coast and
Alaska. The senator joins a party of
senators at Seattle, Washington, for
the Northwest Territory. They will
be absent about two months.
With a unanimity that is sublimity
personified every Republican paper of
Delaware, Regular, Union and Mug
wump, is advising against the appoint
ment of a United Sta tes Senator by
Governor Tunnel. This is significant
-DetGUGredR.
The DeldOare Record, published at
Harrington, has been sold by Emmett
ID. G.. Hegeman to G.. W. Kenney of
Laurel, proprietor of the Laurel ,Sus-
ser COuntiGn and the Milford herald.
The Herald suspended several weeks
ago though it claimed a circulation of
1900.
The NJ. E. Church at Ocean View,
was dedicated free of debt. The
church cost about SO, 200 and 81, 900 of
the amount was raised before the dedi-
cation, and the remaining $1,000 was
raised the Sunday of the dedication,
which enable the trustees to pay of
the entire Indebtedness.
LARGE ACREAGE OF EARLY POTATOES.
Prices for early white potatoes have
held up we'll for three seasons, and as
result farmers have planted largely
of them this year. An acre in early
potatoes at the prices of even last
year, pays more clear money than ii
will in almost anything else grown
here.
Owing to illness, Governor Tunnel
will be unable to attend the Peace Ju-
bilee in Washington, but the First Bat
talon of the Delaware Regiment,
about $50 men, commanded by Major
Boyd, and looking spic and span in
their new uniforms, left for Washing
Monday night in a special train.
TRAFFIC IN FORGED ISLANDERS. Al
fred L. Schaffner, formerly an Office
boy employed by Lawyer Josiah Mar
vel, was convicted in New Castle
County Court, Friday, of crimnally
libeling John Biggs and Willard Sauls
bury, leading Democratic lawyers Of
the city, and was sentenced by Chic
Justice Lore to two years and one
month in jail Schaffner circulated
notes alleged to have been written by
Mr.. Marvel, duplicating Mr.. Biggf
and Mr.. Salisbury in the altering OF
election returns in 1896.
He WAS REWARDED. Harry Brock
son, late clerk at the Gilpin House
who left New Castle few weeks age
to accept a position in Washington
has been rewarded by Senator Kenney
Hh has a $1,000 year billet in the De
partment of the Interior. 1t will b,
remembered that during the Kennel
trial Brockson testified to certain
things Boggs was supposed to hav,
said as to what he (Boggs) would Dc
to Kenney. Quite a discussion wal
raised during the trial as to the varac
ity of Brockson, and several peopl
swore that they would not believe hin
on his oath. h.-NeW Castle NeWs.