Smyrna times., 1899-03-08
STATE ITEMS.

DIR. Byron W. King lectured in
Coulborn's Hall, Seaford, Friday even
ing.
Bryan, Jones and our own Handy
are endeavoring to keep the Chicago
platform alive till 1900.
The wedding of Miss Amanda Spicer
and Mr.. John Spicer, took place at the
brides home in Middletown, Wednes-
day afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Rev.
l.. Wood performed the ceremony.
q. w. W. Naudain of Middletown.
has negotiated the SIS, 200 town bonds,
on which the town was paying 5 per
cent. at 81 per cent. saving the town
$ls7.5O year in interest.
The Dover hosiery mill, together
with all its new machinery and
grounds, has been sold to George NJ.
Fisher, representing an Eastern syn
dictate, for $4,000. The origin ally cost
5000
The Pennsylvania Railroad spent
about $1,000, 600 to clear its lines of
snow. For three or four days they
had thousands of men at work shovel
ing snow off the roads at an expense
of, probably, So day, each.
Shad and herring fishermen at Sea-
ford, and points along the Nanticoke
have about completed all preparations
for the coming season, and the fish are
looked for on any day, few herring
have been already caught.
A jury in New Castle County Su-
perior Court has awarded Jesse l..
Shepherd a verdict of 1926 against
George H. Mcintyre, for failing to
deliver 22O0 bushels of wheat. as
agreed upon last May.
joaquin Miller, ''The Poet of the
Slerras," was in Dover on Monday
night, under the auspices of the Dover
Century Club. He talked of his trip
to the Klcndyke over the famous Chill
koot pass, his perils and adventures.
Ten years ago six cents per pair for
the juicy ''marsh rabbit ready for the
pot, was the standard price, says a
Milford paper, but this winter they
have sold IN this market for 90 per pair
and rapidly disposed of at that. The
pelts vary in price from season to sea-
son, but the demand for the carcass
grows continually. The season has
not been a grand success.
The friends of Local Option
scored their first victory on Friday.
The House bill to allow the citizens of
Kent County to vote on this question
was passed by the House after heated
discussion by a vote of 25 to 5. Rep
resentative Donahoe and one or two
others who voted against the bill after
wards changed their votes to the affir-
native in order to move for recon
sideratiOn. The bill may however,
not pass.
Roman Tammany was refused con-
tirmation again on Wednesday as
superintendent of public schools of
Sussex county. Willard T. Smith, of
New Castle county, and G. G. Tindal,
OF Kent county, who have been reap
pointed by the Goveanor, were
promptly confirmed, but Tammany's
name received but five votes. Gov
ernOr Tunnel has announced that he
will now drop Tammany, and he will
send to the Senate an entirely new
name.
BILL TO PROHIBIT DISPENSING LIo-
UOR TO MINERS is PAssED.-Small bills
were crowded out Friday, by the more
important measures, W hich were argued
in both houses. In the House Repre-
sentative Robertson's bill amending
the law to regulate the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors were passed Thursday. 1t
provides that no salOOn-keeper
shall sell or give away liquor to min
ors, under the penalties now provided,
and in addition, it makes minor liza
BILE for misrepresentIng his age to
such saloon-keepers. This was in
serted to give redress to the saloon
keepers. The House also passed the
bill fixing the salary of State Treas
urer at 81, 400 annually, in lieu of all
fees heretofore received. The Senate
passed the House bill to incorporate
the town of Little Creek, and also the
House bill to give school teachers GER
tificates after they have faithfully
served ten wears.