Smyrna times., 1899-03-01

uler Dali mas directed banks not t,
cash orders unless they had been ac
cepted by him.
The Young Mems Christian Associa
ton, of Wilmington, has eleteed -,
directors, Alfred Gawthrop, J. NJ
Manor, N. W. Bard, W. B. Foster. s
j. Horn, Edwin Golding and I. Elmer
Perry.
John II. Rodney, attorney for New
Castle county Levy Court, will draw
an act for the refunding of the Court
house loan of 500, 800 at rate of in
terest less than 4! per cent.
Joseph Benson, on R. H. Davis
farm in Cedar Neck, says even the last
years growth of his peach trees is
dead.
Henry Pusey, a; Houston, saws the
crop of blackberries in his section will
be total failure, and no one claims
that peach buds have survived.
Growers of bIackberries and rasp-
berries generally agree that all wood
above the first snow fall-whicb was
previous to the extreme cold-has win
ter killed, and the crop will not be
over half.
AT the semi-ahnual meeting of the
Delaware Society of the Cincinnati
S25 subscribed to the Clarke Church
man Memorial Fund and prominent del
egates to the general triennial meeting
OF the society to beld in New York in
May were appointed.
During the recent cold snap the hens
OF Chas. IL. Sackett's flock, near Lin
coin, dropped their laying from about
100 eggs a day to a dozen or so. and
these hens are ordinarily good winter
layers, being Leghorns and Minorcas.
Many bushels of crabs were washed
ashore at Broadkiln beach during the
recent severe snow storm. Parties
who saw them stated that several wao-
ons might have been loaded, and they
lay so thick along the beach that thev
could be handled with pitchfork.
Philip L. Cannon of Bridgeville.
said he could not find live peach bud
and believes the crop entirely de-
stroyed. Such is the opinion of
Thomas W. Willin, Charles Brown.
Erasmus Jones, H. P. Cannon and
others, who have examined many of
the peach buds.
One thing is certain; Before local
option is imposed upon the people of
Delaware, arrangements should be
made for public revenue to take the
place of the liquor license money,
which would cease entirely should the
local option elections result in maiori-
ties for ''no license" This is a plain
business proposition that cannot be
dlsregarded. -EUery EUening.
GAME WITHsTooD THE SroRM.-In-
quiry of farmers bring out the fact that
much to every PERSONS surprise, par
tridges and rabbits did not perish gen
orally during the great snow storm.
Birds went to barn yards and straw
stacks, and were fed by farmers whose
Kindness saved hundreds from dying.
If this condition is general-and we
think 1t is,-there is no need of closing
the shooting season as was proposed.
Milford Chronicle.
BANKRUPTCY PRoCEEDINGs.-Ju
Bradford in the United States Court
last Saturday handed down a decision
adjudging Isaac N. Fooks, of George
town, a bankrupt, and referring the
case to Referee Richards, of Sussex
county. Joseph H. Primrose, of
Smyrna, upon the application of Henry
@, Conrad, his attorney, was declared
voluntary bankrupt. His secured
assets amount to $1,2O6.Os. The case
was referred to Referee Jones, of Kent
county.
MAHON's RIVER HARBoR. abuse
by captains of vessels of the excellent |
harbor facilities of Mahon's river has
caused Representative Jabez Jenkins
to prepare an important bill to abolish
the practice of blocking the mouth of
that harbor. Mahon's caves furnishes
the safest harbor along the western
side of the Delaware river, and gives
safety from all storms. This naturally
causes captains or shippers of all craft
to avail themselves of its advantages.
in severe weather. In recent years,
however, larger vessels have blocked
the channel leading into the river, as
a result of which many other crafts
have been unable to make their way
into the haven. 1t is to overcome this
condition that Representative Jenkins
will present this act. 1t prescribes a
penalty of $40 and costs to be imposed
on each and every captain whose craft
is anchored in the channel.
CRUSADE AGAINST CLUBS. Rev.
F. b. Short of Wilmington, on behalf
of the Wilmington M. Il. Preachers
Association, went to Dover Thursday.
with bill to antagonize the sale of
liquors in club-houses and rooms of
other associations. 1t will be intro
duced by Representative Donahoe. It
provides that it shall be unlawful for
any club, company, society or organi-
zation to sell, give away, or dispense
any intoxicating liquors to or for any
person not bona-fide member of such
and no club, or its agents [
shall give away or dispense, whether
by ticket or by any other method or !
DEVICE any Intoxicating liquor to men,
Der without license has first been {
obtained. For the violation of any
aw regulating the sale of liquor of !
my member, the officers and mana
gers of the organization will be liable s
70 o fine not less than 800, nor more
han $1,000, or Imprisonment for not J
ess than one month or more than one
year, or both at the discretion of the ]
,ourt. The act also carries with it the
Usual prohibition of the sale of liquors
IN Sunday.
GRAY AND THE PRESIDENT. T.-Senator 6
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