Smyrna times., 1899-06-21
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.

ware will be held on Saturday, June
gath, 1899.
A number of Wilmingtonians have
already occupied their cottages at
Rehoboth for the summer.
The late Jacob q. Lewis. collector
of oyster revenue, left his estate, .
valued at S., 900, to Walter L. Stewart
Miss Elizabeth Adkins, daughter of
George and Julia Adkins, died at the
residence of DIR. j. o. Pierce, in Mil
ford, Wednesday, aged 50 years.
Owners of dogs, which chase bi-
cyclists, should remember that they
are liable for any damages done to the
bicycle or rider by the dog throwing
them. A jury i'll a recent case awarded |
| 1925 damages.
FINANCES OF KENT COUNTY.-At
meeting of the Kent County Levy |
| Court last week it was decided to build !
a bridge at Leipsic. The finances are
in such a condition that all bonds bear
ing interest over per cent. have been
called in.
Judge Ball, of Wilmington, most
certainly made it plain enough in his
court that he had no use for wife beat
ers. James Harris, colOred, was fined
800 and costs for beating his wife and
serve one year in New Castle jail
That "sea serpent" which the stur-
geon fisherman saw off Ship John
Light month ago, and which was ex-
plotted at great length by the news
papers, was a crippled turkey buzzard.
Preston Hewitt picked it up in the
middle of the bay near Ship John and
now has it.
The graduating class at Dickinson
College includes Harry L. Cannon of
Bridgeville, Harry h FOoks of Laurel,
Eli Salisbury of Georgetown, Herman
NJ. Sypherd of Wilmington, John NJ.
Arters of Cecilton, James W. Colma
of Stockton, John F. Sparks of Cam
2 bridge, and Olin r. Rice of St.
| Michaels.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CHANGES.
5 At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
: Samuel Rea, first assistant to the pres
e ident, was promoted to the position of
e fourth vice president. William A.
Patton, an assistant to the president,
Il was elected president of the New York,
s Philadelphia & Norfork Railroad Rail
road Co., to succeed A j. Cassatt, re-
> signed.
, Liquified air which has been SC
y much talked about, will soon become {
q reality. 1t is said it will be possible
rt in the near future, for the public t.
D. purchase this newest invention il
n chunks, and by this means cool OF
in their dwellings or places of business a
IN trihing coast. 1t will out-riva
ice-cream, which heretofore had a mo
:. nopoly of the frozen fruit in the sum
re mer time. 1t will soon be "hO'
an would you like to be the liquified al
no man?'
ID. RECRUITING OFFICE OPENED. Ma
ey w. P. Biddle, U. S. NJ. c., who wa
! in charge of the Olympia at the batt
,g- of Manila, has opened recruiting o
Or flee for the Marine Corps at the Gil
Ize son House, on Fourth street, Whining
'ra M ton. Sergeant John A. Logan is
of present in charge of the Office.
An applicant for enlistment in tn
branch of the service must be betw ee
the ages of 81 and 35, of good charact
and not addicted to the use of liquO
'N' able to read and write English, as we
the as speak it and be unmarried. II
ian pay of marines is from $15.60 to $51
uly a month, and a clothing allowance
pad 5000 for his enlistment.
.ets HERE'S TROUBLE FOR OUR ERRIl
al BROTHERS. BoLTERs. The fl
up. lowing news item is worm-wood a
ana gall for that little band of Republica
null in Delaware, who have set themsely
de- up as a ''catch-all' in the way of fe
t at eral patronage:
'ay- WASHINGTON, June Ito obts
init the necessary force of clerks for
not census, Director Merriam has ado
ted plan of allotting pro rata nu
Der to each State, dividing this nu
ap- ber among the members of each &C
gressional delegation.
The clerks will be appointed fir
among candidates so presented and
dorsed by the congressman from
,,b district after competent and practi
lond examination.
s to Now this must be terrible from til
,pri- standpoint. To think, that Hon. JC
1or Henry Hoffecker, Union Republic
" lot should have the giving out of eve
have census officerl Probably the fC
alb down at Washington have heard
eless that Wilmington election. Milf