Smyrna times., 1899-10-11
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and MARYLAND.

and Maryland.
Cholera is killing large numbers of
hogs in Rising Sun.
A loop on the Wilmington and New
Castle Electric Railway is to be built
to connect with Farnhurst
The estate of DIR. William G.. A. Bon
will, whose death we announced week
ago, is estimated to be $4,000.
The Grand Lodge of Delaware Ma
sons has donated 800 to the Minuuin-
dale Home for Aged Couples fin Will
mington.
The American Motorbile Company,
to manufacture motors and motor car
riages, capital 100000 was chartered
at Dover Saturday.
We are informed that a few of our
sportsmen CD are shooting rabbits con-
trary to law. If such is the case the
game protective association should be
notified.
Mercantile and manufacturing IL
cense money amounting to $34, 591. 10
was paid to State Treasurer Ball last
week for New Castle county's cOllec-
tions for two months.
G. W. Lord, T. W. Hansen. s. H.
Derby, Jehu NJ Reed and w. II. Nc
Kee, of Camden, have sold crops of
200, 900 baskets of Keiffer pears for
about $4,000.
Forty-two of the forty-five cottages
at MoOre's Grove campmeeting, near
Laurel. were destroyed by fire, early
Sunday morning week. The fire was
OF incendiary origin.
The Wilmington Conference Acad-
emy foot ball team will play the
Friends School of Wilmington, on the
Academy Campus at Dover on the 14th
OF October, at o'clock.
The twenty fifth Annual Institute
for Sussex county teachers will be
held in ArmOry Hall, Milford, NOvem-
Der Is, 16 and II. Superintendent
John II. Wiley will be in charge.
Ezekiel Cooper has been appointed
district deputy of District No. IS, I'M
proved Order Heptasophs, to succeed
David G. Montgomery, Jr. Mr.. Coop
er represents Dover Conclave, No.
2S6.
Prof. Herman Davis, Phi. D., of Co
lumbia University, New York CITY,
and wife, nee Miss Cora Hoffecker. o.
Dover, are at present making a tour of
France and Italy. They are making
their trip on their bicycles.
A disastrous fire occurred at 'FCarr-
croft on Tuesday morning. It in
vOlved the total destruction of the
large barn and contents on the farm
! belonging to Mr.. J. Edward Addicks.
The loss is estimated at $10,O 900 to S12,-
900.
Mrs. Henry G. Conrad, the wife of
City Solicitor Conrad, of Wilmington,
died in Philadelphia hospital, where
she was being treated. Mrs. Conrad
had large circle of friends in Will
mington with whom she was very pop
ular. She was native of Norristown.
ISAAC w. NICHOLS DEAD.-Tbe re-
mains of Isaac W. Nichols, who died
in Washington, were taken to Camden
on the 1st inst, and inferred in Odd
Fellows cemetery. The deceased was
born in Camden IS years ago and mar
ried for his first wife Miss Pauline
Lord, OF Camden, who died twelve
years ago. Two children, Mrs. S.
John Abbott, of Milford, and Mrs.
William Richards, of Washington,
survive the deceased.
BANK BURGLAR -Friendless
and penniless, Jimmy" Logue, the
notorious ex-convict and burglar, died
pauper at the city's oldalmshouse, at
Blockley, at A o'clock Thursday, where
he had been a sufferer since his admis-
sion on September 2S, of the present
year. Jimmy" was SO years old.
Logue, with ''Big Frank" Mccoy and
Jimmy" Hope were connected with
the big robbery of the Bank of Della
ware in 1872. They were each pilloried
and whipped with forty lashes, but
twice "broke" New Castle Jail and
Logue was never captured.