Smyrna times., 1900-08-15
NEWS OF THE PENINSULA.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM THE
STATE AND EASTERN SHORE
Though a Community of Common Interests
Yet Every Week Brings its Changes
With Regard to People Well Known

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Wednesday.
The Four Corners in the town of
Magnolia, now has Best 100 candle
power arc light, which is a great inn
provement to the lighting system of
the town.
Mr.. Charles Postles, County Com
missioner from Kent county, had his
hand broken last Friday while work
ing with colt. attempting to break it
to harnesss. The fracture was reduced
by DR.. Marshall.
1t would take 10O,OOO cars to move
the Kansas wheat crop at one time.
1t is the greatest yield ever known.
The railroad companies are doing
everything in their power to prevent
car famine.
Cornelius P. Swain, DUPONT Repub-
lican, nominated by the Union Repub-
licans for Presidential elector, declines
to accept the nomination. He is a
candidate for the Legislature from the
Second Repl esentative district
The Peninsula Canned Goods AS
sociation, which met last week, reports
that the pack of tomatoes this year
will be 40 per cent. less than last year.
The acreage this year is but 5000,
while last year it was $500 acres.
Rev. William 7. Tull aged 63 years
of Dayett Mills, Pencader hundred
was drowned last week in mill pond
near his home. The accident happened
while Rev. Tull and and a colored boy
were in a rowboat setting snapper
hooks.
The Steamer Emma Refs of Milford,
which was built from the burnt hull
of the Delaware, made her trial trip on
Monday and will commence regular
trips to Philadelphia tomorrow. She
has twin propellers, and it is said she
will be one of the latest boats on the
river.
The Philadelphia Times has awarded
a prize to Mr.. j. Milton Davidson in
the contest now running in that paper
for articles contributed. Mr.. Davidson
is editor of the DeldWdre Workman
aud has for some time been engaged
as one of the local editors on the
DetGUdreGn.
Frederick G. Ulmer has brough suit
against the State Capital Press, for
libel. Henry Wilkinson, as the pub
Usher, appeared before Justice Cooper,
Wednesday, and waived hearing, and
gave bail for his appearance at court
The alleged libelous article referred to
family troubles of Ulmer and his wife.
Town authorities of Milton are about
to wage war against drive wells. There
are twelve pumps of this order, main
tanned by the town which are now
worthless, and an expert from Lewes,
with 80 years experience, claims that
he does not know what to do. Other
experts are of the same opinion, and
the people cannot be convinced that
drive wells are good thing.
War veterans of Delaware are ex-
pressing much dissatisfaction over the
work of the pension examining board
of this State, which has been in Office
about year, and in that time has
turned down some 200 applicants for
pensions, or for increase of pension.
John Guthrie, sole survivor of the Phil
Kearney massacre, has been chosen to
make formal complaint before the
Commissioner of Pensions.
George Carter of the EUening Jour
nal and VIM. Medholt, Jr., contrac-
tor and builder, had fistic encounter
on the street in Wilmington Thursday
noon. Medholt abused Carter for the
publication of matters concerning
members af the Medholt family, and
Carter struck him in the face. They
then grappled and other blows were
struck. A large crowd had gathered
by this time and the combatants sep
arated, blood flowing freely from
Medholt's nose.
The survivors of the Fourth Della
ware Regiment Association will hold
their twelfth annual reunion at Bran
dnwine Springs, on Thursday, Sep
tember 13, 1900. A good dinner will
be provided for so cents each, tickets
for which will be so sold at the meet
ings on the grounds that morning.
General Hoffman will be present to
shake hands with the boys once more.
Trolley cars will leave Fourth and
Market Streets for the Springs. E. F.
Wood, John Klingler and j. H. Hazell
are the only survivors of the old
Fourth in this locality.
The Rev. William H. Becker young
German Lutheran minister, has just
returned from California and will To-
cate on a small farm near Dover. Mr..
Becker, who has wife and five chill
dren, went West nearly year ago to