Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
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 Rgard to People Well Known

The Smyrna electric plant has just
erected an "a feet high smOkestack.
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas J. Down
ham, died at Wyoming Thursday
night of consumption.
There will be a reunion of the Con-
stitutional Convention in Dover, those
elected and those not, on June 4.
Smyrna's religious census shows
that more than one-half of the adult
population are members of church or
CARNATIONS.
Henry Carter, an aged veteran of
the Mexican War, died in Wyoming
last week, and was buried in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, near Camden.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Heverin, widow
of Outten L. Heverin, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John r.
McGonigal, in Dover, aged II years.
The May drought did much damage
to the strawberry crop below Dover.
Farmers who are we'll posted say that
the crop has been shortened fully one
half.
The Keifer pear crop promises to be
the largest for many years, and grow
ers are consequently buOyant, this
| fruit never failing to bring good
prices.
The engagement has been announced
of Mr.. Henry Emack, of Tioga, Pa,
and Miss Fannie Walker, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Walker,
of Dover.
Richard R. Rothwell died after a
short illness, in Philadelphia, the 21
inst, aged 20 years. Mr.. Rothwell
was born and raised ON the "Levels, "
near Middletown.
The One Hundred and Fourteenth
Annual Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of
Delaware will meet in Christ Church,
Milford, June 9th, 1900.
The Friends of Old Drawers will
hold their annual service in the old
church near Odessa, on June 3rd.
Henry G. Conrad will read a paper
and the Rev. w. Frederick Lewis will
preach the sermon.
Sheriff Short, of Sussex county, has
sold the Slaughter Beach property to
satisfy a mortgage of $4,000 held by
Joshua Bennett. 1t was bid off fol
$500, by S. Stanley Short. Ten years
ago this property sold for So, 300.
Every spring there comes the same
complaint about the water in the Ches
apeake Canal. The stream becomes SC
polluted that hundreds of fish die This
year is no exception and the water is
literally covered with hundreds o.
dead herring that create an unpleasant
odor.
Secretary of State James H. Hughes
who wants to make the Delaware pa
pers publish the Governors Procla
nations as news, has himself beel
enabled by his fine fees as Secretar.
of State, to purchase two farms a
Lynche's Mill, where he took "hous
party" last week on pleasure trip.
. John d. Hawkins, representing
company, has purchased the interest G
Howard M. Wilkinson in the Milfor
J Democrat The plant will be move
: to Dover, where Democratic paper
to be known as the State Capitol, wi
be issned. Mr.. Hawkins will be th
|, editor and manager. This will max
: three Democratic papers in Dover.
q There is considerable confusion i
n the public mind regarding the teri
s "working man." If the men wh
n think they are working men" coul
e change places for year with the me
they think don't work, there would {
= the end of that year be much better III
# derstanding between laborers and cap
% talists.
a. Friday will be the last day for han'
ing to the Governor the names of pr
posed registration officers. By Il
statute passed in 1898, the GovernC
re appoints the officers for registratio
~ sometime during the month of Jun
ID He makes these appointments fro
te names submitted by the committees
w the two principal political parties.
The corps of teachers for Dover b
40 been selected. Their salary is as fC
,e, lows: Supervising Principal, J.
ad Carroll, salary $3.50; Department N
st 10, high school, Miss Roberta Hobt
lm $500; No. 8, Miss Josephine Batema
ne $3.50; No. 8, Miss Julia S. Jones, $3I
- an increase of $25; No. Z, left vacai
.o+ Miss Harriet Brenneman having ]
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