Smyrna times., 1900-11-28
PENINSULA MATTER
OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE,
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM THE
STATE AND EASTERN SHORE
Though a Community OF Common Interest,
Yet Every Week Brings its Changes With
Regard to People Well Known.

Delaware College and Hahnemann
College football teams will play game
in Newark on Thanksgiving.
The office of Levy's distillery was
again robbed Tuesday night. The
thieves secured a quantity of whiskey
and about $50.
Gov. Tunnel has appointed I. o.
Culbreath Justice of the Peace and No.
tarv Public for Dover to fill the vacan-
CIV caused by the death of Peter l..
Cooper.
Mr.. J. B. Messick, of Middletown,
always alive to business, has rented |
the Pennington Store, corner of Main |
and Broad streets, and has christened |
it anew "Messick's Annex" He has
now four big stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Reynolds
have issned invitations to the marriage
of their daughter, Bessie Maria, to
John Grey Taylor. The ceremony
will take place at the Forest Presby-
terian Church, on Thursday afternoon
Dec. 9th at3 o'clock.
Ex-Governor Charles G. Stockley, of
Georgetown, went cunning last week
and killed four rabbits and three par
tridges. The Governor is SO years of
age, hale and hearty. What sports
man can beat his record?
Gen. GarrettJ. Hart and Andrew G.
Grey have conferred with Governor
Tunnel in reference to the$7 900 claim
which the State has against the Gov
ernment for equipping the First Della
ware regiment for the Spanish war.
The siren whistle that shrieks sew
eral times day oughtto be Suppressed.
In these days of clocks and watches
it is not necessary to disturb seventy
six thousand people in order to notify
a dozen deople when they are to begin
work. Morning Ne,Cs.
While at the jollifcation at Con-
gres sman- elect L. A. Balls residence
Thursday evening Postmaster Browne
jumped from a porch to avoid a crowd
which was after him to make a speech,
and his heel was caught spraining his
ankle. As result he is confined to the
house.
Delaware is the smallest State in the
Union, in point of area, but it has re-
ceived the second prize from the Paris
|. exhibition for a display in the health ex-
hibit there. The State board ofhealth
made the exhibit and carried off sec
ond honors in competition against the
world.
Sheriff elect Frank Reedy has an
nounced the selection of John w. For
aker as deputy sheriff and John Ward
of Milford as turnkey. As Sheri
Reedy has no family, Turnkey War
will move his family into the dwellin
part of the Jail. Mr.. Foreaker ha
filled the position of deputy for sheri
Wharton in a very acceptable manner
Delrware was one of the fields sele
ted by the Federal Government for i
early experiments in the free deliver
of mails in rural sections. w.
Johnson, first assistant postmastt
general says that the extraordinal
development of this system during Il
past twelve months under the stimuli
of approations of $3.50, 600 for the f
cal year 1899-19OO, and 81, 100000
the fiscal year 190O-1901, is concl
sive as showing that hereafter it mt
;. be permanent and expanding featu
of the postal administration.
Mrs. Sophie Stout, W hose body v
. brought to Dover from Philadelpl
last week and inferred in the Prest
terian cemetery, was connected
Sum marriage with one of the oldest fai
lies in Delaware. The Stout fam
dates it's history back to the esettlemt
iol- of Delaware She was the widow
odd Harry Stont who was at ono tim
olu- political power and whose father "
~ 10 one of the governors of early De
Time ware. Mrs. Stout leaves considera
, Dy property situated in Kent. Her din
One heirs are son, DIR. Emanuel Stout
SlA Philadelphia and two grandsons.
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