Smyrna times., 1900-03-14
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 We Kn5wn.


Road suit would hang like the Bay
State Gas Company's suit.
Milford has the literary fever
There are now two societies in town,
the "Alpha PHI and the "Philoma-
thean."
A series of blanks has been sent by
Chief Supervisor Willis to the appli
cants for the positions of census enum-
orators.
Wilmington police are looking for a
swindler who collects money from
women for stamping outfits and then
fails to deliver them.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will shortly begin the erection of new
passenger station at Wilmington, at a
cost of $3.50, 900.
William T. Dunn, of Smyrna, has
been appointed delegate to the Drug
gists' Convention, which convenes in
Washington, May eth.
Smyrna is exploiting its bachelor
club as though it was proud of it, The
girls down this way don't see anything
in bachelorhood to be proud of. -Har-
ringtOn Pldindcdicr.
R. H. Wilson, of st. Jones Neck,
predicts a good crop of peaches. Mr..
Wilson has a fine orchard of about
twenty-f five acres, all at the bearing
age, and he expects a crop of 5000
baskets.
The county committee of the "Regu-
lars" of New Castle, has fixed upon
March 18th as the date for holding
primaries for the election of delegates
to the State Convention to be held
March 21st.
The undertakers in Wilmington, are
complaining of the rule lately made by
the cemetery companies providing
slate boxes and brick graves, requiring
the undertakers to pay for them before
they receive their money.
The new Castle County Grange, in
Wilmington, decided to ask Delaware S
representatives in Congress to support
the bills extending the power of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
increasing the tax on colored oleomar-
garine.
The Biggs-Saulsbury Senatorial fight
is on. Biggs, with his Pennsylvania
RailOad backing, has won the first
round. John has a better second than
Willard, and has had better training.
He has learned how to keep quiet, lool
wise and-saw wood.
Laurel suffered another visitation o.
fire on Wednesday night. The plan
ing mill and basket factory of Baco1
Bros. was utterly destroyed with (
I large lot of lumber, and several other
, buildings. The loss aggregated about
, $40, 900. FO insurance.
Down BRAKES. Trolley building by
the Delaware General Electric Com
pany received check by the operation
of restraining order secured at the in
stance of John ID. Hawkins. A hear
. ing by the Chancellor was fixed fOl
w ednesday, but had to be postpone
, till the Both of the month.
r The electric engineering department
/, of Delaware College has received a sc
d of wireless telegraph apparatus. ES
n periments have been made by Prof. n
Q H. Brown, who has succeed in sendin
q messages from the recitation hall t
4 the mechanical hall, distance of go
r. feet.
Howard T. Wallace, president of th
Diamond Steel Company, has worke
himself up to the present irresponsible pc
sition by his untiring energy. He ha
@. been the means of the Diamond Stat
Steel plant being put on its feet an
paying the first dividend on the oil
b Diamond State Iron Company's stoC
u for fifteen years.
o. The EUery Evenings frank confe
4 sion that it is not Democratic pap
,r, has brought down upon it flood
n vituperation. The CdU devOtes a &C
to umn of editorial and contribut
nd speaks Of it as a ''lying, sneakin
or treacherous knave," san unclean ira
,r. tor, "hypocritical traitor" etc. "
To wonder if the EUery Evening will su
rs pend publication. on.-SentineL.
of SMOKING MUST Stop An order h
4 been issued by General Superintende
'as Joseph G. Lugar stopping smoking {
er. the Wilmington and Darby line. M
Lugar proposes to make the prohil
lis, ton apply to all closed cars of the w
is mington City Railway Co. next sc
di- son. Numerous complaints are ma
'Voi that women have to enter through
six crowd of men on the platform.
~ stop smoking will remove some of t