Smyrna times., 1900-10-03
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

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Sheriff Wharton Tuesday week sold
Isaac Garments fruit farm af 1876 acres
to Walter Morris for $13, 500.
Milo H. Cross, a prominent citizen
of Wyoming, died Wednesday morn
ing, aged 70 years, after suffering some
time of Bright's disease.
Farm laborers were so scarce about
Red Lion that Walter Deputy sent to
Virginia for help to cut his corn and
was reinforced by seven men.
w. H. Jakes, the express messenger
at Wyoming was sent to Lexington,
Kentucky, last week, with car load
of race horses belonging to DIR. Mccoy
of Kirkwood.
. About 100 visitors are expected to at
tend the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Diocese of Delaware which will meet
in annuul session at Dover October II,
in Christ p. Z. Church.
Messrs Satterfed & Faucet have
purchased the large stock of dry goods
and notions of l.. NJ. Wright, Dover,
and will conduct both stores in the
future.
Robert Douglass met with a very
serious accident by falling down the
baf0b uou nf fho o. DI.o
uncOnciOus when picked up but no
bones were broken.
Peter J. Ford, the Democratic
Gubernatorial candidate, addressed
the Democrats of Red Lion at Della
ware City on Wednesday evening on
the Delaware campaign.
Amid bower of golden rod, George
G. Patton and Miss Madora G.. Esbach
both of Dover, were married Wednes-
day night, by the Rev. j. G. Pierce,
pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Timothy ScaLlon, after conducting
cigar and tobacco store on Lockerman
street, Dover, for thirty years, will
retire from business. The stand has
been purchased by Nicholas Harvey.
Splendid fall apples are laying on
the ground by the thousands of bushels
throughout lower Delaware because
no profitable disposition can be found
OF them, coming in at this time of the
year.
Chincapins are ripe and are said to
be plentiful by the small boys in the
region where they grow. Next in
order comes the real chestnut which
are less tedious and more desirable
and toothsome.
If William p. Berry's book on free
silver gets as big a frost as he did at
the recent Democratic meeting at
Woodland Beach, he will have to put
detectives on its track. ck.-Erchangc.
Rev. E. W. Caswell, of Middletown,
IS preaching series of sermons upon
Bible characters. The Fall and Resto-
ration of Peter" ''The Life and
Character of the Apostle PanP'&c. will
De the themes.
Gov. Tunnel has appointed John w.
Gibson a justice of the peace at Green
wood, vice John S. Satterfeld, de-
'eased. He has also appointed Ernest
stanley Smith commissioner of deeds
n New York.
Daniel 7. Davis and wife near New
lrk have issued cards for the marriage
If their daughter, Ella S., to Sylvester
;. McMullin, Wednesday evening,
October 10th, at o'clock.
The State and county tickets will be
'ut right and left, for the Democratic
'oters never were more dissatisfied
han at present when the old factional
eaders OF the party are engaged in
uch bitter struggle for supremcy.
The contract under which Patrick
'ahey will build a $4,000 bridge
cross the Brandywine River at
seventh street, in Wilmington, was
igned Tuesday afternoon by Mr..
'ahey and members of the Court.
Democratic meetings will be held
ext week as follows: At Kenton, on
Wednesday evening, October 3, and
'myrna, on Thursday evening, October
. Addresses will be made by Hon. L.
rving Handy, Hon. Peter j. Ford,
'eter L.Cooper, ,Jr., and Alexander nj.
)aly, Esq.
The State Central Committee met
nd endorsed DIR. L. H. Ball for Con-
ress. j. Edward Addicks is to be
on the xvax ba boe II !