Smyrna times., 1900-07-25
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From ALI Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.


and Maryland.
Harrington is without a newspaper.
Camden camp-meetlng begins July
2J, to last 10 days.
''Big Thursday" will be observed at
Bowers Beach on August 9th.
''Fewest failures in eighteen years. is the
headline on Bradstreets' record for the first
half of this year
The General Electric Co have completed
their plant at Laurel and are now wiring the
town. The company also expect to light
Seaford from the Laurel plant.
General James H. Wilson has been re-
lieved from duty in Cuba and ordered to
Major Chaffee for duty with the
American relief column in China.
The FELTON, Board of Education have elect
ed for the coming year: Prof H. V. Holla-
way Miss Octavia Graham and Miss Magg
Goodwin.
John H. Bateman, editor of the State
Sentinel who returned from Atlantic City
over week ago quite ill, is recovering, and
is able to be out.
The water question in Dover has become
a serious one, and last week official notice
was served on all householders and others
that for the present street sprinkling
must cease. and the town sprinkler has also
been withdrawn
The KentCounty Committee of the Union
Republican Party held meeting in Dover
last week to organize for the coming cam
paign. A call was issued for primaries to
be held on Saturday, August IS, for the
election of delegates to the State Conven-
ton to be held ON August %.
William S. Barcus, who lives one and
half miles south of FELTON,, finished picking
his 1900 berry crop last Monday week. He
picked from his black-caps, red-caps and
blackberries over thirty thousand pints,
while the average prices were high. He
feels that they were sufficient to pay him
very nicely.
The Queen Anne railroad carried its larp-
est excursion rrun, on Wednesday. The
train had ten coaches. The Pensylvan ia
railroad excursion trains to Rehoboth are
usually made up If three cars, but there
were just double that number Thursday.
So faras numbers go, more people are visit
ing Rehoboth this season than ever before.
A Dover party composed of the following,
chaperoned by Mrs. j. E. Carroll, went to
Rehobeth last Monday to occupy a cottage
for ten days: Miss Ella Jones, Miss Mary
Jsnes, Miss Anna Wilkinson, Miss Cora b.
Dunn and Messrs. Frank G. Smith, James
Salisbury, DR.. George B. Whitten and
Henry p. Jones.
Says the Wilmington Sun "Hayino as-
serted our faith in the winning of Union
Republican victory at the coming election.
we urge every Union Republican to register
as voter at the first opportunity. The
three registration days in August afford
opportunities that ought not to be over
looked by Union Republicans.
The Lewes Pilot says: "The Demo-
Gratis of Delaware should think twice
before nominating acandidate for Gov
ernorship. There is but one man in
the State who could defeat the united
Republican factions, and that man is
DIR. John j. Black, of New Castle.
Considerable excitement was created in
Laurel Thursday by the marriage of Samuel
Thompson and Mary Hill. The girls
mother was opposed to the marriage be-
cause of her daughters age, she being but
10 years of age, had forbidden the young
man going with her and had taken every
precaution to keep them apart. But in
spite OF her effort he stole her away in
broad daylight, drove to seaford and was
married by the Rev. Mr.. Balderson of the