Smyrna times., 1900-08-29
PENINSULA MATTERS
OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE,
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 Well Known

at Woodland Beach on September 5.
General Theodore F. Armstrong, of New
ark, will locate in Colorado Springs. Col.
The M0rning Ne,cs is now an advocate
for one ticket for Republicans to vote in
Delaware,
The S5O,OOO capital stock of the National |
Bank of Port Deposit has been subscribed,
and the directors elected
Salisbury Md. has population of 4,2S9,
a gain of 1884 in ten years, compared with
gain of 324 in the decade preceding 1890.
John Gam, proprietor of Augustine
Park, has decided to close the season
of 1900 Thursday, Aug. 30th.
Judge William G. Spruance sat in the
Court House yesterday morning to hear
appeals in registration cases. Several will
be brought before the judge from Whining
and rural New Castle county.
The Republican sentiment of this State is
for one party and one ticket. 1t is as clear
as sunlight that the Union Republican
favors and respects that sentiment, and has
been working in obedience to it.
The September term of New Castle
County Court will convene September IA,
when there will be one murder tail, that
of Albert Conrad, who stabbed George
Layrer at the Bavarial Brewery.
The Delaware forge and steel company,
which recently bought site for $5,0OO,OOG
plant IN Wilmington, will fill in 80 acrs of
the marsh ground with material dragged
from the Christiana River.
Matilda Hodgson Budd widow of
J. Thomas Budd, late of Middletown,
Del, died Saturday afternoon at her
residence, No. 800 in Wilmington after
a lingering illness, aged GA years.
The Delmarvia Telephone Company,
of Wilmington, has made a connection
with the West Chester (Pa. Telephone
Company, which gives connection with
about 81 Pennsylvania towns.
Anthony Higgins and William S. Hitler
are anxious that the Republicans shall put
but one ticket in the field this year. They
say that this is too important an election to
fight over shadows. They will do all in
their power to bring about a compromise.
The political situation is steadily becom-
ing interesting about Townsend. Henry
NJ. Smith is making red hot fight for a
seat in the next legislature, but as he i
very strongly antagonised by the candidacy
of William E. Duhadaway, the situation is
hard to deal with for political prophet.
By the death of David w. Harlan,
Wilmington lost a citizen whose life
work will have an infiuance on its
people for years to come. He was Sup
| ertendant of Public Schools, for many
t years.
The Sussex county Prohibition Con-
! vention will be held at Georgetown Oh
August 30, for the purpose of nomi
Q mating a county ticket, and transacting
: other business that may come before
the convention.
Justice of the Peace Joseph C. Rasin, o
. Still Pond, was arrested last week on th'
: charge of issueing warrant for the arrest
: of Mr.. Alex. Mair, without authority from
| the person upon whose''Oath and informa-
: tom the warrant was purported to hav
>, been issued.
The Delaware Button Company, o
0 which Z. G. DUPONT, of Louisville
4 KY, is the head, has bought a sit
l. near Wilmington and will establish
T. plant to employ 600 persons, making
l. buttons from shells.
The Delaware farmer is in hard luck
Either he has no peaches or he has to-
many. The crop this year is so BIZ
that the fruit cannot mature properl
and prices are so low that they do nc
q warrant shipment.
!. Anthony Higgins, as a power i
Iv Delaware politics, is by no mean
or dead. He had such a following as
m surprise many people last week. H
&c took a more prominent part in tn
i, Convention than for the last four years
&c The movement to secure bette
n steamboat intercourse with Philade
,h phia successfully carried out, so far 6
r the st. Jones River is concerned
9. The work of improving the mouth {
n, the river is completed and the Mar
U. Citizens and other city steamer
can now run on schedule time.
!. The Georgetown Journal says: P.
- Hart of the Brick Hotel, has leased
=, hotel property at Milton, and will,
at soon as possible, go out of the hot
n business entirely. Mr.. Hart says he
- tired of the hotel business and w
an engage in some other business in Il
on near future.