Smyrna times., 1900-12-26
PENINSULA MATTERS
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.

A 100000 school building will be
erected at Chestertown.
The interior of the Elkton NJ. E.
Church will be greatly improved.
The st. Michael's shirt factory has
closed, owing to the scarcity of labor.
Bradford T. Seney and Miss Eva
Austin, will be married at Centreville
today.
The EastOn Gazette entered upon its
seth year with brighter prospects of
success than ever before.
Mrs. Jessie Vivian Kerr was married
to Anton Burchard, in the Methodist
Church, Denton, at noon on Friday.
The Rev. Howard Covey will prob
ably succeed the Rev. Z. p. Roberts
as pastor of Still Pond NJ. E. Church.
The Rev. E. R. Sidell has notified
Marydel NJ. E. Church that he desires
q change of pastOrate next. conference
year.
Miss Rosa Carter, daughter of John
I. Carter, near Greensboro, and DIR.
F. A. Walls, of Millington, were mar
ried on the 18th inst.
Mr.. Lee Redden of Pennington.
Del, and Miss Fannie Roe were mar
ried in the NJ. E. church at Sudlers-
vile, Wednesday.
The Christmas number of the Cecil
Wing contains sixteen finely illus
trated pages. The Whig is one of the
most prosperous of our exchanges.
Miss Nina Faithful Aldridge was
to Joseph Wright of Phila-
detphia, at Christ Church, Easton. at
half past six o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
L. JEFF Pyle of the firm of Mcdowell.
Pyle Il Co., Baltimore, whose family
resides III Georgetown, Del, has been
appointed on the staff of the Governor
OF Delaware as Abide Camp with the
title of Colonel.
Miss Ella Virginia Williams, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Virginia NJ. Williams. of
Easton, will be married to Charles
Baynard Nicols, of Memphis, Teun.,
at Calvary Church Easton. early in
January.
1t seems to be settled that Governor
elect Hum will have DR.. Caleb r.
Layton as Secretary of Estate. He will |
BRING ability and sound common sense
o the aid of the Chief Executive.
During the past few weeks William
VI. PrOuse, a well-known merchant of
Magnolia, has purchased from the
armers of that vicinity $4,000 live
hickens, averaging four pounds each.
t cents per pound and thousands of
urkeys and ducks.
The Superior Court in Wilmington
landed down DEGREES of divorce in
he cases of Iva Carter VS.. William f.
'arter, Mary p. Whitaker VS.. George
: Whitaker, and Sallie H. Hitch VS..
amuel B. Hitch.
Chief Justice Lore in discharging
ne members of the Grand Jury of the
uperior Court over the holidays, re-
emarked that he hoped they would
ave a pleasant Christmas and abstain
'om drinking whIskey.
Mr.. Robert Moffett had two good
ize shoats killed and several others
lJured by bird dogs belonging to
gentleman near Chester
own one day last week. The dogs
ad eaten nearly the whole of one
loat.
Governor HUM has selected part of
is staff, and so far as announced has
losen General 1. T. Parker, Lewis b.
Lorrow, and Edgar L. Haynes, of
'ilmington, and I. J. Pyle of George
'wn. All of the three last named are
} be ColoneIs.
caroline is numbered among the coun-
es of Maryland which have made the
reatest increase in population in the
st ten years. The increase can be
'edited to several sources, but the
rincipal one is the establishing of
ndustries-cannerie
lirt factories, etc.
Thomas o. Culbreth was Friday week
'pointed justice of the peace and no. I
ry public for Dover to succeed the
te magistrate Peter L. Cooper. Gov
nor Tunnel made the appointment :
r four years, the remainder :
the unexpired term of Magistrate :
ooper, and Mr.. Culbreth's appoint- !
ent will be final. His appointment ]
magistrate, however, must go be- !
re the next Senate for confirmation S
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