Smyrna times., 1900-10-17
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

There was only one prisoner whipped
at Georgetown after the regular term
of court.
Fort Mott has been designated by
the Secretary of War as a station for
saluting foreign vessels of war.
The Rev. Alfred Smith, D. d., de-
livered a Temperance address in the
NJ. E. Church at Lewes last night
w. F. Mckee near Cheswold, again
has large crop of Keiffer pears. His
orchard will likely yield 5000 baskets.
S. H Derby will soon rebuild the
Coursey feed and flour mill near
Woodslde. The mill was burned about
three years ago.
The Social Democrats have filed their
State and county tickets with Clerk of
the Peace Foard at the county court
house.
1AO p6puUllCduS udN6 UNI III leu
handsome Mckinley and Roosevelt
banner at Lockerman and Bradford
streets. Dover.
The household goods of Howard NJ.
Wilkinson, the young doctor-druggist
who eloped from Dover early in Aug
ust with his wife's sister were sold by
the constable on Friday.
Dover town Council decided to have
an additional we'll and awarded Mr..
Shanahan the contract to sink an
eight inch we'll back of the coal house
at the pumping station.
New boiler and engines will be put
in place on the Milford Steamer
Refs by the Vinyard brothers.
They will build dredge and use the
old boiler and engines for it.
While Mr.. and Mrs. John Burris of
New Castle, were having a roast chest
nut party, a negro thief slipped up
stairs and secureda considerable guam
tity of jewelry and clothing.
Rev. Clarence N. Jones has entered
Drew Theological Seminary and Rev.
Fred 1. Mumford, of Snow Hill, has
been selected to succeed Mr.. Jones as
pastor of Leipsic NJ. E. Church.
w. L. Pritchett has bought the JOS
eph s. Moore property, on State street
and William Salisbury has bought the
E. NJ. Wright property, also on that
Street. Possession will be obtained
Jan. 1st.
During the year ending September
30, Clerk of the Peace Foard, of New
Castle county, turned over to the State
Treasurer $114, 359.23, which is $4,000
in excess of the amount collected last
year.
The big crop of Keiffer pears has
commenced moving to market. Prices
so far rule low. With the exception of
one or two exceptional cases fifteen
cents is the prevailing price offered,
but the growers are slow to accept.
The Middletown Transcript, after
having been suspended since the seri-
GUS illness of its last editor, McKen-
dree Downham, has been resurrecte ed
and was issued last week by L. S.
Fouracre. The Transcript was estab-
lished in 1867 by the late Henry Van
derford.
G. W. Lord has just accepted $500
bet on Mckinley as next President
Mr.. S. J. Speal placed the bet with
Mr.. Lord for a Dover Syndicate. The
bet was placed in Levi Steamers hands
as stakeholder. Mr. Lord is a staunch
Democrat and only bets when he is
sure to win.-SentineL.
Bradford Murphey's factory, which
stood near the division street railroad
crossing, has been torn down, in order
that trainmen coming round the curve
may have a clear view of the track.
Mr.. Murphey will erect a new factory
opposite the railroad station, Dover.
James Cook, an aged farmer living
on the Dyer & Casson farm neaI
Dover, was waylaid early Thursday
evening while returning home. AS he
neared the Fair Ground he was at
tackled by two men who beat him un.
mercifully and robbed him of his watch
and pocketbook containing $14.
At the finish of the first heat of the
three-minute race at the Lancaster
Fair Tuesday, Little Joe, driven by
Fred Shreve, of Smyrna, dropped deat
under the wire as if shot. Shreve wal
thrown out of his sulky, landing on hi
head. He is suffering from conclusion
of the brain.