Smyrna times., 1901-09-04
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
INTERESTING ITEMS CLEANED FROM STATE
AND EASTERN SHORE PAPERS.
Local Happenings of the Different Towns of
the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal, Social aud Otherwise.

the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal, Social aud Otherwise.
Double tracks to Brandywine
Springs will be built by the Peoples
Railway Company before next summer.
The heirs of Richbell Allaband have
sold their twO-thirds interest in lot
in Camden to w. D. Richards for $416
At Townsend on Saturday the base
ball team of Townsend defeated the
Centreville, Md, team by the score of
4to2.
Fifteen dead, twenty missing and
probably dead, and ten seriously in
jured is the record of the City of Tren-
ton disaster.
J. Edward Addicks last week struck
a winning card. He has won seven
teen prizes at the Brandywine fair for
swine, vegetables aud horses.
During Saturday nights storm at
Dover, the tanks at the gas works be-
came filled with water, and the gas
spread over the town, almost causing
asphyxiation in some cases.
Extensive preparations are being
made at Mahon's for the coming oys-
ter season. The oyster boats have
been thoroughly overhauled and plac-
| ed in rood condition.
DIR. George A. Harter, president of
Delaware College, who has been in
Europe for nearly two months, reached
home on Saturday. The trip abroad
greatly benefited his health, which
had been somewhat impaired by over
work.
| According to the census report the
death rate in the State is as follows:
Wilmington, with population of &c.
sos in 1900, had 1896 deaths, the death
rate being 2O.S, the same as 1T was in
1890. The total number of deaths in
the State was 3,075.
1t must be a great satisfaction to the
people of New Castle and Delaware
City to know that the electric road
keeps them in constant touch with Will
mIngtOn every day in the week. The
electric roads have done wonders for
the isolated towns.
| The Brownsons on Saturday started
to play under the new name of Will
mingtOn, and it is a Jonah or some
thing else, for after running up against
the strongest aggregations in the am
ateur line last week and winning, they
fell down before the Manayunk club
by q score of 2 to l.
Milford was considerably shock ed
Friday morning to learn that William
M. Hazel had died of heart failure at
one o'clock in the morning at the Cen
trail Hotel. Mr. Hazel arrived in Mil
ford on Thursday evening, August %,
for his annual two or three week s
visit. The deceased was in MS Send
year and spent most of his younger
years in Milford He has for the past
several years held a position of trust
in the auditor department of the Phil
adelphia Mint.
The Public Schools of Milford will
open on Monday morning, September
10th, with the following corps of teach
ers, viz: Prof. Brooks, the principal,
from Chester, Pa; first assistant, Miss
Mary Billings, of Carlisle, Pa; Miss
Anna Hall, Second Assistant in South
Milford; Miss May Foulk, first assist.
ant in North Milford; Miss Bessie
johnson, second teacher in North Mil.
ford; Mrs. Mary Bell Pierce, in South
Milford; Miss Cora d. Sipple, South
Milford; Miss Mary Hall, South Mil
ford; Miss Annie Ratcliff, South Mil
:. ford; Miss Linda Clifton, North Mil.
ford, and Miss Lulu Ross, North Mil
ford.
Robert H. Latham, Jr., who lives
with his wife and two little girls al
Goose Hill. is held for the action Of
the Grand Jury on the charge of alb
duction and is now confined in Jail il
default of bail. Last week he elopeG
, with Miss Maggie L. Meekins' the 16
year-old daughter of Mrs. Geiser
Miss Meekins and Latham left Better
= ton on Saturday last, going to Balti-
I more and returning to Rock Hal
, where they were registered at the
Chesapeake house. They had been al
= the latter place two days when they
were arrested and brought to Chester
, town. Latham has been married sever
: years.
The EVery EUening and the New