Smyrna times., 1901-02-13
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.

Yet Every Week Brings its Changes With
Regard TO People Well Known.
Rev. DIR. Watt has lecture on "The
Cosmopolitan Bug"
Delaware State Hospital, at Farm
hurst, has 334 inmates.
Ex-Clerk of the Peace William NJ.
Dickson, of near Woodside and Miss
Annie Atkins are to be married to-day.
DIR. George A. Harter president of
Delaware College, Newark, is slowly
recovering from a clot of blood on the
brain.
Former Clerk of the Peace Jefferson
B. Foard, of New Castle county, in the
five years and some months he held Of
flee paid to the State $500, ,991.7 rs.
During January 1900 bushels and
1000 sacks of oysters were shipped
from Chincoteague. This is the larg-
months business in he history of the
case.
The eleventh annual meeting and
dinner of the Delaware Society of New
York will be held at the Waldorf AS
toria Thursday evening February IA,
1900.
Feb. 81, the day before Washing
tons birthday has been selected as
the date or the winter concert and
song recital by the large choir of Wes-
ley NJ. E. Church, Dover.
The remains of Mrs. Mary E. Ora
ham were conveyed to Cambridge, Md.
for iuterment on Tuesday of last week.
Mrs Graham was the mother of
Rev. James Graham, pastor of Wyom-
ing Circuit.
For the wedding of Miss Elsie Lu-
gence Cleaver and Mr.. Isaac Green
will take place at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard d. Ratledge near
Middletown Thursday evening the 21st
instant at 8 o'clock.
E. R. Cochran, Jr., judge of the
Municipal Court, Wilmington, denies
the rumor which has been afoat that
he is connected with the Retail Liquor
Dealers Association. He says he has
had nothing to do with the orgauiza-
tlon for the past three years.
Last week a State Bar Associ atiol
was formed, these officers being chosen
President, Benjamin Nields, Whining
ton; vice presidents, Alexander b. Coo
per, New Castle; II. r. Johnson, Ken
and Charles f. Richards, Sussex
treasurer, Charles W. Cullen, Sussex
secretary, T. Bayard Heisel, New Cas-
tie.
DIR. J. G.. Sharpe, of Milford, ha
purchased of Samuel Cole half inter
est in the Hotel Richardson, the larg'
and well-known public house of Dover
DIR. Sharp, who is a dentist by pre-
fession, has had considerable exper
ience in the hotel business and ha
been quite successful. He has as
sumed charge of his new investmer
and Mr.. Cole, who has been very i
IOf the DdSb blA ulOulnSs Will SO
search OF health. DIR. Sharpe is quit
a singer and is we'll known, haYir
assisted with several musical ente
tlinments.
Lieutenant Governor Cannon wiel'
new gavel in directing the NOV
ments of the State Senate. 1t WI
presented to him on Friday by Senat,
Alice. tits not an ordinary gavel b
any means. The wood which col
poses it was taken from the old el
which for more than a century stoc
in front of the Statehouse and viii
was not removed until 1t had becou
a menace to public safety. L
thought which inspired Senator All
to surround his gift with such histOl
associations was a happy one
happy as presenting to the first lier
enant-governor of the state person
and fitting memorial of his public s.
vice.