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Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

A rear-end collision occurred on the
p. W. & B. Railroad about three quar-
ters of a mile south of Claymont at
12.15 o'clock Monday afternoon, which
resulted in the death of James Middle
ton, fireman on locomotive attached
to a southbound freight train and SER
ious injury to Eng ineer Gallagher and
Brakeman Devine of the same train.
Traffic was delayed for several hours
and trains had to be run around the
wreck over the B. and o. Railroad.
All trains on the Delaware Division
were an hour or more late.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06
SPEECH RETURNED AT WHIPPING POST.
Wilbur Ridgway Had Acted as Deaf and
Dumb Man For Two Years.

Wilbur Ridgway, who has figured in
the courts of Kent county conspicu-
ously for the past two years as the
deaf and dumb thief, suddenly de-
veloped the power of speech while
hugging the whipping post Saturday.
Sheriff Reedy was vigorously applying
the ten lashes, with which the court
sentenced Ridgway last week, when the
latter exclaimed, in the midst of his
twisting: "Ouch!" and "Oh Sheriff.
Deputy Sheriff John M. Ward has fire.
quently said that Ridgway was only
feignlng the part of mute, in the
hope of securing the leniency of the
courts. He has always been slightly
deaf, and since he has been so often
before magistrates has always pre-
tended to be unable to understand any.
thing. After being taken back to his
cell Ridgway said: "Please, Mr..
Ward, may 1 get out in the corridor
and walk around: I'll be good. >
Further questioning failed to elicit
any more words from the "mute," but
these were sufficient to satisfy the
authorities their prisoner had beer
feigning for the last two years.
Two other men were whipped in the
Jail yard Saturday. They were Charles
Burton, who received ten inches for
stealing, and Charles Purnell, who go
fifteen lashes.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

"Some years ago while at Martins
burg, w. Va, was taken with cholera
morbus, which was followed by diar
rhoea, The doctors medicine did me
no good. L was advised to get bot
tie of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, which did,
and it cured me sound and we'll &c.
A. MORRIS, Embreeville, Pa. Sold by
Clifton & Raymond, druggist, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Thomas G.. Metz is the first person
in this town to purchase an automo-
bile. He has placed an order with a
well-known firm to build him a ma
chine of the latest design and it will
soon be delivered to him direct from
the factory.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06
CLAYTON DEPAR TMENT.

Mr.. T. L. Mason is our authorized agent
at Clayton, Del, and will receive new sub
criptions and receives monies on old. Al
news items left with him will receive proper
attention. Subscribe now; only $1.OO a
year in advance.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Mr.. B. Frank Van Wrinkle, of Sails
bury, spent Sunday with his relatives
and friends in town. He is much
pleased with Salisbury and his new
position.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Charles Atkins and William Ward,
aged about II years, runaways from
Salisbury, were arrested here yester-
day by Detective Hutchins. The boys
were put in Dover Jail for the night.
They will be sent home today.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

The Revival meetings held at Be-
thesda by Rev. H. L. Schlincke have
been very successful, resulting in
eleven conversions and four penitents
at the altar. In connection with the
meetings the pastor succeeded in rails
ing $93. 33 on an old mortgage of $125
which has been standing for sixteen
years.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

The new iron drawbridge over the
Laurel river, at Laurel, on the Penn
sylvania railroad, will be placed in po-
sition on Sunday. This structure has
been in course of erection for several
months and is considered one of the
inest bridges on the road.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

81 was chosen out of four applicants,
being given the preference because l
was a Goldey graduate, writes Chas.
Truitt. Get the free catalogue of
Goldey College, Wilmington. See
adv. this paper.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Several changes have recently been
made among the track foremen of the
P. W. & B. Railroad. Charles F.
Hubbard has been transferred from
the Queen Anne's and Kent sections
to Selbyville and J. G. Wilson has
been transferred from the Delaware
road section to succeed Mr.. Hubbard.
NJ. B. Donovan came from Selbyville
to succeed Mr.. Wilson.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

The Bible Glass of Trinity P. E.
Church will hold their regular meet
ing at the home of Mrs. E. r. Sipple
this evening.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Ryan & Kelley of Philadelphia, rail
road builders, who have the contract
for double-tracking the Delaware rail-
road from Wilmington to Clayton are
making great progress in that work.
The contractors have about $50 men,
20 teams, six railroad trains and two
steam shovels on the job, which is a
two years undertaking. Last week
the present main track at Farnhurst
was abandoned so far as regular pas
senger and freight trains are concerned
and trains will use temporary track
which has been laid in a cut IA feet be-
low the level of the present track. The
cut and temporary track therein are
parallel to the track which has been in
use and only a few feet from it.
Enough of the cut has been excavat-
ted to permit of the running OF trains
through it and a temporary station
platform is being butt for use until
tho permanent tracks are down. Traf
fic will not be interrupted while the
improvements are being made.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06
CLAYTON.

TENS of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
In and About Town:
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

There have been few cases of diph-
liberia in this town during the past
few weeks. One young child died
last week with the disease and another
one this week. There is no danger of
its spreading as the Board of health
has taken precautionary measures.
Both the children were white and il
is not known how they contracted the
disease.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

On Saturday the real estate of the
late Asa B. Nudge of this town was
sold 10y NJ. L. Gooding, ESQ.,, trustee.
The farm near town was sold to NJ. l.
Nudge for So, 100 The latter also bid
in lot in town for S1O9. Franklin
Brockson bought dwelling in town
for 81 $50 and building lot for $11O.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Dnring the past few weeks several
new families who have located in this
town have caused scarcity of unoccu-
pied houses. At the present time
there is not an unoccupied house in
Clayton which speaks we'll of the town.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Contractors are making rapid prog
ress laying the double track between
CHM block and Townsend. They ex-
pect to have the track ready for use
about December 1. The Delaware
road will then be double-tracked from
New Castle to Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander McCon-
aughy have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter, Minnie
Russell to Mr.. William Henry Tunis,
/Ir., Wednesday evening, November
20, at $50 o'clock in st. Pauls' NJ. E.
church. A reception will follow the
ceremony.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

In the past week several persons in
Wilmington have received letters in
such condition, says the Evening
Journal, as to give rise to the belief
that someone has been rifing them.
The upper corner of some of the letters
were torn, giving the impression that
the work was done in the hope of find
ing money or other valuables. From
down the State comes reliable informa-
ton of like nature, and several per-
sons in this city have expressed them
selves as believing that someone be-
tween Wilmington and Delmar has
been rifiing the contents of letters sent
over the Delaware division. Officials
of the post-office in Wilmington when
seen about the matter, admitted that
letters had been received in a mutila-
ted condition, but could advance no
reason for such. This is the usual pol
icy followed by the postal authorities,
however, in such matters, as the Gov
ernment requires that all such matters
be kept secret until investigated.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

The town was quite lively Hallow-
'een night and the mummers were to
be seen in all sections of the town.
Mrs. Thomas L. Holiday entertained
a number of young people at an even
ing company, where all the games
common with the occasion were in
dulged in. Mrs. J. A. Burchenal en-
tertained the members of her Sunday
Sunday class at Halloween party.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

criptions and receives monies ON old. Al
news items left with him will receive proper
attention. Subscribe now; only $1.0O
year In advance.
CLAYTON.
TENS of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
In and About Town:
The Bible Glass of Trinity P. E.
Church will hold their regular meet
ing at the home of Mrs. E. r. Sipple |
this evening.
Mr.. B. Frank Van Wrinkle, of Sails
bury, spent Sunday with his relatives
and friends in town. He is much
pleased with Salisbury and his new
position.
Charles Atkins and William Ward,
aged about II years, runaways from
Salisbury, were arrested here yester-
day by Detective Hutchins. The boys
were put in Dover Jail for the night.
They will be sent home today.
Thomas G.. Metz is the first person
in this town to purchase an automO-
bile. He has placed an order with a
well-known firm to build him a ma
chine of the latest design and it will
soon be delivered to him direct from
the factory.
The new iron drawbridge over the
Laurel river, at Laurel, on the Penn
sylvania railroad, will be placed in po-
sition on Sunday. This structure has
been in course of erection for several
months and is considered one of the
inest bridges on the road.
Dnring the past few weeks several
new families who have located in this
town have caused scarcity of unoccu-
pied houses. At the present time
there is not an unoccupied house in
Clayton which speaks we'll of the town.
Contractors are making rapid prog
ress laying the double track between
CHM block and Townsend. They ex-
pect to have the track ready for use
about December 1. The Delaware
road will then be edouble-tracked from
New Castle to Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander McCon-
aughy have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter, Minnie
Russell to Mr.. William Henry Tunis,
/Ir., Wednesday evening, November
90, at 6. 80 o'clock in st. Pauls' M. E.
church. A reception will follow the
ceremony.
On Saturday the real estate of the
late Asa B. Nudge of this town was
sold 10y NJ. L. Gooding, ESQ.,, trustee.
The farm near town was sold to NJ. L.
Nudge for So, 100. The latter also bid
in lot in town for $109. Franklin
Brockson bought dwelling in town
for 81 $50 and building lot for $11O.
There have been a few cases of diph-
liberia in this town during the past
few weeks. One young child died
last week with the disease and another
one this week. There is no danger of
its spreading as the Board of health
has taken precautionary measures.
Both the children were white and it
is not known how they contracted the
disease.
The Revival meetings held at Be-
thesda by Rev. H. L. Schlincke have
been very successful, resulting in
eleven conversions and four penitents
at the altar. In connection with the
meetings the pastor succeeded in rails.
ing S93. .33 on an old mortgage of S12s
which has been standing for sixteen
years.
Several changes have recently beer
made among the track foremen of the
P. W. & B. Railroad. Charles F
Hubbard has been transferred from
the Queen Anne's and Kent section:
to Selbyville and J. G. Wilson hal
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Many trainmen on the Maryland and
Delaware divisions of the Phlladel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road are being vaccinated by the COM
pany physicians pursuant to a request
from Superintendent Barnard that the
employees take this precaution against
smallpox. On other divisions of the
Pennsylvania system in the east gen.
eral vaccination has been ordered as a
safe guard against contagion. Some
of the trainmen, especially those on
passenger trains, have adopted novel
method of shielding their vaccine
marks from patrons of their trains.
On the left sleeve just over where the
arm was scratched, and the vaccine ap-
piled, these trainmen wear a button,
bearing this inscription: "I have just
been vaccinated. Have you?" One
of the wearers was Reynier Salisbury,
a brakeman, but friend thinking the
matter was a joke, grabbed the sore
arm, which caused the genial brake
man to feel like committing an as
sault.
Smyrna times., 1901-11-06

Rev. Fl. L. Schlincke, who has been
conducting revival services at Bethes-
da on Sunday evening for several
weeks, will now fill the pulpit both
morning and evening at Ewell's. The
revival meetings having been discon-
tinued. This is gratifying news to his
congregation and they are pleased to
have him regularly with them once
more. The subject for the sermon on
Sunday at 1890 a. m. will be ''Springt
of Water" 7.30 p. m. EMISSION Of
Christ.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
Assessors TO Meet.

County Assessor Larson has received
notice of the annual meeting of the
assessors OF the several counties of the
state to be held ia Helsna on January
%. 1t is expected that the assessors will
again agree upon uniform valuations to
be fixed by them upon certain classes of
property, including live stock. Last
year the valuations upon live stock that
were fixed at the meeting were by no
mears satisfactory to the assessors OF
the stockgrowing counties, Teton among
the others, and sthey refused to follow
the schedule of values that was fixed by
the meeting. The meeting lasC year ap-
pointed committee on valuations OF
live stock, but it refused to accept this
committees report and adopted a sched-
ule of higher values. The assessors of
the live stock counties would not be
turned down in this way and they
adopted. the Valuations fixed by .the
committees rejected report. Later, the,
state board of equalization attempted
to force the raising of valu atiors of live
stock, but tho clerk OF Cascade county
refused to make the raise and the su-
preme court sustained him. The Estate
board of equalization, by this decision
of the supreme court was sheared of the
powers which it had claimed and cannot
interfere with the assessed valuations
this year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
Forty Stolen Horses.
camp.

Local officers and the Canadian north
west mounted police are on the trail of
thieves who recently stole 40 head of
horses from Alberta and brought them
to Montana, selling some of them in Great
Falls and the rest at Shelby. he theft
was discovered when customs inspector
recognized the brands as Canadian
brands. 1t was found that duty had
not been paid on the horses and Col
lector Browne notified the Canadian
authorities and they identified 30 head
of the horses as having been stolen from
A. Lindquist, of Winnifred, Alta, while
the rest were stolen from George Houk,
of Lethbridge. 1t appears that the
thieves drove the horses across the line
south of Cardston and thence to Shelby,
where some of them were sold, while
the others were taken to Great Falls and
sold there. The persons wh1 bought
them srefuse to surrender them until
satisfied that they were stolen, and evi,
dence of that fact is now being prepared.
The thieves are believed to have return.
ed to Alberta and the mounted police
are after them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
What's i'm a Name?

Although the present fashion OF
christening children with family sur
names IS much to be commended for
many reasons, it carries with it some
awful possibilities unknown in the days
of Mary AIMS and John Henrys. A
glance at the following list, each name
of which s genuine, will illustrate
sufficiently we'll the possibilities of no.
menclature resting with parents in their
choice of names for the men and women
Of tomorrow:
Edna Broker Mothershead.
Marian English Earle.
Sawyer Turner Somerset.
Will w. Upp
Nealon Pray Daily.
Owen Taylor Money.
Benton KILN Savages.
Ina Little Lamb.
Broker Husbands Hart,
r. u. Phelan Goode.
Marie A. Bachelor
May Tyus Upp.
|. Betty Sawyer
Mabel Eva Story.
Will Waltz Wither.
Iva Winchester Rifle.
Erta Lolita Hammond Degges.
Barber Cutting Mann.
Weir Sick O'Rrien
Maxim Loud Noyes.
Hurd Copp Cumming.
Rodenor Pullman Karr.
Doody Spies Sourwine.
Knott Worth Reading
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
Po11dera
Murder in Second Degree.

Patterson, j., Jan. 1S.-Walter G..
McAlister, William A. Death and An
drew J. Campbell we're today convicted
of murder in the second degree for
causing the death OF Jennie Bosschieter.
This means maximum OF thirty years
imprisonment. 1t was three months
ago today that the girl met the men in
Saal's saloon and started for the carriage
ride which was to end in her death.
The jury took tour ballots, and after
summoning Judge Dixon and the pris-
oners, filed into the court room. The
prisoners appeared very nervous. Nc
Alister seemed more excited than any OF
the others. He sat biting his lips while
waiting. Campbell thrus. his hands
into his trousers p ockets and clinche
his fists in them. Death looked anxious
" about the court room for a moment
and theu assumed the same attitude as
Campbell. When the verdict was an
nounced the prisoners showed neither
elation nor relief.
Judge Dixon thanked the jury and
said he believed the verdict just one.
He then dismissed the jurors uneil
Monday morning. The court then
adjourned and the prisoners were taken
back to the Jail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
A Snow Slide.

The delay to trains on the Great
Northern last week was caused by two
great snowslides following severe bliz
zard. The wind filled all the cuts be
tween Essex and Blackfoot with snow,
and all the rotary snow ploTs on the
division were ordered out to clear the
track, but before they had gone far it
was discovered that there had been two
great snowslides near the summit at
Java. One slide covered the track to a
depth of about 25 feet for distance of
600 feet, and the other slide placed 45O
feet of the track under Is feet of snow.
The rotaries attempted to go through
the Instructions, but before they had
gone far the blades used to cut away the
snow hit poulders, trees and logs, and
the rotaries were soon sent back to
Kalispell for repairs. 1t was found that
the slides had swept all the loose rocks
and timber on the mountain side into
the cuts and the snow was packed hard.
A telegram was sent to Spokane for an
other rotary and when it went to the
scene of the trouble Superintendent
Kennedy had 200 japanese there with
shovels and they assisted the rotary, but
it was not until two days later that the
track was cleared
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
Fl. c. KuNkEL,.
A Prominent Chicago Woman
Speaks.

Prof. Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice
President Illinois Woman's Alliance. in
speaking of Chamerlain's Cough Rene
dy, says: II suffered with severe cold
this winter which threatened to run into
pneumonia. / tried different remedies
but | seemed to grow worse and The med
icine upset my stomach. a friend al
vised me to try Chamherlain's Cough
Remedy and found it was pleasant 10
take and it relieved mo at once. al4
now entirely recovered, saved doctors
bill, time and suffering, and win never
be without this splendid medicine again"
For sale by ThOs. b. Magee.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-24
At Swift Current.
Mr.. Editor,
Allyn, Jan. IL, 1901.

Mr.. Editor,
The people of this camp have great
kick coming, and I am going to tell you
all about it. Here we a,e, about 200 as
good and sociable people as ever met
ir my life and here we are, not a letter
or a paper, not a bit Of news OF any kind
for four weeks. The trouble is that
darn fool wrote to the Post Office de
partment last fall that he had carried
the mail in here all last summer at
eighty dollars per month and made
plenty money. Well SIR, the same man
left here few weeks ago afoot, with a
pack on his back. fat broke. Well, the
government advertised for bids last fall
10 carry mail from Blackfoot to Wetzel
P. o., thence to Main P. o., thence to
Allyn. Now, here is a 55 mile route, as
bad as you can find anywhere, through
an open country where nobody lives and
carrier is in danger of his life every
trip he makes, for he is liable to meet a
blizzard at any time, and there was no
contract let last fall because the bids
were too high. The administration is
afraid that poor man out here might
make living. We all know that there
is not mail contract in this county that
is paying expenses.
A man has just come to town and
reported that old Rockefeller and old
Has Been Maginniss were elected u. S.
senators from Montana. It is so long
since we have had news of any kind here
tnat we do not know what to think of it.
We have had a very fine winter up to
the first week in January, but we have
had 18 inches OF snow fall since, and
very cold weather; out mere comes one
of those gentle chinooks on the night OF
the 10th inst. and away went the snow
don't know where, not speck to be seen
in the morning. 1t must be good way
off, for the wind must have been going
at the rate of 80 miles an hour.
This place is pretty quiet this winter
but the people are enjoying themselves
just the same. Through the kindness o.
Mr.. Virgil Harris and his sister, Miss
Lillian, who are kind enough to let the
people dance in their ~private residence
we are having dance every two weeks
and. everybody enjoys them selves anc
everybody dances.
Que of our young bloods left caml
today to be gone all winter; God hell
the girl he left OenlnG!
The mines here are looking we'll
There is sure to be a big rush in th,
spring here. Let them come, there il
room enough for all. I'll try to do bet
ter next time and I'll tell more about tn,
camp. RANCHER.