Smyrna times., 1901-03-06
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 Chaugs With
Regard to People Well Known.


Yet Every Week Brings its Changs With
Regard to People Well Known.
Lincoln's birthday anniversary will
he legal holiday.
Samuel H. Hall. and wife, of Dover,
are on trip to Galveston, Texas and
thencet to Mexico.
Sweet potatoes are plenty and low
priced at Milford. The best sell for
p cents peach basket.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith Nell
vaine observed yesterday the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage.
Because of the inability to get labor
it is said the shirt factory at Town
send is compelled to shut down.
Mrs. Martha Sipple, of Milford, who
was visiting her sister Mrs. Pleasan-
ton at Cowgills, died last Saturday
week
Samuel j. Spiel, of Camden, filled a
newly erected ice house and now has
1000 tons which he expects to use in
icing refrigerator cars at Wyoming dur
ing the coming berry seaon.
The marriage of Miss Annie r. Rod
ney to Francis De Haes Janvier was
solemnized in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney at noon on Saturday by
the Rev. F. NJ. Munson.
The bill of Representative Ewing
legalizing live bird shooting matches
in this State has now become a law
and live pigeon shoots csn now be
held in this State.
E. B. Downes' who has acted as sup
erintendent of Kent County Almshouse
for the past seventeen years will move
to KentOn tomorrow. Mr.. DOwnes
and family will be greatly missed also
by Union Church.
The continued cool weather with the
absence of extremes of heat and cold,
has been favorable to all fruit trees.
Mr. E. G. Packard near Dover, re-
ports that he has examined his peach
trees and finds 80 per cent of the buds
alive.
The Avenue NJ. E. Sunday SchooI
of Milford closed the rummage sale
last week. During the three weeks
that they continued the sale $25S was
taken over the counter. The church has
rust purchased new pipe organ.
William Kelley, alias "Calico Bill"
who ''Nationized" the saloon of John
Eagan Tuesday of last week in New
Castle was arraigned before Mayor
Boyd on charges of disorderly con-
duct and was fined. Being unable tC
pay he was committed to Jail.
1t took just six minutes Thursdsy tc
4 read and pass the bill apprOpriating
S270O for the inaugural trip to Wash.
ingtOn. 1t was railroaded through the
Senate in the same way and signed be
fore 12 O'Clock. This shows what the
Legislature can do if they want to.
The House committee on revenue
and taxation at Dover reported favor
ably a substitute bill prohibiting the
issuance of trading stamps The bill,
however, allows merchants to conduc
4 gift enterprises of their own. The
1 penalty for violation of the act is a fin,
of $500.
So far as this county is concerned
Kent county can go ahead and use it
1 expensive and obsolete jail for an in
definite period, and Sussex county cal
use its old Jail or build new one o1
the poor farm or elsewhere. New Cas-
tie is satisfied to be sole owner of
work house. So says a Wilmi ngtol
paper
Rural delivery of the mails will b'
put into effect about April first in Ken
County and all post-offices off tn
railroads will probably be abolish
The most prominent offices affecte
will be Frederick and Camden both o
winch will get free delivery at tn
doors.
The bill granting half the license
pad by hotels in the corporate city an
towns of Delaware to such towns an
city passed the Legislature last wee
aud by the opinion of an attorney
was declared lost by reason that it di
not receive a three-fourth vote as
was an appropriation bill.
The General Deficiency bill, repol
Nd to the House contains a provisio
wpay 80, 561 G5 to the widow of j. t
nnonecker, late Representative
congress from Delaware. This amour
Tquals the sum which the decease
representative would have received
aalary had he lived to the end OF th
'erm for which he was elected.