Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
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 and Otherwise.


A. G. Salisbury has bought the A.
W. Thompson farm, near Ridgely, for
SO, 900.
The Leipsic Hotel has been purchased |
by Horace P. Pugh, the present occu-
pant, for 50, 800
Chancellor Nicholson has appointed
J. Francis Wilds receiver for James
Kirk & Son, the Dover printers.
The wedding of Miss Anita F. Sta
plefort and John R. Nield will take
place on Taylor's Island to-day
The Town Commissioners of North
East, Md, have appropriated $25 to
the North East High School library.
|. Several hundred men and 80 horses
are harvesting ice on the Susquehanna
River in Cecil County for the Ameri-
can Ice Company.
The Rev. David Howard, of Berlin,
few days ago, after a snow storm,
hitched his horse to snow plow and
cleaned the town sidewalks.
Cold weather has so delayed work on
the plant of the Pullman Car Company
in Wilmington that it is not expected
to be ready for use before April 1.
By the will of Mrs. Johanna Stoeck-
lie, of Wilmington, the Delaware and
Homeopathic Hospitals each receive
$500 and the Riverview Cemetery $780,
Rev. Alexander NJ. Rich, of st.
James Protestant Episcopal Church,
Elkton, Md, has received a call to the
rectorship of Carnegie, Pa, church.
John Banks, assistant Treasurer of
Cecil County, Md, has completed the
six months report for Cecil County,
showing a cash balance on December
Both of $33, 147.55.
William A. Pratt, for some years in
structor of engineering at Delaware
College, left on Monday to take a
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Railroad Company in New York.
Governor Hum and former Cover
nor Tunnel will attend the 18th
annual meeting and dinner of the Del
aware Society of New York, at the
Waldorf-Astoria Thursday, February
20.
Robert J. Dawson, of Trappe, has
sued the Baltimore, Chesapeake & At
lantic Railway Co. for $40, 900 damages
for injuries alleged to have been re-
ceived on one of the company's steam
boats.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Graham two
well-known Dover people. will cele.
brate the twenty fifth anniversary ot
their marriage at their home on Divis
ion street, on Monday evening, Feb
ruary "a.
Rev. William NJ. Green, Camden''
magistrate, and Mrs. Green will cele
: brate their twenty-ffth anniversary
at their home on Commerce street
Camden, on Friday evening, Feb
ruary 25.
Rev. and Mrs. William D. Manross
who lately came to st. Michael
!. Church, Wilmington, were given a re
ception Thursday evening by the con
gregation. Bishop Coleman and othe
notables attended.
! Announcement has been made of tn
f engagement of Miss Mary Penningto
e daughter of H. G. Pennington, pro
8 prietor of the Sussex Hotel, Seaford
d and J. Thomas Torbert, youn
; business man of Lewes.
:. Robert J. Carter, well-known res
: dent of Lewes, has removed, with hi
n family to Greeley, Colorado. He wi
: engage in farming for his brother
is Chas. Carter, who removed to the Yves
20 from this State several years ago.
The wedding of Byron Pepper,
d well-known young Georgetown mar
N to Miss Mary Catharine NAPLES, wi
D. occur at the home of the brides parent
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Franklin Russo
Id at Darby, Pa, on Tuesday evening.
20 The New Castle County Grand Jun
u. Thursday ignored the bill charging v
~ T. Colmery, county constable, an
~ John Chalmers, town bailiff, of Ney
u ark, with having assaulted Joseph /
" Petit, who claimed the men arrestt
he and roughly treated him.
e. City Solicitor Reinhardt, of Wi
IS. mington, has requested Wilmingto
a Council to find out as early as post
sr, BILE when Philip L. Garrett or Samu
g Adama IP ia tho lavtfuI Aaaiato