Smyrna times., 1902-04-09
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARLY LYANO 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.

Personal. Social and Otherwise.
Directors of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Wilmington have
pie dyed $1,000 of the $1,000 needed by
the association for current expenses |
and improvements.
Miss Daisy Cook Moore, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Enoch Moore, aud
Robert W. Simmons were married last |
Wednesday evening in Grace Method
list Episcopal Church, Wilmington, by
Rev. William Writ King.
At the meeting of New Castle County
School Commission last week it was
decided to allow each of the ten cOlored
schools $500 toward erecting new
buildings, provided each district Sc
cured $i20 for the same purpose.
The New Castle County Levy Court
and the Kent Levy Court recently
made repairs on bridge owned jointly
by the two counties, and the Kent
County body has neglected to pay half
the expense, $1,000, which the New
Castle Court is now trying to collect.
Because of the death of Howard
Windle, in Wilmington City Hall,
thought to be intoxicated, but who
had been severely injured, the Police
Commissioners will adopt rule to
compel the men on duty to call the
surgeon each time an unconscious man
is brought to the station.
Frank L. Gates Cor Catts), a rep
resentative of New FORK life insurance
company, with headquarters in George
town, was arrested last Thursday by
State Detective Fra lc,s, on a writ is
sued by Middletown justice of the
peace, charging the prisoner with
embezzlement. The detective, with
his prisoner, were driven to Bridge
vile, where they took the midnight
train on the Delaware railroad for Mid
dletown. Gates one of the publishers
of the Eastern Shore Farmer, a farm
journal which was recently purchased
at fredericksburg, Nd, and brought
here for publication.
1t is said that quite number of citi
zens are heavy losers on Cates's &C
count, chief of whom is Jacob L. Chip
man, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel.
Delaware will soon have plenty o
light on its shores. The two light
houses in Lower PENIS Neck Town
ship. New Jersey, are to be removed
and placed in America. This chang
has been made necessary by the chan
ge in the river channel aud the pric
of Delaware real estate. 1t is said on
of the lights will be erected at tn
mouth of the Appoquinimink creek.
Matrimonial circulars are being dis
tributed throughout Wilmington cal
ing the attention of widows, widower
and unmarried people to the joys {
marriage life, and offering to procur
a suitable wife or husband for an
person wishing one. The paper
headed: supplement of Mr.. Alfre
L. Shaffner's Select Matrimonii
Bureau, Wilmington Delaware" Th
police have letter in their possessio
which was received by a widow of Wi
mington from Shaffner. Init he stat'
he has four business men who desil
to marry Wilmington woman. I'll
widow, however, answered that sh
was not looking for husband
Deputy Sheriff Jones of Easton Md
was nearly killed recently while he al
Sheriff Mortimer were locking up Il
prisoners for the night. They enter
the inner doors and proceeded to lo
the men in their cells, when they reac
ed the cell occupied by Henry Powe
an insane tramp. Powell passed Sht
iff Mortimer, sprang upon Jones, thr'
him to the floor and commenced poun
ing him with both fists and fet
Sheriff Mortimer sprang to his ASST
ance, but the prisoner threw him o
Several officers and prisoners manag
to subdue the maniac and placed b
in a cell. Deputy Jones is at his hoI
in a critical condition.
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ST have not the slightest hesitaI
in recommending Chamberlal
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