Smyrna times., 1902-03-12
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARL LYANO PENINSUlA A
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.

the l2O-acre farm of Mrs. Mary Parvis,
near Little Greek, to Pennel Emerson |
for 50, 100.
The seventy fourth session of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church will
convene in Centreville April 3rd next.
Rev. Dr.C. A. Grise and wife, of Eas-
ton, have gone to Florida, to be absent
two weeks. His congregation pres
ented him with handsome purse on
Sunday morning.
Every steamer, so reports the Bal
timOre papers, for some weeks, has
brought several thousand sacks of
potatoes from Rotterdam, Glasgow
and Liverpool. Here is an object
lesson for the farmers.
The Milford and Philadelphia Trans
portation Company has been incorpor-
ated with a capital stock of $50, 900 for
the purpose of purchasing and operat-
ing the steamer Emma Refs and other
freight and passenger steamers.
Rev. and Mrs. William NJ. Green of
Dover celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary on Friday night Of last
week. About 100 guests we're present
and were entertained splendidly. The
presents, all of silver, were Dumer-
Gus and beautiful
An Anti-Saloon League has been
formed in Salisbury with Rev. S. j.
Smith, president, and James E. Ellie
good vice president. The league,
which is composed of representative
church people of the town, will under
take vigorous work against the evils
of the saloon.
Register of Wills Causey Of Sussex
county has granted the following let
ters of administration: On the estate
of William ID. Paynter, late of Lewes
and Rehoboth hundred, to John
Paynter; on the estate of Nancy G.
Allen, late of Seaford hundred, to E.
Merritt Williams.
Governor Hum on Tuesday re-
appointed William William Wiley,
Democrat, to be Justice of the Peace
and Notary Public at Seaford for q
term of four years. Abram Vande'
grift, a Democratic Justice of the
Peace at Port Penn, has resigned as he
will remove to Duluth.
The official board of Frankford NJ
f. Church will extend an invitation t.
their pastor, Rev. Asbury Burke, t.
return for the second year to tina
charge. During the past year tn
church has been improved and enlarg
ed at a cost of nearly $4,000, nearl
all of which sum has been raised.
After giving mature consideration t.
the subject Rev. William G. Koons
who has given so much satisfaction q
pastor of New Castles NJ. E. churc
during the past year, has decided
go to Epworth Wilmington, on col
dition that by doing so he will not
any way cripple the New Castle charg'
VIM. F. Kurtz of Wilmington, hi
created a sensation in New Cast
county by publicly announcing thi
former sheriffs of that county are to
sued for frauds in connection with Il
feeding and lodging of tramps. E
claims that about $411, 900 of Il
county's money has been wasted
stolen during the past six years.
An exceptionally sad death in Il
neighborhood of Harrington, Thur
day, was that of Leonard Morris,
bridegroom of only few days, N
Morris caught a severe cold few da
ago and died of pneumonia. He was
prosperous farmer, 30 years old, al
only recently married Miss Pee
stepdaughter of Levy Courtman MI
ten.
In Milford many aged people resit
and few of those who are well know
are Mrs. Ann Yoe Draper, aged
Mrs. Ross, aged 80, mother of A
Ross; Mrs. Clara Wilsot, aged So; M
Eliza Masten, aged 80; Mrs. Will
Gray, aged "a years. There are o.
twenty ladies in Milford over 80 ye
old. The number of men over. 80 ye
of age in Milford will not equal h
that number.
A girl who had been very clever
college returned home the other
and said to her mother: Mother, ]
graduated, but now 1 must inform I
self in psychology, philology, bibli
Gust wait minute" said the mott
81 have arranged for you thorol
course in roasto logy, boilology, dar
logy, pathology and general don