Smyrna times., 1902-03-05
IFVS Of THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
INTERESTING ITEMS GLEANEDFRO STATE
AND EASTERN SHORE PAPERS
local Happenings of the Different Towns of
the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal. Social and Otherwise.

DR.. James 7. Thompson has been
elected president Of the Lewes Law
and Order Society.
Georgetown elected five council
men. an assessor, a treasurer and an
alderman last Saturday.
An election for a town commissioner
10 serve fOc three years, was held
at atWyoming Monday.
Hlllsboro NJ. E. Church has invited
the Rev. Z. H. Webster to return as
pastor next conference year.
James W. Reedy, of Milford, son of
Sheriff Reedy, dislocated one of his
arms last week while sneezing.
Register Causey of Sussex county
has granted letters of administration
on the estates of Margaret E. Bostic.
The Holiness Association has secur
ed 100 converts at Harrington ard the
meetings continue with unabated in
terest
John l.. Thompson, cashier of the
First National Bank of Georgetown,
cslebratedhis Goth birthday anniversary
Saturday week
The Rev. John Shape of Wilmington
lectured in the First Baptist
Church, Dover, last night on ''The
Eloquence of Silence"
Dealers and Western agents are i'm
porting to this peninsula large num-
bers of mules from Western states
Some of these are unbroken, yet they
arc selling readily to farmers for $500
to $500 per pair.
The Middletown election was
held last Monday. Two commits
soners, an assessor, a treasurer and an
alderman will be elected. George G.
Kowe and William r. Cochran are the
retiring commissioners.
There is now quite an interesting
contest on over the appointment of
postmater at Port Deposit. The pre-
sent postmaster, w. C. Coulson, is out
for reappointment while the friends of
Theodore j. Vanneman are urging his
appointment.
Prof. Charles Close. gave the first of
a series of lectures at Delaware Col
lege, recently on the subject-"A
Trip to Yellowstone Park, 800 miles by
wagon" Music was furnished by the
Gold and Blue Orchestra, college
organization.
The Presbyterian Sunday School of
Milford hello its fifty fourth anniver-
sary in the church Wednesday night.
The program was well rendered. An
interesting address was delivered by a
Chinaman, Y. P. Lee, on 'Life in
China"
Superintendent J. E. Carroll will
hold a local institute in Milford, Sat
urday, March 10. He will be assisted
by one of the Professors of the Expert
ment Station at Newark The subject
discussed will be Reading, in addition
to Mature Work"
Several noted gunners of Milford, in
order to aid the few quail from per-
lshing during the recent blizzard,
cleared large patches of ground and
led them regularly each day. This no
doubt saved several coveys which
otherwise would have perished from
lack of food
The Rev. E. y. Cantwell, formerly
editor of the Peninsula Methodist,
sustained severe injuries at Bishop
vile, Md, recently, by falling on a
stairway, and his 6-years-old son was
seriously hurt few days later by be-
ing struck by a rapidly-driven team.
Mr. Cantwell has been afflicted with
rheumatism for long time.
George F. Burkley. of Creswell,
Hartford county, Md; was in Dover
last week for the purpose of arranging
10 operate cannery this season pro-
Vldlng he can induce enough farmers
20 contract with him for $50 acres of
tomatoes at 81 per ton. He proposes
to lease the factory of Mrs. S. G. Ste
Venson near the depot which is now
occupied by James E. Pugh.
Mrs. Mary Ann Stewart, widow of
The late Charles Stewart, at one-time
prominent merchant of Easton, died in
Brooklyn, N. Y .on Tuesday week. The
surviving children are Mrs. w. H..
Wlthgot, Mrs. Harry NJ. Mason, Mrs.
samuel H. Wiley. Mrs. Owen
Wharton and Charles Stewart. The
remains we're buried in Easton Fri
aay afternoon, funeral services being
neld at Calvary NJ. P. Church.
The new iron bridge at the head of
otate street across Silver Lake, Dover,
was badly damaged by the storm of
last week. the rush of water caused