Smyrna times., 1902-04-16
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARLY YANO 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.
The mothers illness summoned
them to Laurel, and it was not until
they entered the carriage at Laurel de-
pot that they learned of the kinship.
Mr.. John Dodd, real estate agent,
has sold the farm of Mr.. G. A. Busteed
above Sudlersville, known as the Jane
r. SUDDEN home farm, and containing
$50 acres to James Merrick Jr., for
$4,000.
Justice of the Peace B. f. Pierce, of
Galena, was seized with paralysis of
the heart while conducting a case in |
his office Friday week, and he died |
shortly afterward. He was 80 years of !
age.
Peach trees by the score are being
pulled up in Kent county, Maryland.
Ten years ago Kent county contained
100000 peach trees, but 100000 will
doubtless number them at present.
The Wilmington Conference Acad-
emy foot ball eleven has elected Wal
lace S. Handy, '03, manager of the
team for the coming season. Handy
succeeds Professor William NJ. Wooster
who has severed his connection wit h
the school.
James Elliott, of Jersey City, aud
Joseph Elliott, of Middletown, brothers
met Wednesday week for the first time
in 90 years, in the same seat on
railroad train, at MiddletOwn, with
out recognizing each other.
Special Agent NJ. S. Plummer, of
the rural mail delivery service, will
establish routes for Greenwood, Sea
ford, Georgetown, fredericksburg and
Milford, until every farmer in the
county is reached. Rural deliveries
established several months ago show
an increased business each month.
The Standard Oil Company has de-
clared dividend of twenty per centum
for the first quarter of 1902, or rate
of eighty per centum per annum, on
the stock of the company. This item
clearly shows the enormous price all
are paying for the privilege of burning
coal oil as a means of lighting tneir
homes.
Rev. z. W. Nichols, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, Dover, received
donation of eggs as an Easter-weeE
0aa ~, vn,,I L-aan fba parSOO
age larder supplied for long time
Samuel Harper, a member of the
church, asked each member of the
church to bring one egg. AS a result
10 dozen were piled in front of the pas
tor.
The perch hatchery stations of thu
Maryland Fish Commission on tn
Eastern Shore, are now in full operation
and millions of white and yellow
perch are being Matched at the Tuck
ahoe Hatching Station in Carolin
County; 13O, 900, 600 of perch eggs hav
already been obtained, and over $4,000
900 of young pech are being placed Il
the rivers of the Eastern Shore. Cen
treville, Cambridge and other point
were visited last week, and percl
planted by Deputy Thomas Hughlett
Rev. William &. Koons, pastor {
Nazareth NJ E. Church, New Castle
has started the formation of "Calen
dar Club for the purpose of reducin
the debt of $516 upon the church. Th
method is for 430 persons to pay
cents month each, which is $43, an
for 12 months will be $516. In I'll
calendar one person represents yea
12 others the months, 52 others I'll
weeks, and 365 others the days, ma
ing the total 43O persons.
George W. Lockwood, one of Il
best-known citizens on the Easter
Shore, died at his home near CeciltC
Cecil county, on Monday morning t
9TH inst. of Brigbts disease, aged
years. He was descendant of Pet
Alrichs, who in 1860 was the thi
Governor of Delaware, which was st
in the hands of the Dutch. He was o
VI lu6 DcSb huOWA hOAo nht pCo
growers on the Peninsula. He was
director of the National Bank at M
dletown and the directors were
honorary pallbearers at his funer
lnterment was made at st. Fran
Xavier cemetery.
During drunken row betwt
several white men and two color
men about two miles north of Geor
town, Wednesday afternoon, Geol
M. Dickerson, one of the white m
received what is feared a mortal kr
4 wound in the abdomen just below
a ribs. The wound was inflicted by
Il OF the colored men whose names
II Nehemiah H. Davis and Jacob Benz
OF Slaughter Neck, but which one CT