Smyrna times., 1902-01-08
n VS. 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.

the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal. Social and otherwise.
While cleaning vat in Cochran's s
creamery, near Middletown, Henry W
Black and Frank Howard were severely
>calded.
John c. Shivler, for SO years station
ageutfor the Philadelphia, Wilmington
" Baltimore Railroad Company at New
ark, died Saturday, aged SO years.
While Mrs. John Cox was going to
her home, near New Castle, on Thurs
day night, she was attacked by burly
negro, but her cries for help scared off
| the ruffian.
George G. Smith has been notified
by Chief Justice Lore that he had been
chosen to succeed his father, the late
Thomas B. Smith, as crier for the
courts of New Castle county.
John Whitelock, station agent at
wyoming was struck aud severely in
Jured by mail bag thrown from the
Norfolk express train. He ewas knocked
down and came within an ace of rolling
under the moving train.
For some reason eggs are scarce and
high in the lower part of the state. In
Milford and several other down state
towns last week they were selling for
% cents dozen, and they have been
as high at 81 cents per dozen.
Congressman L. Heisier Ball has Sc
cuaed the appointment of page in the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton for Edward L. Hynsn of Milford.
de is the son of the late Henry L.
Hynson and is Is years of age.
Milkmeu were considerable agitated
over a report that under the new law
they were compelled to have numbers
painted on their milk wagons. As
matter of fact, they are only required
to have their names painted upon the
wagons.
Ex-Representative Charles H. Todd. of
Preston, Md, who conducts a large
canning establishment near there, had
two fingers blown off and his thumb
split open by the explosion of bic
fire cracker that had been lighted, and
which he thought had gone out.
Secretary of State Layton reports
that during 1901, 200 companies were
chartered, whose capital stock ranged
from $2,0OOto SlO,OOO,OOO. The capital
stock of 100 companies was 81, 900, 900
each, and that of three companies
$1O,000,OOO. The revenue derived
from granting charters was about
$4,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Newlin DuHamel.
widow of the Rev. p DuHamel, d. d.
died at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
Eager, on Bradford street, Dover,
Monday the Both. ult aged "a years.
She is survived by two children Rev.
William DuHamel of New Harmony,
Ind, and Miss Fannie DuHamel, who
resided with her mother. Mrs. Du.
Hamel will be buried from Christ Epis-
cOpal Church as her husband was few
months ago, on Thursday afternoon,
Rev. George NJ. Bond, the rector,
officiating.
MethOdists in the North are congratu-
lating themselves on ending this calen-
dar year with round $4,000, 900 of
their $40, 1000, 900 Thank Offering Fund
Massmeetings designed to insure the
raising of the remaining So, 1000, 600 are
to begin in January, and are to be
heidi New York, Boston, Philadelphia
Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
In other large cities meetings are
to be held, for the reason that in them
the task has already been accomplished
and cities selected are intended to be
national. Speakers at all of them are to
be governors and United States Sena.
tors.