Smyrna times., 1904-05-18
NEWS CLEANED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE PENINSULA
THOMAS DYER, OF DENTON, ND, KILLED
TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK BY A FALL.
OOV er's Handsome New Opera House Opened
Last Week-TaIk OF Sunday Trains Being
Run on the Delaware Railroad.

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Last Week-TaIk OF Sunday Trains Being
Run on the Delaware Railroad.
Out of total of 90 boats, but 95
shad were brought to the New Castle
wharYes Thursday morning. The de-
mand from Philadelphia dealers is very
heavy.
The New Castle County Levy Court
Thursday decided to send Cornelius J.
Horrigan, president of the State High
way Commission, to the Good Roads
Convention to be held in st. Louis.
The wreck of the steamboat Mary U.
Citizens. which was burned and sank
in ST. Jones river, near Lebanon, in
March, will probably be removed by
the government, as it is understood
that the matter is now under consider
alton.
While walking on the northbound
track an unknown colored man, about
% years of age, was struck and proba-
bly, fatally injured by a train on the
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washing
ton Railroad, near Elkton, Thursday
night.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will run passenger
trains over the Delaware Division on
Sunday this coming summer. The
Sunday trains may be the two New
York and Norfolk express trains that
pase through Dover 1900 south and
3 38 north bound.
Captain Hal A. Barber, U. S. A.,
has been appointed by President
Roosevelt assistant chief of the Bu-
reau of Records of Pensions, with the
rank of MAJOR. Captain Barber is a
native of Cambridge. and Is a son of
the late Rev. DIR. Barber, of that
town.
Thomas Dyer, of Denton, Md, far.
mer, died last Tuesday morning Just
as he reached home after a trip to
Bowers Beach, where he and several
friends had been to purchase fish. On
the return trip Monday night, when
near Frederlca, Mr.. Dyer who was
badly crippled by rheumatism, at
tempted to get out of the wagon and
struck on his head. His friends found
him unconscious, placed him in the
wagon and Immediately started home
ward. Mr.. Dyer's home was reached
he died almost Immediately. DR..
Goldsborough said that the neck had
been broken by the fall.
The Court of General Sessions Tues
day granted liquor licenses to the fol-
lowing: Hotels-Alonzo Dickerson,
Harrington; Lemuel T. johnson,
Bowers Beach; Edward Call and
Frank H. Kramlich, Wilford; Phil
emon r. Dill and Clarence VOshell,
FELTON,; Edward Harkins, Camden
Harry F. Ford, Dover; Maria F.
Smith, John G. Blizzard and Cyrus P.
Gears, Smyrna; Samuel A. Fortuer
and Reuben F. Warren, Clayton; L.
P. Campbell, Woodland Beach; Robert
G. Rice, Bowers Beach. Drug stores
George W. Pleasanton, Milford; Ira
Downes, Frederick. r. r. Kenny,
attorney for Isaac Kline Gooden, pro-
prietor of the Alsace Hotel, Wyoming,
whose application had been contested
withdrew it.
Stung by charges of favoritism the
members of the City Board oi
Assessment, Revision and Appeal, oi
Wilmington, are preparing astatement
to justify the lowering of the taxes or
properties of the Pennsy lvania Rail
road Company and Water Commission
ers Peter ]. Ford and David Lindsay
The railroad company's property, they
say, was reduced from the assesssmen
because it was erected on land classeC
as marsh, which is exempt from tax
alton. The building alone, according
to the permits, cost more than 5000,
900, but are assessed at $169, 900. Mr.
Lindsay's property was reduced from
$4,000 to $3O,OOO, because Mr.. Lind
say paid but $4,000 for it, says tn,
board, and the building of Commits
sioner Ford was reduced in assessmen
to $40, 900 because Mr.. Ford made al
appeal.
Dover's handsome new Opera Hous
was formally opened Monoay night O
! last week in a brilliant manner. So
: ciety turned out in force and tn
/ pretty play house proved to be com
e plete in every detail. The wsathe
q was inclement, but 277 tickets ha,
i been sold aud those present were com
/ fortably seated and delightfully."- en-
a tertained. The gross receipts wer
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