Smyrna times., 1905-09-06

ience in mems furnishings and hats,
who can come we'll recommended can
find permanent position with satisfac-
tory salary by applying by letter to
John Carrow, Mems Furnisher and
Halter, Dover, Del.
The Vinyard Shipbuilding Company
of Milford last week laid the keel for a |
new steamboat of the following dimen-
sions: Keel 120 feet, beam 90 feet, and |
hold feet. 1t is possible that the
power may be changed to 1885, horse
power gasoline engine.
William Penn Shockley, a young
Dover lawyer will please accept our
thanks for copy of his latest book of
poems. The book is entitled Forest
Leaves" and is selling like the proven
bal "hot cakes" The local color
given to many ot the poems makes the
work notwithstanding to Delawareans;
while the beauty of the rhythm and
fancy and the force of Mr.. Shockley's
style, make "Forest Leaves" a well
come acquisition to all of a literary
turn of mind.
Rev. Vaughn S. Collins, formerly of
Smyrna had a novel experience at Re-
hoboth last week. Wednesday he
drove over to Lewes for an evenings
sport of fishing at the government
iron pier at Point of Cape. He left his
horse in the care of Mr.. Beebe at the
Ocean House on the Beach, but before
he returned the horse got loose and
started across the beach. On arriving
at the-railroad crossing of the creek at
the southernmost side of the town,
it got entangled in the trestle work of
/ the bridge and would haYe been killed
had it not been discovered in time.
The Dover properties of Mrs. Jes-
sefy Walls were sold at public auction
at Dover Satur day afternoon and an
unusually large crowd attended ano
manifested much interest. "Csrson't
Hall, >" the Grand Army headquarters
and the two stores beneath it situated
! at Governors Avenue and Division
Streets, sold to Eaoch Clark for 50, 900
: Mr.. Clark bought the lot adjoining
$50 square feet, for S205; also a dwell
ing on Division Street, renting TO
+, $16O a year, for 1925, A double two
. story dwelling on New Street sold t
7 Michael Scanlon for $1,000; anothe
occupied by H. G. Forkum sold to H
l.. Smith, 1881. Mrs. Walls own res
idence on Governors Avenue sold t,
James Satterfeld for $4,000.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gill {
= Townsend, were away from home o
Tuesday night, some one entered thei
= nome and evidently p1rtook of squar
meal, as dishes of tomatoes and poti
toes which Mrs. Gill had left in th
cupboard, were found empty on th
dining room table, when Mrs. Gi
= returned home. A large water melo
y which had been left near the pun
. was also missing. Mrs. Gill says thi
she has been unable to discover an.
= thing more missing. However,
neighbor reports that she noticed son
one moving about in the Gill home
!. that time, but supposing that the pc
son was a member of the househo
:. she paid no further attention to Il
10 incident.
e. Last Thursday William A. Stoke
'e bury renewed his prosecutions again
u" Proprietor James r. Mott and ei
ployes at Woodland Beach, for
legged violation of the Sunday Law
to Mr.. Mott and six others-Alexand
M Thompson, Robert l.. Boyd, John
W, Boyd, John II. Wiley, Harvey
5he Cole and Samuel Mood-after he
tly ing before Justice Robert l.. Cummi
lid at Smyrna Thursday afternoon,
lid which they were fined "a each, to
an appeal and at once communicai
with the prothonotary and sheriff
ted Doyer relative to having the cases c.
the tioraried to the Superior Court of X,
to County, as in the other cases. Th
yer gave security and were released. Mis-
ers Bertha and Annie Manlove and NJ
ved Mary Bowen were released from la
the of corroborative evidence.
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and !. o. U. r. Al PHILADELPHIA.