Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-01-24
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
SHORT, NEWSY ITEMS OF INTEREST GATH
Erred FORM OUR ExcHNGeS.
Gleanings Gathered from all Parts of the State
About Your Friends and Neighbors and
their Doings During the Week.

Robert McFarlin was last week
elected president of the New Castle
Levy Court and Horace G. Knowles,
attorney.
Charles W. Wiley of Georgetown has
been appointed referee IN bankruptcy
for Sussex County to succeed Charles
Richards, deceased.
Temporary officers were elected at
mass meeting held in Odd Fellows
Hall, Dover, Wednesday night to plan
an organization of circle of the |
Brotherhood of the Union, fraternal
insurance society with membership
of 1000.
The announcement was made from
Washington last week of the appoint
ment OF Newell Ball of Bridgeville.
DEL, to be assistant superintendent of
street cleaning for the city of Wash
ington ct salary of $1,000 per year.
1t is rumored that Rev. Thomas E.
Martindale, for the past two years pas
tor of Elkton M. E. Church will sue
coed Rev. Charles A. Hill, who is
closing five year pastorate at Sails
bury, Md, and who has accepted call
to Wilmington.
William I. Smithers of Dover, has
been appointed assistant secretary to
the United States Senate committee
on railroads. The appointment holds
good till March 4, 1907. Mr.. Smithers
left last week for Washington to as
sume his duties.
Paynter Frame died at his home
near Harbeson, last week aged 80 ears.
He was former member of the General
Assembly and for many years a DEM
ocratic leader of Sussex County. Flu
neral services were conducted by
Franklin Lodge, No. IL, A. F. & AM.
of Georgetown. Interment was made
In st. Johns Cemetery.
Jay Pullman, of Dover, was held for
the Kent Grand Jury Thursday be-
cause farmer Henry Wright identified
a turkey from among some poultry
which Pullman had sold Richardson
Robbins, poultry packers, as one
taken from his poultry house Wednes.
day night. Mr.. Wright amused big
crowd at the Office of Magistrate Sat
terfield by identifying the turkey
which was in evidence by its toes, two
of which had been amputated in a pc
culiar manner for Identification.
{ Walter II. Pardoe, Prothonotary o
q Kent County and Clerk of the Suprem,
9 Court Of Delaware, notified his assis
( taut, DIR. W. d. Burton, at Dover
r on Wednesday, by letter, that he ha,
gone to New York City and would no
return under a week, but that whei
n he did return he would return double
v Mr.. Parioe was married on Thursda,
! to Miss May Fculk. former resld en-
q of Milford, at which place Mr.. Pardo
resides.
The State department Thursday is
l. sued certificates of incorporation t
Is the South Mountain Oil aud Gas De
e veloping Company, to prospect, bore
If drill and drive for oil, gas and othe
mineral solutions. The incorpor ator
are all OF Waterbury. Conn, aud tn
d capital stock is $4,000.
is The Outside Auxiliary Coupler Con
,e pany was incorporated to manufacture
a purchase and sell and otherwise des
in railway couplers. The incorpors
tors are all of Philadelphia and th
" capital stock is $4,000.
y Prominent young women of Dovei
- are one by one leaving comfortably
10 homes to engage in the avocation {
u trained nursing. Already Dover has
large representation of her fairel
daughters engaged ins Philadelph
le and New York in relieving and minis
W tering to the sick and injured. Mi
io Blanche, j ohnson, daughter of Mr.
" Lille johnson, Dover, left fl
Philadelphia Thursday, and entert
the Home for Incurables as a traine
er nurse, for which calling she has bee
he preparing for several months.
ng
he Miss Sarah NJ Davis, daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. William FL. Davis,
Woodstock. " and Mr.. Percy r. Su
an Ivan, young farmer of near Trap
III Md, we've quietly married at 5 o'clo
is on Wednesday afternoon at the pa
err. sonage oil Calvary M. p. Church
It's the pastor, Rev. DR.. Walter Grahai
After the ceremony they drove to 4
home of the brides parents, where
nat reception was rendered them and th,
or. friends. Later in the evening Mr.. a
mt Mrs. Sullivan left for their futr
a" bone near Trappe, Nd.
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