Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
SHORT, NEWSY ITEMS OF INTEREST GATH
Erred FROM OUR EXCHNGES.

Gleanngs Gathered from all Parts of the State
About Your Friends and NeighbOrs and
Tbnir DOings During the Week.
An epidemic of typhoid fever has
broken out in Galena, Md.
At public sale near Townsend 26
head of cattle were sold at prices aver
aging $55.
The graduates of Caroline High
School, Denton, will be presented
with their diplomas by Governor War
field on June 5.
For the first time in the history of
New Castle a warrant has been issued
for the arrest of a white man for an al
legged attempted assault upon a negro.
R. c. Justis, of Newport, Del, has sold
his farm in Chapel district, about seven
miles from Easton, known as "Kington."
containing about 300 acres, to Robert L.
Kemp, of Easton for $4,000 ca sh.
The Talbot County Commissioners have
appointed DR.. Edward R Trippe, of Eas-
ton, health officer for the county and DR..
Julius A. johnson, of Easton, physician to
the County Jail.
A valuable overcoat and pair of
gloves, stolen from his office last April
have been recovered by former Secre-
tsry of State James H. Hughes, of
Dover, from a pawn shop in Chester,
Pa.
A piece of steel he was chipping flew
into the eye of Jonn Kennedy, of East
way, Mich, working on once of the new
dupont buildings at Wilmington, de-
stroying the sight.
The animal meeting of Old School
Baptists, comprising seven churches
at Wilmington, Iron Hill. Md, Peters
burg and Kenton, Del; Philadelphia
and Lancaster and Chester Counties,
Pa, met at Wilmington last week.
The annual reunion at Old Draw
yers Church, near Odessa, will be held
on Sunday June Sd, the first Sunday
in the month. Full arrangements have
not yet been completed, but it is def
nitely settled that Rev. Joseph Turner
of Dover will deliver one of the SER
mons.
Thirty thousand dollars was
added to the fund for a building for
the Young Mems Christian Associa
tion at dinner given by the directors
and the Advisory Committee last week.
It-is~n0% thought that the entire
= $4,000 will soon be subscribed. Al
the dinner letter was read from T.
Coleman DUPONT increasing his origi
hal subscription from $4,000 to $40, 900,
and other increases were announced
in rapid succession. The fund now
totals about $135, 900.
The application of Alonzo T. Dicker
son for license for the Hotel Harring
ton was refused last week by Judge
Pennewill on the grounds specified il
the lengthy remonstrance which wa.
fled against it recently. At the time
the license was presented about hal
the voting population of Harrington
was in Court to oppose it, and the cit
izens of the town are in high glee ovel
the outcome of their fight.
Mr.. 1. j. Moore, of Denton, Nd.
lost valuable horse while on a driv,
to Seaford recently, He had driver
from home to about three miles
from Seaford and after horses hac
been fed, he returned to his stable anC
found one of them dead. He valued
the horse ct $3.50. He was informe,
blythe farmer where he stopped tha
the horse would have to be buried
and instead of dragging it to the near
est woods, as is the custom in man,
places, it was buried in a hole s fee
deep.
The new Dover orchestra, conducte
by Miss Blanche Virden Brown, Del
aware's only woman orchestra conduc
tor, has engaged to play at the Feltol
High School commencement at Felto
this evening" at the Dover Opera Hous
lecture of former Congressman Levin
Irving Handy on "Patrick Henry" mex
TUESDAY night; and at the Millingtoi
NJ. j. Church concert, Millington Nd.
on Thursday evening, June Z. TIL
orchestra will probably render th
music for the Wilmington Conferenc
Academy commencement during th
second week in June.
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