Smyrna times., 1907-09-18
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA
People You Know and their Doings
in Other Towns and Places,
Gathered During the Week.

- O1iANl ONlS dIlO races,
Gathered During the Week.
A friend has presenteda life-size por-
trait of the late Bishop G. c. McCabe
TO Washington Heights Methodist
Church.
Beginning next week a new weekly
paper will be published at Wilmington
In the interests of the anti license
movement
Italian societies of Wilmington are
preparing for a two days picnic at
Brandywine Springs Park, Monday
and Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is plan
ming to establish its own lighting plant
for the new station and office building
at Wilmington.
WilmingtOn's City Council has been
Petitioned to adopt an ordinance regu-
latlng the erection and distribution of
gn-boards about the city.
I. Merritt Lynch, for many years
farmer of st. Jones Neck, has discon
tlnued the farming business and pur-
chased livery in Wilmington.
An examination of the dog which re-
Gently bit Edward o. Hines, a Tallev-
vile farmer, proved it to have been af-
nlcted with the rabies. Hines is in
serious condition at a Baltimore Hos
pital.
), w. Warrington, a fruit grower
living near Seaford, shipped this
season 80 carriers of peaches to 0. P.
Davis Il Bro. of New York and recei-
we'd check for $106.11.
William Il. Deputy, one CT she Oldest
carpenters of Milford, is building the
cabin in the steamer West River for
Wilson NJ. Vinyard. 1t will be one of
the finest that was ever built in Mil
ford.
}. Wesley Bennett, who resides in
Cedar Neck, has been rather fortunate
IN having large yield of peaches.
From 100 Elberta trees he gathered
4l6 baskets for which he received 5000.
The pumpkin crop is reported TO ba
lar ahead of the average and the en-
Joyment of an abundance of pumpkin
pies IS assured the local inhabitants.
with occasionally some cider should
the state go dry in November.
The Anti-License Campaign Commit
tee advocates of st. Georges Hundred
raised their first banner in Middletown
on Friday of last week, and if we are
correctly informed there will be sew.
eral more banners unfurled to the
breezes during the next few weeks.
Hicks say regular storm period
covers the 14th to 10Th and is one of
great severity. 1t is the crisis of the
autumnal equinox. The whole central
part of the month is full of perturbing
causes and hurricanes and cvclonic
storms are anticipated about Southern
coasts.
The construction of new -four mill.
with a large capacity, will soon he
started at Dover. The stakes were
placed yesterday in the lot opposite
the railroad station, which has been
purchased by the owner of the mills q
Western man.
During funeral at Barratt's CbaoeI
Wednesday afternoon, a horse attached
TO carriage was struck by ligbtnine
AID instantly killed. The storm which
accompanied the thunder and Iigbtn,no
did much damage to crops in that
locality.
The American Salvation Army will
open a station in Dover the first of Oc.
tober. Captain and Mrs. Louis Boss
OF Milford, will take charge Saturday
and Sunday, September 7th and 9Th
These officers will hold open air meet
lngsin Dover. All christian people are
invited to help in the services.
Miss Helen Louderbough of PbiIa.
delphia, granddaughter of Mrs. Julia
Louderbough of Dover, and Frank |
Mitchell Steel of the same city, will be |
married at the home of her sister. No. |
2l0O Van Pelt street, on Monday even. |
ing September 16.
Seyenteen pieces of new skin of
other boys have been grated into the
calf of the leg of Hall Downes. a little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dowpes
who severely burned his leg recently
and has since been taken to a bospitaI
as the wounds would not heal.
William G. Kerbin. formerly of Do
yer, now of Snow Hill, Md, has an
nounced himself as an Independent
Democratic Candidate for States A.