The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-19
DELAWARE NOTES
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Col. Henry \. DUPONT United States
Senator, will receive pay for each day,
fro mthc assembling until the adjourn
mcnt OF the session, - days in all.
Nothing unlucky about that number
for them. They get sos each.
\ novel sight was witnessed at New
ark lost week when a pair OF oxen be
longing to W. J. Barnard were shod
by c. w. Chambers, the wcll-known
blacksmith of that town. The shocing
OF oxen is a practice that has become
almost obsolete, but was not uncommon
in the years gone by.
-Attorncv-Gc General Ward. OF Viii
mington, Willard Smith, oi New Castle
county, James NJ Sattcrhcld OF Kent
county. and Charles L. Moore. OF Sus-
sex county, have been chosen attorneys
for the Legislature MI are Rcpubli-
cans except Smith, who is a Demo-
Crat.
William Archer, the negro murderer
OF Ida f. Spires, a ncgreSs. was hang
ed last week at Wilmington by a hired
cNeCutioner This was the first eXccu-
ton under the new law. which allows
the act to be done by hired help.
The temperance people OF Delaware
got down to work last week when they
assembled in large numbers in a local
option convention held in the Dover
Presbyterian Church An aggressive
working committee Of fifteen was APP
pointed to cooperate with the eXccu-
tive committee of the Delaware State
Temperance committee and go before
the Legislature in the interests OF
proper legislation.
President thomas H. Slavery and
several other members OF the Will
mington Board of Trade appeared be
fore the River and Harbor Committee
at Washington the latter part of last
week and made an appeal for an ap-
preparation OF $Io5,ooo for harbor i'm
provcmelttS at Wilmington. Con-
gresham Theodore T. Burton Chair
man OF the committee, listened to the
appeal but made no promises.
The State Grange Committee, con
sisting OF H. Derby, OF Woodside, f. a.
Evans, OF Cheswold Daniel w. Corbit,
OF Odessa; |. Scott Townsend, OF
Brandywine hundred. and Charles Bar
kcr, OF Milford, and the members Of
the State Board OF Agriculture, has
been designated to look after agricul-
tural legislation at the present session
OF the Legislature at Dover.
The fity-fith annual meeting of the
Delaware Railroad Company was held
at Dover on January TO- Fifteen di-
a1artnI fnr .I,n
year, as follows Henry +. Kenney,
John p Green, Samuel Rea, Philadel-
phia; Samuel Bancroft, Jr, William H..
Swift, William W. Lobdell, Whining
ton; Walter O. Hoffecker, Smyrna;
Manlove Hayes, Dover; William T.
Watson, Milford; James J. Ross, Sea-
ford; Thomas Curry, Greenwood;
Hezekiah Harrington, Harrington;
William r. Records, Laurel; Murray
Vandivsr, Charles T. Westcott, Balti-
more.
Richard Whitelock, a twelve-year-
old lad, of Middletown, had quite an
unpleasant time last week as the result
of not taking dare" as the boys say.
He was dared by some companions
to Jump freight train that was just
pulling out from the station and did it.
When he tried to get off the train had
gained so much speed that he was
afraid to jump and being a through
freight, it did not stop till it reached
Edgmoor but the boy managed to
swing off at New Castle where a grade
slowed down the train Having only
27 cents in money, he started to walk
home, after spending the night at the
New Castle block. He was intercepted
at Bear Station by the agent and sent
home to his father.