Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA
PEOPLE You Know and their Doings
IN Other Towns and Places,
Gathered Duricg the Week.

valentine dance Friday evening, Feb
fuarY l4th at the Century Club Rooms.
Sheriff Pritchett, of Georgetown,
brought to the Sussex Jail ou Tuesday
thenotOrious Jail breaker, Dick Wright
lie was captured at Portsmouth, Va,
and when placed in the steel.lined cell
remarked that he would be out in 48
hours.
The strange young man who in
vaded the girls dormitory at Whining
ton Conference Academy, Dover. Mon
day evening and insisted upon exam
lining the fire escapes, saying he was
looking for Governor Lea was identi-
fed Thursday by State Detective Gillis
as Harry Robsnson, a Wilmington
musician. He had been committed to
Jail for safekeeping, as he was men
tally unbalanced.
Thomas G. Cook, the Dover farmer
who became high gun at corn growing
in Delaware this year, rather resents
the representation made in some farm
ers' meetings that he was his own land
lord, and therefore had reason to out
do his neighbors IN corn production.
Mr.. Cook was only renter, living on
the Massey farm and paid his landlord
exactly half his crop as do the other
farm tenants. From thirteen acres he
harvested 100 bushels of yellow corn,
and from four acres he gathered 396
bushels of white corn.
Mrs. A. Moody, of Hartly, who was
visiting her sOn-in-law, Titus VOshell,
at Riverside, n. j., fell down stairs
last Wednesday, while preparing to re-
turn home, and sustained an ugly cash
across her forehead, it requiring 35
stitches to close the wound Mrs
Moody is in a precarious condition.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has not
issued orders for half rates this year,
but has issued the following bulletin:
We beg to advise that the issue of cler-
ical orders has been, by agreement,
left to the joint action of the several
trunk lines in this territory, and, un-
der existing conditions, it has been
found impossible for them to come to
any positive conclusion in regard to the
issue of these orders for 1908. Should
it be found possible to extend this
privilege during the ensuing year, the
fact will be duly announced in the daily
newspaper press.
The Supreme Court met in Dover on
Tuesday, and the following cases
have been heard: James F. Jones,
executor of Ann J. Chapman VS.. Maggie
H. Rees, ct al, an appeal from the
decree of the Chancellor The decision
of the Chancellor was affirmed. In the
appeal case of DIR. Swithin Chandler,
the hearing was continued until the
June term, when the decision will be
announced. In the appeal of Alex.
McGeBt against the Penna. r. G. Co.,
was rejected. The court ruled that
deceased was gnilty of contributory
negligence in standing on track in
stead of the station platform while
waiting for train.
Ina civil suit before referees James
A. Hirons, H. A. Culbreth and w. F
P. Lohand heard before Justice of tn,
Peace John Satterfield on Tuesday
between Johu Smith and Sophia Me
chonic, for work done, judgement wa
rendered for $35 and costs for Smith
The defendent had leased thirty acre
of land to Smith upon which he ha,
planted strawberry, raspberry an
other plants. After Smith had CON
.pleted his work, he was notified t,
move, which he did but at one
brought suit to recover for the none
expended and labor done in setting ou
the plants. The decision of the refe
ees was appealed from.
The committee appointed at the las
session of the legislature to settle wit
the state treasurer, auditor and Othe
state officers. convened Tuesday to b'
Gin work. Organization was effecte
by electing Senator Barnard, of Cam
den, chairman, Representative Chaur
cey P. Holcomb, of New Castle, secre
tary and Col. Theodore Townsend, {
Milford, clerk. The first business We
to examine the report of the collecto
of oyster revenue, G. G.. Wright Th
legislative committee meets biennial!
between theregular legislative session
and is called "The Little Legislature.
The people of Milford have materi
evidence of the expressed intention
the government to erect postofic
in Milford gomething the town hi
never had. One of the buildings {
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