Smyrna times., 1908-07-15
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.

At public sale Tuesday, by order
of the Court of Chancery, the one
third interest of Jonathan J. Howell,
an insane person at Farnhurst, in
lands near Camden, was sold to
George M. Jones, attorney, for
81, 700.
Miss McSorley has resigned as
teacher of the Dover High School and
will return to Newark, Del, next
year. The Board of Education has
elected Miss Short, of Georgetown,
teacher of the fifth grade to succeed
Miss Bunker.
At the July term of court for
Kent county, which adjourned Tues
day after two days session very
little business, two divorces were
granted, Bessie Hammond from Fred
Hammond, both of Harrington, and
Susan Emma Curtis from William H.
Curtis, both of Dover. The expense
account of the term amounted to $40,
possibly the msallest ever known.
Detective Gillis and another
detective and Chief of Police
Sherman Hurd, after a persuit of
nearly year, Monday arrested and
jailed Henry Patti, the alleged
assailant of Costable Curtis Steen,
of Seaford. Steen was attacked on
Sunday, August 25th, by a band of
disorderly negroes. He recovered
but is a cripple for life. Petit
admitted being in the assailing
party.
A new bridge is to be built over
the Leipsic river, to take the place
of one which now shakes threaten
ingly under heavy wagons as though
to precipitate them to the current
below. The Levy Court has
appointed a committee to view the
bridge without delay, and has
authorized the committee to act. The
committeeman are commissioners
Harper, Hudson, Walker, Richards
and Sapp (of Willow Grove).
Milton Campbell, president of the
H. K. Mulford Company, wolesale
druggists, of Philadelphia, and a
native of Easton, on Saturday
purchased of Tilghman & Nickerson,
of Easton, the Anchorage, the home
of the late Gen. Charles A. Chipley,
on Miles river, about three miles
from Easton, for $50, This is
one of the finest estates and water
fronts in Talbot county, and was the
home of the late Commodore Charles
Lawndes, U. S. N.
The Delaware delegates, to the
Democratic national convention Or
ganized as follows: Member of Dem
ocratic National Committee, Willard
Salisbury; chairman of delegation,
Peter ]. Ford; Member of Commit
tee on Credentials, Francis M. Soper
Member of Committee on Organiza-
tion, William T. Records; Member OF
Committee on Rules, L. Irving Handy
Member of Committee on Resolu-
tions, William Salisbury; Member
of Committee to Notify Nominee fol
President, Peter J. Ford Member of
Committee to Notify Nominee fol
Vice President, w. T. Records; Vice
President of Convention, L. Irving
Handy.
The sum of SIG, 900 was received
into the treasury of Kent county
Tuesday afternoon as a result of the
July l, tax rate collections made BY
the tax collectors. The amount.
which were received by districts were
as follows: First district, ]. M
Reynolds, $4, 400; second, Johr
Dillaha, 81, 900; third, J. L. Bradley
81, 38061; fourth, Luther Seward,
$3.50; fifth, Manlove H. Palrnatory
1000; sixth, E. G. Jarvis, $3.50
seventh, Robert M. Price, $3.50
eighth, Howard Hudson, 81, 500;
ninth, Beniah Anderson, 81, 500
tenth, David Frank Marvel, So, 1873. 10.
Other receipts were acknowledged
by the court as follows: Recorder O.
Deeds, $1s5. 80; Sheriff, $14 SO; clerl
of the peace, $3.50.
United States Senator Henry A
DUPONT is on his vacation, which h,
will spend in Europe. Senator DUPONT
accompanied by his son, Henry F
DUPONT, sailed for Europe on the
steamship Amerika and is now il
Paris. Following his duties al
Washington and his attendance at the
republican national convention
Senator Dupont felt in need Of rest
He will probably remain abroad
most of the time in France ant
Germany, until about September
when he will return to Wilmington.
A daring kidnapping occurred a
Harrington, Tuesday morning whel