Smyrna times., 1908-09-23
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA

People You Know and their DOlngs
in Other Towns and Places,
Gathered During the Week.
Ex-senator Kenney of Dover, had
$87 stolen from him by pickpocket
at the Harrington meeting on Thurs
day.
Charles Jackson, rural mail carrier
at FELTON,, uses an auto to deliver
his mail, and William Burke of
Wyoming has a motor cycle for the
same purpose.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Boyd of Dover, died
Sunday morning, age IA months.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon; interment at Bethel ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Pearson Talley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Johansen, who were
assaulted by Mrs. Talley's husband
last week in Wilmington, are now
improving rapidly.
Frank Wiley, of Dover, who has
been hauling stone on the State road
near Townsend, was accidentally shot
by his brother. He was taken to the
Delaware Hospital for treatment.
The schooner Frederica owned by
David T. Dutton, of Milton, was
sunk in Slaughter creek near Milford,
on Wednesday. She was loaded with
phosphate and sprung leak during
heavy gale.
On the first three days of October
the citizens of Georgetown will have
a homecoming celebration and every
former resident is asked to come
there and meet old friends.
Invitations have been issued fo the
marriage of Miss Eugenia Burton
Graham of Houston to Ernest Webb
Simpson of near Frederick. The
wedding will take place September
Both, in Houston M. E. Church.
The contract has been awarded for
Felton's new bank building and work
will begin at once 1t will be 18x3O
feet, of concrete blocks, with 18-feet
corner posts. The inside will be
finished in chestnut.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Thomas Lowe of
Little Greek announce the marriage
of their daughter, Katharyne Denney
Love- and Frank Olin MacSoriey,
on Sunday, June %, 1907, in Grace
Church, New York City. Mr.. and
Mrs. MacSOrley reside in Baltimore.
Columbus Deshiell, aged So years,
died at his home in Dover Monday
after lingering illness. In early
life Mr.. Deshiell was a seafaring
man, but of late years has been in
the oyster business in Dover. Fun
eral took place Wednesday afternoon /;
interment at Christ church yard at
Dover.
At a special meeting of the Middle
town New Century Club, held on
Tuesday morning at the club room,
Miss Mary Hutchin was elected presi-
dent to succeed Miss Martha C.
HeatOn who will leave town this
week to make her home in Philadel-
phia. Mrs. Fred Brady was chosen
Vice-President to succeed Miss Hut
chin.
Miss F. Elsie Bishop, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. L. A. H. Bishop, of
Dover, has been highly honored by
being elected president of the stu
dent body of the Woman's College,
Baltimore. A three day convention
of ten of the big colleges will be held
at Mt. HOlyOke, Hadley, Massachu-
setts, in November, when Miss Bis
hop will attend and represent the
Woman's College, of Baltimore.
There may be as much whiskey
drinking in Milford as there was
before the raid on the speakeasies
took place, but it is noting evidence,
and there certainly has been a
remarkable change made in the
conditions around the neighborhood
of the Chronicle Office since then.
There has been some drunkenness,
but it is not among patrons OF
speakeasies; rather among those
whom local option laws don't affect
in any way Milford Chronicle.