Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
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.


in Other Towns and Places,
Gathered During the Week.
The Postal Department at Wash
ington has announced that on Febru-
ary 18th special two-cent stamp
bearing the head of Abraham Lin
coin will be issued in commemoration
of the one hundredth anniversary OF
his birth.
Mrs. Mollie A. Cullen has issued
announcement of the marriage OF
her daughter, Miss Mary WOlcott
Cullen to Mr.. John SOlomO Davis,
Thursday, January 28, 1909, FELTON,,
Delaware. At home after February
fifteenth cold Homestead, " FELTON,,
Del.
Work has has begun on the Dover
Pure Food Company on Lockerman
street, and the firm expects to open
about March l. J. E. Beck is presl-
ent of the company, A. B. Magee,
vice president, NAPLES Bur ton serre-
tarv and treasurer. The old building
has been removed and a new one
story building will be erected.
Bridgeville has the largest ice
plant in Delaware. 1t has a daily
capacity of 20 tons and storage
house in which 1000 tons can be
stored. The new plant was built
with local capital and is of the latest
design. No surface water is used IN
the making of ice. but instead deeply
driven wells supply water, which is
boiled and condensed before 1t is
frozen.
L. P. Cowgirl of Dover, has re-
ceived information from the secretary
that the story telegraphed from
Coloroda Springs about General Pal
mer's critical condition is absolutely
without foundation. His condition
is little better than when he re
turned from Europe and his daugh
ter's trip with her infant daughter
was planned a month ago and tina
she is not coming day sooner thai
was Originally planned.
The first poultry and pet stoc
show in this section since the discon
tinuance of the Delaware State Fai
will be given in the Wyoming Skat
ing Rink, February 10, IL and Il
The show is being arranged by tn
new Wyoming Poultry and Pet Asst
citation and the blanks and entry pal
ticulars are in the hands of H. {
Jenkins, the secretary. There
already much local interest in tt
show, as Wyoming is a center Il
poultry raisers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Fischer
Dover, are now very thankful tn
they were disappointed at not beir
able to secure passage as they inten
ed on the unfortunate steamship R
public that was sunk by the Flori
last Saturday, and in which 1850 p
sons were rescued by wireless tel
graphy. 1t is remarkable that t
steamer that resched the Republic
crew got the wireless message fro
Washington off Norfolk, distance
300 miles from the scene and had
repeated and located the disas
when off Rehoboth.
During the year 1908 the passel
er steamboats, of this district, VIII
includes the Atlantic coast betwe
Barnegat, N. j., and Cape Charl
Va, as we'll as the Delaware Ri
and bay, carried 80, 468, 900 pass
gers. There was no loss of life,
three persons committed suicide
jumping from the ferryboats VIII
run between Philadelphia and c;
den. There was one person inju
and that was a child, who
since entirely recovered. This is
third successive year that there
been no loss of life in this distr
there having been during that t
nearly 50, 900, 900 passengers. Tt
are in this district over 2, 600 m
boats, and the number is increas
so that they have become an i'm
tant part of the local inspect
work.
The oyster men of Delaware
taken notice of the recommends
made by the Legislature comm
on revenue and taxation, to
effect that steps be taken by
State to secure some revenue
the unsurveyed oyster beds, and
tthe expecttiaon that there will
some oyster legislation this wi
a delegation Of the oystermen
to Dover recently and conferred
Chairman Walter DOnOhO and