Smyrna times., 1910-10-05
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
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Best News CuIled From the Three
Counties of Delaware About Your
Friends and Neighbors.
Failing from high chair, Frank,
son of Ollie Estes, of Chestertown,
broke an arm in two place.
The Cecil County Commissioners
have appointed Andrew Barrett con-
stable, vice Samuel Brickley, re-
signed.
For the second time this year
plum trees on Nicholas Dimeling's
farm, at Winans, Md, are in full
bloom.
The local option advocates in
Cecil county will hold mass meet
ings at Leeds, Md, next Wednesday
ands Thursday evenings.
Harry L. Woodburn, of Idaho,
has purchased the Wilson's Point
farm, Kent county. Md, from Jacob
C. Stats, for $40, 0O0
Spencer James, colored. of New
ark, was convicted at Elkton last
week of breaking into and robbing
the store of William B. Walton, at
Iron Hill, Md.
There was a reunion of the Warn
er family at the home of Mrs. Jane
Warner at Cordova, Md, last week
in honor of Mrs. Warmers seventy
eighth birthday.
The Delaware State Medical So
ciety will hold its annual meeting in
Wilmington, October IL, and the
house of delegates will convene on
the evening of October 10.
Governor PenneWill on Thursday
appointed James H. Chipman, of
Georgetown, to be a member of the
State Board of Pharmacy, to sue
ceed Benjamin Matthews, resigned.
Frank Thomas, a tenant on the
Riley Melvin farm, near FELTON,,
while operating a corn cutter, became
entangled and had both legs cut Sc
verely. On one foot the heel string
was severed.
David H. Boyce has been selected
by Jury Commissioners Hazel and
Burton as a member of the Kent
county jury to serve at the October
term of court in lieu of William S.
Hardcastle, who is a member of the
grand jury.
DIR. A. W. Lightbourne left Dover
on Tuesday to attend the Rays Hill
Conference of the Christian Church,
Pennsylvania, of which he is a mem
ber. The session was held Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday at Everett,
Pa.
The season of buckwheat and sau-
sage is approaching and early re-
ports point to the fact that there
will be a good pork crop in the
county, with the necessary accom-
paniment of good sausage. Buck
wheat is always plentiful.
The Soper farm of 1873 acres, sit
uated near Wyoming, has been sole
to Herbert M. Richardson for $4,000
also the J. B. Slaymaker farm o.
35 acres, adjoining E. W. Jenkins
to J. r. Neville for $4,000; the II
acre farm of the w. L. Cannon heirs
near Central Church, to Enoch Mos
ley.
The funeral services of Augustu
Gibbs, Middletown, who died from
a stroke of paralysis on Monda!
night of last week, were held Wed
nesday afternoon at his late hom
near town. Interment was made IL
the family burying ground at Vi
St. Annes church, near Middletown
The sound of the fire whistl
alarmed the residents of Middleton
on Wednesday morning, but the FIR
proved to be nothing alarming
Some one had emptiet pan Oh nc
ashes on the compost heap at Di
E. M. Vaughan's stable and tn
straw caught fire 1t was soon ex
tinguished with few bucketsful
water.
Jarius Champlin, superintendent
of the Burt Wharton farm, nes
Dover, was caught in the knives
corn cutter Wednesday Afternoon
and his right leg was badly lace
ated. His presence of mind in tea
ing off the sleeve of his shirt, al
binding it tightly about his leg save
mis- life, as DR.. Harbordt, who
tended him says he would undoubte
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