Smyrna times., 1913-04-23
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

The Delaware City COunc.i will in
stall new sewers and pave the streets.
After being closed for six months
the Delmar ice plant has begun to
make ice again.
Farmers in lower Delaware have
the largest acreage in hay this year
ever known.
The Fifty-ffth Company, Coast
Artillery, will leave Fort dupont on
April % for Honolulu.
William Harvey, an aged Burrsville.
man, walked off a porch by mistake
and broke his collarbone.
The store of Benjamin Sacks at
Odessa was entered by thieves and
10 watches were stolen.
One square of Market street, in
Georgetown, will be laid in cement as
an experiment.
A Boston bull TERROR and a collie
owned by Mrs. H. N. Rowe, Of Sea
ford, have been poisoned.
The Robbins Hose Company, of
Dover, has placed an order for a new
motor fire truck to cost $4,000.
The New Castle County Teachers
Institute will be held in Delaware
City the second week next month.
The First Government League is
holding a woman suffrage mass-meet-
ing in Rising Sun, Md, to-day.
Twenty-eight chickens owned by
W. A. Bryan, of Laurel, worth 81
apiece, were poisoned by unknown
parties.
In honor of her sixteenth birth
dav. Miss NJ. Jane Donoho, Of Sea-
fora. entertained her friends Thurs
day evening.
Liquor interests are preparing to
test the new Hazel law. which pro-
hibits the shipping Of liquor into
local option territory.
Rats killed AZ young chickens be-
longing to Councilman J. E. Adams
and % owned by Miss Martha Giles
in one night at Laurel.
The officers of Groome Methodist
Protestant Church, of Lewes. have
decided TO build a parsonage on Dewey
avenue OF Second street.
r. L. Culver, who recently opened
a shirt factory in Delaware, was un-
able TO get enough girl operators and
has put on a force of young men.
Kendell NJ. Wiley, principal Of the
Bridgeville High School, has beer
appointed clerk in the United States
Senate.
On Friday the young people O
the Lewes w. c. T. U. will hold 'Y
P. B. Day a" at the Methods
Church.
Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard has bee
elected president Of the recently
organized ChestertOwn Federate
Club.
Bishop John G. Murray confirmed
large class in St. Johns Episcopa
Church, Hsgerstown, Wednesda
night.
Because William Dixon, Of Wi
mington. persisted in keeping a do
that would bite he was fined So an
costs in the Municipal Court
The Lord Baltimore Motor True
Company has decided to remove Il
factory from Baltimore to Fredericl
where a free site has been given.
J. William Freeny, of Delmar, hi
announced his candidacy for the Let
islatuze, and Joseph Wells, Of De
mar, for Sheriff.
The Haines property on Bow stree
Elkton, which for q number of yea
has been occupied by A. G. Brow
has been bought by him for $1,000.
A reception was rendered Rev. a
Mrs. w. E. Matthews, formerly
Smyrna, at the NJ. E. Church at Ma
nolia, Wednesday evening.
The first soft shell crabs Of
season were caught at Crisfeld, Nj
last week. This is the earliest cat
ever known in the history of
Chesapeake Bay industry.
AS a preliminary step to a camp
Of industrial development in "
mington, the Chamber Of CONNIE
is undertaking stock inventor
of all industries.
While watching his mother wrii
ing clothes, Thomas, 3-year-old
Of Benjarnan Heinman, Of near N
ford, badly mashed a hand in