Newark post., 1914-09-30

Charged with picking the pocket
of Charles A. Keasey Of Perryville,
in the betting rooms at the Havre
de Grace race track on Saturday
afternoon, Thomas Anthony, Jas.
Mays and Samuel Schrabo, three
boys hailing from Philadelphia,
were held for the Hartford county
court. Keasey said he had been
robbed of $20 The boys were
searched and $15 and a betting
ticket for So were found on Mays.
A company is organizing at
Kennett Square with a capital of
$4,000, to manufacture dairy sup
plies. ...H
Miss M. V. Conoway has been
put in charge Of the department of
Domestic Science, recently estab-
lished in the Dover schools.
Stewart Donoho s shoulder blade
was broken while he was wrestling
at the Georgetown High School,
one day last week.
1.-THE Voice of Authority" a
three-act play, will be given in the
hall in Lewisville on Friday even
ing, October 2. Proceeds for the
benefit of Calvert Hall Fund.
Gayle Haskins Of Wilmington,
was fined $25 and costs by Justice
Ash at Elkton last week for violat-
ing the town s auto speed ordinance
Evans Boulden, the 15-year old
Slayer of his uncle, Joseph Boul-
den, whose skull was fractured by
a bottle thrown by Evans during
scufle among several youths at Elk
Mills on the night Of August 20,
was tried before a jury in the Cir
cult Court at Elkton on Friday.
The coroner's jury had exonerated
the accused and the trial jury
found him not guilty.
Nathan Moore Of the Vernon
section was showing in Dover last
week ears of corn Is inches in
length grown on his farm.
Falling down stairs at her home
in Wilmington, one day last week,
Mrs. James d. Oakes was badly
bruised about her head, and her
collar bone was broken.
Several cases of scarlet fever
having developed among pupils, the
Lewes schools were ordered closed
last week by the Board of Health.
City Solicitor Hastings has given
an opinion to the Wilmington
Police Commission holding that the
city cannot be held liable for DAM
ages done to property by mobs.
The Court of General Sessions at
Wilmington last week fined the
Delaware Saengerbund $50 and the
costs of prosecution for selling liq-
uor without license. The case, a
test one, was argued at the previous
term of Court Robert H. Richards
counsel for the club, was granted
time for filing a bill of exceptions.
It is stated that Collector Miles
and Senator Salisbury will agree
upon successors to Deputy Inter-
nal Revenue Collectors Daniel
Burrae and DR.. Robert P. Fletcher
supposed to be in the classified
service. J. Frank Mccoy of Will
mington, and William Poor Of Ken
ton. are said to have declined the
places which pay $1400 and $1,000
a year. Among others suggested
for appointment are John W. Stay
Ton, Timothy J. Maloney, and John
w. Hutchinson Of Wilmington.
Alexander Comegys of MiddletoWn
John L. Layton Of Frankford and
Henry d. Boyer of Smyrna.
Miss Gertrude Ferguson OF Port
Deposit has been appointed vice.
principal of the public school at
Elk Mills. gs.--.-4. d
Going to the home of Lewis B.
Glasco, 14O9 French street, VIII
mington, on Thursday night, to
serve a warrant for his arrest on
a charge of non-support preferred
by his wife, Patrolman Bullock,
who was accompanied by George
Edwards, Gascoe's father-in-law,
got no reply to knocks on the door.