Smyrna times., 1915-11-03
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
lnte resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
NeIghbors and Their Doings.

Margaret Crosby. while playing at
SeafOrd, fell and broke her COLLAR
bone.
The Great Council Of Red Men has
sele, ted SeafOrd for =ext year s meet
ing.
When in operation the Diamond I.
State Steel plant. Wilmington. will |
employ 1900 men.
Couttlsndt Cou'hourn was severely |
injured and bruised in football game |
at Seaford.
A large covey of psrtritges focked
on Dover Green. in front Of the State
Capitol. last week
Officer Wright was nearly blinded
when gas in a Seaford sewer he was
cleaning exploded.
A sneak thief stole jeweIry value
at S1OO from the home of Stephen
Reskovitz in Wilmington.
Because it has cracked. the big
bell in Wilmington City Hall tower
will ring no more fire alarms.
Frank Allen. a member of the
Delaware Legislature. severely cut a
hand while opening oysters at West
Seaford.
The ninety anniversary of
Nazareth NJ. E. Church. New Castle.
last evening. was marked by
luncheon and sOciable.
Bids nave been asked on a building
to house 200 horses and feed house
for the animals. by the National
Tube Company, New Castle.
Howard Simpson. the bond broker
who died IN New York on Thursday.
was the father" Of rifle practice in
the Delaware Militia.
jefferson Lodge. !. o. o. F., Will
mington. gave a reception to James
T. Crozier. its oldest member. on his
ifty-fourth membership anniversary.
A large number of yachts have
been passing through the Delaware
and Chesapeak Canal on their way
south. the greater part of them spend
ing the winter N the vicinity of
Florida.
Caps. hats and umbrellas disappear
ing from the store of Saltzgiver &
Bupp. in Wilmington, for several
months. William Ringgold. a colored
employee. was arrested. admitted
the thefts, the police say. aud was
held in $500 bail fer Court.
Democrats of Red Lion hundred
elected Harry Rose. Delaware City.
a member Of the County Committee.
Richard T. Cam. Jr.. Harry P. Gray
and William G. Janvier were named
as the members Of the Hundred Com.
mittee.
Mayor Joseph II. Hossinger, Of
Newark, has been elected member
of the Democratic County COMMITTEES
by the Democrats Of White Clay
Creek hundred. and Frank F. Years
ley has been elected to represent Mil
Creek hundred.
Vivid flashes Of lightning, the oc
easional rumble of thunder and a fal
of rain. which continued during tn
greater part Of the night. combine
10 make a freak thunder storm 70
October 26th in this vicinity. Storm
of this nature are unusual at thi
season Of the year. and that Of Tues
day night came at the close of a da
marked by a rise in temperature an
; humidity.
The following are the officers eleC
ted by the Kent County Pomou
Grange in recent session at Cheswold
Worthy master. jefferson Cooper
overseer, W. v. Cosden; lecturer. NJ
o. Pence; steward. ]. Harry Moore
chaplain. Alexander Cow; secretary
Miss Ica Rosa; treasurer. Mr.. Hyde
gate keeper, J. A. Wilcutts ;pOmons
Mrs. Jefferson Cooper; fora, Mis-
Sadie Stevens; ceres, Mrs. e. {
DAILY; lady assistant steward. Mrs
Marshall Derby.
All records as TO the population q
the workhouse were broken last wee
when il was announced that sos pri:
oners were confined in that institu
tion. Heretofore the populatio
never reached the 500 mark. and U
to year ago 400 was eonsidere
highwater mark. The increase dui
ing the past year is caused by so man
4 men employed at the powder plants ,
Carney's Point. N. J. Coming 1
I Wilmington and getting drunl. ar
being arrested. Wilmington Ever
\ Evening.