Year: 1879




SOME OTHER MATTERS OF MINOR |


NOTE. |
Special correspondence of the Gazette


DOVER, Jan. q, 1879.


Tomorrow the Legislature will meet
again and will commence the fourth
week of the session. just what Will come
up for action that possesses much inter-
est is not known but the ball will be kept
rolling with the occasio onal Offering OF
some of the most important measures
that are looked for this winter


Near the close of last week Senator
McWhorter presented the following
petition which Is of interest to many OF
our New Castle countians


"The undersigned citizens of New
Castle county respectfully present that
the limited powers of the Levy Court OF
the above named county, often prevent
the appropriation of the public funds
when most urgently needed for the res
toration aid protection of the public road
and causways of the county. We list
ance the case of the banks of fSt.Augustlne
destroyed by the storm of 1861. The sup
posed or real want of ofautnority ON the part
of the Levy Court to make the necessary
expenditures for repairing the damage
actually done said banks, resulting in
building up the main road at cost Of
$50 900 to the county or $4,000 In excess
of the largest estimate to replacethe origi-
nal protection to the road, During the un-
precedented storm of October 23d, 1873,
the river banks were preached and in
many places carried away; submerging
several of the county roads and subject
ing the travelling public and others to
great annoyance and loss, in some in
stances flooding important highways SO
as to render passage over them always
dangerous and often impossible. In view
of this condition of atfairs-your petit
TONERS ask your honorable body to
confer on the Levy Court such authority
as shall enable it to expend the public
| funds for the better protection of the
public roads and causeways in such man.
ner as shall be most beneficial, perma-
nent and economical and your petition
ers will eyer pray &c.'


| The petition is signed by 218 of the
leading citizens whose residences are lin
, the section of county that is suffering
from the overflow.


Mr.. Clement Hern, the Sussex county
Representative from Gumboro Hundred, i,
who has been sick with pneumonia which
prevented himfrom being inhis seat SO far
is slowly recovering and will be able to
take part in the proceedings, it is hoped,
before the session is concluded.


With his proverbial bumor, Senator
Sharpley made his fellow members laugh
the other forenoon with resolution
which did not prevail. One of the Sus-
sex members had been absent from his
seat all morning and Senator Sharpley
drew up resolution reciting IN earnest
terms how his absence had reused the
apprebe nsions of the Senate and advoca-
ting that a committee be appointed to
look him up and escort him to the room.
As have already said, it did not pre-
vail.


1t is supposed that parties deeply in
terested in the plan of ribboning the Pc
ninsula sands with the Maryland and
Delaware ship canal, will be in Dover iu
the course of week or two. They will
lay the project before the General AS
sembly aud ask Sor assistance.


On Tuesday night the usual banque,
given by the successful candidates fol


Auditor, Treasurer and Librarian vii
take place in the Capitol hotel and promi
ises to be grand affair.


The recommendation made in the re
port of sugar beet commission, to the eff
feet that the Legislature offer premium
for the first factory tor the manufacture
of beet sugar erected In the State, is re


ceived with favor by many of the mem
, berS.