Smyrna times., 1871-11-01

PhliadeI phla, dlned at Mr. Thomas ) hotel,
Clayton, on Wednesday, whilst ell route from
Dover to Easton.
At a recent temperance meeting held at Har-
rington resolution was passed to procure and
publish the names OF all persons who sign
liquor license petitions.
NIr. J. Frank HAZEL, of this town. is to be
the " "crowning orator" at the It. Augustine
tournament, tomorrow. Mr.. Miller, of fElkton,
Is to be the orator of the day.
c. F. Rudolph, Wilmington jeweler has
opened on = art gallery" which he has stocked
with $1,000 worth of fine oil paintings, &c.
The gallery is free to visitors.
Sleepy Dave and Red Rover, both Delaware
horses, have been matched in a race for
purse of $500. The race will take place at
Suffolk Park on Friday next, 81.
As flock Of wild geese were flying over
Harrington, last week, Mr.. Macklin, proprietor
OF the Hotel, fired three shots into them from
a pistol and killed goose every shot.
The cornerstone of the new NJ f. Church
| in Milford was laid on Monday Reys. Messrs !
Uric, Of this town, and Todd, Of Grace Church,
| Wilmington, taking part in the exercises.
An effort is being made by the Young Mems |
Missionary Society Of the Episcopal Church to |
supply missionary for the destitute portions !
Of this State, and fund Of s 800 is called |!
for.
The old depot building first erected at Clay
ton, which had become dilapidated eye-sore,
was torn down on Saturday. 1t is rumored
that either a neat freight house or flower
yard it TO occupy the site.
Sheriff Armstrong of New Castle, sold at
public sale, on Wednesday last, the farm Of }.
5. Hand, in AppOquinimlnk hundred, contain
ing lI5 acres, for 1910, subject to liens amount
ing to over $500O-Jacob Richardson purchaser.
The new Baptist Chapel at Vernon, in this
county, is to be dedicated Nov. 18th. The
MethOdl-t Protestants, to which the most Of
, this new Baptist tcongregat formerly belonged,
are also building new church.
Isaac p. Walker Esq, prominent citizen
of AppOquinimink, died at his residence in
Thoroughtare Neck, four miles from this town,
\ on Tuesday morning last, after several weeks Of
Z great suffering from incontinence Of the blad-
Z der.
= The oyster shuckers at Seaford including
= 4 men, women and children work from two
/ o'clock at night to eleven o'clock in the morn
!. ing, and the fastest can open twenty gallons in
I, this time, for which they receive I24 cts per
gallon.
,e Another immense establishment for the
ii manufacture OF railroad cars is to be started in
a Wilmington by Messrs. Dure & Bowers, who
A. have purchased twenty-One acres of land on
% the east side OF the BrandyWine, to locate the
.. shops on.
7. !. Rev. Mr.. Ostranjer, Of the NJ. Z. Sunday
g School Union, VINO charmed the people of the
ar Peninsula last week by his winning elouuence
st ard pleasing voice, will hold Normal Insti
!. tute in this town and Dover some time il
s: December
re The 4th Quarterly meeting, for the year, O
To the Kent County Association OF Good Temp
hs lars will be held at Smyrna, in the Hall o
I tonEa IoHf No 4 L. IL IL i
zee (l5thj OF November. By Order of the Asso
rs eiatiOn McKENDREE DOwNHAM, Secretary
80 The Robert smith" Sunday School
ted colored, is said to be one of the most progress
,sa IN sve in Wilmington. 1t is under the supervi
SIC sion OF Bishop Lee, and the congregation o
.rs st. Andrews Episcopal Church, numbers 25
scholars, and has been in operation for abou
,eh twenty years.
d, The Alden fruit preserving factory of Mid
bts dletOwn, preserved the present season 90
io1 lbs of berries, 1000 baskets Of peaches &c 90
ihe OF green corn, 800 lbs of tomatoes, 50
ins lbs. OF sweet potatoes besides small quantitie
nc nc Of various kinds Of fruits and vegetables
ins oysters, &c.
The subject of opening a canal from I'll
,9s Nantic0ke to Indian rivers is talked Of Til
,s sn canal would be fourteen miles long and bring
ares large trade from North Carolina via Norfoll
late The excavation for the canal would commend
iII. sGI. about three miles above Seaford and
d It's through level country.
pat. Mark Twain, (Mr. Clemens) and "The r
ns t1ay Contributor" (Mr. Griswold) lectured in w
thi. mlngtOn last week TO mOderate-siZed audience
ming Fred Douglass lectures tomorrow (rhursda
evening. The lecture season does not seem
Sc be very profitable in that city. Mark failed
Vol. make bis mark as a lecturer.
s."rs I. Clarkson Taylor's funeral, in Wilmingto
~ %s a. on Saturday, was largely attended and feeli
nber addresses were made by a number of d
and tinguished Quakers, such as Lucretia Mo
W. SSlil Dilwyn Parrish, John ShotweIl, and 0the,
and also Rev Mr.. Shaw Presbyterian, a
-- Rev. }. Wilson, OF Wesleyan College.
me, No one has yet been selected 60 fiji the CHI
cath OF Chemistry in Delaware College, vacated
best Prof. Chas T. Williams, who was elected [
long Director Of the School Of Mines in the Univ
the slty OF Missouri, last September, at a salary
tIOn $1,000. The occupant of this chair in De
was ware College is er o6Fcio State Chemist
lery Olive Logan's lecture on mice You
= = " Men, 10 Dover, last week, was not very v
vi received by many. not because it was
? ac neritorious 10 point Of ability, bu: becaus,
rles % was too strongly tincturCd with woman rig
WIN to be paiatable 10 most OF the audience. N
nag withstanding the rain the audience was lar
An effort was made to enter the residence
). Chancellor Bates, in Wilmington, Thurs,
Non night VIM. Nj. Camby's residence was ente
Rev the same night, also Miss Dixon's and Fl
peak the former a gold watch and some cloth
and, we're stolen. The booty from Miss .Dixc
erely was dropped in the yard The thief
need arrested in Baltimore yesterday ahd tho
periy recovered.