Smyrna times., 1871-01-18
STATE AND LOCALS.

HIul'>S"I VI ChFihI~CTS Ill IJt'IaWafe Ouiieg0,
edits the drFaI tment ot Patents. Arts and
Sciences in the American Ecchan0e and Re
riei0.
A Dramatic Club gave a theatrical perform.
alce in ST. Panls Catholic Chulch, vii
min"tOn, last Wedue day.
The Semi-annual meeting of the Morocco
manufacturers National Exchange was held in
Wilmington last week. Officers were elected
Tor the present year.
A room on Market ST., Wilmington, was en-
tened on Thursday right last, and an attempt
was made tn break open safe in which a
loan aS>Ocla'inn had deposited its funds the
evening prSvl0aS, but the burglars failed. They
left their tools behind
One of those novel entertainments. " neck
tie party was held in this town last FRIDAY
evening. The ladies' bore Ill the exnenSeS.
and al the gentlemen received fancy butter
flies. -
The new organ for the Dover NJ. +. Church
Is 10 cost from $3.50 to $l5OO
The New Castle County Agricultural Society
ia naS ordered the sale ot its rxhihi ion grnund-
Ihe rxhIbitl"nS proved failures in must cases.
amer the hrSt two or three occI>i0uS
grand social soiree' wa, held at Leip
SIC last Wednesday evening
new lodge "f the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows has been instituted al Harring-
ton. helng the ninth lodge of this order in the
county.
Mr.. JAS. D. Boggs, the Railroad AGENT at
Moort"n will soon build neat frame dwelling.
An effort is being made 10 s.art lodre of
knights OF Pythas in Middlctuwu.
The general Board OF Directors nf the Far.
merS B'nk declared dividend Of 8 per cent
for the last Fix months, clear OF taxes.
grand hop" was held at Middletown
last evening.
The masonic order hold their third annual
cony"c"tIor OF the Grand Royal Arch Chapter,
at Dover, to day.
A number of farmers are complaining of the
scarcity o! water, IN this vcin y.
The Lcwss steamer now makes but one trim
per week, leaving Lrwcs every Saturday on
ne arrival OF the train from Harrington, aud
New "rk every Tuesday at 8 % clock, p NJ
Milford has new dentist, DR.. Ph lbs, and
new drug store, opened BY Dr. Pratt.
Capt. Oliver Burger, who launched fine
coaStlng schooner here on Thanksgiving Dav,
died at Poughkeepsie, n. Y, on the 9Th inst.
OF typhnId fever. lie was an old aud we'll
known Hudson river bo4tman.
MIR. Daniel Thompson, of Clayton has two
lmmehse beef cattle which he will exhibit in
TINS town next Saturday afternoon. They are
Saiu 10 De the iIrgeSt ever seen in this section
:, Mr.. John p. Collins, Of TLoronghtare
NecE' gave US sweet potato this week which
ne had kept IN perfectly sound condition
since Sept. 1869.
Judge Houston has retired from the nresi.
dency OF the Junction & Brtakwater Il. r
20, and is succeeded by Mr.. Gibbous. of
New York, who owns a majority of the stock
Me>srS. Bell & Underwood, of Kenton. tile
makers, have become the sole agents and
manufacturers of the " bordering tile" new
invention for gardens, &c.
he poultry exhibition, in Wilmington. clos.
cd on Saturday. Some of the chickens snIl
at auction, brought big prices A cock and
Two heus, OF the Bramah breed, brought Sl3O
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TUE New YORK STEAMERS TO LEwEs.-
We make the following extract from "A letter in
the New IOrk IrtGuMe OF Saturday last. The
writer OF which Is understood IL be Mr. Sin.
clalr, me publisher OF that paper who is "a
principal stock holder IN both the steamboat
Co., aud the }. Il B. RailroaI Co. The ex-
tract reads as follows:
1t Was cntcmplatcd to suspend the steamship
ilhe from New York to LewcS connecting with
the railroad, during the cpld weather; but th.
freight proves 50 profitable that i, 10 he con-
tlIIued all Winter. The last freight consisted
OF LOO sacks oysters, 10000 pounds of pork.
800 bags Oi grain, and miscellaneous article,
lhl> Is about the average weekly shipment.
and 1t comes from source which never helms
sent anything directly to the New York mar
ket.
The same writer gives the following illuStr,.
tlon conccI ming the advantages OF the Pier:
This is the tist Winter since the conan etiop
OF the Junction and Breakwater Railway tn the
coast, with ITS tine pier extending nrar 500
feet into the Sea. Before that II was impu,>i
ble lOr vessels riding III the harbOr To make
any sale commun cation with the shore Now
they eau do so with the gruate.t f,.iiitv. ani
telegraph to their owners at New York and
elsewhere. In fact, Lvwe> is now an availpb Bile
port OF supplies tor The cUa>timg trade. w.
may sly that the day OF disastrous shipwretkS
on this shore is gone by A dispatch over the
wires brings quick relief in case Of need and
the O'd wf~cNcr who have heretofore carried
on game Of exIOrtlOn against the underwrit-
ers, have lost their occupation. am told that
they have gone INTO prayer meeIlHgS lately
ID repentance, perhaps, tor such nice IiItL.
operations as the following, which hunnenrd
within one wear be ore the completion of th,.
railroad. a ship went ashore, aud the master
sent for the heal pirate-wrrckvr, | should
say-who :uTtly asked, :" What's the value Of
get you off for $5O,uOO" The master refa,.
ed, and SIou;hed Oilhat went off. Master Pa.
considered, called him back, and closed the
bargain, knowing that, before he could re. as.
slStance, the ship would be 4 dead fixture in
the sand, or dashed to pieces by the surt'
The vessel was foared in few hours, at a co,t
to the wreckers of less than S2,O0O Thank,
to the Junction and Break water Railroad.
such transactions are now impossible.
FIaE-We learn that the barn aud other
out;buIdingS on the iurm of Mr. Moody Roth.
wen, 10 Appqunlmlnk iid., We're entirely des.
troyed by fire on Monday evening. together
with large quantity oil grain and a norton of