Smyrna times., 1871-11-29

A great crowd assembled at the Wilmington
depot last Wednesday afternoon to get a
glimpse at Duke Alexis, but the train didn't
stop. The train, consisting of three magnlii
cent Pullman palace cars, ran from Philadelphia
to Wilmington in about % minutes, or the rate
Of nearly mile per minute.
The citizens Of Odessa held meeting on
Thursday night last to make provision against
the introduction Of the small pox. a com
mltteC was appointed to visit the families of
the town and see that every one is vaccinated.
! \ fund is to bc raised to have those vaccinated
who are unable to pay for themselves.
At the recent session of the Woman's
Suffrage Association, i'll Philadelphia, (see else
where female suffrage meetings, TO be ad-
dressed by Lucy Stone, were appointed as fol-
lows: Wilmington, Saturday evening, Decem-
Der %; Middlctown, Monday evening, Decern-
Der 4th; Dover Tuesday evening, December
9th.
\ paper published at Rusk, Cherokee CO.,
Texas. has the following: Our young friend
Jos. VI. huntington is now engaged III teaching
the art ct ptnmanship in our county, and we
bespeak for him liberal support He has
won golden opinions from those who have
known him at Ru>&,' &c. fhe enterprising
lad referred to is the SON of j. :. huntington,
Esq, Of this town.
The Wilmington R,puJi'can says grave
was uncovered by the workmcn ON the Viii
miugton and Western Railroad, in field in
Christiana Hundred few days ago. The
coffin had mouldered away, and all but one or
two of the larger bones had disappeared. An
earthen creek with papers in it was also found
but the writing was iilegiblc. The coffin was
protected by stones arched over il, and has been
there for Il century, it is thought.
1t is now hoped to have the new Masonic
Opera House in Wilmington ready for public
use by the evening oi Christmas Day. Iti, now
proposed to have the graud formal opening on
the Friday evening preceding Chris mas, and
NJ. john T. Ford, of Baltimore, manager OF
the Holiday Street Theatre, has substantially
cunciu.!rd th" enlargement for the W. K, com
mencing Munl9y evening, December 9TH lie
propo:o> t. give some first class dramatic per
formar"rS, and will bring as his stars Mr..
JAS. W. WaiIlck of New York, aud Mrs
Caroline Richings Bernard.
EprcArIoNAL CONVENTION The Com
mittee appointed at the lust session of the Viii
mn9ton Conference to devise ways and means
for the establishment OF AN Academy for boys
on this Peninsula met in the Dover w. +.
Church Oh Tuesday Afternoon Of last week,
l)r. keunry. Chairman, AMI Rev. Gc0rge 4.
phwhue, Secretary The following gentleman
were added to the Commmittcn: Rows Mes>rs
Merritt, Of Dover, Cooper, OF Crmlen Buoy, of
Salisbury, ilutchih>, Of Cr,hen, Bryan, Of
C,micn, and C,ymer, Of Smyrna, also Mr..
VIM. Shy, Of Camden. y plan FIR TIE organi
zation and support Of the institution was
aA"Yt7 !. The financial basis is 10 be obtained
by the issuing Of stock at the rate Of five dol
lars per share, payable in n,talments Of one
dollar per share Slid stock to consist of 20. :
OD) shares. making the aggregate capital
$lD),OoD, which shall he safely invested in
government or State bonds. or other rSt-class
securities, until tn" work 0. construction has
cOmmen:cd the O:hcr jn>tallment> to he called
in hJ the trustees as the work progresses or
the legitimate purposes Of the institution may
reqUir, it: Pordci, That the work Of con
Structon shall not commence until at least
500 uJ1 q the capital stock over aud above the
value Of the ianl necessary for the purposes of
the Academy shall be subscribed and one fifth
thereof paid in cash. iad ,,roralr3 IuuLcr,
th"t unless the bui uilJiug, are commenced on or
before the fir-t day of MAY. 1874 the amount
received from subscriptions shall be repaid to
the StOckiucrS. Addresses W, re made bv
Rev. DR.. pt>hiall. OF Dickinson College, Hon
Jos +. Comegv@ Hon. y. B. Smthcls, and
Hon. Charles Brown.
iHE VI OMAN STFFRAGE CONVENTION-
The " American Womln Suffrage A,sOcia-
ton commenced its second annual session last
1u',di iy IN ihiialclphia Almost all the rep.
rcsentative man and women ccnsuciou> in the
cause wa- in attendance. and addresses were
mad, by the president, Illnnah i. Tracy Ont
Ter lncy Stone, Julia Ward Howe Colonel Il.
W. lliggin>on, Celia Burieigh Ada & BowIes,
Rev, William Pcttinecr, Robert Dale Owen.
and others. The $ S,i3n wa, continued till
Wednesday. when Lu'y Stone was elected
President, with the following Vice Pre- Sidems
at LARGE; T. W. IIigginS,n, Rhode Island
/ Mrs. ". I. Hazard, Missouri Mary 4.
Llyermore, Mass, Geo. VIM. Curtis, New
ork Geo. w. Julian. Indiana: Hannah VI.
]. Cotrr, ILL.,: Vim. Lloyd Garrison, Mass
Margaret '. Lpng'ey Ohio. In addition to
ihls ice President was elected from each
State, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith being selected
from Delaware. Mrs Samuel u. Forbes, ci
! Wilmington, Is one Of the executive committee
DR.. John Cameron, aud Samuel d. Forbes
and wife OF Wilmington, were delegates.
Has 1T nONE ANY COOP Some one at the
Neatori peach growers meeting made the asser
ton that the Pcnin>ular Fruit Growers ASSo
citation had done no good. This drove Samue
Townsend to Its defence, Of course, and in a
letter to the BrcdhCdter Li0ht, published at
l.ew4s, he says What wllful mistake that
WAS. When the Association was formed there
was no regular line to Jersey City The PENN
suur Peach Growers Association perfected thai
route; caused first class ventilated cars TO b,
built; got freight reduced from $50 to SlOC
per car load from DIVER, and the right to pu
III $4,000 pounds, or j2S baskets, not as some
Sca!ord shippers do. put ia 800 crates and ther
grumhIe. The freight this year has been re
duccd in proportion to the distance, which an,
man at the meeting could have seen, had he
compared the freig ht schedule of 1870 with
the schedule of lSTl.
STILL ANOTHER WEDDING ANNIvERsARY
Il Surprise in reoIity On Tuesday even
Ing, Nov. 2lst, the iritnls Of Mr. and Mrs
Huntingdon, met at the house of the latter tC
celebrate the tenth anniversary wedding day
and literally took possession of the premises