Smyrna times., 1873-01-01

70 'eiy Paihiu''
Kew. VIM. NJ. Warner, of Lewes NJ. L. Church,
('ormerIy OF Smyrna ClrcuiD was presented with II
handsome wrapper, and his wife with a Marseles
spread, on Christmas Day.
Remember the festival for the poor on Thursday
and Friday evening, of this week. Besides refresh
nents and fancy articles for sale, there will be
offered good piano on shares
The Euery Erening is responsible for the state.
nent that during the month of December alone over
eighteen thousand dollars was paid TO sewing
machine agents in Sussex county.
In Milford efforts are being made N oro,n;ze :,
Joint stock company to start malIeable iron works
and manufacture new kind Of paddock introduced
there by the patentee, Mr.. Woodwork, of Chester
CO., Pa.
man named Boil, in New Castle Hundred. fell
backwards into well, "a feet deep, last week hui
strange TO say, when pulled out he was found TO be
In about good order as when ne went in. He
sustained little or no injury.
Mrs. Conner. wife of Andrew Conner. or Willow
Grove, had her eyes seriously injured and her face
haaIy burnt a lew days since, by the explosion of
smali quantity Of gunpowder. which she was
attempting TO flash for amusement.
LOT sf passengers who started from Wilmington
on The Winingt0, & Reading Railroad, on Thurs
day aiieInon, got snow bound and couldn't 90 back
wards or forwards, and had TO set in the cars until
noon on Friday.
AHC mOtion lot an arrest OF Judgement, the
case OF Archibald Given, argued before the u
;. Circuit Court, in Wilmington, last THURSDAY but
without rendering any decision the Court adjourned
to January 9Th
Miss Lou Sturgess, organiSt of the NJ. E. Church
was on Sunday last presented with a handsome
writing desk, at the Sunday School by the music
committee as an expression of the appreciation of
her services by the congregation.
On Wednesday night week the grist mill of Mr.
T., RI, NJ Al
dletown. to"k fire, aud before the flames could he
ex''nghshed, one end of the mill was pretty well
burned out, and considerable damage done to the
machinery and building
The barn on tha farm of Lewis Weldin. near
Newport, New Castle CO.. was burned On Monday
with provender, &c. I.oss from S6nOO TO $1,000
insurance, S2SOO. The farm was but recentIv
purchased BY Mr. WeIdn, and the barn is said 10
have Cost S500O in It's erection.
Chas. Rcudc, in his new rovel "'Fhe WANDERING
Her, now running through HGrperS WeekLeU
lays the plot IN Wilmington and vcrIIable descrIn
lion oil the early settlement OF the city is gwen in
description OF 'ElIz ,beth Shrpley's dream"
1t is stated that the Philadelphia and Readinc
Railroad Company has gobbled up the Wilmington
ana Reading road. MIR. GOwen, the President of
The former, managed 10 get malofity of the sIocs
and can control Tie road The Commercial denies
the report
Mr. Chas. Fleming, of Milford, proposes to pur
chase the ''Old" NJ f. Church Of thai town a,d
deed 1t to the Trustees Of the VI. F.. Church to he
held aud used by th'm Seminary lie offers
his farm for sale at 81 600 and will fulfill his con.
iemplated object II he can make said SALE
Forty years ago Sussex county had several iron
o'ast furnaces, hloumerles and iorges, and manu- |
lactured from the Gle Of her own mines verv snne
riOr article Of both cast nd wrought Iron The -.
Is still plentiful. is said and the proprety of start
ing The furnaces again rs being agIIated.
Course of lectures, under the management of |
Kew. .. r. Fhpp0, will be commenced at Mus,c
Hall DoverO on Tuesday evening, the 7lh of January
and cG"linurd from tune 10 time during the winter
1t is expected that DIR. Henson, of PhladeInh,a
will open the course, and Dr. burrows. of Bo'dso
town, will follow.
A correspondent of tie Germantown T.I,oyonb
states thai Dr. Slack. Of Warren CO.. N.
Matching over one hundred thousand salmon fish
win which he expects 10 stock the Delaware river
IN June, and says that it "pInets which in ,he
rShing season are so numerous between Trenton
am Bombay Hook. will allow them To pass we may
ook for the return Of mature salmon within th,se
Dr. four years"
Last week hard on the sailors On Tuesday
morning the steamboat artisan came ashore inv,
ibre 'st "t Lewes, and will be a total loss togeIha,
with l2OO bushels Of OYSTERS and a considrr.hl, !
lmonnt OF corn. That afternoon a large h,ryu. |
vent ashore near the pier, aud on Thursday the
1hdnticIeeT was beached near the town. The last
wO were gotten off
, Madley Chapel, an off shoot of Grace NJ. F.
.hurch' IN Wilmington, was dedicated last SDnd.v
Rev. w. J. Stevenson, fist pastor of Grace ,ic,a,
hg The chapel grew out Of SUNDAY ScbooI
s'abl'shed in the same locality by Grace church n
c~ years ago. IL is located in a rapidly growing
oru"n OF the city-beyOnd Sd street bridge. lis
Ost is about s7u0J.
Mr.. Benz. +. Hart, Of Crumpton, Md was taken
'th an ague whIlst in this town on the 9Th ult
no o'ed on The goth, at the residence Of II. r.
tustard-. ESQ., who invited h,m TO hi. res,de,c.
hen ho became sick. lle was a shoemaker. AGED
bout u years, aud had come To lay IN a stock of
'ather at the tannerY. Ills mother, who came IN ,
urse him, also became Ill. but persisted in return
'g home after his death, th ugh invited to remain
Mt' NJ. until more favorable opportunity.