Smyrna times., 1873-05-07

N W HeeI tne expectation OF his audience
ne came under the auspices of the Middletown
brass band, and many of our citizens regretted
the sim attendance from this fact The band
Is Is hne organization, and their music was
highly complimented.
Rev. j. +. Clymer, formerly of this town
mas commenced the erection of new Church
IN his new field of labor, Pittsfed Mass II
Is to be very large one, with a seating
capacity for 5000 persons, with the transanf
SO arranged as to be thrown into the audience,
room. which will make its seating capacitv
over 2000 0''P'0'''
1t is said that O'Bren, the circus man, is
gong to sue the city of Wilmington for So. 600
damages. A crowd of roughs broke up his
performance there last week, cut his tents and
| run some OF his wagons into the river because
there were more tickets sold than there were
seats for the audience. The tickets sold
numbered 1000.
Ihe liabilities Of James & Webb, the Will
mlngton printers who recently failed, are esti.
mated at $4,000; assets $50, 900. A proposi-
tlOn mas been made to accept fifty cents on the
collar, sign Oft the balance, and allow the
hrm seven years in which to pay the amount of
their Indebtedness, thus reduced to one half
or about $3.50 -'
The Philadelphia Press says that James Fl
neverln, OF that city, is the youngest of the
SIX dclegates-at-large of the Pennsylvania Con.
stltutlonal Convention. Itspeaks quite comp
m4ehtary OF him. He is the son of James L.
fieVerln, of Dover. The Press saws. however
that he seldom strains himself to sneak. and
consumes little time when he does take the
| floor. '"N0 ''''
:, On tuesday morning of last week Mr.. VIM.
casey living near Massey's Cross Roads, Md.
sent little negro boy with mule over to
nelghoor $, Il. Is. Nj. Massey'S to get n suIkv
| lie got 1t, but instead of driving home he
started for Middletown. Mr.. SamI Casey
learning OF the steal. started in pursuit. and
captured boy and team in Odessa. 1t was
bold stroke for one so young.
:, Rev j; R; Taylor Gray, of St. James NJ
Il. Church, Philadelphia, will deliver his lee
tTre on "Courtship and Marriage" at NJ f.
Church IN Malydcl on Thursday night, Nav
zZnd, 1873, at Iempleville NJ f. Church. on
Friday night, May 23l, and at Thomas !,
Chapei, on Monday night, May 26th. Proceeds
to aId In procuring furniture for the parsonage
at Marydell
According to EUery Erenino the President
OF the junction Il Breakwater Railroad Com
pany has issued passes to the Seaford brass
brand with the understanding that it is to ac,
company all excursions over the j. & B. K. r
70 LeWes during the summer The propietor
OF the Greeley House will board, free of charge.
the members of the band while in Lewes, and
It is thought the citizens Of the town will pay
them for their music.
captain Carver, a gentleman residing at
Delmar, the southern terminus of the Della
ware Railroad, has large hen, which recently
lald doube-yOIked egg, and when opened.
one nan contained an apparently fresh egg.
while 10 the other end of the shell was a FIJI.
formed, perfect chicken. This rather wonder.
tul curiosity was shewn to Mr. Bacon, passenger
conductor on the Delaware Railroad, who is
the Commercials informant.
Mr.. Matthews, of the Baltimore american
who went to RehobOth to draw lot, saws in
Ms report to his paper: There are few
Cumbie-dOWn farm houses to be SEEN but for
me most part both the rural homes and the
villages have an air of neatness that = a sur
prise to those who are making their first trp
through delaware. 1t is worth a TRIP
through Delaware Just now to see the peach
orchaFuS III tull bloom. Some of them cover a
hunured acres, and every tree is a gOrgeou.
bouquet, whose magnlfcence art can neither
initiate nor describe.
Last week we mentioned that dead infant
had been found in this town. As we went r.
press It was expected that the Coroner's innues,
would work up first class sensation, but the
sensation lovers were disappointed. A colored
woman became the mother of a female child
Whlch hVed but very short time, and after
Its death, its mother (having no money to nav
funeral expenses) two colOred women buried il
at noon time in the back Of a lot That,
about ALL
The Bombay Hook railroad is still prorres
sing lively. A gang was put on between thi
town and Clayton on Monday and ties, for
which Col. Douglass has the contract, have been
placed at points on the line. To-day meeting
Is to be held at Blackstone Cross Roads, Eve
miles west OF Clayton, to secure the location Of
the road 1.-THE Masscy's end) near that place.
10 do this the citizens there are asked TO raise
required.