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much excitement. A man whose name was
obtained as Knock, Delawarean and a reputed
puglllst, was much under the influence of
liquor, and tried for some time to provoke q
fight with another drunken man named
Embert, but failing struck him blow and
then proceeded to pummel him. A gentleman
named Keets made for Knock, and after a
scuttte, knocked him down with his fist, follow
ing up this blow by others until Knock was
badly cut and bruised in the face, and his nose
broken. No arrests.
A Minister IN Trouble Rev. Mr. Cook, Of
the Rising Sun, Cecil county, NJ. +. Church.
is in trouble. Having met one of his parish
toner's short time ago, a young married
woman, whom he had dsndled upon his knee
when she was little miss in pnafOres, the
reverend gentleman thought it no harm to
exhibit the warmth of his greeting by admins
terng hearty smack upon her rosy Inns.
Tins action coming to the knowledge of some
sour old maids and crOss-grained members
OF his congregation, tjtrOrc was raised, and
Mr. Cook few days ago was astonished at
receiving notice from a fellow minister to
attend church meeting and receive an
overhauling for his "unmnisterial conduct"
This meeting he refused to attend and now
the hight wakes warm among the members of
his congregation number of whom refuse to
attend his church until the affair is settled.
Temperance and R1liicS.-The temperance
people OF Salisbury are about to take promi-
nent part in politics. A correspondent writes
as follows: "A move has at length been made
here ON the political ss-board but one
that our steady going politicians don't fancy
1t processes to be made in the interests of the
temperance cause. This year the friends of
the cause have changed their tactics. A
professional lecturer, Rev. z. Coombe, of
Pennsylvania, has been among us, and, as
result of his laborS, moral suasion has been
laid on the shelf, and political action has been
invoked. 1t is now proposed to run
temperance ticket for the Legislature this fall.
in order to secure the limitation or the aboIi.
ton Of the liquor traffic by law. A public
meeting of all sectS and parties has been
summoned for next Friday to take action in
the premises. How it will turn out, | refrain
from prOphesying.
Such a Fest'rnL-TIcre is the manner in
which some Cecil Countians conduct them
selves at Church festivals, according to the Bay
View correspondent of the Cecil Democrat !.
Rev. Mr.. Ynghng presented his wife with
quart OF Ice cream; she eat few spOonfuls and
set the balance by; along came loose fingered
chap and seized the ice cream and carried it off
to be heard of no more. Mr.. G. NJ. Janney
had his carrige whip stolen from his carriage
the evening before. Still the festival went On.
A battle was fought in the church on Monday
night, between the committee and some
druuken men. They fought considerable
length of time. The window glass flew like
bail, aud the newly-painted benches were
sOilcd and dis6gured. Two young men were
seized by the coat collars and thrown from the
church into the yard John Wesley, man Of
great strength, commanded the peace, and all
was I'm in an instant. This ended the
festival
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

TIREsoME.-Political reading, except du
ring the heat a of campaign, is not apprecia-
ted by the patrons of local newspaper 1t
IS the only leading city dailies of the country
that can serve up, day after day, editorials
on political or partizan subjects. 1t is a
necessity with them, as exponants of cur
rent public opinion and partisan drift. But
with the local country paper. occupying as
1t does necessarily limited and different
fleld,su editorials cannot meet with hear
ty reception week after week, campaign or
no campaign, the year through The fami-
ly circle is where the local paper finds its
most constant reader and the least politics.
Hence the paper of this class that feels
bound to run its extreme partisan interests
all the time intrudes continually upon the
tastes OF nlne-tenths of its readers, unless it
live by and circulate exclusively among the
bread and butter bagade" of it's party.
We find ourselves running off into this
homily after reading an editorial in one of
our State exchanges about the Goss mur-
der, which recently occurred in Chester
county. Its interest in this murder seemed
to all centre in the fact that the allied ged
perpetrator of that bloody crime had been
a prominent Republican ward politician in
Baltimore. What connection this mans
alledged crime had with his politics, or with
the political issues of the country is not ap-
parent, unless it be to this Journal To
mention crime with such flourish mere
ly because the perpetrator happens to be
Republican is no discussion of political issues.
1t would be nothing in the Interests of Re
publican principles for Republican paper
to name the murderers that have been Demo-
cratic politicians.
This continual rining of such circumstan-
ces into political shape shows narrow par
tisanship. While this journal gave its at
tentlon to this circumstance it overlooked
the letter of Mr.. Groesbeck, the political
movements i'll Ohio, and the warm discus
sion now going on among its political asso-
clates as to whether or not the Democratic
party is dead.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

A SAD CAsE.-The Erery Evening tells of a
sad case that has happened at Laurel, Sussex
county A young man seduced a girl there
under promise of marriage, and then would not
have her. The injured girl solicited and
obtained an interview with her seducer. The
interview took place in the second story Of a
dwelling house III the town, and the girl said
she did not propose to shoot or iniure any one
but herself in case she one she addressed her
remarks to refused to have her, but that if he
failed to keep the promise he had made to
her she intended TO destroy herself. The
young man expressed himself as being sorry
for what he had done but told the girl he
could not marry her. She then went into a
Paroxysm of grief and running to the window
hoiSted the sash and jumped out, but was
caught by the young man just in time to save
her from the fall. He guieted her, told her
she was acting irrational, and, both agreeing
the interview was adjourned to some future
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

DON'T THINK MUCH OF Ir-The editor of
the Chester, Pa, Republican has been 20
RehOboth, and here's what he says of Lewes
"The town of Lewes contains, according to the
last census, population of 1000, which is an
increase of 100 inhabitants since 1860 The
houses are mostly frame, many of them being
constructed of shingles, the doors of which
open on the outside There ere but two prin-
oipal streets, and the business is confined to a
few merchants and traders Carpenters and
blacksmith, two of the former and five of the
latter, constitute the mechanical business of the
place. For the protection of the revenue a
Collector of the Customs is necessary, and to
accommodate the people, living and dead, a
postmasters, two undertakers and druggist
lind partial employment. We cannot perceive
that the town possesses any natural advantages.
The marshes on one side, swamps on another,
and sand hills in front, present a poor prospect
for improvement. The people are intelligent
and clever, the only wonder that strikes a
stranger being, why they tarry ina place which
has been finished since the revolution, if not
before that time"
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

COLORED PREACHERs-At the recent ses-
sion of the Delaware Annual Conference, held
at Easton, Md, the following ministers were
appointed to the places named:
Smyrna Dtst/ict-J. II. Pearce, Presiding
Elder-to reside at Smyrna.
Middietown, j. W. Brown; Milington, D.
). Waters; Smyrna, b. Gibbs; Still Pond,
5. Taylor; Mt. Pisgah, G, Horsey Chester.
town, T.. Wing Marydel W. Broughton /;
Friendship, P, j. Adams Kent Island, H..
Morris; Hillsborough, e. Ash; Greens
borough, A Grinage; Centreville, c. Pollett;
Denton, j. S. Willis.
Cambridge Dts'nct-H. Smith, Presiding
Elder-to reside at Cambridge.
Dover, S. Cooper Milford, ]. II. Holland ::
Lewis and Harmony, H. Y Cox; Talbot, j.
z. Dennis; Landing Neck, to be Supplied !;
EastOn, j. r. Webb; Miles River Neck, to
be supplied Bethel, W. II. kauffey Wash
ington, j. W. Sanders; Cambridge, j. d.
Ebert; Church Creek, p. Kennedy Gum
Swamp, to be supplied.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

TIE RAILROAD mp AND Tuck. Our
readers will doubtless remember to have seen
the statement in the TINES several weeks ago
that the Pennsylvania II. II. Co. had stopped
sending their through trains between New
York and Washington over the !! w. & b.
road, and had started them on Ound u bout
route away around by Lancaster and Columbia
Pa The trains were run this way about u
week, when they were stopped and put on the
F., w. Il B. road again, as usual Why the
change was made is thus explained by the
Philadelphia correspondent of the German
town Telegraph:
'The Wilmington Company (that is, the
p, w. & b. was discovered to be backed by
two of the strongest railroad corporations in
America, the Philadelphia and Reading and
the Baltimore and Ohio, and the President of
the Wilmington Company threatened TO break
off all arrangements with the Pennsylvania
Company if this through train were not with
drawn. What such a threat means you may
imagine when | tell you that the Wilmington
Company controls over four hundred miles of
railway, monOp0ize the fruit trade of Della
ware and Maryland, and could cut off from
the New York lines every basket of the
southern fruit and provision trade. 1t also in
wolves the entire New York business of the
Baltimore and Ohio road. But the most i'm
pOrtant development was that the two southern
were ready with a new GLe to New
York connecting with the New Jersey Southern.
At present the Baltimore and Ohio has it's
terminus in Philadelphia. Ifthe through train
via Columbia was intended as menace it is a
dcplorable failure. 1t has, however, shown
the cards of all the players and the Pennsylvania
does not appear to hold the winning hand.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06
eeRespect the Church. ,.

Does observer" know that he is far behind
the spirit of the age? If he should visit our
large towns and cities be would see no kneeling
I'D public worship; merely bowling the head is
considered the most appropriate position, as it
prevents all noise and confusion that arise from
knecling, and they would think it beneath the
dignity OF christian to watch the congregation
while the minister ~ praying | was not
aware that Christ commanded his disciples IN
kneel during their devotions, or that the rules
OF any church, except the Papal, required its
members to kneeI. If that is the case how
could observer see the whole congregation
while he was kneeng? AS it regards the
presence OF people leaning to other creeds.
probably there we're some present. Were they
not as devotional as those Of your own church.
It their manner of worship was different
Which was the most commended by Christ.
the PharSee, who made great show Of his
prayers, or the publican, who only cried 70 God
TOR mercy. without stopping to kneel? Is it
not best i'll all situations to make as little con.
fusion as possible, that all things may be done
decently and in order? think Observer
could not be better employed than in teaching
those five s. S. boys their duty in public
worship; but more especially ] recommend
him to read the text where his duty is made
clear, to cast out the beam from his own eve,
before he attempts to take the mote from his
brothers eye. Lei.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

Nor THE RIGHT LAKE.-Nine tenths of the
people who visit Rehoboth are shown clever
puddle of fresh water just back of the Surf
House called "the Lake" This they take for
the great fresh-water lake about which they
hear so much, and are happy. Such is not
the case; the lake that the natives would show
them is two miles or such matter below the
camp meeting grounds, and has an area of
several miles. This puddle they call the
cranberry pond" and laugh at the credulous
strangers who stand before it awe-struck and
pour out such protuse expressions of admira-
tien.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

We have another case of the democratic
eaven working in the Catholic Church.
Certain members of that Church in Ports
mouth, n. ii. have brought suit in equity
against the Rev. Mr.. Walsh, a priest, and
Bishop Bacon, The companants set forth
that they have made contributions toward
maintaining a Catholic church and parsonage
at Portsmouth, but are denied the privilege
OF attending said church without paying an
admission fee. They pray for an Injunction,
and that said Walsh and Bacon be enioined
from debasing the altar of said church from
the worship of God to a place where price
OF admission is charged, and curses, disease,
and death are asked to fall upon members who
in worldly matters decline to follow Just as the
priest and bishop direct" This is sheer re-
6ellIon, and goes to the root of episcopal
authority 1t is conducted directly in oppo.
Sltlon to all the precedents, institutes, and
traditions of the Church and it entirely
ignores the usually received idea of the
authority of a bishop. 1t ought to be en-
ccouraGing to those who are nervously appre-
bensive that this Republic will ere long be
transferred absolutely to the See of Rome.
Three hundred varieties of weighing machines
are manufactured by the Fairbanks Scale Com.
pany. Ot one variety, for grOcers' use 1000
sc les was turned off last year.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday afternoon nv
JOSEPH H. HoFFEcKER, Editor and Proprietor Smyrna
Delaware.
S-SUBsCRIPr!oN-OnR year $500 IN advance or
not paid till the the year No
Sarrears are paidOnly at the option of the Publisher
ADVERrIsEMENTS will the rate Cents
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ahalf cents liberal made to semi an
nual and yearly advertisers.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

DOES FARMING In DELAWARE PAY?-
it is stated on good authority that Ex.Gov.
Wm. III; Ross at Seaford, has cleared over ten
thousand dollars on his small frait crops this
season, and on a reasonable estimate this
amount will go up to Forty thousand Dollars
on the net proceeds of his fruit sales this
season. He has a fair crop of peaches and
pears yet to market, and has employed three
hundred hands in picking and shipping his
small fruit crops, now about over.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

Rose TINTED Rev Mr.. Watson, the
'''iowery preacher" of Dover, as he is called,
thus gives the rose tint to Rehoboth and
recreation
ITO spend couple of weeks by the sea in
midsummer, forms delightful parcnthesis in
the long drawn paragraph of the years toll
The churches on the peninsula are beginning
to see the propriety OF granting their ministers
season OF summer rest and some of us
resolved to pitch our tents a week or two at I
Rehoboth, and be among the first to inaugnrate
that lovely place into a historical fact. The
transition from busy library, dusty street,
rolling carriage wheels, domestic cares and the
routine of church work, to a camp chair under
forest shades, undisturbed siestas, and a dailv
plunge IN the sea, has become to some of MS.
matter of experience. While spending snch a
lie how things are reversed. Instead of
preaching to Others we ourselves became
auditors in the sun vanished walls of Nature =
temple, with the Eternal One for preacher.
VINO puts tongues in the tops of waving oaks.
and IN the rosy mouths of the clouds, and in
the liquid lips of the surging sea, by which He
artlculates TO the delicate ear of thought,
sentences of truth for which the speech OF
mankind has no name"
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

BLACKBIRD CAMP MEETING is progressing
under he most favorable circumstances, and will
be continued until Tuesday next. The order
has been excellent, up to the present, and
nothing Of disordery nature has occurred to
distur the equinimty of the tenters or the
meetings. The Sunday attendance was i'm
mense. Of course, as will be that of next Sun
day, The religious manifestations are not of
marked character, so far, but the sermons are
spoken Of as being remarkably forcible. The
following ministers have occupied the stand so
far: Revs. Bishop Scott, and Messrs. Smith, of
Lincoln, Sussex CO., Bryan, of Odessa, MorelI,
OF New Jersey, Ph@bus, of this town, Milby,
of ChestertOwn, Tompkinson, of Wilmington.
Smith, of Middletown, Gregg, of this town
Hunter. of Wilmington, Wilson, of Leipsic,
and Chatham, of Kent CO., Md. The Sunday
sermons were by Messrs Morell, Phebus and
Bryan. The tents number between 80 and 90,
and the tenters speak Of the camping season in
unqualified praise. Smyrna turns out in force
each day.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

DIED BY THE WAYSIDE.-On Wednesday
afternoon of last week a man, walking along
the Blackbrd road sat down under a tree in
front of the dwelling on Col. Davis's "Austra-
liza farm, about three miles from this town
About O'Clock some one, in passing, reported
to MIR. Spears family, at the dwelling, that a
man was dying at the road gate. They at once
proceeded to render such assistance to the way
tarer as might be in their power, but he died
IN short time after they reached him. The
next day an inquest was held by Esquire Dea
kyne, of fThOroughfare Neck, he acting as dep
uty Coroner. The deceased stranger proved
to be Andrew Tuffery, a native and former
resident of ThOrOughtare Neck, but of whose
whereabouts his relatives and friends had not
known for many years. His mind became i'm
paired number Of years ago, it is said, over
say Tor Ohio. He came down on the steam
boat to Bombay Hook, on Tuesday, made his
way t0 this town the next day, where he pur-
chased small quantity of opium, and then
went out on the Blackbird road. He ate din
ner at MIR. Donovans, short distance beyond
Duck Greek, but while there did nothing that
lead Mr.. ID. s family to mark him as weak in
either mind or body. After dinner he pro-
ceeded as far as the point where he yielded up
his lite. The opium he purchased in this
town was found upon his person untouched.
1t IS thought he was an opium eater. He was
well advanced in years-upwards of 60 it is
thought-and this, in connection with the Sc
we're. heat of the day, may have caused his
death. The jury returned a verdict Of death
from natural causes. When living in Tho
roughtare Neck he was highly respected.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06
LUMBER FOR SALE.

Will be sold. at Public Sale. at Rlackbird Camn
Ttound on SATURDAY next, 9Th inst. att O'Clock
about 10000 feet Of White Pine Lumber. A chance
for bargains. SR WARREN
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

A POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE.-Mr. John II.
Vangezell, formerly of Smyrna) recently re-.
moved from the postoffice at Harrington, has
been held in $1,000 bail for his appearance at
the U. 5. District Court in Wilmington, for
allcdged attempt to defraud the p o. Depart
ment The facts of the case appear to be
about as follows On the 7th day of Nav la t
MIR. Henry Tygert handed to Mr.. Vapgezel
the sum OF $3.50 to be sent in a Money Order
to Perry Need of New York For this Tygcrt
received the usual money order receipt, but
the money never came to the hands of the
party addressed. After some time had ELAPSED
and also after repeated inquiries of Mr. Van
gezell, who stated that he had never heard
from the money, complaint was made at the
T. y. Department at Washington and Special
Agent Isaac Myers was detailed to investigate
the case. On July 18th Mr. Myers visited
Harrington and was informed by Mr.. Vange-
zell that he had laid the money away in
private drawer, intending to forward it, but had
forgotten to do so until two or three days be-
fore, when finding it still in the drawer he had
returned it to Mr.. Tygert. On the 10Th of
July, the day after Myers visit, Vangezell
wrote to MIR. Tygert, who was away from home,
that the money had been found and would be
returned to him when he came home. On
the 28th of July, the day before his arrest,
MIR. Vaugezell paid this amount of money back
to Tygert. The case will 20 to the u. S.
Grand Jury In Wilmington next October term.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

The DELAWARE LIVE SToCK INSURANCE.
CCoM,PANY.-A number of gentlemen of New
Castle county and Salem, N. j., have Organized
an Insurance company for the purpose of in.
sprl9g all kinds Of live stock, and have elected
the following officers: ''0'''U
President, w. A. Reynolds.
Vice President, Albert Thatcher
Secretary, w. II. Gilmore.
Treasurer: DIR. II. G. Snitcher.
Auditor, Il. G. Springer
", Managers, W. A. Reynolds, Albert Thatcher.
W. ii. Gilmore, DR.. H. G. Snitcher n q
Springer, OF Wilmington; DIR. j. j. Black. Of
New Castle and ex-Mayor Il. Dunn. Judge
A. Bilderback aud DIR. +. Bilderback, of
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Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

olnce the rains we are blessed with better
butter and more vegetables, '0''oi
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

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