Smyrna times., 1873-02-19

MIR. James IL. w Woodward, Of the Delaware
House, this town, will sell the hotel furniture
at public sale next Wednesday. Much OF 1t
is valuable.
Richard IT, Lockwood, of Middletown, has
received the appointment OF route postal clerk
to run on the cars between New York and
Washington.
i. Smyrna, Dover, Milford and several other
towns in this State hold their town elections
on Monday, March Sd. In this town there is
no issue and consequently no interest.
The members of the NJ f. Church at
Kcnton, called on their pastor, the Rev. f..
Miller OF this town, on tuesday OF last week,
and left good supply of the substantials OF
life
The second lecture of the Odd Fellows
Library Course at Dover will be delivered on
Thursday evening, the 9th inst, by B. B.
Comegys, Esq, of Philadelphia, brother Of
JOS p.
Hon Henry Wilson, Vice President elect of
the United States, has been invited by the
Sons ct Temperance to deliver q lecture on
Temperance, in Wilmington, at his earliest
convenience.
1t is said that the heirs in and around Mil
ford of the estate Of Jehu Clendaniel, who
died in Phila., recently, worth 5000, 900, are
| likely to have a warm time. They are diSputlng
as tC who shall settle up the estate.
Mr.. NJ. Copeland will address the members
Of the Legislature and other citizens Of Deia-
ware, in Representative Hall, Dover, this
! wv edneSday) evening, on the subject OF build
ing railroad from Dover to I4ewes,
The Continental Old Folks and Bell
Ringers" to have given an entertainment in
tLis town March 3D., cannot start on their trip
to Delaware before the 10th. So we are in
formed by the agent Mr. Williams.
The Directors of the Town Hall in Middle
town have resolved to erect a gallery in the
auditorium Tor the accommodation of cOlOred
people who may desire to attend the public
entertainments given i'll that building
Wilmington now proposes to extend its
passenger railway from Tenth street out Market
street through Brandywine village and as far
on the Philadelphia pike as Shellpot Greek,
and also EdgemOOr, on the Delaware River.
Windell Phillips lectured in Wilmington on
Monday night to an audience relatively large
that IL, large for lecture audience. Mr.. F.,
seeing the enterprise was not paying one to
the getters-up, generously donated them one
| half of his fee.
An apparently healthy and good horse,
belonging to Mr.. Thcs English, Constable for
kenton HID, fell dead in his track at a yendue
on Monday. The animal had travelled finely
to the vendue and manifested no symptom of
disease whatever.
At the sale of Mr.. Samuel Brady, in ST.
Georges Hundred, on the 9th inst, eleven
| head OF horses brought total of 81, $50, being
an average of $2l4 80 per head. The highest
price was $325; lowest, $lOl. lie refused
$1,000 for his balance Of hay now on hand
Milford is a great place for dealing in furs
Alcssrs LOwery 4 Co., have sold SO, 500 rabbit
skins to New York firm and still have nearly
| 10000 fuIS of other animals on hand. Another
dealer there has secured about 10000 rabbit
hides aud has over 2,O0G hides of other
animals
The celebration Of Washngton's Birth dav
| by the students of Smyrna Seminary, will be
held at the town hall ON Friday evening next
list Rev. Dl. MOrScll is to deliver an ad
dress on the character Of Washington, and the
students are to give pleasant entertainment
Admission % cts. !; Children 10 cts
| 1t i said that the cooperative car company
| OF Wilmington are about to put their car
works at Newport, three miles below that city
because the little village has water communi
cation. Oxford, Kennett Square aud other
towns III Pennsylvania were rejected for this
deficiency. Water communication iSSmyrna' 8
strong hold, why not put in bid.
| The students of Delaware College, at Newark,
wishing to have some sport, at the hour of
midnight on Saturday night week. set fire to
one OF the OutbuidiugS of the College and
then rang the bell. The citizens, aroused from
their slumbers by the cry of fire. rushed to the
scene only to find that they had been ''sold. :"
As result Of the joke three of the students
have been suspended.
The Baptist Visitor, hitherto published at
Wyoming, under the auspices of Rev. o. f.
Hippo, comes to us in an entire new dress, and
Is now beautiful periodical. Mr. L. an
nounces that the Visitor will hereafter be pub.
liShed either in Wilmington or Baltimore. He
has received call from Wavery Baptist church,
near Baltimore, but has not yet signi6ed an
acceptance.
The big new hotel in Wilmington, the
Clayton House, is to be opened with grand
banquet, on the 9th inst. Sixty persons have
subscribed $50 each to pay for the feast
81 200 in ALL The Committee on Invitations
will first send seventy-five invitations to mem.
bers OF the press and others whom it is desired
to have present Three tickets will then be at
the disposal OF each subscriber. There will
therefore be 22j invitations sent out.
On Wednesday evening last party of about
torty-tve of his gentlemen friends assembled
at the residence Of job H. Jackson the we'll
known car builder of Wilmington, to Offer
their congratulations on the occasion of hi,
iortieth birth day anniversary The party wa.
complete surprise, and singular coincidence
was, that OF torty-three persons present. thei
: average age, which was computed for pas
time, was just the same as Mr. Us,
1 The young people of st. Georges Presby
terian Church, have formed an association
! which they call The young peoples associa
ton of st. Georges Presbyterian Church.
The object of this association is to bring tn,
young people more together, at the same tim
to promote the interest of the church in what
ever way they may see proper. They hav
social entertainments, suppers, &C., once
+ week
MORE ABOUT VESTS "GAs"-A youn,
| man in Baltimore, who was a student will
Prof. West at Dickinson College, ha
written letter to the Commercial stating tina
he is of the opinion that the gas West use,
will produce insanity. He says that the Dr
Way, Of Baltimore, (son of Rev. T.. J. Way
e who bought West out was made insane,
? fact that was never doubted in Baltimore an
his physicians ascribed his insanity 10 the us