Smyrna times., 1873-01-22
STATE AND LOCALS.

relton Is soon TO have on iron foundery.
""ikmen are engaged IN demolishlng the old
Jail building at Dover.
Several cases Of small pox are reported in the
neghborhOod Of Felton,
The "Contnental Old Folks and Bell RINGERS"
propose TO show in this town March 80.
MISS MARY a. Walker. Of this town, will sell her
household furniture Saturday, Feb lst.
John O'Byrne has re.eneaged TO lecture On the
CTusades at Dover, on the 29th without fail
Mr.. Frank Raymond wants TO reduce his stock
OF goods, even at a sacrafce. See his adv
The defeated candidate for Sheriff Of Sussex CO.,
JOS Norris Esq, wants to be county Treasurer.
out OF eight persons who engaged in a shooting
match ct MIddleown, last week, 1e were Coehrans.
Wendell Phillips will lecture in Wilmington
sometime in February and Cough on the 3Ist Of
January.
Full particulars of the sad drowning of Mr..
iIghnan, IN Talbot CO., is published in our Mary.
land items.
An iceberg, 40 to 81 yards square, and 30 to 40
Ieet IN helght' hoaed into Indian itef, Sussex co..
recently 1t is said.
Mr.. J. X. Johns. near this town has a vendue
to moriow-Thursday-a has some good stock
and farming implements.
The Railroad Company is going 10 be asked to
change the name Of MORTON. Goshen, or ANYTHING
but Moorton, the citizens say.
Inc meeting TO further the temperance cause
hcId IN Dover yesterday, very Shiny attended,
ana hothIng OF importance done.
A week Of prayer" will commence in The NJ. T..
Church of this town on Monday evening next. The
object Is the spiritual Advancement of the church.
Capt Joseph NJ. Barr has removed from Will
mington TO ChestertOwn, Md, where he will engage
IN the practice Of law. The condition Of his wIle 3
health led TO his removal.
Rev S. l.. BlldwiH and wife, the missiona ries,
arrived at Foo Chow, China, Nov. 18TH They
came near being lost at sea, as letter ON our first
page, from Mrs. b., explains;
Miss Virginia Stewart, formerly Of Sussex Co.,
out now engaged as cOpylst in the automatic
telegraph office, in Washington, was the first person
to announce Louis Napoeon's death in that city.
Mr.. Harry c. Carpenter, widely known and
popular travelling salesman, has bought out Stewart.
Marks, Ralph II Co, his late employers in the
tobacco trade, in Phila and will conduct the bus.
| ness hereafter.
We record the death Of Mr. William F Smith.
Of this town. this week. For sir years he lived
| through most excruciatIng rheumatism and at
ms death his frame distorted aud his Joints
stifsned by the lanentable aflcton.
Now that New Castle is going to have the Pascal
Iron Works II d0nt know how big to get its ideas
OF progress. The latest report is that four hundred
nc" ""ooes wiz DC Dullt rght away and that 1870
workmen are tn come with the works.
The Advertiser. weekly Democratic Newman per
OF wilmington. has been sold to John OByrne,
Esq. and will 10 future be conducted by him. Mr.
OByrne has, for some time past been connected
with the Ad1nhser in an Editorial capacity.
Milford IS taking on as great mania for wedding
anniversaries ss Smyrna used 10 have. Recently
golden wedding was celebra ted last week Captain
Chiticnden celebrated his wood'n wedding, and
parties are now ou' looking up another "victInl"
Mr.. J. w. Emerson, of MoOrtnn Station, near this
town. has dnfng the winter shipped several crates
OF Perslmmons TO Philadelphia for which he realized
ten cents per quart Who can say that peraimmon
orchards will not be the next agricultural hobby.
Mr.. Jehu Clendaniel, formerly of Sussex county,
bot for many years commission merchant uf
Philadelphia, died at his residence in that city last
week lie was estimated to have amassed fortune
ol S2OO,OOO. He was well known 10 Delawareans
Mrs Harper, the colorcd lecturer Of Philadelphia
lectnred in the A. NJ f.. Church of this town last
evening on "rhe Force that Wins" Force of
/ character was her theme. She is woman of
decided ability and talks Ruen,ly and poin,edly.