Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

| .1ue steamer lam0kln is now making regular
trl-weekly tips between Leipsic and Philadel-
phla, leaving the former place on Mondays,
Wednesdays an6 Fridays at 9 A. Nj.
Olive Logan will deliver her new lecture,
Successful People," in Dover, on Friday
evening, April llth. Mrs Sykes, (Olive's
real name) has just returned from Europe.
Rev. +. Miller, formerly of this town, was
warmly received by the NJ. +. Congregation of
Elkton last week He found the parsonage
filled with people and warm supper await
ing him.
Last Saturday afternoon the wind blew
tree over ON Mr.. Calvin Hoffman, living a
few miles above Wilmington, on the w. Il w.
K. r., and killed him. He was walking along
the road past the tree.
The Grand Lodge of Masonic Ladies, of
Pennsylvania, went to Wilmington, last Friday
evening, and organized a new Lodge of that
as Mt Olivet Lodge, No. 3, NJ. L.
The Levy Court of New Castle county has
appointed Richard Ferguson, of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, Trustee OF the Poor, in accor-
dance with an act Of the Legislature creating
an additional member for that Hundred.
The snit of the bondholders of the Md &
Del. K. K. to compel sale of the Railroad to
pay the interest on its bonds, pending in the
Cecil Court, IS not likely. the Commercial
learns, to be called up, this term, for trial.
The proprietorship of the National Hotel,
! NllddletOwn, made vacant by the death Of Mr..
l.: e. Lippincott, is to be supplied by Mr.. Jos.
NlOreton, for some time past connected with
Locke Arch Street House, Philadelphia.
prof" West is ''as merry as a cricket" in
his cell in Dover Jail. He has secured no
counsel yet but says that four lawyers, two
from Georgetown and two from New Castle,
will take his case i'll hand, without any fee.
The propretors of the Rehoboth Camp
Meeting Association are now engaged in laying
out the avenue leading from the grounds to
the ocean shore, and intend to have the same
Immediately graded with clay, pebbles, &c.
Last week the Home farm of B. F. Hanson,
Esq, on the road leading from Middletown to
Warwick, containing les acres was sold to Mr.
ID. B. Banks, of Baltimore, for 500 900 cash.
MIR. Banks also bought Mr.. HIS stock for
81, 500.
On Sunday morning week, worthless
negro, named John Parker, recently arrested
at Frederick for assault aud battery made his
escape from Dover Jail. Sheriff Williamson
| forgot to bolt his cell door when he gave him
his breakfast.
1t was j. Harry Hoffecker, Of Wilmington,
who delivered the weekly lecture before the
working Mems Institute" of that city, last
Saturday, and not Jos. II Hoffecker, as er
rOneously published in the Wilmington papers
This statement is to satisfy curiosity.
AT Dover, on Monday evening, the Legis
ature and other invited guests were dined and
wined at the Capitol Hotel, over the passage
of the charter Of the New Jersey and Delaware
Central Railroad Co., Port Penn to Townsend. J
Sam. Townsend was master of ceremonies.
Since the rec: mt decision in the courts of
Pennsylvania that the Banks are responsible
for the special deposits in their vaults, the
banks of Wilmington have been talking of re-
tuSing to take any such deposits. A meeting
will shortly be held to decide upon the matter
The brig James HuH, of Southampton
England, with cargo OF oranges and sulphur
went on the beach about three miles south Of
Henlopen last Wednesday morning. Her crew
were safely taken off and brought to Iewes
The people in Lewcs are all munchng
oranges.
The Presbytery of New Castle will hold its
next stated meeting in Snow Hill, Md, on
Tuesday, the 18Th day of April. The Pres
bytery, if fully represented, numbers over
| eighty members, and embraces in its territory
the whole of Eastern Shore Of Maryland and
the State of Delaware.
Last week, Seaford doctor, in returning
from Phila with new silk tile on, had it
blown off in passing from one car to the other
A friend loaned him a cap and that was also
blown of. The conductor rendered him
another, but he declined, not caring, he said, to
squander his living in hats.
New Castle was visited bv a terrible wind
storm last Saturday. The whole river front
was injured. Jefferson's wharf, it is said. will
cost five hundred dollars to put it in order
again. Taskers property was damaged to the
extent OF fifteen hundred dollars. Truss
wharf is also considerably injured.
The Legislature has passed the bill incorpo-
rating the New Jersey and Delaware Railroad
Company. This road is to run from Jersey
| City via Port Penn to Townsend Station, on
the Delaware Railroad, where it will connect
with the Queen Annes and Kent County road,
and form part of through route from Boston
to Baltimore.
Two sudden deaths occurred at Odessa last
week.-Mrs.. Chas. Tatman, wife of the Presi-
dent of the Odessa Bank, and Rich d G.. Hayes,
Esq, prominent citizen. Mrs T. died very
unexpectedly, after attending to her duties
during the day, and Mr.. Ii. 6.ll whilst walking
across his farIu, near Blackbi and died soon
after reaching home
Among the recent graduates of the Louis
vile (Ky.) Medical College was Mr.. Joseph
Van Gssken, son of john Van Gasken, Esq.
our Representative in the Legislature Dr..
Van Gasken was at once elected to a position
in the city hospital OF ST. Louisa rare oppor.
tunity for young physician who has just
received his parchment.
DR.. Fields, of Wilmington, who recently
invented flying machine, an underground
telegraph, and other wonderful things has Just
invented a machine for kindling fires. lie
sticks piece Of asbestos in coal oil, and then
putsit 10 perforated sheet iron case and applies
a match. The immensely hot flames would
set the world a6re in short time.
The co. operative system has developed a
new plan in Wilmington. Several families
who have carriages have clubbed together and
built cooperative stable, where all the horses
and carriages are kept, with only two or three
men, instead Of a score, to do the work, thus
enabling persons of moderate means TO keep
an equipage who otherwise could not afford it.
William B. Virgins, who was convicted OF
the embezzlement of pension funds. and sen.