Smyrna times., 1873-12-24
STATE AND LOCALS.

The State House is to be surmounted by a
flag pole. -e..
There is soma talk of an oyster cannery at
Bowers Beach.
The NJ. E. Sunday School of Odessa is pre-.
pairing for grand concert.
Bishop Lee, it is said by the Republican,
lost $lG,00 by the Jay Cooke failure
1t is reported that the Mary land Courier,
published at fredericksburg, is to be removed to
S;eaford.
A s45 chandelier has been presented to the
new PRESBYTERIAN Church, at Harrington, by a
generous Railroad official
John q. Cannon, Constable of Laurel, had
his leg broken on Saturday week, while at
tempting to stop drunken riot.
Judge Hall, Of Wilmington, will be "a years
old to day, (24th) and retains his mental fac
ulties almost wholly unimpaired.
Rev. A. d. Davis argues that big hogs and
guess boxes" are the cause Of much drunken.
ness IN the lower part of the State.
The Georgetown journal says that Chancel
lcr Salisbury has invented new style of phe
ton-a large arm chair in q dearborn.
The new Church ediice now being erected
at Magnolia by the Baptists will be ready tol
dedication about New Years, it is hoped.
Judge Wootten and Sheriff Sharp, of George
town, were presented with puppies of the bul
dog species by gang Of Gypsies last week.
A Christmas morning prayer meeting ia Il
be held in the NJ. f. Church of this towr
Tomorrow morning, commencing at o'clock
VIM. Virden, near Frederick, slaughtered
last week, two pigs, 154 months old, that weigh
ed 500 pounds each, making an even l0Ot
pounds. - "t0
Building in Seaford almost equals some O
the Western towns, there being no less thai
70 or % new houses in course Of erection Their
at present.
Hon. James r. LoRand, of Milford, our Con
r gresham, will take his family to Washingto
3 alter the Holidays, where they have rooms a
The Imperial Hotel ...?.t 80
. Rev. j. III. Caldwell, OF Still Pond, will de
liver lecture IN the Union NJ. n. Church nea
Black bird on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3Oth fo
+ the beneGt Of that church. =. -
There will be an entertainment this eveuin
e at the Mission Chapel 10 this town, consistin
r OF singing. defamation. &c. Admission CT
to meet an unsettled claim. 's .".
Charles Bradlsugh,, the orator. and di
tinguished English agitator, is 10 lecture
q Wilmington on Friday evening next on +" III
is Republican Movement 10 England" "a.
'f Ihe superintendent OF the Mission School
q this town, Mrs. Jernsn, expresses, throus
: the TIMEs, the thanks of the School to NJ
JohH IL Bewley forthe location OF ton
re coal. . -....,..Ii ,1sr HI. ,Ii feIH ..is..
sr George Jsnvier, well ll,knowns and high
lie respected citizen Of New Castle. died on Su
"a day, aged 20 years. He was a man Of inca
!, aad used his means lresly in charitable pI
poses. oaad eliot fsf aaeta at1 D
" The wife, daughter and female servant Of
y, prominent farmer near Wilmington came ne
a being sufocated to death recently. They We
Ia into the cellar to fix the gas apparatus and
- mistake let the gas escape. The farmer.
4 returning home for dinner. found the dangh
o' and servant uneonsciousy laying upon the Gel
'e- floor while the wife sat in a potato bin laue
d, ing profusely from the effects of Ihe gas.
"a. course no time was lost in removing them
u the open air, when they soon recovered th
~ senses without experiencing any perman,
no effects.