Smyrna times., 1874-12-09
Communicated to the Crisfield Leader.
Methodist EOSSin.

mr.. Edtt7r. e. - The Methodist Episcopa
Church depends upon its Bishops to attent
70 the placing OF its ministers. What m,
work OF any Bishop may be in this regard !,
OF course unknown until at the end Of tbc
Conference session the list of appointments !,
Ieau on 10 an interested audience of WAITING
is i'IneIahts' But while this uncertainty must
IIou! the nature OF the case exit there are init.
hatlonS OF probable appointments which in
many instances become certainties in dna
| season. III uue
Inc wilmington Conference will meet in
smyrna Del, March 18th, 1875, BishoD F. $
james, presiding. He will have a large nnrn =,
Der OF changes to make. Perhaps sixty Of The
preachers 10 this Conference will move nevt
uarch: Then there will propably be two
vacancies In the Bishops Council or the Pro.
sIdlng sIg Eldership; Salisbury District loses its
nuer' heV; j.. LeRoy TAFT by reason of the
GT1plratl9h OF his term of Office. WiImiDgton
DIS'Flct mas been deprived Of the valuable ser.
vices of Rev: T. j. Thompson, d, ID ID 'i T..
honored Presiding Elder, by the r:morsele.s ..s
enemy-death. 'NiesS
for these two places q number of nam.s
nave been mentioned Revs Hill. Onigg ma
Dr, Matlack for Wilmington District with ,ba
91dS almost overwhelmingly in favor of Row
=; :; b. Quigg; Revs. Hill, n. VI. Brown...i r
mann an and ID. Curtis for Salisbury Dis,rict
- Inc wilmington churches will not change
thelr pastors except in the case of ASuurv wb;cL
loSes heV. r. Stubbs and is rumored 10 havn
IaIleu heV Kramer, Of the PhilaIelphj. Con. !
Terence. Mr.. Stubbs was fixed" for G.D,raI DUm
Philadelphia, until recently hH,
ewing to the fulIness of that Conference anJ
~ tne uem"nd Tor his services here he will nroh,
bly, go to Smyrna Del '' p'oOA
he". j. Alien, OF Christiana. has l.Ct Tho
Tt Tork because of i'll health Rev d r
l homas, OF Delaware City, NAV for the same
reason reason locate IN Salisbury, Nd. Rev n
'lIher' OF ElktOn, has decided to rest after n
n3ng and werkful term of service in the ALA
hev. j. Cook, Of CharlestowD. ba, r.mov"I -
Western Conference. 'O''o
hev. IL. w. Todd was named sone rno,,La
go as possibly locating next March an anc't','',
}, impaired health but the improved con6;,;"r
= h's health renders 1t unlikely that he viii
ay aSlde ms working dress just yet. Al le..t
our othGr veterans talk seriously Of rr,irin., :
i, "o OF the young men have already given mn :
ne "orE-l1Orney and Lewis. h
ocEs'ai ol the best appointments will ba
INV" open. Rev. u. ID Watson positively
:, D3Ver ana VIII probably be succeeded :
~ H. Caldwell. Milford will be omen anJ
0 decided preference has yet been f";aiu ntb'iam,
AIMED there Rev. W. H. Hutcbin rs,;ro. t.
om me Agency Of the Conference AraI.n,,
'eS' f. Miller removes from Ekton. v
4, CONFERENCE organ is whispered Of Tho e
l',H't@ nome 'Jo"rn6i, recently merged in,o
i''lei paper, IN NnIDe sort supplied tbis need b
% %nelG - me pn'SlbIlty bat papcr ALREADY ce
tarlshrd on the Peninsula and bos.ns.;u', pe
'hSlderahe literary excellence viii bog,r. ~ E,
~ se~hl"n make for itself character rb;cb
~ commend 1t TO the hearlest enior.cman,
~ patronage "t the Conferences SCRlKn