Smyrna times., 1874-12-16
STATE AND LOCALS.


The Smyrna Landing Sunday School will
give an exhibition next Monday evening,
=, The Middletowners are trying to got their
library and reading room in operation again
Rich d Brockson has succeeded Samuel j
" arren III the mercantile business at Black
bird
Tho Methodist church at New Castle ia to
be rsmodeIed and enlarged. The work has
Commenced.
The reported resignation of Rev. Mr.. Elcock.
OF the Bridgeville Presbyterian Church, is
contradicted.
The Delaware State Medical Society will
hold an adjourned session in Dover on the 10th
OF January next.
;, Mr.. Geo. A. Millington, of the Delaware
House, this town, has purchased some fine
ilVery stock and has opened livery stable.
James Springer has been appointed Justice
o. the Peace at Newark by Governor Ponder,
vice James ii. Ray, whose term had expired
! The young men of this town are trying to
organize gee club. We ought to have such
a soclety-have good material running to waste
for the want OF it.
j. B. ClarksOn, teller of the Middletown
National Bank, has bought out A. T. Bradley's
store, in that town, and has left the bank to 20
into other business.
The announcement of Messrs johnson, in
another column. is square statement on the
shoe question. They come down fat footed in
all they have to say.
Nearly all of last week turkeys, dressed, in
New York. were quoted at sQDl2 cts, while
we were paying l5c cts. One party who shipped
n lot came off badly we learn.
New Castle had big wedding last week
George. son of Judge Pierce, of PHILADELPHIA.
Of H. i
Presbyterian minister of that town.
A shooting match for tive prizes of breech
loading guns worth each 500 and $50 will
come of at Middletown Hotel next Thursday,
to wind up with Tsrrapin Supper.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Episcopal
Church, Dover, are now earnestly working in
behalf OF the erection of rectory, and will it
10 thought, succeed in their efforts.
just read this libel, which we find in a New
York paper: A Delaware man lost his wife
and raoe-horse by the same stroke of light
ming, and he tried for two hours to revive the
horse.
The NJ. E. Sunday School Association, of
this town, has abandonedits proposed Christmas
entertainment. Something else is in contem-
platon, however, to be given after ths holi
: days
The Gazette learns, on what it regards as
good authority that John =. Cochran Esq,
GOVernoreeet, has selected Ignatius e. Grub,
Esq, Of Wilmington, for his Secretary of
State.
Hiram w. McCoey will shortly remove
from Greensboro, Md, where he has resided
for several years, to his property in South
, Mllford-ths homestead of the late Rev. T.
; p. McColley.
Bishop Lee, Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of
, this State, will soon go to Mexico to organize
diocese at the city of Mexico. He will sail
D in company with Rev. Dr. Dyer from New
York, on the l4th of January.
1t is reported that Rich Harrington, Esq,
the Deputy District Attorney Of the District OF
Columbia, is to resign his position, and that
: Chas. G. Fisher, Judge Fishers son, will be
appointed by the Judge to succeed him.
y John s. Collins & Co., of the Lebanon can
: merry, have ordered the machinery necessary
for making jsllies. but have not decided as yet
whether to put them in at Lebanon, or at
T, their Drying House at MOorestOwn, y. j.
j Senator Bayard has appointed Mr.. d. 7.
D Marvel, of Georgetown, to the Secrstaryship
o of the Committee on EngrossOd Bills, in Con
gress of which Mr.. B. is chairman. Mr.
Marvel is stopping at Wormlsys for the
present.
! Forty FIVE licenses to sell liquor were granted
by the New Castle court. Twenty seven oI
/ these were from Wilmington, ak from New
Il Castle, two trOm MiddlotOwn, &c. Thirty ap
L plications were refused, all from Wilmington
= but seven.
One of the features of the Grangers is t,
have grand feast once in a while. The Mil
a ford Grange had one last week at the residen0,
r of the Master, John j. Rosa, near town, and {
.s most elaborate bill OF fare was presented. DIR
;, Davidson made q speech.
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: County Railroad, rs-opsned the road last Mon
70 day, and ran passenger train from Chester
70 town to Masseys. Trains will hereafter ruI
e regularly, connecting at Townsend with train
~ on the Delaware Railroad.
On Monday afternoon, the third annua
meeting of the members of the First Delawar
Z Regiment was held in Wilmington, Col. los
1t g. Nichols presiding. About forty member
III were present. In the evening banquet wa
,e spread at the Clayton House.
,t The ordinance prohibiting the deposit o
ashes, straw, paper scraps, &;., in the street
Of this town has been passed by the Board O
Commissioners, and will 60 into effect Jan. LIST
= The penalty for violating the law is not los
VI than SO cts. nor more than 81.
: A grand Centennial Hop" will be given il
= !. the town hall, this town, on :ho evening O
= December 29th. Two hundred tickets Of ia
| NllbbIOu udbG Occu lbSuCu Nv Luc "
= invitations, Messrs. John Wilkinson, jr., Tho.
y Jefferson and VIM. Stevenson.
r. A young man named David Omensette
ID walked on Saturday morning, from Market 81
ID bridge, Wilmington. to the Court House doc
RS in New Castle, in So minutes, on a wager ths
n he could accomplish the feat in less than a
RS hour The distance is about FIVE miles.
We 1t is proposed in Dover. in view Of th
ly growth Of the town and the consequent il
ng creased expense of keeping the streets in ordt
e. aud lighting the same with gas to ask th
legislature at its next session for power to Ia
Ip tax of at least $1,000 for town purposes.
lis Vincent o. Hill, of Blackbrd, and Thos /
Al, Boyer. of Leipsic were both arrested last wee
at by U. s. Marshall Dunn, of Wilmington, f
nd selling whisky without government licsns
d. Each gave bail in 5000 for his appearance
We the u. s. Court in Wilmington, in January.
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