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Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

The Episcopal congregation of this town
have rented the residence on Commerce street.
recently in tenure of Mr. Edgar Hastings, for
a parsonage, and Rev. Mr.. Wright, the new
rector, and family, are domiciled as citizens
among u.s. 1t is a matter of congratuation
with our townsfOlk that one of our leading
churches, that has been without shepherd for
ten months, is to be supplied by a young,
active pastOr-one who is preceded by repu-
tatlOn TOR ability, energy and liberal, progress
slve Ideas, both as minister and as citizen
The sale of the Bombay Hook Railroad to
the American Dredging Co. was confirmed by
the court last week. Now the question is, What
next? i. The Dredging Co. own so much of the
road as lies in Kent county; the Smyrna 4
Del. Bay CO., or Jay Gould, own so much as
lies in New Castle CO. and in Kent CO., Md
Neither party can do any thing with the entire
road and the Dredging Go. does not propose to
do anything bnt secure its claim. But it can.
not do that by letting the road alone Some
thing must be done, but who will do it, and
how, is the question.
Last Monday afternoon the loose straw in
the stackyard of Mr.. JAS. Il. Clements, in this
town, neal the depot, caught fire, but was
discovered and extinguiShed by some ladies' be-
fore the flames communicated TO the half dozen
straw stacks. Every property owner ON the
hill is under debt of gratitude to those ladies'
Shall this circumstance be warning or must
the tinder box remain there among the frame
structures, locomotives and school children
until the hilp' is under ashes. What kind
Ot hint do our citizens want-utter destruc
ton? Cant they see their danger, or remedy
it, until they are houseess?
The Maryande of Worcester and Somerset
counties are looking to railroad alliances with
the New York steamers at Lewes, it is said.
The line of road between Berlin and Snow Hill,
heretofore operated by the WcOmico & POGO
moke r. 4. Co., has gone off on its own hook,
and will surely extend its track to the Della
ware line and connect with the Breakwater e.
Frankford road. A meeting Of the railroad
men was held in Milford last week, three or
four of the officers Of the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company being present, and is thought
that important schemes were on the tapiS
though the utmost secrecy was maintained.
The case of the State as Robert +. johnson,
Ccoloredl indicted for breaking into the house
OF and attempting to commit rape upon the
person Of Miss NJ. A. Collins, on Bombay
Hook, in the night time, resulted in a verdict
OF not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged.
Alter listening to the testimony and argument
by counsel the Court charged the jury in favor
of the prisoner. The offense, under our law, is
punishable with death. As there did not
appear to have been any violence employed by
the prisoner the fact was allowed to initiate
against the crime. 1t was not very clear to the
jury and court that Johnson was fully identified
as the man by Miss Collins. The prisoner S
witnesses were John +. Goldsborough, with
whom he lived at the time) Isaac Townsend
and Sam Jones.
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and as this is the production for the home
market it may interest this gentleman friends
and the TINES readers to read description
of her. The dimensions are, So feet keel
62 feet on deck; heam % feet; hold, after
hatch, feet; fore hatch, feet inches,
frames 90 inches apart, moulded 9 inches at
heel, at rail, of sided timber 5 and inches
thick, a streaks inches thick bendsl p inches
thick bottom plank, the inside ceiling OF and
21 inch plank, keel of one entire piece hickory,
keelson l0xll inch white oak also one piece,
the whole double bolted through the seats of
the timbers and riveted under the keel. The
outside plank are square fastened with gal
vanized 81 inch spikes and locust tree nails
wedged inside and out with yellow pine
wedges, and as a preservative charcoal and
salts are freely used between the frames and
plank, above light water mark. The deck
frame is staunchly constructed of white oak
and the irrepressble Ilackmat knees, the
whole compactly secured to the sides with
galvanized bolts in all directions On this deck
frame tar-oil has been saturated and on this
again carbonated paper has been placed and
the deck of 3 inch white pine laid. All the
material entering into the construction OF this
vessel has been carefully selected and the
mechanism of the hull has been executed by
skilllul mechanics. Capt. Jno. X. Jackson
superintended the construction and Mr. Julian
Jacobs, master builder, the hull. The cabin,
an exquisite piece of mechanism, combining
the convenenc es of G-roomed house in a
space twelve feet square, was designed and
executed by Mr.. Thomas Evans. And while
we admire the mechanism of others, the COM
bined whole is the result OF Mr.. Bewley' s
orders, who has displayed his thoroughness in
this as in other things.
The model has been formed on purely
hydrostatic principles and the motive power
applied with reference to the known laws OF
longitudinal and lateral resitances as demon,
strated by the model immersed in water.
Or, palmer still, every thing has been done
that could be to place on this route packet
boat that the business public could rely on as
being first class in every respect, under the
able command of Capt Jonathan Jackson.
A member of Mr.. Bewley's family will do
the honors of christening at the launch.
j. B. s.
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The state Election.

Duck Creelt Hd.-The election passed off
remarkably quiet, and the poll was the largest
ever made The total vote was SlS, against
749 in 1872 Scratching was lively. The vote
was but ll9 short of the vote of 1868, which
was the last poll made previous to dividing the
Hundred. The figures shoy that Mr.. Will
liams gets the largest vote on the Democratic
ticket, and Mr.. Sapp the smallest. Mr.. COch
ran is the next lowest. On the Republican
ticket Mr. Hoffecker receives the largest vote
and Mr.. LoAand the smallest. N. B. Smithers
received IL votes for Congress, Judge Houston
Cummins received votes, and for Represen.
tative he received 3. T. Foxwell, +. v.
Cooper, W.. Il. Spruance. j. q. Brinton and
Alexander Humphreys each received one or
two votes for Representative. James g.
Robinson and j. II. Anderson each received a
vote for Sheriff. - -
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In spite of the blowing of others, guar
antee to sell you Cap Of any kind for IS or
SO cents less than any other. can do it be-
cause bought right. New Clothing House
of S. L. Kahn.
For Good Goods, Cheap Goods, and FASH
ionable Goods call on }. 4. Phillips 4 Co. at
their Popular Clothing House Phil. will
treat you right.
Is Kahn agoiug to fail is the question asked
by many, on account of his having bought
such large stock of gOods2 The truth of ii
is, he bought so low he couldn' help but buy
heavy. and he intends TO sell them Clothing,
Hats, Furnishing Goods and all, at any reason
able price. Don't forget the new Clothing
House, Commerce St. below Main.
If you want To see large and we'll selected
stock Of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Siverware
&C., call at the Jewery Store Of j. V. Smith
near the post office; Smyrna, Del His stocl
is sl4rgey new,inst from the cities Of New Yorl
and Phia. Take your Watches there anC
your Jewehy I !; get repaired; he warrants hi
work, and his charges are less than others.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04
SUSSEX COUNTY.
For the Smyrna Times"
The Game of Base Rail- at Odessa.

MILFORD, Nov. ID, 1874.
Mr.. Eait0r:-We see in the local column
of your paper of the 18th ult. that the game
between the Milford and Middetown II Odessa
B. b. G., played at Odessa on the 9th ult.
was throwed up on the Sth inning by the
Milford on account of the unfair ruling of the
umpire. This was all so. You say the opin
ion of the spectators was against Milford.
That was almost natural too, as we were about
iorty-five miles from home and among entire
strangers. We have played % games this
season aud have never before had any dispute
upon the field with but this one exception
Our club had no desire to win the game,
particularly at Odessa, as we wished to get on
the third game with this club at Dover, but
when We lose a game we want to do it through
our players and not through bad umpiring
for if we was to tolerate that we could never
win a game when we wanted to. do not
accuse Mr.. Clarkson of anything unfair towards
the Milford club, particularly, but | don't
think the gentleman understood the game and
his decision, which was undoubtedly very
wrong in number OF instances, seemed to hi
the Milford nine all the time. We have nc
desire to get up any newspaper controversy
to set ourselves right before the public, as We
had closed our base ball season and simply go
up this game to accommodate the Odessa club
Our club is not out of humor at all, and if the
Odessa is desirous we will play them the thirC
game any time, on three days notice, at Dover
where they have good ground and good mel
who understand the game to umpire it.
Mr.. Editor, by inserting the above you vii
oblige many of your readers.
Yours, WIN. B. LOwERY,
Sec Of the Milford Nine of Milford, Del.
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For the " smyrna TmeE.'
Progress of ship building at the
Landing.

The present season. has not witnessed the
same activity at the Ship Yards here. as
characterized that Of 1873 Then the huge
proportions of four Sea-Roing vessels lOOmed
up upon the stocks, while the echoes rang
with the blows Of $50 stalwart men.
The pressof the country exulIingly exhibited
statistics OF tonnage, under construction, and
in demand in various parts OF the United States
and pointed confidently to the revival Of that
great American Ship Building which seemingly
had become lost art, as far as national pro
gress was concerned As it is now, the after
effects of the late financial revulsion has been
the means of checking building operations to a
great extent, tho duration Of which will doubt
less depend on the time necessary to restora-
ton of public confidence and If the season Of
1873 was propitious for our Landing Ship
Builders, that Of IA has not been altogether
void. Thus in passing Afrom the fue three
masted schooner built for Capt. Matthias, we
have now pearlyl ready Ifot launching the
superb packet boat Of Mr.. John II. Bewey,
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

The CAMPAIGN-It has been matter of
observation and remark that the campaign lust
closed, like that Of two years ago, was tame
and inSipid in contrast with those of years gone
bV-"when we were young" as some of our cid
men remark. The whole tenor of political
campaigning seems to be undergoing a change.
The parade and the taudry display that came up
and reached their zenith in the days of that
same old coon" and the 'log cabin have well
nigh run their course, while stump oratory is
but the mere skeleton of its former self Even
the best political speakers found themselves,
this campaign, talking to audiences of but a
few dozen, and at no time did they have occa-
sion 10 refer to the sea of upturned faces =
that they used to always mention in their
harangues. Political oratory does not draw as
in days of yore. The great American public
in this day of cheap newspapers, no longer
takes its inspiration from the stump speaker.
As Mr.. Garfield, Of Ohio, said in recent
speech, We have entered upon period when
no man can sway great masses of people as he
pleases, as has been done in the past We
have entered upon period when the average
citizen Is as we'll posted as the average pOliti,
clan on the stump. The war made US nation
of newspaper readers, and it's the newspaper,
at one or two cents per day, that has leveIed
up the general Intelligence Of the nation, and
destroyed the monopoly of smartness' that
formerly existed.
Another noticeable and cOmmendable feature
is the fact that the campaigns of the past few
years have not engenLer4d those asperities of
feeling that used to characterize them. Poll
teal discussion is no longer of that obtrusive
character of the past when it insinuated itself
at the sacrifice of friendship aud the disrupting
Offamily ties. It's dspassioned and reasonable,
or not at all, as rule almost without an ex-
ceptiOn. This is a great improvement over
even anti JelLum times The waspish temper
has been taken out of the debate, and the
debate has almost abandoned the social circle
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

LIABILITY FOR RAISED CHECKS.-On the
18th lust. Judge McKennan, of the United
States Circuit Court for. Philadelphia, decided
point where the question at issue was the
amount paid by a bank on a raised check,
which decision has excited some surprise and
considerable discussion among bankers and
those doing business through the banks The
plaintiffs, who kept all account with the Cen
trail National Bank Of Philadelphia, drew a
check 10 favor of confidential clerk for 500.
This clerk raised the amount to 90, 100 The
bank paid the amount, the drawer absconded,
and when the bank book of the firm came to
be settled, some time afterward, the forgery
was discovered. The alteration was by writing
the. word twenty" before the word zone
hdndtsd The bank deducted The whole
amount, $2,l0Q from the balance due the de-
positors, and the latter sued to recover the
5000. and they failed. Heretofore the de-
cisions have generally been the other way, but
IN this recent case the court instructed the
jury that If there was nothing unusual in the
appearance of the check, nothing sufficient to
put careful person on his guard, the bank
could not be held responsible for paying il
The JoHrnut Of Commerce says 1--WE do moi
see what safeguard any man has who issues I
check If this Is sound law"
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

TnE~ STATE EhEGTION has resulted in an
overwhelming defeat for the Republicans. The
Demoera6o,rhajdrits isestimated at from 1000
to Loo slsetipg every State and county officer
in each Of the counties. We were prepared
for defeat, but not for the sweepstakes the
Democrats have carried off.
We have no time to discuss the merits of the
vote in this issue.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

ATS Paul, MIMI, on Sunday night James
iack, and his wife were attack ed on the street
by George Lauchtenschlager aud George Popp
aud his wife. Mrs. hick was killed on the
spot and Popp and his wife thea turned apon
Lack. fEhey Knocked him to the ground, aud
la,n unrfaeeD downward in small stream.
mhl's s feppsstoOd upon him to make sure thu
nns Shonia De drowned. Approaching footsteps
ingntened o.. the murderers, and Lick was
pacsed i out OF the wsterinsensible. sItis feafed
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

A despatch from Fortress Monroe says that
n large fire is raging in the Great Dismal
Swamp, and the smoke is so dense that at
night the Old Point Light cannot be seen at
the distance Of mile, and the fog bell has to
be kept ringing.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

The woods around Russell, Kentucky, for q
distance of thirty miles back from the town,
are on fire, and the inhabitants spent Sunday
in strenuous efforts to prevent the town from
being destroyed. ,........,......
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

Costly HORsEs The following are the
prices currently reported to have been paid for
the noted American horses named-Kentucky,
S40,OO; Norfolk, $1,000; Lexington, $Ij,
900; klngf-her, $1,000; Glcnleg, $40, 900 !;
Smugrler, sl5, 900; Backwood, $50, 900 Jay
Gould, s30,d0J; Dexter, $1,000; Lady
Thorne, $30,000; Jim Irving, $50 900; Gold.
smith Maid, $4,000; Startle, $50 900; Pros
perO, $50 900; Rosalin, $40, 900; Lulu, $2O,-
900; Happy Medium, $4,000; Clara g.,
sS1eOO Poeahontas, $4,000; Edward Eve
rett, 500, 900; Auburn Horse $4,000 Judge
Fullerton, $20m0; Mambrno BERTHE, $lO,-
Oo0 Socrates SCOOP; George Palmer, Sl5,-
900; Mambrino Pilot, $1,000; Flora Temple
sold, wien aged for Ss,OUO Tor brood mare
$25,0OO was offered aud refused for Tou
Bowling last S4uma. ;.loOJ was offered fo
Bassett in his three year old form; $22, ,0Ot
will not to-day buy haywood or Asteroid
$4,000 was oF'r aYI u-ad for Woodfor
Mambrne, AMI 1rn iae.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

Mrs. Sarah Thornton, living at Day. Hollow,
near Binghamton, N Y, was murdered on
Sunday by her brother-inlaw, Levi Thornton.
She refused to elope with him, and he cut her
throat with pocket knife lie subsequently
cut his own throat, but is expected to recover.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

DEATH IN A BALL ROOM. Lizzie Hef
fernan, Of GIG Second avenue, New York
dropned dead while waltxing with a friend in
apablic hall on Saturday evening. The dame
Was stopped, and efforts were made to resus
eitate her, but all TO no purpose. She had
been subject to attacks Of heart disease, and as
she had taken part 10 every dance it is sup
posed that the excitement brought on the fatal
attack. Miss Hefermn's two sorrowing sis
tsrsAecompanied her body home She was 9
years OF age. iaa &. j jas ri., ..a. m,
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

Walter Harris, aged 35, was found dead in
his bed at Baltimore yesterday morning, his
body being terribly burned. He had o hibit
of smoking in bed, which was probably the
cause of his death.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

TIMES is published every Wednesday Afternoon b,
JosEPH II. HOFFECKER. Editor and at Smyrna
DSlawA:e.
year s2OOIn advance or $3.50
nOtpaid till the end oft No
alssFearsare paidOnly at the option of the Publisher
ADVERTISEMENTS will inserted stthe
Aliue forthe first insertion;
a-halt cents made
nual and yearly advertisers ; }t tr>r
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

The steamer Loitie Bernard foundered in
lake Superior during the gale Of Thursday
night. There were fifteen persons on board,
including one passenger named Blanchard,
and the latter and one Of the deck hands were
drowned. The remainder reached shore 10 a
yawL and ten Of them succeeded in gctting. .tc
an IBdian settlement, FIVE miles inland. Here
they received shelter, and aid was sent to tn,
three who were unable to walk. The rescrinI
party found one Of their comrades dead, bu
carried the two others TO the settlement, wher,
they are recovering.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

Mrs. Hoyt, wealthy lady of Williamsburg,
N. T., had a.$SOO0 diamond earring snatched
from her ear upon the street, bya rufhan who
had evidently followed her for the purpose.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-04

g AT Wanaqua, in Passaic county, N. j., on
Saturday night, james Luke, aged. 65r was shot
dead by1Mrs. Sarah. Cronk, aged rs, whom he
had annoyed by offensive attentions.
, 1874-07-26

their husbands. Dropping both babies into the
same cradle, an operation which added two
sonorons voices to the general clsnor. they burst
into tears, and flung themselves upon their
loved husbands, and beseeched them i they
loved them not to die oh not to die, not to de- In
the meantime both men were gettiug randy
worse, and, Notwithstanding tho carosses which
their wives ahoFered upon them, it looked very
much as il they intended to disobey the injunc-
ton. Luckily. however, the report got abroad
that the two gentlemen living st No. - such
street had taken strvchuine, and were dying in
ono another's ARMS, and among thoss who heard
1t "aa worthy nurBe who lived just round tho
corner, and who rushed to their assistance.
Being calm, practical person. the moment sho
arrived at the house she cooliy walked 70 the
pantry aud T emoyed therefrom
TuE MUsrAnD-cAsToR.
and the two salt-ce!lars. With the aid Of these
she prepared couple Of decoctions which she
eaaly persuaded the sufferers to swallow In
few minutes both men were aided into the
kitchen, where each suffered that peculiar spas
mOdlc elevation Of the spinal column over the
neck and head, and that
SUDDEN INTERNAL COLLAPSE
which is one OF the unavoidable ploasures Of 8
transatlantic voyage. They were relieved, how
ever; the pain vanished with whatever had
caused them and the old nurse had to suffer q
series Of suf1ocating embraces from the eurapt-
pred masrons. Tho rest OF the tale il Boon told.
The matrons acknowledged 70 the panacea, the
dreadful nature of which was shown by the
sudden death during the evening OF the domes-
tic tabby. which had been treated to a dose Of
the panacea before tea time in the hope that it
would prevent her hair from falling out. Where
all that might have ended 30 i'll had such bap-
py termination, who could say cross word. and
it is needless to sag that during the rest OF the
evening there vas 10 more nappy quartette than
the remorseful masronB sud couvalascent lords.
The end was not tnere, however. The neigh
borhood is 3 gossipy one, and for the past week
the most horrible tales have been in circulation,
the miidest Of which includes the usual tragedy
foundations OF domestic inidelity, hatred, envy,
despair, and suicide.
! Such, since his return, has been the work OF
John Allen, the wlckedest man in Chicago.
There can be no mistake as to hia identity, as
both ladies' describe hlm in such manner as to
leave no doubt on the subject. 1t is some
satisfaction to know that the detectives are
working up tne case, and that thcre
ID some probability Of the wckcdest
man and the most confding landladyin Chicago
both obtaining their just dues.
In the meantime, Indies wishing to reform
their husbands had better avoid, rather than
employ, Mr.. AlIeyn's, alias Aliens Panacea. or.
il they must make the trial, it would by well to
bave on baud monthly nurse, and plentiful
supply OF cold water falt, and Durham mustard.
, 1874-07-26
MOLLY HOLBROOK.


New York dispatch Of Friday stated that tho
notorious Molly Holbrook hsd been discharged
by magistrate in that city, and subsequently
rearrested and held to await further hearing.
This woman ls wanted here by her boudsman,
colored man named Brown. who became her
surety IN the sum OF $4,000. She is charged
with the robbery Of s20.0U0 in United States
bonds.
Moly's career has been checkered and event.
ful one She came INTO notice in this city 1bout
twelve years ago. aud WAS then keeping low
deu on Clark street, near Van Buren. Dur1ng
the war soldiers wero drugged and robbed in her
about her. She fell in with Buck Holbrook,
q notorious craftsman, and safe-b1ower,
during the early part Of the war.
aud c1ung to him with great tenacity until his
death, which occurred about five years ago at
Pekin, III. he was shot while attempting to
escape from jail, where he had been incarcerated
to await hearing for burglary. Since then she
has tnken IS her companion Jim
Hoya, who is known to the police detectives
as ''moll buzzer," man who follows
female pckpocket about. aud receives from her
the ''leathers " taken from women in public
gatherings Molly has been busy at her old
ayocation OF picking pockets At State Faifs and
other public assembages and Hoye has kept her
most cunning and expert Of female thieves, and
when arrested by Detective Ed Miller, few
months ago, and By him foolishly taken into
Canada, got off the Great Western Railway
train at station, and appealed to Canadinn
officer for protection, and WAS detained and re-
leased from custody. Miller afterwards went to
New York and arrested woman who resembled
Mollic, and who he firmly believed was her, but
was mortified on reaching this city with her
aud learning that be had made q mistake.
Hoye is with Molly in New York, aud is en-
deavoring to save ner from the clutches Of
Detective Simmons, VINO has charge OF the mat
ter, and is armed with tho necessary requisitlon
from Gov. Beyeridge.