Smyrna times., 1874-04-01

Next e, Sunday is Eas--the boys are all pos
Mr.. Edward Harrison, of st. Michasls. ba
purchased Mr.. Robert W. tiroom's farm
Broad Creek Neck, Talbot county, for 50, 500
cash. The farm contains 24O acres
~ A very FINE horse belonging to Mr.. l. T
Mcdowell, of Middletown, dropped dead
50 his stall last Saturday of the heart disease.
il appeared as well as usual, eating its ALLOWANCE
up to that time.
is Tuesday morning, March 9th, at tw
ID CLOCK, the stables of Samuel Frazer. nea
n newark were destroyed by fire. Five val
aaDle young horses, four Devon cows, twent
puShelS OF corn, &c., were destroyed. Th
loss on the stock is about 81 400.
James Conovcr, Esq, of Clinton, N. J..
r FORMER student Of Delaware sCollegs, recent,
presented to the Agricultural Department o
hat institution a pair of superior CotswoI,
Sneep' which are now at the Experimental
Farm of Prof Il. D. Porter.
The Breakwater Light denies the statement
) that the Sussex County Levy Court is com
posed OF total abstinence men. 1t saws seyeraI
oI them occasionally" take smile" while q
part OF them have been kAown to laugh out
loud" 0"'
n A prominent citizen of Wilmington, Moses
Bradford, died on Monday in his seth wear
tie was the father of Judge Bradford. Of the
u >: District Court for this State, and found
err OF the Delaware Journal He was man
OF ample means and great liberality.
Mr John q. FOxwell, of Clayton, was buried
on Monday, and in respect to his memory,
ever house and place of business in the village
was closed during the funeral. He was con.
uuctlhg most successful mercantile trade there
until Frustrated by consumption
] StnV- I,
race took place on the pound" ON Saturday
ana some smart sailing was done, but ths
pet boat was badly beaten. She is to he rio.
geu with more sail, her crew having resolved
to win or furnish the Times with a casualtv
item. O'"1''y
Mrs. Abbott, wife of Mr. BENJAMIN Abbott
an elderly lady of this town, died very sudden,
y early Monday morning, from an affection of
thG hcart She was In the act of rising and
zen zen back IN bed and expired almost Instantly
Mr' A. Was In the kitchen making the fire at
the time. -
several young unmarried men are now wan
tea to hll important pulpts of the VI. +
Church IN Dover District No married men are
needed. 1t there are any young men here
aOouts who desire to follow the profession of
preaching they should address Rev. w,
henney, at Smyrna
Milford is excited over the Grange move.
ment. D. NJ. Hamilton, Esq, Master of the
S'atc Orange OF the Patrons Of Husbandry of
California, formerly resident of New CastIo
county, lectured there last week, and there IL
every proba bility that u Grange will be or. |
ganlzed there.
A gentleman of Petrolia, Pa, sends u, this
II f'eh Mr v. ". Knight Of Great Pipe Line
iame, IN the oil regions of PENNSYLVANIA and
formerly Of Kent County, Del. has been anu anu
pointed Paymaster S clerk in the U. s, Navp
Z, ana salIS trC m Boston on the 2Sth inst for
CallaO, Peru. '''''' Ioi
lhe MIddletOwn Agricultural Society has
: lecIIed 10 lease the ground for holding the
Z ar from Mr. William Brady instead of Mr.
DJerTicK'on. Ir. Brady has agreed to lea>r
:he !. 9?@ciety the ground for FIVE years. The
leId Is well adapted for the purpose and located
ABOUT one-haf mile from the town.
\ charitable Quaker lady, in Wilminoton
mas made Present to the Society for the Re-.
l9i OF Irilgent Females, of that CITY. the snm
d thrFe thousand dollars. She has, previous
o tnlS gwen SIX thousand dollars to charitable
IiStlu'l9hS u IN that city, making in all nine
The Blpti>ts Of Milford, though falling 70 ,
'r"cure me old NJ. +. Church building, are E
asl''i'nru r 10 perSevere IN organizing church
nuHDeFs
,"ehty; They have secured the services of :
'GV' IL. II. Leamy, Of Delaware Co.. Penn. :,
yIVanla' as their pastor and he has removeJ ;,
mere with his family. lie will also serve tbe :
ociety at Vernon. 0 ''''o INC a
"A a Court OF Oyer and Terminer has been y
aHed to try Robert f. johnson, negro. far Il
ing ana entering, in the niEht time. the
"FHHg "l Mary Ann Collins on Bombay a
look Island, with intent to commit rano M NJ
use Will be called for trial, if a truc lin he ST
,uhd, on the 10Th OF April The offenso was cI
1mmlitcd last November, and is of the cla.s "a
crimes punishable by death. b,
Wm. +, Little, Of Mill Creek hundred who v
inouhced himself candidate for the Repub. er
'an nomination for sheriff has Withdrawn ia
u JIi !he contest. The candidates now in the
~ 'oT We" Castle county are Jas. Martin,
. L. Denny and Hiram w. Moore, Of Wi it,
lngtcn; Henry Whiteman. of Min CrcnL n
qndred Henry II. McMullen, of New Castlc M
ID " N. A. HukilI, of ST Georges. ua
he great Sanders Robinson concert mi. as
ehlng Is to be made still more attractive Ly Ia
sl>tancc from the Buell. Family. who ON tbe;y 1t
urn nome from the Peninsula have kinJlv tn
nSented to stop and assist their friends. tho pu
oleoSor%, Tree OF charge. No extra charge at
e1refore, will made for tickets. The nresen, ma
lcatlons are that the hall will be crowded in
c nave never before had such eminent talent es
our midst. '"''"' jou
ne closing exercises of Wyoming Institute ~ u!
the " inter term, were held last Friday ~
e exercises of the PhiIomathean Literary aE ah
eIety were attended by crowded audience m tn
says r, were read by Misses Jennie Mcintosh re,
ara CharleS and Nellie Burnham, and de. 90,
ie was held between Messrs. h. r Coonsr COZ &C
A. c, Heath. The closing address TVpe. wa. ire
,;5j G9as; ,. GonnelL Miss Emma McGonigaI do do
70 report the failure of COL Nv. Cumm;u, u1I mS
I'm. town. when there is not dollar on the tn,
cket against him, as the Milford Ne,os did tb'
week, Was inexcusable aud damaging. On On en-, M
Ihlns ITS error it would have been much Of
::ler :ler to have omitted the item than to % add ="
y ny way OF ,, correction, There is an old
ing that When mud is thrown some will IT,,
;k, and hence why throw the mud, at snv % r;S r;S
:, upon the mere provocation of street RI. rn,
r The rumOr was not heard of here ~ ~" uo
me until 1t appeared in print. RS TS