Smyrna times., 1875-03-24
STATE AND LOCALS.

| Inc smyrna Library Association have scnt
an an order for 40 volumes of new books
MI fyle one of the members of the Ieo;s.
latere, takes the Clayton House Wilmington
tomorrow. S'''''
y Miss Underwood, of Cecil county. Md
mas patchwork quilt which contains - o00
pieces. She is a lady of leisure.
Dr' Isaac {. West is still in Jail, and LOOKING
well. lie is the only white man now in Dovnr
JAIL lie Is cheerful and talks freely.
1t Is rumOred that the Surf House. ot Rabo-
both has been leased for next season. bv Mrs.
" ~ A. stuart, formerly proprictrcss of the
Capitol Hotel, Dover.
Inc Sussex and Kent people have literally
Deslcged the Legislature for the past few weeks
Praylhg Tor the passage of the bill granting
State aid to railroads
On Monday night week the steam s,w.m;l
Oh Lew Lawshe, at Bridgcvillc, Sussex county.
t, %,S 'oI'lly ueStroyed by fire. The property
burned was valued at $4,000.
lion Joseph p. Comegys, of Dover. has con.
Sented to deliver his lecture ON ..Tbc TLrao
Counties in Delaware" before the Atbcnaia,, ro
Literary Society of Delaware COLLEGE nt nm
early date "' ''i'
Last evening, when the appointments were
read at the Conference, and Rev. F. Stubbs
tine last ON the list was announced for Srnvr'
ma the vast audience in the NJ. F.. Church an
plauded to the roundcst.
The New Castle liquor dealers have I,od .
nee WhlSkcy bill before the Legislature. Tho
act placed the granting of license back to thn
clerk OF the Peace. 1t was defeated last week
the existing law will not be changed.
Rev. j. NJ. Eldcrdicc Methodist Protestant
munster OF Leipsic, has been appointed TO
bedford circuit, near Baltimore, by the Con.
terence recently held in that city. Rev. W
A. Grouse has been appointed to Lcipsic
Next Tuesday evening, (3Oth) the public
schools OF United Districts Nos 3 and - will
give AN entertainment i'll charadcs, tablca,1y.
singing, &c, in the town hall tbis tn,.,,
laylorS orchestra will be present and accom-
pany the songs.
Two negro boys. near "Chillren's Homo "
Blackblrd Hundred, were PLAYING with ,,un
Il lew days ago. when it was DISCHARGED and
one boy was shot and killed The names we
have not yet learned The surviving boy saws
that the shooting was accidental.
Rev. r. ). AyrcS, one of the Young minis
tcrS OF the conference, was transferred to
Kansas. Having no money to get out there
'hc conference and audience last evening sub
scnbCd $50 to pay his way $50 was also do
mated to the sexton of the church.
Three or four hunters from interior New
orK arrived III Seatord last week, with a view
TO trapping muSkrats on Nanticokc river
lhey were provided with everything rcul1isit.
Tor the business, and propose to proceed mn to
'he head waters, where they will erect II tent.
George Reynolds, of Nanticokc hundred
sussex county, was one day last week stricken
with paralysis, and died on Sunday. He is a
bfothcr to Zachariah Reynolds the present
Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, at Dover. and
has been a good and useful citizen. He WINS
sixty years of age.
C"l. Sawyer, the present proprietor of the
Clayton House, Wilmington, has leased the |
La Pierre House, on Broad street. Phila., and
VIII take charge the lst of January next. and
IN the meantime will take charge of the Sea
Erove House. the new Presbyterian resort
near Cape May.
On Thursday of last week, fodder rick ON |
the farm of VIM. Polk, (Jamcs Dodson. tcn.
ant near Odessa, was accidentally DESTROYED
by hre caused by burning wad from gun
hr"d by Mr. Dodson at some blackbirdS. For
tuhatciy III" flames We're prevented from
spreading further.
Sheriff Lambson sold on Tuesday of last
week the "Iomc" farm of Jas. V. Moore
near odessa, lG3 acres, for 81 800; bought in
by >. NJ Harrington for one of the banks of
"llmlngton also, Bay View farm. of the
same I'O acres, to Mr.. MacFarlan of West
Chester, Pa, for $500.
1t is said that the Register Of VIII, Of Tai.
bot county, Md, thinks seriously of resigninn
MS once. Reason-thc people refuse To die
and the fees of the office have not amounted
10 Sioo IN the last two months. Letters of
have been issued to but two
parties during the present year.
A hen egg was last week left at the office Of
( n Il..R,f 1
as an ordinary goose egg On brcakin0 il
open it was found to contain three separate
and distinct eggs, one in either end of the cpr
and these divided by a small one in the cen. Z
ire while the small and centre one was Snur- t
y cncascd in separate, hard and perfect !
she'll p
The Woodstown (N. J.) Register, upon the
authority OF prominent South Jersey Rail "
'oad man, confirms the report that Mr.. Gar.
cit President of the Baltimore and Ohio r
tallroad, has purchased the New Jersey .
southern Railroad. The same authority saws
nat the new road across Delaware (the Bonn =
'ay HOOK ROAD now nearly finished, will be \
'uShoi TO completion as rapidly as possible. 4
Hon. David Davis, one of the Associate .Jus. Il
ices OF the Supreme Court Of the United v
tatcS, was in town on Tuesday and spent the v
lght at the National Hotel .Judra Davis, O.
lrth place was on Bohemia Manor and his n
arller days were spent in this locality He is +
ute familiar with places in this vicinity. J
peaking of Odessa as Cantwclls Bridge. as v
11ahy OF our older citizens still! dO.-.HhHrto,cn G
transcript. "
The Middletown NJ. f. Church. according y
the report of Dr. Matlack, the pastor. is in y
most healthy condition. The average of IL
lembcrship for five years previous, has been 50
u; TINS year it has increased over 80 ner
ant., being now 203. The Sunday school nv.
'ageS an attendance greater than anv ono ~
nnday school of the 80 schools i'm Easton Sc
lstrlct, except Smyrna. The same is true of in
contribution to the missionary cause. OK. on
,pt IN the case Of Smyrna Sunday school so
hlle the aggregate of Church and Sunday tn
hooI COLLECTIONS is greater thnn Smyrnn or th