Smyrna times., 1875-06-23

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Several of our citizens rode to Dover last
night to hear Mr.. Smither's address to the
Academy students. They are unbounded
i'll their praise of it.
An elderly widow lady, named McKeever
was felloniously assaulted in Wilmington
last Saturday morning by a drunken youth
named Jordan. He was arrested and held
to bail in $1,000.
a negro man named Montgomery, on
Mr.. q. E. ROthwell's farm, near this town,
last Monday picked ten bushels of gooseber-
ries. Five bushels per day is usually con-
sidered a very big days work.
A well-known political society of Will
mington, the Americus Club, has disbanded.
Before disbanding, however, the members
passed resolutions condemning the Demo-
cratic party for not recognizing their ser
vices, and coming to the support of the
club
The new Episcopal Church at Newport,
near Wilmington, celebrated its corner
stone laying last Thursday. Since the
above was put in type we learn that the
stone was pulled from its place and robbed
on Saturday night The thieves got no
money.
The committee appointed from this town
to consider the advisability of holding a
camp meeting in Blackbird woods have
decided in the negative. We also learn
that the meeting at Camden camp ground.
last Saturday, resulted in negative
decision.
The strawberry shipments are about over,
andltis estimated that about 6 ,000,OOO quarts
have been shipped from the Peninsula.
The average price per quart, it is estimated,
has been, say from points below Seaford,
about l6 cts, from points above, not over
or 9 cts.
The Republican is authority for the state
ment that a number of Wilmingtonians
have united with some New Englanders
under the name of the National Security
and improvement Co. to develop an exten-
sive coal field in the vicinity of Harrison,
burg, w. Va.
Strawberries on the whole seem to have
done tolerably we'll this season, and the
general results seem to give fair satisfaction
to the growers. The crop was less album
dant than usual, but the diminished guam
tity is more than compensated for by the
better price.-lMBord Nc,cs.
Rev. Matthew Sorin, well-know Method,
ist clergyman in both the Philadelphia and
Wilmington Conferences, but now of tho
st. Louis Conference, was in Wilmington
on Monday. He is "A years of age. He
was on his way to attend the National
Camp-meeting at Fernwood, near Phia.
The Chestertown excursionists will spend
one hour in this town tomorrow from 9.3O
to 1870 A. NJ previous to going to Bombay
Hook. Fare from Smyrna, round trip.
30 cents. Rev. Mr.. Stubs is to address the
Sunday School at "the Hook and music.
vocal and instrumental, will be INDUCED in.
A large auction sale Of dry goods is to
take place to-day and tomorrow in Wards
building, adjoining Phillips & Co., this
town. A splendid stock will be offered of
dress and white goods-a bankrupt stock
from New York. To commence this even.
ing "wednesday and continue through
the week
A new departure has been inaugurated
in Union NJ. f. Sunday School, in Will
mington, Rev. T. E. Martindale, pastor.
The music is lead by a cornet, lone of the
leading horns in brass band) instead of the
organ. This instrument has been used for
some time in connection with sacred music
in New York.
A colored couple in Jarreltown, suburb
OF Camden, in this county, the husband
Thomas Caldwell being CA years and the
wife 90 years of age, had lived until few
days since without issue, when their first
child was born. Parturition so late in life
Is very rare, hence our notice of this
instance.-Delawarean.
A gentleman expresses the opinion to the
Commerc'al that within a few years Seaford
will become the dividing line between the
berry fields and peach orchards of the
Peninsula, inasmuch as, he says, berries
cannot be grown with very great profit
above that point, and peaches are unre-
munerative below it,
Lots of things come off tomorrow.
Smyrna Seminary has its closing exercises
the II. F. Sunday School of Chestertown
make an excursion to this town and Bonn.
bay Hook; the big match game of base ball
is to be played at Dover; Collins Beach
opens with grand turnout of the Knights
of Pythias from Phila., &c.
Delaware has the prize babies of the
Peninsula. An agricultural fair was held
at fredericksburg, Dorchester county. Md
last week, and among the other attraction,
was baby show. Sussex county took owe,
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