Smyrna times., 1876-08-09
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


REV. Mr.. STUBBs expects to fill his pulpit
next Sunday. He is spending most of his
vacation at home.
In is expected that the Falcon will be on
her route again next Monday. She is being
repaired in Wilmington.
EXCURSION to Bombay Hook tomorrow
Thursday. Train leaves Smyrna at $50 in
the afternoon, return about s.
Rev. Mn TERRY, of Loipsic, filled the
NJ. +. pulpit here last Sunday evening and
especially pleased the congregation.
The second Ocean City excursion, via the
Delaware road, takes place tomorrow.
Train leaves Smyrna at $50 in the morn
ing.
REV. W. I. TrLI, the recent NJ. f..
minister at Leirsic, and who refused to 60
to the appointment assigned him in Dor
chester CO., Nd, is running grocery store
in Wilmington.
REV. J. I. WRIGHT, rector Of st. Peters
Church, this town, has returned from his
vacation and will occupy his pulpit next
Sunday. lie and his family have been
spending several weeks at Chambersburg,
Pa.
AMONG the young Smyrnians home on
visit are Alex. P. Spruanco and VIM. P.
Dickson, Of indianapolis. VIM. C. Emer.
son stopped i'll Philadelphia to visit his
father, ex-Postmaster Emerson, formerly Of
our town.
w. D HAZEL, of this town, Supt Kent
County R. R. clayton to Chcstertown) lost
his pocket book on Monday. 1t contained
about $40 in money and checks, notes, &C.,
to the amount of over $4,000 No tidings
of it so far.
WM. A. JOINS, of Templeyillc, Md, sue
| ceeds Thos. B. Johns, his brother, in the
Principalship of Schools Nos. ) & IO7 (the
bricll) in this town. Miss Parrott and Mrs.
Smithers continue in the grammar school
and the primary department.
PASSENGER fares have been greatly re-
duced between way stations on the Della
ware Railroad. Thus, between Smyrna
and Dover it used to DO co cents; it is now
45. 1t is only 80 cents to Townsend now ::
it was formerly GO. To Middletown it is
80; was formerly 20.
THE Owen c. Crow farm, near this town.
was sold again yesterday by the New Castle
Sheriff to Andrew Spear, Of Lcipsic, for
$4,O5O. 1t was sold last spring to n. I.
Jerman, Of this town, for $500, but the
sale was upset for some informality. The
farm contained $50 acres
The second excursion to Cape May takes
place next Wednesday, 10Th, via steamer,
in connection with the Kent County and
the Nd. g. Del. Railroads. Fare from
Smyrna, round trip, only $3.50. 1t is ex-
pected to make this fully as attractive as
the others that have proved so popular to
the great seaside resort.
]. f. WoRDES has had orders to put up
40 tents on the Camden camp ground.
The camp commences Aug. 2jth. Mr.. W.
proposes to cart the Blackbird tents down
there and re-erect them-all that were not
sold, about %. \ majority of the Camden
tents are to be two-story. No Smyrnians
are in the list of tcnters.
A LOT Of tramps got into a fight at Clay.
ton Monday evening. crowd oc them
engaged lodgings in freight car, and an
other crowd tried to rush in on them. One
fellow was severely cut. After the sllir-
mish there was any quantity of dirty rags
scattered over the field, while a number of
the ccmbatants have been in town ever
since begging for old shirts.
LAST Thursday Drs. Swain of this town
and Van Gasken, of Texas, (now home on
visit) amputated the arm Of Samuel
Everett, living near Dulaney's Chapel,
about Q miles west of Smyrna. Mr.. Everett
was threshing wheat for A. T. Holt, and
got his arm caught by a belt and drawn
around a pully in such manner as to
break it in two places. 1t was amputated
above the elbow.
THE peach prices have black eye in
New York. They have fallen from $3.50
to $l.25, and even lower than that. Eighty
car loads on Monday seems to have ruined
the market. Clayton is this week shipping
from to 10 cars per day the Kent County
from 10 to IL and the Md. & Del. from 3 to
4. The Kent County has the bulk of the
fruit, so far. Some Chicago commission
men went to Chestertown on Monday and
made purchases at $l.50 per crate, delivered
a. the cars of the Kent road.
A PEACH SALE.-As an indication of the
big results expected from the small peach
crop in this section, we note the following
sale w. w. Tschudy and Sam'l Cats have