Smyrna times., 1876-02-02
STATE AND LOCALS.


shaving.
Ten sheriff sales took place in Whining
ton, yesterday.
An "inquiry room" has been opened in
connection with the revival at Middletown.
Evin C. Reese, of this town, took the first
premium at pigeon shooting match in
Milford last week.
Messrs. Stewart & Conwell, merchants of
Dover, have been granted a patent on
stairway of their invention.
Owing to the open winter the partridges
are said to be so fat and strong as to almost
battle the skill of sportsmen.
Capt. Robt. ]. Thomas, of Smyrna Land
ing, will offer his comfortable dwelling and
lot at public sale in this town tomorrow.
Laurel, in Sussex CO., is enjoying the
greatest religious revival that has blest the
community for years. Rev. D. c. Ridgwayis
the pastor.
Lemuel Dill has built new store at
Masten's Corner, Mispillion Hd., and the
people of that place talk of having post
Office there.
An enterpising clerk in this town got his
store all opened and swept out last Sunday
morning before he found out he was work
ing on the Sabbath day.
gentleman of Pol<agon, Michigan,
writes us that quite a number of farmers of
that section expect to visit this locality in
the spring to look for land.
Says the Milford Nesos: If we have a
peach crop this year, Milford will have a
canning factory on large scale. The men
and the means are at hand.
The new town hall in Odessa is under
cover and is expected to be finished in
three or four weeks. The initial entertain
ment will be grand concert.
Mrs. Risden Bishop, at Bishops Corner,
near Moorton's Station, fell on Wednesday
and fractured her arm. The fracture was
reduced by DIR. John M. Smith.
The Methodists of Wilmington have or
ganized "praise meetings. similar to those
of the Presbyterians. The exercises consist
of sacred songs and short addresses.
The hymns at the great revival meetings
of Messrs. Moody and Sankey have been
adopted by the Presby yterian church, OF
Middletown, for use at prayer meetings, &c
Mr.. John Boynton, father of Rev. Charlie:
Boynton, Presbyterian minister at Milford
fell down stairs on Sunday night, the 30
ult., and produced very severe wound o.
the scalp.
A new paper, the Peninsula Advocate, pub
lished in the interests of the colored people
undefthe management of Stephen /. Nicols
was issued in Wilmington for the first time
yesterday.
MISERY loves company" Seventy-si2
sheriff sales are now being advertised fo
one county of Pennsylvania-Wes Westmore
land. How does seventy-six compare will
five or six?
A lady interested in the Friends buria
ground, Wilmington, has made donation
of $4,000 to improve it. The old brick wal
is to be torn away and an iron railing pu
in its place.
On Monday evening of last week, three
thieves effected an entrance into st. Paul.
Catholic Church, Wilmington, where the,
bursted open the Poor Box and carried
off its contents.
Shad are being caught at some of tn,
fisheries down the Nanticoke river, in Sus
sex. A Philadelphia gentleman purchased
a pair of fine looking ones last week, pay
ing So for them.
1t now looks as if there would be YER
few vendues this season among the farmer
of thissection. The tendency is more toward
farming than otherwise, and hardly an
one is going to quit.
Eliason & Benson, tinsmiths, of Middle
town, have purchased lot there formerl
the site of the old machine shops, and on
of the buildings thereon, which they pre-
pose to fit up for stove store.
The Levy Courts of the respective couI
ties met yesterday and settled with tn
road overseers. The most important bus
ness is the appointment of Tax Collector
, which will be done tomorrow.
: The P. w. & B. Railroad Company den
that they are going to build a hotel
Ocean City, the new watering place
Worcester CO., Md. They have no tim
they say, to 60 into the hotel business.
j A mysterious ghost, which nightly prom
5 nades certain streets is now soaring Il
! supersticious people of Seaford 1t is sa
: by the Seaford Citizen to resemble a pret
{ woman in her night clOthes-the usu
uniform of ghosts.
: The terrific wind storm last mig
t frightened some of our citizens, lest the
, houses should be upset. A number
g fences were leveled and the top of hou
t car was blown off at Clayton. Some ca
Z there were blown a half-mile down t
Il track.
n A popular hotel keeper of Wilmingt
0 died last week-John B. Grubb. IL
Q stated of him that although hotel keeI
4 and the dispenser of much liquor, he wal
n temperate man himself, rarely, if ever,
4, dulging in glass of intoxicating drink
any kind.
Middleford, a little village between GeorJ
D. town and Seaford, will be represented
h the Centennial by colored woman
u- years old. Some of the papers say
gears, but we suppose it makes little diff
t. ence whether its 104 or ia, as there is
es way Of proving it.
- = Margaret, colored woman living W
y Frank Collins, proprietor at Collins Bea
~ died very suddenly one day last week.
y fell from chair whilst preparing sol
=, thing for dinner, and died almost instant
~ She had not complained of sickness.
- was quite a stout woman.
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