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~ of Tax Lists prescribed by the Revenue
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mail 50 w Also, with the Blank Form Of
Notice to Persons who Fail to Return Tax
Lists by the lst Monday in July. Address,
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Jackson, Miss
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W, II. SHOWERS. Manager
~ H. The citizens of jackson and country
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Gus Asher's Drug Store from r. R. Ledbetter
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ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
"A. NJ, WEST, ETnELBERr BARKspALE.

First DiSirjct-J. NJ. AcKER.
Second DiStrict-W. C. FAULKNER.
Third DjSrjci--W. h. tlEIM
Fourth District w. d. GIBns
Fdh DiShtct-RoBr. n, MILLER.
Nirh DStrict-WARREN CowAN.
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TIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
TIVE TICKET.
How the Tickets Shall be Printed
and Voted.

looms STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Democratic Conservative Party OF Missy
Jackson, October 10, 1876.
10 prevent the possibility OF mistake, the
countlos comprising each Congressional
District are published below
The Electoral Ticket ny it now stands /.
rs follows:
CONSERVATIVE TICKET
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

Is desirous to procure from the Legislature
something else-a restrictive high license
law. The people turned out and heard the
Senator's views, when by vote thew re-.
Jected them and expressed the opinion that
a strong and strictly prohi6itory law was
demanded for the best interests Of the com.
munity.
attempted ediSaicide.-The Salisbury I,Ics,t;se,
OF Saturday, says: "A lady residing in that
section OF town known as California. ON
tuesday last took two bottles of laudanum.
with the avowed intention of killing her.
SELF. Fortunately the foolish act was dis.
covered IN time, and proper antidotes used
TO annul the effects of the poison. Her
husband, aratherworthless kind of a fellow
lett her few days ago with the avowed in
tentlon never to return again, and this is
said to be the cause which impelled her 70
do the act. The worst feature of the case
was that he took with him all the money
his wife had, about s., earned by waiting
upon a sick lady. He has been absent
several months, and returned last week
without any money, leaving her to nav her
rent, and to get along the best she can
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05
Tor We SmyTnd Times
Wanted, A Miuistep.

1t is said that the following appeared in
Western newspaper:
wanted, A Rector for St. James's Parish.
lie must possess all the christian craces and
few ecorIdly ones, must have such tact and
disposition as will enable him TO side with
all parties in the parish on all points. with.
out OFFENDING any one; must be a man of
decided views and yet able to please every.
body and himself also; should possess q
Will OF his own but agree with all the vestrv,
and not onl so but govern his walk and
conversation by the advice of all his con-
gregatlon; must be socially inclined and of
dlgnlhed manners, so that he will be 70.
celved by the young and thoughtless and
not give offence to those old and staid.
aHaOle to all neither running after the
wealthy, nor turning his back upon the
poor must not have any intimate friends.
nor allow his wife or family to manifest any
Special regard for certain ones to the neglect
OF others; man of High, .HehHe. Lor
D|oa" Chl"ch tendencies preferred.-a
Staunch churchman, but willing that
Drother doth not offend, to depart from
Id" anu order 1t requested; must be willing
TO preach hrst-class sermons and do first.
class work for second-class compensation
salary should not be so much an object nc
" bC e HCttlOuS IdDOfef IN the
vineyard, and he must be convinced that
comforts and luxurious are apt to minister
to his pride, and hinder that life of humilitv
so necessary; should be able to convince
all that they are miserable sinners witLout
giving offence; each sermon must be sLort
and complete in itself, full of old fashioned
!.heoiogy IN modern dress-deep, but popu.
lar, and free from the eloquence peculiar to
newly graduated theologians, and he should
De ever willing to listen to all the criticism
offered, though given by persons who are
entirely Ignorant of the subject of sermon. |
lzng; he should be young enough TO be
but possess the Judgment of |
one OF ripe years and experience. He only |
who possesses the above qualifications need |
apply. To such an one, will he given steady |
for limited number of years
md all the members of the parish will |
.enaer their assistance to keeiF- him from
'unnlng to eTtffmes, or becoming worldly
minded. For further information applv to
"y member of the congregation.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

-. Josias Ringgold, Jr.'s dwelling, near
Chestertown, was robbed on Thursday last
5000. ''N''''s " o'e'
w. +. FARRELL, of Chesteryille. haltered n
young colt, in the stable, one night last
week, for the first time, and during the
night it broke its neck.
Walter II. Thompson, of Easton. has
been superintendent of the NJ. +. Sunday
School OF that town for as years lie was
reelected last Saturday.
Last week Rev. G. A. Phnbus. pastor or
the Elkton NJ. +. Church, had purse sent
TO him by some unknown person of that
town, which contained $40.
q. w. Childs, of the PHILADELPHIA Lc,y,er.
made handsome donation on Christmas
last to the pastors of the different churches
OF Elkton. He owns large paper mill
near that town.
a taiture.--lt is reported that Isaac Solo.
mon, formerly of Smyrna, who did very
extensive oyster business in Baltimore.
and on Solomon's Island, failed some time
ago, and all his property has been sold 10
satisfy the claims of creditors.
REV. r. w. Todd, of the NJ. T. Cbnrch
GEaston, and Rev. r. Smithson, of the NJ. r.
Church South, have gotten into a war Of
words in the Easton papers-to the credit
OF neither. IL is all over the dead issues
that the war brought about, and which
separated the Churches as well ms the
country.
On Saturday night, the little folks con.
nected with the Methodist Episcopal sun.
day School, in Easton, gave Rev. Mr.. Todd's
children surprise party. The parsonage
was filled with little folks, refreshments
served, and amusements that children de-
lightin occupied the evening. Togive eclst
70 the party the newly formed Easton Band
serenaded them e
Temperance h Worcester.--On Fridav last
q, public meeting was held in Newtown'
worcester county, at the instance Of STATE
Senator. Aydelotte, who, having seen the
'mpracticability Of his " Local Option . law.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

OF the six daily exchanges we receive
from three of the largest cities of the Union,
every one of them speaks of the lawless-
ness of the Christmas festivities. The per-
petration of three murders in New York,
and other crimes in proportion, makes the
papers of that city question whether or not
the return of the sacred anniversary is not
a calamity rather than blessing. Holi-
days in America, especially this one, seem
to be used only as free passes to dissipation
and lewdness, and until we can take bet
ter conception of them we may well ask
whether they would not be better in the
breach than in the observance.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

oPEAKER kERR's HEALTH.-The rumors
from Washington that Speaker Kerr,s
health h Is so impaired that he will be incana.
ple o. dlscharging the duties of his position
ana that Speaker pro tenn. will have 10 he
caoses to relieve him, have strong color
o. PROBABILITY from the fact that he has
ess.a Desn Ior years a yaletudinarian, coming
Ireqeently to this city for the advice of
medical experts and Obliged at one time - -
give up al business and make trip 70 Eu.
rope IN the hope of recovering his health Z. In
,lds,a LIS friends, ENDS, had they been real friends,
for 50 laborious and exacting ! noa;t;on aonns y
the speakership. Health is the most .;n' ~
valuable of blessings, and am invalid ~ nf
many man years, who had lately regained !
nttie strength, was badly advised when he
put ms frail constitution in peril in acant'
d:,' ~ an once whose exhausting duties are :
.'s aaliy ga drain upon the nervous system. es. :
ase;y t'e'a''y wnen broken nerves were the foun.
Tribune. ''s ''a'"os'--N. 4.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

WHAT PARTIES MUST Do.--Democrsts
cannot elect the next President without
New York. Republicans can. Those two
facts supply the key of the next election.
The Democrats must nominate a candidate.
ana frame platform, and put their party
INTO position that can secure New York.
Otherwlse they are whipped before the
night begins. But the Republicans can still
make desperate struggle, with possibili-
" OF success, even though the probabili.
ties in this State should be against them.
The estimate published on Thursday
from Democratic Congressman of national
reputation contained some mistakes. esne.
clally this that it supposed that the Demo.
Gratis, having the votes of all the old Slave
states except South Carolina, could elect q
President with only fifty more electoral
votes, whereas they would then have only
ISl, and l85 will be needed to elect.
oregon, with New York, Indiana. and the
southern States, would not quite suffice
II would give them only lS4 votes. But il
was probably presumed that any influence
surnclng to secure New-York would also
secure connecticut or New-J ersev. The
essential accuracy of the estimate is unde-
Ili'oie. Inc Democrats can count, with
almost absolute certainty, upon the votes
OF fifteen former Slave States. and the Re-.
publcans, if they nominate a candidate
who unltes the party, can count with equal
certainty upon the vote of South Carolina
and all the former non-slaveholding States
except New York, Connecticut, New.Jersev.
Indiana, California, and Oregon. The Dem,
Gratis then need 81 more electoral votes ont
OF the "A considered debatable. The Re. |
publicans, however, need only 2l, and can
loose New York, New-Jersey, and Connec-
tlcut, or New York, Indiana, and Oregon.
and still elect the President. The Demo,
Gratis cannot possibly get "a of the "A deba-
table votes, without the 35 of New York.
and must therefore carry this State or be
beaten.-N. T. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

Hollow PRETENCE-It was all very
well Tor the Democrats to cry Justify for
civil service reform when the Republicans
were trying to establish it within their own
lines, year or so ago. Then they had no
officers at their disposal. But now that
few offices of the [. S. House of Represen.
tatives have been placed at their disposal
they forget their own teachings and wine
out every Republican occupant. lame sol.
dlers and all, purely for political reasons.
ana have put Democrats in their places.
The New York HcroH talks to them in
this style:
II civil service means anything at all if
is that honest men should be kcTt in the
positions they ill crcditaLly. that old and
faithful public servants should be recocni-
zed, and that in the clerical dcrartment of
a body like the House honorable officers
should not bc removed for political reasons.
ms certainly was what we learned from
the democratic party on the stump during
the last campaign. If there is any truth
IN these declarations it is their duty to in.
qulre at once into the appointments that
nave recently taken place in the House
From what we can learn of these anpoint.
ments men who have served the House for
years, men of capacity and integrity. have
nech suddently turned out of their clerk
shlPs to make room for SQUAD of ex. CON.
and political atIlEenttrers.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

RAILROAD TALK.-There is rumor that
q third passenger train will be put on the
Delaware road very early in the Spring, and
we are lncllnedto think there is something
IN 1t, In view Of the Centennial and also of
the fact that Supt. Mills, of the Delaware
DIVISION has been agitating for it for some
time, 1t is said. 1t is to leave here. or
Clayton, at about in the morning for
PhIla., and leave Phila. at about 3 or in
the afternoon, if it is put on.
Clayton is 10 be made water station.
and preparations are being made to put
tank house just below where the Kent r. r
crosses the main track.
The freight tariff on grain has been re-
duced about one-third, recentlv-from 10
cents to per hundred pounds. 1t formerly
cost 3 cts. per bushel from Clayton to Phila.
delphiaI it is now fraction less than 4 cts.
Farmers along the line of the Kent road,
between Chestertown and CLAYTON. can
ship grain to New York without extra
charge on that road. This has caused
about 10000 bushels to come to Clayton over
this road in the four weeks that the reduc.
ton has been in force. Hardly a bushel
ever came that way before.
The Kent road, it now seems, NAV run
permanently to Clayton, though it is said
Vie queen AnneS road Is lighting hard
against such a plan. When it only run to
Massey's 1t was never able to pay running
expenses, we are told, Now the train men
and other employees are paid promptly,
ana Mr. Gerker, the lessee, seems to have
1t under successful control.
Now, if the p, w. & B. Company would
only put the Delaware passengers on
through trains between Wilmington and
and give us a decent waiting
room here in town, we would be much
better fixed. If those in authority were to
experince the Inconvenience we are under
here in cold weather we think they would
soon apply remedy. If the Agent did not
let people, particularly ladies) into the
ticket office, during cold spells, they would
suifer intensely, many times. This room is
intended to be private, but it is impossible
to make it so under the circumstances.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

A meeting of school teachers was held at
Wilmington, last Thursday, to organize a
State Teachers Association. A constitution
and code of bylaws were adopted and off,
! GERS elected, as follows: President, f. D.
Porter; Secretary, VIM. A. Reynolds, Will
mington; Treasurer, Miss f. f. Frazer.
Three Vice Presidents are provided for, but
only one, d. w. Harlan. was elected.
The city council of Wilmington last
Thursday evening, took supper with the
members of one of the colored peoples
churches in that city, at the city hall.
Many curious eyes gazed upon them from
the staircase, as they seated themselves
around the well provided table, and con.
trasted the past with the present. Many
imagined that the common brotherhood of
man was about in reality to dawn.
The Cricket on the Hearth " the pretty
little domestic drama founded upon Dick
EN- novel OF that title, is to be played here,
at the town hall, on Thursday evening of
next week, 18th, for benefit of Smyrna
Library. Prices orchestra, of Middetown,
is to furnish the music; "Dot," one of the
lady characters, is to sing a solo, and
Johns" dream is to be represented in a
pretty fairy scene, in which twelve little
girls are to take part.
The other day one of our physicians.
whilst out on the Sassafras road. four or
hive miles from town, was requested by n
farmer to stop and see his wife. who was
quite sick. The doctor called, but the lady
Immediately locked her room door and
called out to her husband-"John | shan't
do it. told you wouldn't, and I won't
I'm 5G years old and never took dose of
medicine i'll my life, and never intend
to- She stuck to it and the doctor had to
leave without seeing her.
The real estate of VIM. Stubbs. of this
town, was sold by Sheriff Cooper last week.
as follows: The Henry Parsons property.
opposite FoXwells Hotel, (sold on Joshua
Mays mortgage) TO Moses Price for 81 $50.
The home property to Z. V. Cooper for
S84O; the double dwelling adjoining to
Geo. III. Raymond for 1925: and the vacant
lot to Thos. f. Carty for $2Ol 80. The
tract of land in Kenton Hd.. near Davis
Cross Roads, 40 acres, was bought by VIM.
Z. Mitchell for $205. Aggregate of sale.
s3,SOl.5O. All the parcels but the first were
sold subject to dover, hence the prices |
paid are no indication of their value.
A disgraceful fight occurred at ITarrinc.
ton on Christmas day. Some drunken |
white men tried to chase the negroes out
OF town. Pistols We're freely used and five
persons were wounded, viz: II. C. Wolcott.
shot in the left temple; John johnson.
ear and back; Stephen Morris, neck and
back Bob Waters, head and back John
II. Anderson, back and thighs; John Nor.
ris, and others not known. No arrests of
the whites were made, hut several ~ negroes g
were sent to Dover for stealing. To cap
the clymax the colored peoples chapel
there was set on fire on Monday night by
some unknown incendiary, and entirely
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

[hE CHRoMo HUMRUG.-We would now
at the close of the old year, and in this
poG PerIou 1l moral confusion and uncertainty,
earnestly urge subscribers to religions
papers to ask themselves the following
questions, and try to answer them: Is there
any necessary connection between relioion
ana morality? If so, what connection !?
ohoulu religious man be moral? p? Should
religious paper be moral? Are NOT tho
scandal and evil of immortality on the nart
OF religious teacher greater than those of
immortality on the part of other people
Isl. Is 1t right to encourage immoral religious
tlons tainted with humbug? Is not tba
Christian the natural foe of humbugP Isl
NOT part OF the mission of Christianity to
put down humbug in every department. of
rn;,, il,eF It is only after having cleared his
ahn,ii a,,nI thoroughly on these points that man
should renew his subscription to his rnl;'
glouS paper and draw his chrome or his
par OF suspenders.-THc Nation.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

IHE WATCHNIGHT MEETING in this town
last Friday night was attended by crowded
audience. At a few moments before mid.
night, while the large congregation was in
silent prayer, the bell was tolled until the
new year came in, when it peaIed out lively
IN measure. When the lively notes were
struck the audience arose and sang in
SPIRITED music and hearty chorous, Praise
God from whom all blessings fow." The
episcopal and Presbyterian bells joined in
ringing cadence, and there was something
substantial and impressive in the sensible
programme--tar more so, we imagine, than
programme OF gunpowder and demijohns.
a notable feature of the audience was its
wide range in denominationalism.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

LOCAL PERsoNAL.-B. Frank Truax and
wife, Willard Pierce and Geo. d. Thomson, n,
OF this town, have gone to Washington 10
see the sights. "
Thomas f. Carly has leased Wbitlocls,s
restaurant at Clayton for the ensuing wear
from March LIST. '0"'
:. Asa s. Clifton removes 10 CLAYTON in the
Spring. '0' ~ 'iie
Yesterday DIR. Collins removed ono oF
the large bones from the foot of n lad
named Clayton, living near Dexter's Corner
over IN Appoquinimink. II was to cure
q sore that would not heal, and was n
trying operation.
On Christmas day DIR. Swain relieved a
man VINO was suffering from am abscess ON
the lungs. The man is named Henry
Davis, and lives near Vandyke's Station. In
Appo1quinimink Hid. The eabscess was punc.
turea by inserting an instrument into the
man sslde. Overa half pint of nus (rnatferI
howed from the cavity. Until his reliefbe
could not cat any solid food wbataver
without suffering most excruciatine main
cansed oy the passage Of the food into the
Isaac B. English, former townsman
now Of Macon, Ca, was married thero lssi
week to Miss Mary II. Munnerlyn.
On Monday N. T. Underwood. John
Mustard and Z. W Cooper were re'elected
trustees OF the Presbyterian Church Of this
town.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

BLIND TONS CoNcERT.-Those who have
not had an opportunity to hear or witness
the performances of this remarkable musi.
cal progedy, will have an opportunity to do
so tomorrow Thursday evening. Tom is
represented to be blind and almost idiotic
negro, whose natural gifts consist of a re.
markable memory for musical compost.
tions, and singular, if not inmitable skill,
IN reproducing them on the piano or vo.
caliy His exhibition has attracted large
audiences elsewhere, and no doubt will do
so here.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

CoLORED Schools IN THE HESTATE.-No money
from the school taxes paid by colored peo-
pie has yet reached the Delaware Associa.
tion, which by the law of the last Legislo.
ture, Is to receive and disburse it. The
County Treasurers have given no response
to the request of the Association for pav.
ments on account. The colored schooi.
throughout the State are in i backward
condition, fewer being now in operation
than Is usual at this time of year. MANY of
the large towns, such as New Castle. Nil.
ford, Georgetown, Seaford, Laurel, and
Milton, though having many colored peo.
pie, have no school at all for colored chill.
dren, and they are growing up without anv
opportunity Of education. There are now
thirteen colored schools in aperation in the
state, and one more about to open.-
CoHmerciaL
Smyrna times., 1876-01-05

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