Smyrna times., 1876-03-08
STATE AND LOCALS

Last Sunday, in Middletown, 27 person,
We're admitted to membership in the Pres
byterian Church.
Again the Elkton people are talking about
building that proposed railroad from Mid
dletown to Elkton.
Both the Methodists and Presbvterions IN
Mlddietown have been holding union noon.
day prayer meetings.
A correspondent from Illinois writes 70
the Milford Neaos that the Western peach
crop is an utter failure.
Rev. George R. Bristor will favor Dovor
with one of his select and humorous read.
lngs, in Court Honse Hall, tomorrow
Thursday evening.
Whilst blasting rock near Wilmington
last Saturday, two negro men were killed
oy an unexpected explosion of powder. and
another was badly wounded.
Rev. Mr.. Hunter, (recently of Smyrna)
pastor of the NJ. E. Church at St. GEORGES
received a donation visit on Friday evening
from the members of his congregation.
A packed audience convened in the town
nall here last Sunday afternoon to hear .
temperance lecture from Rev. David Ta.
tum of Cleveland, Ohio. He made forci.
bleappeal
The revival meetings in the NJ. E. Church
IN MIddletown closed Thursday night
last' after a protraction of eight weeks. |
ABOUT slxty-ive persons have professed
conversion.
Thomas Wright, of Seaford, has received
the appointment of assistant light house
keeper, at Ship John Shoals. opposito
Bombay Hook, in Delaware Bav. salary
5000 per annum.
James Brown, jr., who resides in Mill
Creek Hundred, New Castle CO., owns two
nne New Foundland dogs which he uses on
an endless chain power to drive grain fan.
cut feed and churn.
"'Hall & Co., of Frederick, have finished
for four hundred acres of topo.
toes to be grown by the farmers and truclzars
oi that neighborhood. They expect to put
up million of cans.
Inc Dela'carean learns that Mr.. Richard
ION, ,of the firm of Richardson e. Robbins. fruit
packers OF Dover, has made application for {
patent for an improved method of canning
lamS and other meats
The two loan associations of tbis four, S
loia their ninth annual meetings in four 4
weeks. 1t is supposed that at least one !
he Smyrna IF not both will wind nm !,
within the present year. a
1t is currently rumored that Col. Geo. r 7
dickson, OF Dover, prominent candidate f
Or every office he has ever heard of for the Il
aSI twenty-five years, is now urging his
lalms for the sherifalty among his Demo. h
ratio friends. p,
William Schell, pilot of the steamboat y, y,
'01nOE'n was lost overheard from the steamer
ISL Friday night, whilst on the down trim CT
bridgeton, N. j. Mr.. Schell had been sl
q the boat for number of years. He
aVes wife and three or four children.
A fire in Philadelphia on Friday night E
'afiy destroyed the well-known dry goods 70
'use of Wood, Marsh, Hayward & Co.. ~, n
Market st. Saml P. Goodwin, of Mil. sm
fd, Is one of the members of this firm Ap l
lie loss, $4,000, is covered by insurance Ga Ca,
Mr.. J. B. Slaymaker, living near Cam. Nj
NJ Killed pair of pigs on Monday. Feb. cb an
ary 18th, that weighed when put in the *; Ee
u on the lst of December last, Just 90 Chl
Us previous, "a lbs. They weighed on Kei
IT. the day they were killed, 393 fbs.- GTa Gel
sssed weight BIS lbs. Hi
IN sunday afternoon week man named Ira Ira
IN Taylor, aged 20 years, who lived bv Tai st.
nself near Ford's Mills, two miles from Roy
lrel, was found PROSTATE in his door Ode
T. lie was properly cared for by some '4'T y
SerS-oy, but soon expired. Apoplexv TO
supposed to be the cause. He was a fer,
er man. Sta
eaiord is thinking of starting co.opera- 7
store. The plan is for one hundred hal
sons to pay into stock company sos ten
d making a capital of $2,5OO which is Will
be invested in goods at net cash. and IT IT,
ch are to be sold at net cash. 1t may cor
X but it seems to us there are too MANY MAJ
ers in the pie. brol
one
he annual meeting of the M. E. SUNDAY brol
ool Association of this town was held suri
Thursday evening, when the following graz
;ers were reelected: President. DIR 7 rate
Clawson; Supt., John II. Hoffecker fine
stant Supt., Frank Raymond; Lady in h
stant, Mrs. John Ii. Bewley; Secretary. Grst n
Denney HAZEL; Treasurer, Josepb " mer ue,
lecker; Supt. Infant Department. Mrs dire
IA Mcdowell Chorister, Jas. II. Groves. desi
anist, Miss Helen HofEecker. ing
T. Horny F. Askew, an old and eninent Pers
sici"n of Wilmington, died on SUNDAY a a m N
nlng at the residence of his son.in.low u'y