Smyrna times., 1876-03-15

John III. Hoffecker has been reelected
President of our Town Board and N. F.
Wilds Secretary.
There is to be a considerable reduction
in freight charges on the Delaware road
on and after Monday next-about 25 per
cent. it is said
Evening services are still continued in
the Episcopal Church of this town, and are
very interesting. Last night Rev. Mr..
Butler, of Middletown, preached, and to-
morrow night Thursday Rev. Mr.. Gibson,
of Dover, will officiate. A children's meet
ing was held last Sunday afternoon and the
rite of baptism was administered.
George w. Ingram, real estate agent,
has sold the farm on Bombay Hook, of
1000 acres, owned by R. Fogg, of Salem,
New Jersey, to Daniel B. Thorp, of Michi
gan, an agent for colony of some forty
families. Price, $4,000. So the Middle
town Transcript announces. The farm re-
ferred to is part of the H. n Wickersham
tract of 1000 acres of marsh and uplands.
The Missionary Anniversary, to be held
in connection with the Conference in Will
mington, on Monday evening, is to be an
absorbing affair. 1t will be held at the
Opera House, and twenty-five hundred
tickets of admission have been printed for
gratuitous distribution. Admission will be
obtained only by holders of these tickets.
The speakers chosen are Rev. J. S. Willis,
of New York, and DR.. Dashiell, Missionary
Secretary.
Last Sunday morning, in the M. E
Church of this town, the pastor announced
in admitting some probationers into full
membership, that persons who failed tc
maintain their connection with the church
should be as publicly read out as they haC
been publicly read into the fold. HI
thereupon read the names of five persons
that had been dropped from the churcl
record. This is in accordance with tn,
polity of the church, it seems.
At Townsend, last Friday, the Sheriff o
New Castle county sold the following
properties: Farm of Jos. w. Vandegrift
275 acres, in Appoquinimink Hd., TIVE
miles from Smyrna, to Andrew Spear, 70
$ll,500. Six months ago the Sheriff solc
this farm for $l2,700, but the sale was Sc
aside by the court. Part of Chas. Silcox'
property, about acres, near Townsend
was sold to Nathaniel Williams, for $500
The other tract was withdrawn.
DREADFUL FIRE AT DovER.-The Confer
ence Academy, at Dover, was entirely dc
}. stroyed by fire last Friday, the fame
breaking out between noon and l O'Clock
, whilst the students were at dinner. Tn
origin of the fire seems to be pre-
found mystery. When first discovered,
D was burning over the hallway above tn
s fourth floor. There being no engine o
fire apparatus of any kind in the town, an
the building being so high, it was useles
q to attempt to fight the flames. The builC
S ing cost about $4,000. There is an insu
9 ance upon it OF $4,000 in five differen
companies-Kent County Mutual, 500
) But these insurance policies are held 6
L security for the payment of the deb
o against the institution, and cannot be al
piled to the building unless the creditor
say so. There is a mortgage on the Academ
r. of $4,000 and floating debt of $4,000 b
n sides, which makes the Indebtedness equt
to the insurance. The Conference, now
session in Wilmington, has raised abol
y $4,000 however, through the aid of I'll
It sministers. among their congregations, whic
d will leave only the mortgage remainin
Hon. n. B. Smithers holds this mortgag
as attorney for the bondholders. MessI
d Cove and Eli Salisbury hold the larger pc
tion of the mortgage bonds, viz: 81 90
= and it is understood they are willing to l.
- the insurance 90 towards rebuilding Il
e. Academy. $1,000 of the bonds are held |
10 other parties, while 5000 are still unsol
,s The institution is to be rebuilt at one
In the mean time the school will go on.
A gentleman of Dover wrote us yestt
10 day: The most plausible theory of the fire
e origin is that a spark was blown under Il
2" slate from the charcoal fire which the ii
he smiths had on the roof on the morning
ID that day. The roof was the first place Il
q. fire broke out, and on the windward s
near the chimney. Some think it caug
&c from the chimney. The walls of the WI
w wing have fallen down, and part of t
north and south wings. There is nothi
:, positive now given out with reference
IL the rebuilding.