Smyrna times., 1876-12-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


THE Benevolent Society meets Friday
night, instead of Thursday.
SLEIGHIsTs have been tickled and horses
exhausted by two days of good square
sleighng.
THE revival meetings are to commence in
the NJ F. Church here at New Years-with |
the watch-night services.
ALFRED Benson, at the Bombay Hook |
Lighthouse, killed six wild ducks at one
shot, on the wing, last week.
REV. Mr.. UMsTED breaches for the Pres
byterians here next Sunday, and the pulpit
OF St. Peters will be filled also, but we have
not the minister's name.
A LEAP YEAR PARTY was held at B. F.
Middleton's, young bachelor farmer near
Kenton, last Thursday evening, about
twenty couples taking part i'll 1t. Some OF
the ladies played the gallant to the full.
l. X. SHoRTMAN is going to occupy his
former saloon as a storeroom in the Spring,
and give up his present store. He is to
have some material improvements made in
the old place--a lower floor, modern front,
&c.
j. GARDNER MARINER, (son of the late
j. w. Mariner,) has removed from Phlla-
delphia and bought out JAS McCrter,
merchant, "on the hill," in this town. He
will commence merchandising on the first
of January.
THE amount realized by the festival at
the Mission School last week was about
S35. This includes some contributions
made by friends in the way of clothing &c,
to whom the managers of the School eX-
tend their thanks.
On the night of Tuesday, the 5th inst,
some thieves stole barrel full of apple
brandy from j. NJ. Dodd, near Moorton.
The brandy was rolled on the ground for
nearly half mile and then loaded into a
wagon, it is supposed.
SHERIFF BLACK1sroN has left his farm
near Kenton and moved to the Jail build
ing. in Dover. He has settled the Deputy
Sheriff contest by appointing John T.
Myers, of KentOn, to that position. About
a dozen persons were after the place, the
most of them claiming that it had been
promised to them.
J. f. WORDEN has taken possession o.
the Dickson foundry, here, and has com
menced manufacturing plows for the Spring
trade. JAS. Downs has taken charge Of tnt
books at both the factory and foundry. Al
agricultural warehouse is to be opened IL
the foundry building in the Spring by
company" it is understood.
CHRISTMAS here is to have no features 0
especial interest, so tar as we know, cXcep
those of a religious character. The uSua
, o'clock prayer meeting will be held in tn
, Methodist Church, and the usual Christina
morning sermon will be preached in tn
Episcopal Church, but we are not able t
announce the minister at this writing. Ii
5 the evening the Methodist Sunday SchoC
will give concert in the Church.
r A NEW method Of catching ausll rats ha
\ been tried with success 10y Berran Gran
and John Schlyhawk of this town The
9 put torch in the bow of boat. and ro
= down the creek back Of the mill at nigh
/ The rats see the torch light and see
i irresistably impelled towards it. The
* are shot whilst swimming to the ligh
:. The experiment was tried for three or fol
nights before the freeze and fifteen rats al
a wild duck were bagged. The due
seemed to have the same impulses tn
= possessed the rats The experiment is nc
W for this section.
d LAST Sunday night tenement honse {
is cupied by colorpd people, on the farm
W Jessee r. Fenimore in Thoroughfare Nee
was entered by an officer and some part
A. in pursuit of stolen poultry and found
or inmates just ready to have rich me
re supper from some chickens stolen trC
10 Mrs Carrow, on d. j. Cummin's farm
: turkey and other poultry was laying ba
for a future occasion. Two negro NJ
I'd were arrested, and third one made
tn escape from the upstairs window, ba
rh footed. He thus ran to the woods over
:. icy fields. The two that were captuI
=! were given a hearing before SOU
elr Deakyne and sent to New Castle Jail. Th
er. names were Temple and Dutton. The
ms mer occupied the tenement.
AN Active THIEF.-A Young negro IN