Smyrna times., 1876-09-06
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THE closing party at Fraland takes place
tomorrow night.
Mrs. PRESLEY SrRUANcE left town last
week for trip to the West-to Indianapo-
lis.
A MOVEMENT is on foot here to organize
string band. Five or six gentlemen have
the matter under way.
DR. B. L. LEWIS, of Maryland, will take
DR.. Swan's Office and practice in this town,
tomorrow Thursday.
THE Ar;cl has changed her running time.
She now leaves Bombay Hook at in the
afternoon instead of 2.30.
GIDEON SPEAKMAN, a prominent citizen of
Chester, Pa, has come with his son and
daughter to reside in our midst-at Belmont
Hall.
\ MAN named Duffey, from Wilmington,
who persists in selling whisky illegally at
Clayton, has been before Esquire Colt two
or three times recently.
GEO. T. BAGGs, our obliging postal clerk,
has taken charge of the public school at
Kenton. VIM. f. Baggs, a brother. sue
ceeds him at the postofiice.
J. Z. TYGERT & Co., have purchased the
steamboat tug Piercpont, of some Phila.
parties and will run solely for the purpose
of doing their own freighting.
LAST Thursday night a small tenement
house owned by w. W. Tschudy, and
| situated in the rear of Worden's basket
factory, was destroyed by fire. The gen
eral impression is that it was set on fire.
| L g r.. L. Al
town, are going to add hardware to their
line Of goods. Jos. L. Cavender has com
menced the sale of papers and other
periodicals at his confectionery store.
We call attention to the change in the
| Railroad timetable this week. 1t is mainly
in the mixed, or passenger freight train
The morning train for Dover now leave:
this town quarter to eleven-l5 minutes
later than heretofore.
The excursion train to the Camden camp
on Sunday last, left this town with barely {
dozen passengers. Eight or ten years ago
when this camp was at its flood tide o
popularity, hundreds Of passengers woulc
have crowded the cars.
LAST Wednesday evening, whilst a mum
: Der Of young people were coming from tn
closing party at the Wakeman House
Bombay Hook, the carriage turned owe
into ditch and Miss Annie Clyde had on
Of the bones in her left fore arm fractured
SAM SANFORD, the minstrel comedian
PLAYED "Uncle Toms Cabin" here las
night, and gave good entertainment. II
i respectable troupe. He has been el
J gagged by the Library Association to appeg
| here on the 18th and play "Ten Nights
J htr Room with a very funny after piec
excursion train from Easton, Che
n town and Smyrna to the Camden Cam
= last Sunday, carried five car loads of pa
sengers, nearly all of whom were fro
c Easton and other points on the Md. IL Dc
6 road. About dozen went from this tow
and about 25 from the Kent County roa
: There were about 2G0 on the train.
'f REV. Mr.. SrUBBs performed laborio
E. service last Sunday. lie filled his pull
n here in the morning, then drove ffte'
ID miles to Camden Camp and preached al
I'd in the afternoon, then rode home aga
r: and preached here at 7.30 in the evenin
OF and all the discourses seemed even mo
Is- than usually full of marrow and fatnes'
ny A goodly number Of his congregation &
Ie lowed him through his hard task.
ur hENT COUNTY BIBLE SoClETY.-Ihe Ia
~ annual meeting of this Society will be he
- in the NJ. E. Church, Smyrna, on the
r Thursday Of this month (2lst), at 10 o'cloc
" A. NJ. In the evening the meeting will
addressed by the President, Rev. DIR.
Sheldon and others. All Pastors in I
hit county are requested TO forward their {
he lections to j. T. Jakes, Treasurer, Wyomi
,ro on or before the 2lst.
WIN. CUMMINs, Sec'y
oi Sept. 5th, 1876.
- Our public schools opened on Mond
re The teachers for the upper Districts, IN
ne and III are Herman Roe, Miss En-
lch Hough and Miss Annie Doughten. y
ur. Hough was appointed on Friday last
succeed Mrs. Roe lnee Maggie Hill) resign
In the lower Districts, mos. and II
be, VIM. A. Johns succeeds his brother, III
mp B. Johns, in the Principalship, while
,m- lady teachers, Miss Lizzie Parrot and D
IL M. Z. Smithers, continue on as heretof
' The resignation Of Mrs. Roe was greatly
oy gretted by the Commissioners. She was