Smyrna times., 1876-09-13
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

our town and takes DR. SWANS office.
SMYRNA SEMINARY started off we'll last
Monday. Opened with over 40 scholars.
TIE repairs on the Presbyterian Church
of this town will be commenced next week.
REV. MR. OMsrEAD, of ST. Georges, will
preach for the Presbyterians here next
Sunday.
j. f. WoRDEN, of this town, will make a
public sale of three pairs Of mules, a lot of
harness, log wagons, timber wheels, &c., on
Saturday the 23d.
Mr.. EUBANKs, of this town, nominated
for Coroner by the Democrats at Dover,
yesterday, has been an applicant fer the
| office tor forty years.
REVIVAL meetings are in progress at tho
NJ. Z. Church here this week. Rev. Mr..
Stubbs lectures this "wednesday evening
and will also lecture on Friday evening.
A NUMBER of the Germans of this town, of
! Jewish training, will go to Philadelphia next
week to participate in the festivities of the
Jewish New Year. next Tuesday and We'd
| nesday
The Messrs. Ransom, on John Anthonv's
farm, near town, brought us a stalk of
corn the other day with five good ears on
1t. 1t was taken from a field of the ordi.
nary variety of this grain.
THE L. s. grand jury, in Wilmington,
yesterday, found a true bill against DR..
Swain, recently of this town, for fradulently
| trying to get government pension, but the
point is to find the Doctor
NENr Sunday the offertory at st. Peter
Church, this town, will be for the benefit
OF the Kent County Bible Society. a ser
| mon appropriate to the occasion will be
preached by Rev. Mr.. Wright, the rector
Corn is said to be behind its promises in
i this section. Several farmers tell us that it
| is "snouty" and not well filed. This is
| surprising, in view of the admitted fact
that this has been pre-eminently "corn
year, if there ever was one.
Hon. n. B. SMIrHEEs, it is expected will
address the Bible meeting to be held in
this town Thursday evening of next week,
DIST. Also DIR. Sheldon of New Jersey.
| a choir made up from the different choirs
OF the town, is to fournish the music
Il. NJ. & W. T. JOHNSON. our enterprisinc
| shoe dealers, commenced this morning to
| put another story on their building. over
the TINES office. They will occupy the
third story with patent machines now in
use for manufacturing shoes.
LAST week, Dr. Parvis, Of Blackbird,
| rented the DR.. IIirons office, with the view
! OF locating in this town, and moved his
| office furniture in on Saturday morning.
| That evening however, he moved it all back
| to Blackbird and has concluded to stay
| there, we understand.
JOHN NJ. VosHELL, as President of the
! Diamond State Loan Association of this
| town, will sell two pieces of real estate on
the 23d inst, viz: the brick dwelling ad
! joining the NJ. f. Cemetery, and the build
ing IN Spruance City, now rented by the
Catholics for church purposes.
JAS II. MYERS, of Delaware CITY, is an
| nounced to make Democratic speach in
| this town, this evening. lie seems to be
| running his meetings on his own hook,
( and IS to speak in nearly all the towns on
the Peninsula. lie is the Secretary of the
fire insurance company at Delaware City.
| NANGAsEES & CATS, Of this town, have
| purchased from the Railroad Company the
depot lot here for 1926. The Company are
to move the depot building off within thirty
! days. In the meantime, l. Lowever no move
has been made, so far as can be seen, fol
the erection of the new depot on tho fla
iron point lot.
The Odd Fellows of this town are to de
| eide next Friday evening whether they vii
join the great Centennial parade of the or
der in Philadelphia on the goth. See the
call in our advertising columns. A goodly
number are not much disposed to wall
| their legs Oft in the streets for the amuse
ment OF the lookers-on on the sidewalks.
| Oh Friday night next Sam Sanford
troupe are to play "Ten Nights in n Ba
Room in this town for the benefit of tn,
Library. Almost every one knows tn,
character of this play. It's dramitizatiol
of I. S. Arthurs celebrated temperate
novel of that title. 1t is acknowledged t.
be one Of the strongest pleas for the TEN
perance cause that can be offered. A YER
laughable afterpiece is to follow the "Tel
Nights"
The Railroad Company have reduced tn
freight on coal. The reduction to Smyrn
amounts to so cts. per ton, new tart
having been issued this week We under
stand that coal by the car load can b
bought here now at S5.76 per ton at til
depot, while parties are contracting to ful
nish it by vessel and put it in the cellar 70
, Sc. This is 81 below last winters price:
1t costs at least so cts. per ton to put it il
the cellar.
The steamer Falcon will change her trip
next week. She will run twice a week
instead of three times, leaving Rothwslls o.
Mondays and Thursdays ut II in the morr
ing and arriving in Phila. about I in tn
evening. She will leave Phila. on Tue
days and Saturdays, also at IL. Thi
makes it more convenient for passenger
| Fare from Smyrna, round trip, $l.5O, an
passengers can sleep in the births while tn
boat is in the city free Of charge. Fror
twenty to thirty persons frequently tax
passage in her.
s FATAL CUNNING AccIDENT.-Last Wedne
r day sad fatality afflicted the family
: John c. Raymond, a prominent farmC
s living near LOipsic. His son Timothy,
). lad Of fourteen, was cunning with two eide
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