Smyrna times., 1877-01-03
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

HE annual electlOn Tor directors OF tne
new bank in this town Fruit Growers
National) will be held next Tuesday, Jan.
9th.
THE protracted meetings at the NJ. +.
Church here are now in progress. Atten
ton is called to the Pastors letter, in
another column.
"The Week of Prayer which commen.
ces next Monday, will be observed by the
Presbyterian congregation of this town as
well as the Methodist.
THE young men of this town who take
interest in sleighing are having the snow
packed down in the streets, this afternoon,
by heavy iron roller, drawn 10y six mules.
THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of Smyrna Library Association takes place
this "Wednesday evening at the Library
rooms. Officers for the ensuing year are to
be elected.
Such weather! Out of thirty days and
over of cold weather, the thermometer in
this locality has hardly been above the
freezing point twenty-four hours during the
whole time.
THE foot Of snow that came on New
Years night Knocked the thermometer down
to very nearly zero this morning. The
public roads are still badly blOckaded,
except here in town.
CHAs. A. HILL, son Of Presiding Elder
| Hill, and one of the late graduates OF
Dickinson College, has determined upon
the study OF medicine, and is reading with
| DR.. Collins, Of this town.
WM. E. HALL, Of this town. is an applicant
for the office of County Treasurer. The
place is worth about 5000 a year. The
! Levy Court makes the appointment in
| February, when the term two years. Of
Mr.. Dorinan expires.
The church bells OF this town rang in the
new year at midnight Sunday. Services at
the NJ. f. Church did not commence that
evening until o'clock. but were continued
TIL the Advent of 1877, in the customary
watch meeting style.
Jos. W. VAxDEGRJFT is understood to be
an applicant for the Recorders office or
| New Castle county, though the present in
cumbent, Mr.. Ode, has over year to
serve. Mr.. VS. residence in this town tout
of the county, is only temporary.
DR.. PARvIs, Of Backbird, who was one ol
the disappointed applicants for the Legsla.
tive Clerkships at Dover, on Monday
became suddenly i'll on the up train OH
Tuesday morning, and it was feared for n
sAiic that he was in u very critical condi.
ton, but he is recovering.
HESTER ARrHURs, the old woman ol
Kenton Hundred, died on Wednesday
last, in her 98th year. IL has once ol
twice been published that she was l04, but
the most careful inquiry after her death re
suited in the above statement of her age
She was remarkably active almost to thu
very last of her life.
LAST Thursday evening the young mel
of Morton gave an oyster supper at tn,
spacious residence Of John NJ. Collins, nea
the H"ffecker Mills, when one hundreo
and twenty guests struggled with stew
during the evening. IL was the bgges
sleighing party OF the season. The "yOunl
= men of Moorton" have become a power il
the land.
!. SEVERAL weeks ago the large photo
. graphic rooms Of Holding & E,lwarls, il
h Lynchhurg, Virginia, were destroyed l.
v fire. The loss, about $500, falls mainl
4 upon VIM. Holding, one of our youn
!. citizens, who held financial interest i
Y the business. His severe loss CAUSES grea
3 sympathy. He sold out his interest abou
e a year ago to Edwards, formerly photo
= grapher here) but little Of the consider
10 ton money had been paid.
r THE session of the M. E. Sunday Schot
u OF this town, last Sunday, was turned ini
Z, a Teachers Institute, by previous arrang
~ ment, when addresses on the various mod,
OF conducting Sunday School work wei
=, made by John III. Hoffec<er, Superntei
lg dent, Chas. A. Hill, Herman Roe. DIR. WI
as 4. Collins, jas. G. Lassel lnow licentiate
Frank Raymond, !. ID. Hamilton and ii
le Pastor. TWAS new experiment, intends
al as much as anything to develop the Later
20 talent among the teachers and Bible Clas
., and seemed to give unexpected satisfactit
O to the School.