Smyrna times., 1877-03-14

JACOBS d. SCoTT, ship builders at Smyrna
Landing, have commenced building 50-ton
vessel.
WIN. E. HALL of this town has bonded
and entered upon his duties as County
Treasurer of this county. The Office pays
$500 year.
GEO. w. TILGHMAN & ELMoDAM PRATT, of
this town, have commenced the erection of q
large double frame dwelling on Delaware
ST., adjoining Weldon's and Faries's. j. C.
Brinton has also commenced his large
double dwelling on Methodist st., hereto
fore alluded to.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-The enterprising
real estate agent of our town, j. Frank
Mancha, sold last week, the following real
estate: R. w. Todd's farm near Dover, so
acres, to James E. Bloomer, of New York
city, for $4,000. J. III. Grifith's farm near
Pennington, ia acres, to R. II. Civilian,
of New York State, for 81, 100 cash.
]. L. BOWERS, owner of the "Beck farm -
at Clayton, and j. P. Hudson, of Philadel.
phia, have effected a trade, whereby Mr..
| Bowers gives his farm to Mr.. Hudson for a
three-story brick dwelling house in Camden,
New Jersey. The bargain has been con-
tirmed and Mr. III. takes possession of the
farm in few days. Mr.. Bowers bought it
something over year ago through Mancha
for $ll 500, (l47 acres) and considers that
he realized $4,000 for it by the trade. He
cleared $1,000 by peaches alone last year
He proposes to remain in our midst if he
can procure a smaller farm. Mr.. Hudson
his successor, is young man of means an6
energy-brother of A. L. Hudson.
The TELEGRAPH.-A gentleman of thi
town has written to Supt. Bates of the At
lantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. suggesting
the extending of their line to this town bI
way of Delaware City and Odessa. Tht
wires already run to New Castle, and it i
proposed to continue on to Lewes, there
fore the gentleman (Col. Douglass) sug
gests the propriety of taking the route tina
will strike the river towns, all down tn,
State. The object in trying to secure thi
, additional line of telegraph is to lessen tn
expense ftelegraphing. The A. & P. Co.
rates are only little over one-half the pric
charged by the Western Union line. Thu
telegram that now costs us 40 cts. by th,
latter could be sent for 25 cts. by the for
, mer.
A SINGULAR BgRIAL.-Last week we put
| lished the death of Mrs. Morris, wife @
Aaron Morris, at Smyrna Landing. Sh
had peculiar notions about burial, as abou
many other things, and her wishes wer
t strictly complied with in her interment
d No screws were allowed to go into tn
. coffin the lid was merely held in place b
small nails stuck loosely in holes bored fc
: the purpose, to keep it from slipping o
!. whilst being carried to the grave. An
e the grave, just deep enough to let the coffi
: cleverly below the surface of the ground,
on the premises, within twenty yards of th
house, along the fence-row on the road |
r Rothwell's Landing, where it may soon
y hid from sight by the tall weeds Of I'll
r roadside, unless they be kept down by IL
: hoe Of the husband in his tillage of garde
vegetables.
Y DEATH OF You've GIRL.-Last week v
t published the death Of Sarah, daughter
John w. Forcum, near Delaneyis Chape
b west of this town, in her Goth year. 1t
9 the impression that her death was cause
o by an attempt at abortion, at the hands
y young man named Robert Warren, wi
D. has fled. The girl and Warren had bot
"a confessed to the fact Of such an attemp
Is but nothing could be elected at the Cor
~ ner's investigation, held on Monday,
20 warrant the jury in rendering such We
n dict. Miss Doctress Swinney of this tow
was called as the obstetrician, but as deai