Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

be sold here to-morrow-Th Thursday
1920; from Clayton $2l5. This includes
admission to the exhibition. 1t is about
half fare.
GOSPEL TEMPERANCE MEETING.--Next
Friday evening at quarter to eight, in the
NJ. E. Church, in this town, a temperance
meeting will be held, when the pastor, Rev.
E. Stubbs, will deliver alecture entitled "The
DEVILS Masterpiece and How to Demolish
it?" The public invited.
Groves has received the names of fourteen
youths who propose to apply for the Naval
Cadetship and be examined in Wilmington
next Tuesday-four from Wilmington, one
| from Newark, one from Odessa, three from
Smyrna, one from Dover and four from
| Sussex.
ONE morning last week the shutters of
one of the windows Of the Hamilton & Cum
minis store of this town were found to be
cut pretty badly between the seam where
the two shutters close, as if some one had
tried to enter the store during the night.
Marshal Dunn came down Yesterday and
inspected the stock, and found everything
in its place.
THE annual election for Directors of the
Bank of Smyrna, held last week, resulted
in the reelection of the old board as fol-
lows D. j. Cummins, R. II. Cummins,
Peter S. Collins, John Z. Collins, John NJ
Voshell and John c. Bailey, of Smyrna;
P. F. Causey and r. Williams, of Milford,
and S. w. Hall, of Frederick. Officers,
d. j. CUmmins, President; VIM. NJ. Bell,
Cashier; 0. B. Voshell, Teller.
LICENSES to sell liquor were refused |. K.
Shortman and Thos. E. Carly, of this town
and Clayton, last week by the Court at
Dover. 1t is understood that the Chief
Justice favored Mr.. Shortman and Judge
Wales opposed him. Judge Wootten was
not on the bench. Thus the tie defeated
his application. Remonstrances were sent
to the Court against both applicants, and
they were the only ones that were remon-
strated against. All the other applications
were granted.
A CHEAP PoTATO Bug DEsTRoYER.--A
gentleman gives us the following recipe for
squelching the potato bugs. Put about a
quart of gas tar in bucket and fill it with
water. Stir the tar and water together
until they mix as thoroughly as may be and
then apply to the vines with a broom
Sweep them; sweep right up the vines, so
the liquid will get underneath the leaves as
well as on top. A gentleman in Maryland
tried this last year and it worked to q
charm, while it cost almost nothing.
ADvERTIsERs.-Th Bank of Smyrna has
declared semiannual dividend of per
cent; Raymond has cheap lot of muslins
and prints; Tschudy has peach baskets and
| paving brick for sale; Mrs Mason has pro.
perty for sale or rent on especially easy
terms; the Johnsons haye their spring
stock of shoes McAfee has turned out an
other kiln of brick Rev. F. NJ. Chatham
has carriage for sale; j. Yves. Jones wants
wool; Mr.. Storm calls attention to the big
Corsa fruit dryer being put up at Taylor's.
SEVEN HUsBANDs.-We find this item in
three or four Of our exchanges, viz
" Holyoke, Mass, boasts of a woman who
married for the first time at ii, and has had
seven husbands, four of whom are dead,
two divorced, and the seventh now living
with her." This is not up to Smyrna's
boast. The lady here who has had seven
never asked any favors of Delaware Legis
lature or any other divorcing, institution
All six of hers who sleep beneath the
daisies were legitimate sacrifices to the
grave.
PEAcHEs.-The frost of last Wednesday
night nipped the peaches badly, the farm
ers tell us, yet few inform us that their
orchards are not much hurt. BY Friday
the result could be plainly seen in most oil
the orchards; shake of the trees would
cause the buds or young germs to drop
from the stems and shower down like hail
There is nothing sad in this however; the
farmers are growing rather than croakina
about it. They all agree that the prospect
IS good enough yet for as much fruit as the
I Ir.k Il
present; but there is no telling what day
may bring forth.
ORDINATION AND INsTALATI0N.-NextTu Tues
day evening, 18th, at the Presbyterian
Church in this town, Rev. Justus T. UmsteC
will be installed as Pastor of the Church
and VIM. b. Collins, George w. Taylor and
Horace Spruance will be ordained as Ruling
Elders. Rev. DR.. Patton, of Middletown
is to preside. He will put the constitu
tional questions and give the charge 10 tn,
newly ordained Elders. Rev. DIR. Crowell
of Odessa, is to preach the Installation ser
charge to the Pastor, and Rev. John Squire
of Elkton, is to give the charge to tn
, people. The exercises are to commence a
u o'clock.
THE BATTLE OF BOMBAY Hook IN TIL
WAR OF 'lZ."-An old newspaper, Ih
5 Federal Republican, dated May 18th, 1918
, has been presented to the Smyrna Librar,
!: by T. F. Hammersley, Cashier of the Dis
count Office of the Bank of Smyrna, a
: Milford. The paper contains the followin
5 facetious paragraph:
Extract Of a letter from a democratic gentleman
smyrna DelJ TO his friend In Washington dated May 12
we are making great preparations in Delaware
resist the common enemy as we have in Smyrn
. nedrty a keg OF powder made into cartridges-C
course they viii have warm reception from the we
tried veterans OF Delaware. Twice we have marche
: 10 bombay Hook, and twice we marched back agaiI
This days stage carries below SUdrtCOu Of tOrDed
jane and II Beresford has not prudently retired frOr
our waters in very short time-pop goes torpedo
splash goes the water-up goes Beresford and all
what awful work! what murder lii il goes ofI-br
there's the rub"
The CONCERT OF THE CoLoRED PEOPLE q
:, the town hall in this town last Thursda
= evening was not attended by a very lare
: audience, though it was very creditabl
o rendered. The chorus singing, by tn
6 Friendship Association, was appreciate
!, throughout, particularly by the white pee
: pie, who constituted a majority of tn
p attendance. l. N. Parker, of Chester, Pa
; is one of the most proficient organists tina
s ever presided in the hall, and both he an
d Mrs. Parker manifested both musical abilt