Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Two SAFES OPENED IN WILMINGToN.-Ihc |
B,oylars Foolcd.-Last Friday night, in Will F.
mingtOn, the iron safe in the office of Lewis
Zebley, lumber dealer, was blown open by
burglars. They drilled hole in the door, |
and filled the inside space with POWDER
which, at the proper time, they exploded.
The safe door was blown from its hinges up
against the ceiling, breaking a large hole in
the plastering. The noise of the explosion
alarmed two policemen who arrived in time
to keep the burglars from returning to
complete their work. Nothing was stolen,
and even had the burglars completed their
efforts they would not have obtained any
considerable booty, as the safe contained
only deeds, books and papers. The same
night evidently portion of the above gang
entered the coal Office of Benz. Eirst, and
cut the safe door off its hinges and broke
open q desk drawer, but beyond few
postage stamps they obtained no booty.
A KNoTrY CASE SETTLED.-Milford had
a knOtty case before the court at Dover last
week. 1t was the Watertown Steam En-
CINE Co. VS.. Jas. r. Davis. The case was
this The suit was brought by the Engine
Co., of Connecticut, TO recover an engine
which they had put up in building in
Milford, and which they sold conditionally
to Solomon Holmes in 1873. Holmes died
before lie finished paying forit. Itappears
that James p. Davis Of Milford had mort
gage against the property upon which the
engine was situated. and he sold it upon
such mortgage, and was himself the
purchaser, in April 1878. He had notice
that the Engine Co. claimed the engine,
but he refused to give it up because it was
included in his mortgage as part Of the
freehold. The conditions upon which Mr.
Holmes bought the engine were never com
piled with, and hence the Engine Co.
brought suit to recover the machine. The
court decided in their favor. The counsel
were-ior the Company Edw Ridgely and
a. p. Robionson; for Davis, Judge Fisher
and Maj. Lolland. The main question was,
was the engine real property or not
\ TOUGH WILL CASE was tried before the
court at Dover last week. 1t was an effort
on the part Of the heirs Of the late Nathan
Morgan, to upset his will. lie died on the
10th OF March, at FELTON,, leaving an estate
Of about $500 and will. The case ap.
pears somewhat as follows: Mr.. Morgan
was very old man go years. and some
fourteen months before his death he left his
daughters house, with whom lie had been
staying, and took up his residence with
Benjamin Reeve at FELTON,. While there
he made his will and left to Mrs. Reeve
$500, in consideration for her kindness to
him in his last days, while to some of his
children he gave but small portion and to
| others nothing. The effort was made to
invalidate the will on the ground of his
incompetency to make it, and also because
Of undue influence which it was charged
that Reeve had exercised over him. The
case was argued in favor of the will by J.
a. Fulton, and Hon. Eli Salisbury in favor
Of the heirs who wanted the will upset.
: The jury returned verdict in favor OF the
t heirs-that the will was not valid This
, cuts Mrs. Reeve out Of her $500 Morgan
could not write; he had'to make lis mark
, to the will.
Y THE TEMpERANCE REVIVAL IN WHINING
G TON is still at fever heat. 1t has been going
on now for four weeks, one or two meetings
being held every night in some of tie
: largest halls and churches in the city, and
: they are almost always overcrOwded, while
: the number Of signers to the pledge daily
: increases until it has reached about six
= thousand. At the Institute Hall meeting
Saturday night one of the speakers was
. Esquire Frazer, who delivered a short,
:, practical temperance speech, depicting the
evils of intemperancc, and urging every
body to assist in the temperance cause. \
n large rumber Of liberal drinkers have, in a
o similar manner, been induced to Join the
!. movement. The usual Sunday afternoon
:, meeting at the Grand Opera House last
c Sunday was as crowded as ever, 1000
s people and over pressing their way in
o George w. Wells presided, and Rev. VIM.
:. J. Stevenson, of Grace Church, delivered
N an effective speech. George Milo butcher
d also made one of his thrilling and attrac
tive speeches. During the meeting .
% number ofpersonal experiences were briefly
. related by reformed drinkers, each of whom
! was greeted with vigorous applause and en-
= couraging "Amens," while touching hymn.
:, were sung between each recital.
O A REVIVAL THAT HAS STIRRED Up JEALOUSY
n Last winter the TINES frequently spoke
Il of rather remarkable revival that broke
O out in the village of Stanton, near Viii
L mington, in an old schoolhouse there
q and resulted in one hundred conversions
The meetings were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Graham, of White Clay Creek Presbyterian
$ Church, and Rev. Henry S. Thompson, o.
l. Newport Methodist Church. This was an
e especially noteworthy feature of the meet
e ings-their nonsectarian aspect Neither
Is denomination had a church in the village
5, The EpiscOpalians have a church near by
e which is the only religious editice in the
\ immediate neighborhood. Hence the use
4 of the schoolhouse for the revival. In the
IT height of the enthusiasm which the meet
Fl ings created it was proposed to build
Is "Union" Church, and the idea took wei
with the people, or seemed to, at first
h But soon it was announced that the Meth
10 odists were going to erect a denominations
<, edifice. Then came dscord where there
re had been concord. The revvalists, instead
Of of pulling together, have pulled apart, anC
te now two chapels are to go up, with intense
a prejudices engendered towards each other
le The cornerstone of the Union" chape
~ was laid two weeks ago, by ministers of one
d denomination only. The Presbyterians
,e however, say the Methodists are to blame
S. for that because they made it denomina
N tional by their absence. Now the Metho
IA dists are to put up a chapel in the summer
A correspondent writing from Christiana tC
a Maryland paper says there is considerabl,
" i'll feeling over the matter and that the
le union is a good deal like the handle of ,
TO jug-all on one side
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