Smyrna times., 1877-02-14
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THE steamer Piewepom resumed her trips
on the route between Smyrna and Phila-
delphia this week
f. V. HOLMES & Co. have discontinued
the clothing business in this town and Mr..
II. has moved his stock of goods back to
Wilmington.
RoBT. CARTY AND GEO. A. COLLINS have
formed partnership and rented the Carty
wheel-wright and blackshops on Main ST.,
in this town.
The alternate freezing and thawing of
last week was bad on wheat, particularly in
low ground. The tendency is to uproot it
out of the soil completely.
CHAs II. REGISTER, member of the Levy
Court for this Hundred, was elected Presi-
dent Of that body last week, he receiving 5
votes, to , for Mr.. Martin and for Mr..
How, of Leipsic.
HARDY & WILKINSON have nicely fitted a
room on Market st. and removed their
stock of wall paper and paints to it. n.
Moore, oyster dealer, takes their old stand,
on Commerce st.
JOHN JARREL, of Blackbird Hundred,
near this town, has constructed a ma
chine for kneading dough that is said to
also works butter nicely.
THE fine weather since " ground hog day"
has been remarkable, and well calculated
to strengthen the popular superstition in
that respect. During the past week every
f body has taken advantage of the fine
weather.
REV. j. HouGH, Presiding Elder of Easton
District, NJ. f. Church, has been critically
: i'll at his home in this town, but is now inn
; proving rapidly. On Saturday week he
, had an attack of accute bilious dysentery
: whilst at Seaford He succeeded in reach
5 ing home the following Monday, (5th) but
, for several days last week his sickness was
| intense.
THE Wilmington papers speak of an old
cOlored woman in that city who is in her
9th year. She is the mother Of Lewis
Hamilton, Of this town. She can see to
thread needle, and is otherwise quite
Y active about the house. Daniel Hamilton
i with whom she is living, is her fifteenth
child. She was born in Caroline CO., Md.
on the Sth of February, 1880.
a The protracted meetings in this town
Il have now run to the seventh week, and
n over fifty conversions have been recorded
y In addition to the noon-day and evening
y meetings, six o'clock meetings for children
q have been held three nights in the week
IL exclusively for children. The pastor
J, organized these last week and about twenty
conversions have resulted. The noon-day
meetings are to close with this week.
.f AN IMMENSE SLAUGHTER OF WILD Fowl
=, One day last week a couple of gunner
= from Philadelphia whilst at Bombay Hook
= (Spruances Wharf, went out in a smal
!" skltf and in short time bagged sixty-on,
: wild geese and twelve ducks Fifteer
geese were killed at one shot. The,
filled their boat and were thus compelled
ID to come in, but for which it is thought the,
Id could have killed as many more. The,
a foated up on the hocks behind cakes 0
a. ice.
ts VENDUEs.-Jos. V. Hoffecker, near town
n. on his farm, to-day-W Wednesday; Mrs
ic Amanda Williams, at the mill, this town
. Saturday, 18th, and r. j.. Crossley, rea
ts estate, at Foxwcll John Farrell & Henr
al Slaughter, on Jas. ii. lloffeckers farm, i
r. the Neck, Wednesday, 2lst John
Wilson, in the Alley, Thursday, ODD; Cha'
w. Walker, in the Neck, Friday, %; Ja
- c. Lattomus in APPOINTMENTS, Monda!
~ 2Gth Isaac Macy. Blackbird Landin!
" Tuesday, 9th
ID, THE colored people Of this town, those
OF them interested in the construction of til
be new church here, were considerably excite
Ia. OH Saturday night last by what ";
ed evidently an attempt to burn their PARTIAL
bt erected structure. A pile of cedar shingle
U.s. about 1900, was discovered to be on fiji
about in the evening, at the churcI
,;s. back of the Presbyterian church, but ii
an tlames were seen III time to save the pill
is and only n bundle or two were dcstroye
,os On one Of the bundles of shingles was
M slip of paper with the following stencilC
,ot on it in very small stencil letters "PomI
of you had better move that church, befo
he the fourth of March, or we will move you
.lks The matter is in the hands of the author
Of ties. The citizens at large are not inspire
with comfortable feeling when they II
forced to think that there are those amor
an US ready to apply the torch to proper
he under any preteXt whatever, and there is
he desire to have the incendiaries caught al
he the law against arson literally applied. III
he Town Commissioners have offered rewa
he of $40.
ate The WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERAN
re- UNION OF SMYRNA, DEL, after having been
the existence for more than year as distin
; to local organization was reorganzed on Frid
lne luO VIi VI lCOi AO' - iOl hIOi0 SAAiNAN
for work and became an auxiliary to 4
est Woman's Christian Temperance Union
the the State. They hold their prayer mestii
\ every Friday from to 4 P. NJ, in the You
- Mems Reading Room, on Main ST. 7
49,. following officers were elected: Mrs. S.
Ini Mason, President Mrs. Susan Fsler, vi
& eX President; Miss Ann Bewley Record
eSh Secretary; Mrs. j. w. Denny, CorrespC
ON ON ding Secretary; Mrs. N. r. Jerman, Ire
ION 3n That the object of the organization may
~ ~ understood we give place to the follow
eis, constitution and bylaws:
CONSTITUTION.
= = W ARTICLE I-Ndme--This organization shall
mas known as the Womans Christian Temperance Tn
re- of Smyrna auxiliary to the WOmans Christian TI
- perance Union of the State.
TeaC ARTICLE I.-Object--It shall be the object of
tail organization to plan and carry forward measu
atis which by the blessing of God will result in the
-. preston of ntemperance.
lrst- ARTICLE III-Menbership.-Any woman may bccC
ago. member Of this organization by signing the col
Cue PLEDGE:-We temperance women Of Smyrna, I
$50 ing that the of Intoxicating liquors has Teacht
az point longer TO be silently endured, do by the
" of God promise 10 utmost endeavOrs TO bal
IS at this evil from among us
this We hereby pledge ourselves to discourage, in