Smyrna times., 1877-08-22
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

rented the Duney hotel, at Clayton-thC
" Railroad House."
WIN. GEO. HILL, grain merchant at CLAW
ton, has the agency for the celebrated
Keller or Hagerstown Drill
ISAAC D. BUDD, former resident of this
town, brother to Esquire Budd, died in
Richmond, Va, on Monday of bilious
dysentery.
IT is stated that there are now 30 Young
lady visitors in this town, and by countinG
those near town and throwing in two or
three brides, the number will oven reach
forty.
HE colored people in this town who are
engaged in building the new church are to
have grand rally in Spruance's woods,
near Green Spring, on Saturday and Sun.
day, Sept. lst and I'd.
SMYRNIANs COME HoME.-The following
| eX-Smyrnians have come home on n visit
since our last issue Jos. Walcott land wife).
petroleum, Pa; Walter Crow with bridel,
Edw: Shugard, Lewis Clawson, Mrs. White,
nee Mary Brown, Mrs. Chas Messick, nee
Eliza Taylor, all of Philadelphia.
AN excursion from Smvrna to Chester.
town, to the Bakers Woods camp, will be
given next Sunday Train will leave Smvrna
about l0 in the morning; fare only 81
round trip. Will leave Chestertown for
home at $50 in the evening. Bakers
woods is considered equal to Camden; or if
not equal it stands next, as a beautiful
camping ground.
JOHN ATHERLY, an agent from the Phila-
delphla Permanent Exhibition, has been
IN this town for a day or two soliciting con-
slgnments of peaches and melons for the
great fruit display to be made there the
hrst week in September. Large premiums
are offered for the best displays-$3O for
the best display of peaches and $40 for the
largest single watermelon, &c. VIM. C.
Mitchell and others expect to send prize
fruit from here.
The circus had "beggarly array" of
empty benches to show to in this town last
Saturday. 1t showed outside the town
limits lover the pond) to avoid the town
license of $40, and hardly took in that much
the whole day, from what we can learn.
1t robbed man of $l65, however, to make
up the deficiency. From hero it went to
henton, and thence to Leipsic-the first
time In the history of either place that
such show ever visited it.
~A-' SAiOAG 10 5OAIlS W De LltuC 10 break ND
the annoyance caused by the crowds of
colored people that congregate along Main
ST. on saturday evenings, from Cooper's
corner to Smiths. There are a number of
women that seem to lead in this ANNOYANCE.
who are particularly offensive in conduct
and conversation. They are decidedly
obscene in their language at times. and +
IS proposed to bring them to the Dover
whipping post if the annoyance is not
stopped.
Miss RIVERS SCHOOL.--Miss f. ?. Rivers.
OF Baltimore, who is to open young ladies
select school in this town, has rented one
OF the rooms in the town hall and will open
her school on the Sd of September. 1t will
be seen by the advertisement that Miss r.
mas the highest endorsement, and we have
every reason to believe that she is n
thoroughly competent instructor. She was
at the head of one of the best educational
institutions in Baltimore for a number of
years. She already has fine prospect for
a good attendance.
NOT SATIsFIED.--We understand that
there is an effort being made to unset the |
sale OF the Kent County r. r., from Clavton |
to Chestertown, Nd, which was made at |
Chestertown last February, by order of a
decree of court. Some of the old bond. |
holders are not satisfied 1t was purchased |
by j. W. Sterling and Richard Hynson. |
trustees of Jay Gould, for $33,45OEabout |
y 900 per mile. Gould owned 100000 of |
the $4OO,OOO worth of bonds. J. F. Binp- |
ham, Agent for Gould, was in town on |
Monday, to look after tho matter
ABRoAD.-The following residents have
been on a recreating tour since our last |
issue: Robt. Ii. Hill and Levi f.. Anthony |
spent last week at Ocean City; Mrs. Emily |
Mallalieu and daughter, Miss Mollie Mai. |
lalleu tented at the Millington camp: Miss
Annie Lambdin returned from a two weeks
soJourn in interior Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mol. |
he Reedy is at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Miss Annie Baggs to Denton, Md. the |
Misses Reese to Baltimore; Miss Mary X.
Davis to Delaware Water Gap; Rev. Mr..
and Mrs. Stubbs to Ocean Grove and Brandy.
vine Summit camps.
How $l65 WERE GoBBLEp AT THE Crpcrs
-Iramps are nuisance, but circus panos
are something good deal worse. Hardly
circus comes to this town, or any other
lown on the Peninsula, that does not have
with 1t gang of thieves to furnish us an
tenn OF outlawry. Last Spring one of our
cltlzens had his house robbed on circr1s
night, and one or two persons were feeced
m the sideshow. One of the circus crowd
was arrested but was discharged, not be-
cause he didn't do it, but because it couldn't
De proven upon him. The citizen who was
'oobed, A. 2. Griffith, recognized the same
nan with the circus crowd that was here ON
saturday. And that afternoon, in the side.
ihow, Jos. Snow, one of our most staid and
cautious citizens, living in Raymond's Neck.
vas induced to play with the rogues at
heir own game, and of course he was
beaten, and to the tune of $l65. One of
he showmen grabbed his roll of notes and
made off, but Mr.. Snow gave the grabber a
errible tussle for time, until two or three
u the showmen overpowered him. He
ued out writ before Esquire Colt, but bv
he time he got back to the circus lot with
IN officer, the side tent had been taken
Town and the whole party gone. That's all
mere was OF it, except the lesson that Mr..
snow learned.
PEAcHEs.-Monday was the "top of the
ide" in peach shipments from this section
!. ms season. Eighteen cars were loaded at
layton; yesterday sixteen cars were
hipped. This shows a larger Weld of
rult around Smyrna than many suspected.
N 1873, the big year, the highest sant o,yo,, |