Smyrna times., 1877-11-21
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

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District Of this town.
BOSToN baked beans, canned ready fo
use, Is the newest thing for the table il
these parts. Cooper has them.
DR.. Z. MoERIs CLOAK. of this town. ha,
commenced the practice of medicine il
Philadell'h at 239 S. Ninth It.
ADRIAN STAATs, in Thoroughfare neck, i
to have large vendur of live stock nnt
other personal property on the 5th prox
n. F. WILDs, Cashier of the Fruit Grow
erS Bunk of this town, has sold his farm in
the Neck, 22O acres, to Mrs. Eugene Crow
Price, $4,000.
JACOBS SCOTT, our shiphuilders, launched
a 6Oton vessel yesterday at the Landing
She is for B'ltimore parties and intended
for the oyster trade.
PORK commences in our market at S6(G
d $3.50 per hundred pounds. The price laSr
Wear was 81. New lard is now retailing at
II cts; last year it started at Is.
IT is stated that the party who bought
the Stephenson farm, near town. reported
elsewhere, is going to start che e.e factory.
and will require about 100 head of COWS.
THURSDAY of next week being Thanks.
giving Day, business will he SUSPENDED IN
this town, as usual. Services will he held
IN the morning in the Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches.
HERE have been two cases of small poX
at Duck Creek. in colored family named
B'rtlett. They We're slight attacks and
are now well. One of the PARTIES contracted
the disease in Philadelphia.
! A PR0TRACTED meeting of remarkable in
tPrest is now IN progress at D1wns'> Chanel.
west of KPnton under the auspices of the
Methodist Protestant denomination. Over
nifty conversions have hern recorded.
PAINTING.-The Old Fellows Hall. this
town, is to he repainted and otherwise
tlXed up. j. V. Smith has Just put beau
tl'ul coat on his store and residence, and
Cooper's store is being nicely frrshrned
Rev. CnAs. HILL, Presiding Elder. is to
preach IN the new NJ. Church in Krntnn
on Thanksgiving Day, at lOI A. NJ, and if
the balance due on the bui,iinr $500 or
little over) shall be subscribed he Will
formally dedicate it.
The farm of VIM. B. Naylor. at Dexter's
Corner. in Appoquinimink Hd., was sold
10y the New Castle sheriff last week To Mr..
Susanna Wells, near town, for 81 600 -l33
acres. There was a mortgage OF S., 900 ON
the property due the estate o: the late Jos.
Wells.
The fatality from diphtheria is distress
sing number OF our citizens Last week
we recorded one, Annie Harper, and thi,
week two, Hattie Williams and s.Du''
Peterson. as She was iamiliIrly called. An
these were interesting little girls of nearly
the same age.
DR.. HIRoNs. Of this town. Surgeon Of the
steamship Peo"SYlcania. which had such a
terrible passage home from Livrrponl last
week, has written a short account of the
trip to friend here. We have been han.
'ed the litter for publication, and i,
appears on the next page.
The following persons have been aupoint.
ed committee to secure homes for the
eachers during the sessions of the Kent
C'unty Institute, to he held in this town
December 18th. 18th, l4th and 18th. viz:
Mrs. NJ. + Sinithrrs, Miss Emma Hourh.
G"o. II. Raymond, VIM. II. Bags, Herman
K 'e and Richard NJ. Ro~in.
JAS. B. MOORE, near Green Spring. had =
3OOp"und hog stolen frorn his ben a week
or so ago. II was taken at nisht, the par.
ties, II Is supposed, knocking it in the head
and carting it Oft. Tilghman Foxwell. in
the Alley. also hal wagon load or mnr.
OF corn stolen from him recently, and he
tracked 1t to quarters in this town.
LIcENTIATEs have occupied the NJ. T
puIp PIT oi tins town for the past two Suntlay>
win one eMrptlon-nn Sunday morning
week hy John +. Phillips, and last SUNDAY
Iy Herman Roe III the morning and JAS. |
=. Ldssrll in the evening. All are younu
l"ymen OF the congregation, and their |
Efforts were well received by the respective
audiences.
IHE Needles farm, near Salem Church. |
IN Arroquinimink HID, was offered for sale |
IN this town last Friday and hid in AZ |
S3,9OO-&OO acres. the pXerutrix, Mrs.
Sarah NJ. Needles. of MoOrstown. n. j.. de- |
SlreS So.9OO for the property. The farm i, |
go"d one tut the terms Of sale were Sc, |
nearly cash that some parties who desired |
IT were not able to comply.
FARMS SoLD.-The Mancha real estate
agency last week sold two farms in tins
htlSh"orhood, VIZ: Jonathan Stephrnsom's
larm, on the Collins Beach road. 2 miles
from town, to +. B. Hazard, of Canada.
Tor S6OOO-l40 acres. This is the "old
iarm"i Mr. ). still occupies the Dart 100
acres) with the new dwelling thereon.
Also "a farm of So acres, beyond Blackiston's
Gross Roads, belonging to DAVID Keen. To-
w. E. Yates, of C,na,l.i, for 81, 800; also a
arm near LriPeic, reported elsewhere.
The MD. & Del. R. R.-The Marvlond g.
Delaware Railroad, from Clayton To Et>ton.
"A miles. !" about to come under the ham.
mer at last. The Maryland portion. from
Marydel to ElSton, % miles, (and Oxford,
" m'leS,) is advertised to hp sold on the
zOth OF Drcemhcr, at Enston, Ly ex-Gov.
1r""me, the trustee appointed 10y the first
hondhOllers. In the meantime
lie annual election of directors is to he held
IN the l2ih Prox. telegram as we 90
10 press counternands the election notice. 1
The X. r. TIMETABLE.-Last week we
punished report to the effect that impor.
hnt changes were To take place in the run.
nlng time Of the railroad trains. The
'h"hge takes place next Monday. We
'annot announce, definitely, what the
changes are to he, but there is TO be a
Fcond morning train for Phila. to leave
lere about quarter to 10. and there is to
70 an afternoon train south to arrive here
II .; 1t will leave Phla. about noon. The
regular morning and evening trains are TO .