Smyrna times., 1877-11-28
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

and enable her to run all during the
winter whilever navigation is at all possible,
THE Thanksgiving Supper or other en-
tertainment to have been given at the
town hall tomorrow night by the Mite
Society of the NJ. f. Church Of this town
has been abandoned.
TRAVELLERS can now leave here in the
early morning train have an hour and forty
minutes in Pnila. and be back by 3.l5 in
the afternoon. Or they can leave here at
1910 in the morning, have 81 hours in the
city and return in the evening train.
THE New RECToR-The Rev. Arthur S.
Johns will enter upon his duties as Rector
of this Parish (St. Peter's) next week.
Services on Sunday, morning and evening,
at the usual hours. A welcome by full
| attendance of the congregation is desira-
ble.
! MANGHAs REAL ESTATE AGENCY has
! achieved remarkable success. In the last
ten months ne has sold 1924 acres Of land,
for $22l ,020. and his agency has had III
that time sol visitors. For the last three
months he mas averaged sale for every
other day.
j. +. TYGERT & Co. are going to manu-
facture two new kinds of phosphate for
/ spring use, one especially adapted for
| peach trees and the other for corn and
| early truck. The latter is to be called Star
Guano. The object is to furnish a fertilizer
containing the particular plant food re
quired for these crops.
| AT the temperance meeting in this town
last Sunday afternoon Rev. f. Stu6hs
delivered an address to young men which
had marked effect upon the audience,
and when one or two persons went forward
to sign the pledge the congregation broke
forth in hearty applause. Next Sunday
Mr.. S. is to lecture to the young ladies.
The STORM of Saturday was very destruc-
tive at Collins Beach The pier, for the
third time in little over year, was again
seriously damaged. The freight house on
it was swept away. The billiard room, ball
room and bath rooms We're washed off their
underpinning and the billiard room stove
in on one side. The loss will be about
$1,000. At Bombay Hook the old Sprance
Pier was carried away.
THE new railroad schedule is admirable
The extra Phila. train is just the thing
Now passenger, if he miss the morning
train, does not have to wait in the city all
day until night for another. He can leave
/
venient for the country people, those living
a number Of miles from the stations They
can take it instead of the evening trair
and thus avoid night carriage rides. The
late morning up train is also especially
convenient.
CANDIDATES FOR SCHooL TEACHING.-Th,
following applicants for Teachers Certiti
Gates were examined before Prof Grove
In this town on Saturday last ami received
second grade certificates Herbert d
Alice, Hillsboro, Md. John w. Whitaker
Frederick, Del. Peter Cooper, Whiteleys
burg, Del; Nathan Gem, Greensboro, Nd
VIM. w. Dixon, Milford, Del: VIM. r
Downs, FELTON,, Del; James Richardson
Leipsic, Del; Jennie G. Pennington, 81
Georges, Del; Eva Salmons, Dover. Del.
Mrs. P. B. Green, Camden, Del.
THANKSGIVING PROGRAMME.-The follow
ing is the local programme for Thank:
/ giving Day-to-morrOw. Preaching at 10
= \. NJ. in the Presbyterian Church and at :
p. NJ. in the Methodist Church Also in til
evening, the anniversary of the Presby
terian Sabbath School will be held in tn
2 church with interesting exercises. Rev. {
. Hill, ?. f., is to preach a sermon at Kento
in the morning and Bishop Simpson is I
| Dl6dCll at mon W. Is 1HuICut dL DtlCt
1 bird, also in the morning. The service j
/ the NJ. Z. Church Of this town is postpone
q until evening to give an opportunity
hear the Bishop at Union.
4 GRAND RALLY OF THE A. NJ. L. CHURCI
> -.M. Editor Sunday last was OF
grand rally. The day was gloomy an
l. there was rally in our sister churcl
a which made n small turn out in the morl
V ing, but as all were workers who were OF
. we raised $40.40. In the Afternoon Brothe
Phillips preached for us one of his mob
o sermons, after which we called the 70
e which was responded to to the amount
', $500. At night our congregation WI
,r larger than at any time during the day
after preaching the roll was called and r
e sponded to to the amount of $96.7l, whc
footed up throughout the day 1920. 3
v We have set the third Sunday in Dec. f
: our next rally, at which time we expe
to swing clear of debt. Our Bazaar, or wee
of feast, will commence on Monday, De
= "A, lS77,-Christmas
1t J. S. WATSON, Pastor.
% g An INQUEsT.-Last week we reported IL
lc sudden death of Mrs. David o. Downs.
e. prominent lady near Kenton. 1t was ge
orally supposed she had committed suicld
~ OuG as lnere was nOC pOStucc evidence
m that effect at the time, we, at the reQue
of the family, decided to throw doubt upC
the supposition. The indications were
er evident, however, that Coroner Eubanl
iTT decided to hold an inquest just before Il
~ ~ funeral, on Wednesday afternoon last Ge
i'd F. Hawkins, of KentOn, held the inque'
81, being deputized by Mr.. Eubanks III
he funeral was detained two or three hours
he this purpose. No post mOrtena examinatiC
to to was held, but upon the testimony of /
Temple, the attending physician, the iu
TrS rendered the following verdict: "From Il
lie evidence of the attending physician, Nj
Al; Anna NJ. Downs came TO her death fro
eS taking an overdose of strychnia." I'll
rs following gentlemen composed the jur
ne DR.. JOS. A. Goodwin, foreman, VIM. TaylC
lis John N. Clark, N. II. Underwood, Thorn
a E. Bailey, Thomas Attix, Stephen Mime
- Silas L. Waller, John W. Graham, Isa
Green, VIM. d. Hofecker, Thos. r. Taylc
II. David S. Clark, James P. Hazel, Nathani
al II. Griffith, Samuel Hutchinson. As stat,
le- last week, Mrs. Downs had been sufferil
I'd from consumption or nervous prostratit
to for number of years, and was confined
oS;Fs her bed room most of the time. She W
to very despondent, and this desponden
As had been greatly aggravated by rece