Smyrna times., 1877-06-06
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

G. w. & S. TAYLOR, of this town, have
sold within q few days twenty-five Champion
Reapers.
THE ladies of Raymond's Church will
hold strawberry and ice cream festival
next Friday and Saturday evenings.
REGISTER PENNEwILL of Dover has decided
against admitting the will of the late Col.
Davis to probate and will let its validity be
tried in court.
acknowledgements Cochran has offered
reward of $500 for the arrest of the man
who committed the criminal assault upon
Mary A. Smith, near this town, on the 23d
of May.
MINos CONAwAY, near Leipsic, has sold
his peach crop to John Moore, delivered
at Morton, for 25 cents per basket. He
expects to have from 5000 to 1000 baskets
on 1000 trees.
THE Clerk of the Peace, VIM. II. Moore,
will visit this town next Monday and Tues
day, 11th and 18th, to issue licenses to
merchants, manufacturers and tradesmen
for the ensuing year.
A TEMPERANCE meeting was held at
Kenton last Friday evening, when addresses
were delivered by Revs Messrs. Stubs and
Rawlins. There was a good attendance
and an encouraging time.
THE Rehoboth excursion takes place to-
morrow. The o'clock train from this
town will connect with it at Clayton.
Tickets, good for five days, 81, round trip.
For sale by Rev. E. Stubbs.
SAM'L P. GOODWIN, of Philadelphia, Presi-
dent of the Inebriate Reform Asylum in
that city, is to lecture at the temperance
meeting in the NJ. E. Church, this town,
this evening. Heis an entertaining speaker.
ADvERTIsERs.--Isaac Clayton cautions
against his wife; Geo. II. Raymond, jr., is
agent for the reduced Singer Sewing
Machine; A. Price Griffith has peach
baskets; VIM. Wilds gives notice of his APP
pointment of Assignee in Bankruptcy; the
Fruit Growers National has been designa-
ted the bank of deposit for Mr. Wilds; the
Governor offers $500 reward.
The entertainment in this town last Sat
urday evening by the Bell Ringers and
Lanes Concert Troupe was one of the best
ever given here by travelling company.
| The audience were so well entertained
that the Troupe have been induced to re-
repeat the concert this evening-Wednes-
day-whenan an entire new programme will be
rendered. There is nothing shoddy in the
performance, or was not on Saturday even
| ing.
THE "SMYRNA BASE BALL CLUB" was
organized in this town last week with the
following officers President, f. Harry
Beck; Secy, Thos. j. johnson; Treasurer,
| Harry Deakyne. The first nine are Harry
| Beck, Harvey Speakman, Geo. Abel, Robt
| McAffee (catcher), Geo. Reed Lofand, JAS
| Price (pitcher), Chas. Barnes, Corbit Fox.
we'll, Thos. Davis. But one of these
constituted the old nine of two years ago.
The club is now "open for proposals"
AN ATTRACTIVE SHow.-La Rue's Strato
Pateticon Exhibition will open in the Town
Hall, this town, tomorrow evening and be
repeated on Friday evening and Saturday
afternoon and evening. 1t exhibits in all
their reality the great battles of the wal
and is claimed to be the most thrilling and
attractive exhibition that ever visited
Smyrna. The terrible rain of shot and
she'll, the roar of artillery and the charges
of infantry are exhibited in all their excl
ting aspects by images worked by machin
cry. If this claim is made good by the
exhibitors the show will be remarkably
| attractive.
| BY RUNAWAY in Raymonds Neck, neal
this town, last Sunday, Miss Lydia Startling
daughter of Jas. Startling Assessor for this
Hundred) had her wrist dislocated and a
slight fracture was produced her little
sister was somewhat stunned, and PhiliI
Poor, young man, was badly bruised
John Hackett, the fourth occupant of the
carriage, escaped without injury. The
carriage was turned over in ditch and
nearly demolished. 1t belongs to Mr.
Startling. The horse was frightened by the
Tapping of the carriage curtains which
were being let down to protect the party
from a shower. The patients are all doing
well. DIR. Collins was called in.
| The TEMPERANCE MEETING in this town
last Thursday evening showed larger
attendance at the hall than the first one
called out, the week previous, and nearer
approach to the Murphy movement. VIM
B. Collins presided and an organized choir
composed of members of the various choir
of the town, rendered some spirited music
BY invitations from the chair, short ad
dresses were made by Jas. C.. Lassell, DIR
Swinney, DR.. Cummins, and Rev. Mr.
Hough. Rev. Mr.. Umsted, of the Presby
terian Church, conducted the religious
exercises. The Murphy pledge was circu
lated in the audience and received about Il
signatures. Edw. Harrison, on signing
temperance pledge for the first time, made
some pertinent remarks.