Smyrna times., 1877-07-25
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SM YRNA AND VICINlTYs
The Del. r. r. has received orders to
ship peaches as usual.
The Benevolent Society will meet at Mrs.
Thos. B. Megear's tomorrow evening.
GEO. w. LEE has opened a barber shop
corner Of Commerce and Delaware SITS.
BLACKBIRD CAMP commences tomorrow
-26th. There will be about forty tents.
A MEETING of the NJ. E. Sunday School
ing at s to elect Superintendent in place
of 1. D. Hamilton, resigned.
REV. f. STUBBs is to occupy Asbury
pulpit, Wilmington, next Sunday. We
cannot yet announce his supply for this
town. He is now at Rehoboth.
THE ladies at Blackiston's NJ. +. Church,
near Blackiston's Cross Roads, are prepar-
ing for festival at that place on Saturday
next for the benefit of their school.
THE colored people now erecting new
church in this town expect to have it
ready for dedication about the middle of
August, and expect Bishop Simpson to
preach the dedication sermon.
LAST Thursday Rev. Mr.. Watson, the
Episcopal minister of Masseys, with party
of his Pensioners and friends came up on
the Kent County R. R. and spent the day
very pleasantly at Bombay Hook.
THE National Bank examiner from Wash
ington was here last week and went
through the Fruit Growers National. He
found things all right and complimented
the officers on their management of the
institution.
Mr.. RosIN, of Middletown, young man
formerly connected with Hyatt's Military
Academy, Chester, Pa, has been appointed
Principal of the lower district Public
Schools of this town, in place of VIM. n.
Johns, resigned.
THE complimentary excursion given to
the patrons of the PieTrepOnt by Messrs.
Tygert & Co., last Friday, was participated
in and enjoyed by about one hundred
persons. A correspondent spreads himself
at full length in another column-opposite
page.
AMONG those of our citizens who are or
have been recreating since our last issue
are the following: Mrs. c. Cloak, Miss
Julia Collins and niece, Flow Gootee, and
Miss Martha Stayton, at Collins Beach
and Miss Sue r. Colt, B. A. HAZEL and J.
II. Hoffecker at Rehoboth.
THERE is to be colored peoples excur.
sion from Smyrna to Chestertown next
| Kent County R. r. The colored NJ. E.
Conference is to be in session there at the
time. The train will leave here at I in the
morning fare 81 round trip.
On Wednesday last the Methodist Sun
day School and many friends spent q
delightful day at Collins's Beach. The
officers and teachers of the school express
many thanks to those who furnished
wagons, contributed to the expense fund
and otherwise assisted in making the pic
mic the enjoyable affair that it was.
| To-DAY-W Wednesday-seems to be the
grand picnic day of the season. The Epis
copal Sunday School, with an immense
crowd following it, went to Fraland; soor
afterwards large party from Green Sprint
passed through town bound for the same
beach, and a little later lot of teams from
Kenton passed through bound for Spruance
the R. R. pier.
HURT.-The Mission School of this tow
held a pleasant picnic at the Landing las
Thursday, but unfortunately one of tn,
little boys, George Crossley, son of r. L
Crossley, met with serious accident whel
returning home. He got both legs broker
by jumping behind carriage and gettin
his feet through the spokes of the wheel
DR.. Borst has the case in hand and tn
little sufferer is doing well.
CAPE May TRIP.-This morning the NJ
E. and M. P. Sunday Schools of Chester
town passed through this town on thei
Cape May excursion. There were seve
car loads. They were joined here by
goodly number of our citizens. Our peopl
never tire of these trips to Cape May
They are the cheapest of any that is oifere
to us, and by far the most pleasant. Man
90 for the steamboat ride down the Ba,
, Another will be given on the Sth of Angus
, See ad.
OFF ON A TRIP.-A lot of citizens le
town yesterday for a fishing trip down tn
e Bay in the schooner Nette, Capt. Bill
!, jackson. They will be out several day
, and will go as far as Lewes. The folloI
. ing persons constitute the crowd: Joh
}. c. Bailey, John NJ. Voshell, VIM. NJ. Bel
}. VIM. H. Carr, B. V. Weldon, Moses Pric
), sr., Louis NJ. Bell, Robert Denney, Charl
}. H. Register, j. w. Denney, w. II. Bagg
:, Geo. A. Hall, j. w. Jones, VIM. Ii. MAJ
q nering, Edw. Mcdowell, w. o. Hoffecke
n Robert L. Cummins, Luther Hoffecke
n Moses Price, jr., A. Uric.