Smyrna times., 1877-06-06

OOOD OlSlONE'-nldIly years tlSO DOOI
man named Joseph Lewis left Sussex to
seek his fortune in northern city, and by
industry and economy amassed fortune
of 100000. He died recently in Philadel-
phia and left his money to the United
States Government, provided that none of
his relatives could be found. 1t appears
that he has many blood relations in Sussex
county, and Mrs. Pepper, wife of Moulton
Pepper, of Georgetown, is daughter of the
brother of the deceased.-,SuSSer Journal
ELECTRIC TRAIN SIGNAL.-During the past
year q patented electrical system which
has been introduced on the trains of tho P.
w. & B. r. r., has given general satisfaction.
1t is designed to supersede the present bell
| and cord arrangement to communicate
with the engineer, and also to give q con-
tinuous automatic alarm on the locomo-
tive whenever any portion of the train
becomes detached. The arrangement is
also applied to freight trains, and we sup
pose will be put on the Del. road as well as
on the main stem.
| DECORATION DAY AT Fort DELAWARE
| During the war, all the rebel prisoners who
died at Fort Delaware were buried Just op-
posite the fort, on the Jersey side, at Finn's
Point. 1t is an immense cemetery, with
2,644 graves in it, all of them but 1876 con-
tanning the remains of Confederate soldiers
Last Wednesday, Decoration Day, the old
eX.soldiers around Salem concluded to
decorate the 1876 Union graves, and finally
decided to decorate all alike, and so Union
and Confederate, Blue and Gray, North and
South were alike recipients of the floral
respect. Hundreds and hundreds of peo-
pie were present to witness the solemn
ceremony.
Last week we published an item from
the Lewes Light to the effect that young
lady OF Harrington, who went on q visit to
New York, sickened and died in that city
of small pOX; that the remains were sent
homo to harrington, to her sister, u Mrs.
Parsons, whose family all took the disease
she, her husband and three children
The Milford Nc,cS is authorized to contra
dict the story. The family have had the
small poX, it is true, and the young lady,
Miss Butler, died and was sent home to
them, but she had no small pox. The
certificate of New York physician was
procured to prove this How Mr.. Parsons
family took the small pox is not known,
but they did not contract it from Miss
Buffers remains. Mr.. z. and one of the
children have died.
A FUNNY LITTLE OLD VEssEL.-At Will
mingtOn is queer craft. called the schooner
ida g., built by Il New Brunswick farmer
with only a few tools, and consuming six
years in its construction. He lived on the
upper ST. John River, and during the
Spring freshets he floated his craft down
to St. Johns. He had expended every
dollar he could raise, including the pro.
ceeds of the sale of his farm. The schooner
is decrbed as looking like something
between Noahs ark and log house."
The stern appears as if the vessel had been
made by the mile, and cut off in lengths to
suit. The hatchway is almost large enough
to drive horse and wagon through. She
registers 81 tons, but her timbers are
strong enough for vessel Of 500 tons. She
carries house on deck resembling sports
mans cabin in the woods, and fitted up
inside in manner to correspond. The old
farmer charges a small fee to sec her.
DOVER DIGNITARIEs IN A SPELLING MATCH.
Last week, in Dover, "spelling bee -
was given in the Court House hall there,
for the benefit of the Young Mems Christian
Association. Five lawyers of the town took
part in it, viz Messrs. Massey, Pennington,
Reed, Watson and Fulton; also Dr. Jump
and Rev. c. Huntington, of the Presby-
terian Church. The lawyers were the first
to go down, for the most part, some of the
young men of the town beating them two
to one. The minister stood his ground
splendidly, and DR.. Jump got through
finely, but the best speller was the son of
Hon. Charles Brown, and the next was
Marion Green, a lad in the Sentinel office.
Mr.. Louderbough, forman of the Sentinel,
also made a good record, as did also Wilmer
B. Smith, who stood fourth in the ranks.
Attorney General Pennington stood it the
longest of any Of the lawyers, but Mr.. Reed
was the first of the class to miss, and Mr..
Watson next. Hon. n. B. Smithers pre-.
sented the champion, Mr.. Brown, with a
huge gingerbread.
A SENSATION AMONG THE TEMPERANCE
PEOPLE IN WILMINGToN.-Last Sunday
evening the sensational Baptist minister oi
Wilmington, Rev. Mr.. Haldeman, preached
a temperance sermon in his church, and an
immense audience attended, including the
Reformed Club, numbering about 1870 per
sons. 1t seems that Mr.. Haldeman has
kept alOof from the great movement now
IN progress in that city, and this announce
ment that he would take up the subject was
gladly received. But his sermon fell like
a wet blanket on his audience, or at leas
on the Reformers. The reverend gentle
man. Ill MS sermon, COnuemeu the whole
temperance movement, on the ground tha
it was taking the work out of the hands o.
God. Reformation without redemption
was sin, and to sign the temperance
, pledge was n sin. 1t is Gods business anG
!, not mans to raise men out of the gutter
} Such views were utterly at variance will
: the views of tho temperance men, anC
they seemed completely dazed by wha
; they had heard. The discourse was righ
in the fact of all their plans and they
could not allow the Reform Club to breal
ranks without first disabusing their minds o
the false impressions which Mr.. Haldemar
had advanced. All of these l30 reformed
, men had attributed their reformation t.
their signing the pledge, and to the efforts
of the good men who had induced them t
3 sign, and when they were told by the ministe
. that they had committed q sin marked
! sensation was manifested.
. After the sermon about 200 of the tenn
perance men adjourned to their tent, a
, Thirteenth and Market, where numbe
r of speeches were made, and, though
nothing was said in condemnation of Mr
, Haldeman, the work of temperance re
! form, as at present carried on, wa