Smyrna times., 1877-12-05
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

REVIVAL MEETINGS are being held this
week in the NJ. E. Church of this town.
OWEN CROWLEY is going to sell his farm,
in ThOroughiare Neck, at public sale. The
sale will take place at Blackbird on Satur.
day, Dec. 18th, without fail.
]. II. JEFFERSON, merchant of this town.
has remodeled the interior of his store,
and, with fresh paint and new paper, has
made it one Of the most attractive in the
town.
FIVE frSt-class weddings in two weeks
and two of them in church, makes a good
item, but all the weddings haven't taken
place yet. They will, however, if nothing
happens, before the week is out.
Rev. +. STUBBs. of the NJ. F. Church, this
town, has organized youths temperance,
anti-tobacco, anti-protanty society for the
children, and a meeting OF the society is to
be held tomorrow evening in the Church,
at o'clock.
y REVIVAL meeting of remarkable promise
IS now under progress in the new NJ. +.
Church at Kenton, Rev. ?. II. RawlinS, Of
this town, pastor. Six conversions We're
recorded on Friday night and seven on
Monday night.
INV Ah H. OOhNS, lllt' new rector OF 81.
Peters Church, this town, arrived to-day
| and will officiate next Sunday. Crcum.
stances beyond his control prevented him
from reaching here last Sunday. and otfi-
ciating according to announcement.
AT the game supper given at FoXwrlrs
hotel, last Wednesday evening, twenty
three persons sat down to a rich repast of
partridge, woodcock, wild duck, rabbit and
oysters. The tables were handsomely
spread, and the guests, including number
from New Castle, Middletown. and other
places, paid high compliment to the board.
GARRETT FoXwELL. a Smyrna "boy,'' is
the largest farmer in Kent county, Nd.
lie lives on one of the Lynch tracts. near
Chestervile, and has farm Of j52 acres to
cultivate. This season he has raised 10000
bushels of grain, viz: 5000 of wheat, 4.4OO
of corn and 600 of oats. His wheat crop
yielded him nearly 24 bushels per acre on
2l0 acres.
A SPECIAL train from the Nd. & Del. Il. r.
Is to arrive in this town this evening to
convey wedding party to Eiston. The
groom prospective Is prominent employee
on the road The nuptals are to be solem.
nized at 6.30 this evening in the NJ. +.
Church. And while this wedding service is
being conducted here, another of our citi-
zens is to be candidate in a similar service
at Dover.
ENGINEER McCoNoGuY, the engine driver
Of the Smyrna Branch road for the past ten
year>-nearly ever since the road was
started-lcaves Us next week and takes his
position on the main line again. Our citi-
zenS, and especially our business men, will
miss Pete" as they call him, for surely a
more Obllging employee does not work for
the K. r. Co. He has the kind regards of
the town to follow him and wish him well.
He Is to be superseded by Engineer O'Neil.
THIEvING.-One night last week three
places in this town were entered and
robbed, viz: testers gun shop, Cathcart',
shoe shop and Smiths restaurant Mr..
Jester lost gun and two or three pistols of
small value, Mr.. Cathcart lost a pair of
common shoes and Mr.. Smith lost two
overcOats and other articles of clothing.
together with a few pennies that hap,encd
to be in the drawer. The mill (Shtrp's)
was also broken into night or two prrvi.
Gus to that and a quantity Of meal and
flour was stolen from Mr.. Wilson. the mil.
Ter. No arrests, so far.
THE New NJ. F. MINISTERIAL meeting
VI the OlllFldl bOtItl OF the NJ. +. Cnurcu Ot
this town last Friday, Rev. G. Hill. Pre>id.
ing Elder in the chair, the following gentle.
men were appointed Il committee to con.
slider as to the selection Of a new minister
to fill the pulpit when the present
pastors term shall have expired, viz: DIR.
VIM. /. Collins, VIM. II. Baggs and !. w.
/ Dennpy. No minister was named at the
meeting as being especially picked out, we
learn, but Rev. j. II. CALDWELL of Dover:
Rev. }. B. Walton, of Georgetown, and
Rev. Mr.. Adams, of Talbot CO., Nd, were
incidentally mentioned in the meeting.
CHURCH WEDDING.-Ye yesterday afternoon
between | and o'clock, a wedding took
place at the NJ. f. Church in this town.
when VIM. Ii. Blackiston, Of Wilmington.
/ (recently resident of Smyrna) lead to the
altar one Of our esteemed young ladies.
Miss Mollie Roberts, daughter of Mrs. NJ. A.
| Roberts. The ceremony was performed in
the presence OF large number of the rela
tives and friends of the nuptial partv.
Miss Eta Middleton and Thos. J. johnson
lead the candidates TO the altar and Miss
| Helen HOfecker presided at the organ.
After the ceremony the bride and groom.
with their attendants, took carriage for
Clayton, where they boarded the afternoon
train for Wilmington.
DIR. CCLBRETH's REMAINs.-The body of
DIR. Geo. 5. Culbreth, Surgeon Of the u. 5.
sloop-otwar Huron, wrecked on the coast
of North Carolina, on Saturday week.
arrived in this town yesterday, in charge of
Richd ). Culbreth, brother of the de.
ceased, and to-day as we go to press the
| funeral rites are being observed at the resi-.
dence of Major John G. Black, the father
| in.law.
The remains were found on the beach on
Friday last, 33 miles from the scene of the
wreck, towards Norfolk, after they had
been exposed to the elements, wind and
wave, for seven days. The body was in.
tered in the sand, with the others found.
until called for The remains were taken
to Norfolk where they were sealed in a
metallic casket and sent via steamer TO
Baltimore. They arrived here by rail.
The casket was not opened after the body
was put in.
Mr.. Culbreth, the brother, who with
other afflicted relatives Of the wrecked
crew, was engaged for four days in a search
for the bodies, describes the scene of the
disaster as one presenting most sickening
| spectacle. For miles and miles along the
desOlate beach, bodies could be found. in
every insfanoa badlv p,ut;Ioto1 - . -.