Smyrna times., 1877-04-04
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

WIND MILL, or wind engine as they are |
now called, has been put up at the gas
works in this town, to pump water for pur-
relying the gas. 1t is the only one of the
kind in this section.
LAST Saturday thrty-six persons, desir
Gus of situations as teachers, were examined
in this town by Prof. Groves. This is the
| largest class ever examined in one day.
Twenty-one of the number were ladies.
We propose, shortly, to publish list of
those who pass successful examinations.
ADVERTISERS. L. Kahn has started
shirt making in connection with his cloth
ing business w. Polk Cummins has straw
berry plants for sale; Mrs. |. D. Hamilton
has commenced dress making; John
Wilkinson, ir., succeeds the late firm of
Hardy e Wilkinson painters; j. Gardiner
Mariner has stocked the market with cheap
prunes.
REV. D. c. BABCoCK, of Philadelphia,
corresponding secretary of the PennsylVa-
MIA Temperance Union, is to lecture on
Temperance in this town next Sunday; at
the Methodist Church in the morning, and
perhaps at the Presbyterian Church in the
afternoon, and again at the NJ. Z. Church
in the evening. He is said to be fine
speaker.
SURVEYING THE COUNTY RoAD.-Yester-
day, Alex. Taylor, of Dover, commenced
here a survey of the State road between
Smyrna and Dover, by authority of the
Levy Court. The law requires that the
road shall be forty feet wide, but it is
believed that the land owners in several
places along the route have encroached
upon the legal space, and the object of the
survey is to mark out these encroach-
ments.
GEO. W. & S. TAYLOR, machinists of this
town are constructing large fruit evapora-
tor for the Corsa Evaporating Company at
Milford and they have two orders for
their shaping machine (the invention of G.
w. Taylor) one for Easton and one for
Chestertown. One of these machines, with
lathe attached, is small machine shop
within itself. They have increased their
force of workmen. Should there be a large
fruit crop a number of orders for fruit
evaporators is expected.
LAND SALES BY THE New CASTLE SHERIFF.
Sheriff Grubb sold the following lands at
Townsend yesterday The farm of Owen G.
Crow, near Smyrna Landing, 1903 acres to
Andrew Spear, Of Leipsic, for $3.50. This
is the third time the land has been knock
! C. Hayes, of Odessa. The first tract, 34G
acres, near Blackbird, adjoining lands o.
z. McD. Roberts, and others, to Columbus
Watkins, for $500; the second tract, ad
joining the above, l29 acres, to same party
for 81 900. We understand there are lien
against the property in addition to the
prices to be paid.
THE EASTER ANNIVERSARY of the Episco
l. | o1 Of Loot Gay
n evening was witnessed by a packed au
I, dience, and many failed to gain admit
). tance. The programme differed from tina
> of the last several years in that device
" were again introduced to accompany tn
G Missionary offerings. The most attractiv
e of these was q miniature bee hive and
h representation of the seven golden candle
: sticks. The Church was handsomely dec
. grated and the floral display in the chance
?, was decidedly attractive. The missionar
l. offerings amounted to 81, g the most eve
V realized, we believe. Last year the amour
;. was $57.
BOMBAY Hook r. r. TO THE FRONT AGAIN
=. We find this item in the Phila. Press c
Saturday: Yesterday, at II o'clock, a nun
E Der of influential gentlemen of New Jerse
'e and New York met at the West Jerse
st Hotel, in Camden, for the purpose of organ
PC izing a company to operate the railroa
from Vineland to Bay Side, on the Dell
10 ware. The following directors were elected
s. Jay Gould, Thomas Sheridan, John
le Bingham, of New York; William
"a Sneden, William G. Miller, Edward P. Mi
Ter, John A. Hance, of New Jersey. ia
y Gould was subsequently made presiden
" The name adopted by the meeting is 9Th
re Vineland Railroad Company" 1t is I'll
v. intention of those who have the matte
:, now in charge to put the road in workir
~ order as soon as possible, making throug
at connection from Baltimore to New YorI
rs THE colored peoples Public School e
NJ tertainment at the A. NJ. E. Church he
ry last Friday evening meet with unexpectC
ba though very merited success. An unlookC
for feature was the large attendance
hs white people-two-thirds of the audienC
at least. And their unanimous verdict W
. that the exhibition was quite up to Il
=; standard of entertainments of this charactC
1t was a matter of surprise to see o
~ colored citizens so we'll up in matters
~ - which they have had so little experienC
: ;, Crudeness of an excessive character, und
- the circumstance, would have been ov'
- looked, but It was not manifested. l..
zoe Coppin, the teacher, is young man OF {
t5 cided proficiency. The following card b
been handed us:
- Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE allow me a small space
ga your paper to say the exhibition given by the Colo
ale Day School, on last Friday evening" March S
,av passed off pleasantly, and was a fine success
realized afer all expenses were paid net Of S4
on We wish to return thanks to all who aided us
rks their presence but especially the white friends, v
ho. composed about three-ifths of the audience
eI seemed to be well satisfied as we were proud
,er- have them come. We assure them that we know
ith appreciate their kindness in that they respOn
nobly, in helping us from under our fiRan'
)lSC embarrassment, thus enabling us to continue
school at least another month and possibly longer
:. 7 Thou Smyrna in the State of Delaware art not
u least among the towns in Delaware"
cti- L. J. CoPPI
~ .%o Fun FOR Tomorrow NrGHT.-We &C
bat mend to our readers the entertainm'
he offered tomorrow night in the town
ver under the patronage of the Library Ma
;or, gers, to be given by DR.. Villers, the c.
1or ,o brated American Humorist. This lectu
p'T IF Funny People we Meet" will doubt
ont make one of the most enjoyable evenir
Iast entertainments of the season. We feel S
oU we do not trespass when we commend
oUo interests of our Library to this commun
80 1t is an institution which we all love {
DOh whoa yAlfaPa wa all earnastiv wish fO