Smyrna times., 1877-10-31
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

recently sold to John Van Gasken, tc
John Anthony for $50 per acre.
CONSIDERABLE uneasiness exists in thi,
town about the diptheria among the
children. All the physicians do not pro
nounce 1t dlptheria, but it's a severe throat
disease Of some kind.
The two hotels of this town were granted
liquor licenses last week, but there beinn
strong remOnstrances against Smith and
ShOrtman, of the saloons, their applications
are yet to be acted upon by the court.
NEARLY forty extra copies of the TINES
were sold last week and we could have sold
many more if we had had them. We speak
OF this as an indication of the deep public
concern awakened by the untimely death
OF Mrs. Alice c. IIofiecker.
The Teachers Institute for Kent comfy
will be held in this town the first week in
December. Prof Wiley, Principal of the
| Wilmington Public Schools, is to deliver a
lecture on the occasion. Additional an
nouncements will be made hereafter.
THE festival at Kenton, last week, for the
! benefit of the new NJ. f. Church .here. was
a most successful entertainment. The nett
receipts were Sl06 The ladies managed
the affair nicely. AS before announced,
the dedication takes place Nov. llth
THE sheriff sale of Enoch Spruance's
property at Bombay Hook Fraland, to W.
W. Tschudy and Sam'l Cats was upset by
the court for the reason that the property
was not properly advertised, or was not
properly described in the advertisement.
j. GARDINER MARINER, merchant "on the
hill = hos av0bnnuaI
with Hugh Moore for his two houses and
lots in the same part of the town. MI
Moore was to have offered his property at
public sale last Saturday, but for the cx
change.
PROF. GROVES is now preparing his annual
report OF the public schools, and the statis
tics show that there are more children in
this town than any in the State-except
Wilmington, Of cOurse-and more of them
attend the public schools We would
naturally infer as much.
REV. j. II. CALDWELL, \. NJ, Of Dover.
Will preach the annual missionary sermon
in Raymond's NJ. +. Church, ID. w next
Sabbath, November Ith, at 25 o'clock. p. NJ.
Persons from adjacent charges are cor.
daily invited to be with Us on that occa.
sion. r. L. TERRY. Pastor.
SEVERAL BUSINESS CHANGES are alreaJv
announced for the Spring in this town.
Jas. II. Cotton has rented Mrs. Robertss
store and dwelling and is to take lis family
and business there. Miss Maria Sipple has
rented the brick store and residence adioin.
ing, recently occupied by \. Pratt. One
or two more changes are being arranged
Tor, but are not yet in shape for announce.
ment.
THREE newly-married couples-NIr. and
Mrs. John Heitshu, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A.
Baynard, and Mr. and Mrs. John Van Win
kle-being in town one night last week.
gave the calathumpian disturbcrs q pretext
tor annoying the parties and atlllcting the
sick people in the community Do the
authorities think that people who get mar.
rled or get sick deserve this punishment?
School TEACHERs-Prof Groves held his
regular monthly examination on Saturday
last, in this town, when the following can.
didates successfully passed the examination
for second grade certificates y. +. Simp.
son, FELTON,; Emma Anderson, Frederick:
George ID. Redden, Pennington: Sarah J.
Frazer, Milford; Jno. l.. Kane, Henry Clay:
Geo. W. Phillips, Bellevue: b. B. Jones
Townsend.
SPEAKING of Rev. Mr.. Stubbs going to
Central NJ. +. Church, Phila., when he
leaves Smyrna-which may or may not fol-
low-the Milford Nc,os says: The large
majority of the church in this town desire
that he shall be stationed here, believing
that there is a great, ripe field here that he
can reap more etiectually than any one
else" The reverend gentleman filed the
g.
The steamer Aricrs winter arrangement
goes into effect this week. Commencing
Monday, October Goth, she will leave the
landings at Bombay Hook, Collins Beach
and Port Penn, on Mondays and THURSDAYS
one hour cartier than heretofore, and Phiia.
delphia from the secend wharf above Race
street, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at II noon,
arriving at the above landings on her down
trip one hour earlier than heretofore.
SEVERE AFFLCTIoN.-Dr. O. p. Thaver.
known as the "Indian Doctor" whose
family reside in this town, (Spruance City)
has lost three children by dyptheria within
ten days, the oldest being 10 years Of age.
The hrst was buried ON Wednesday. the l7th
instant, and the death Of the other two is
recorded in this issue, in the death list.
-AS nos NCNi plottICluS III W lltlllD2LO0 IOF
several weeks. He himself was i'll during
most of the summer, and his family have
become nearly destitute, so nearly 50 that
aid has been necessary from our citizens.
The TEMPERANCE MEETING at the town
hall here last Sunday afternoon was the
largest yet held. The desire to hear Nelson
}. Lee, of Wilmington, drew the crowd. |
Mr. l.. IS young man, formerly a whisky |
seller, who has been brought in by the |
great reform that has been going on in that
city, and since his reformation has de. |
veloped into a temperance speaker and |
worker. He talks easily and freely, though |
he has little shape to his discourse and no |
especial line of argument mapped out.
Still he puts in some telling points, and
his speeches are popular with many of his
auditors. lie devotes himself exclusively
to the temperance work, and is supported
by men Of the city who, so far, have given
him sufficient livelihood from their pri.
vate means, in token of appreciation of the
work he is doing. lie stated in his speech
that since the work commenced in vii.
mlngton, over 10000 persons have signed
the pledge there, and from 800 to 1000 of
TINS number are members of the Reform
Ciu6-men Of pronounced drinking habits
VINO have abandoned the cup. Mr.. Lee,