Smyrna times., 1878-04-24
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

A. PRICE GIFFITH, our real estate agen
has sold Miss Susan Ellis's farm of % acre
in New Castle CO., between Smyrna an
Blae kbird, to r. H. Civilian, of N. Y, fc
1850, cash. = -
AS will be seen by advertisement. i
another column, our interprising founder
and machinists, Geo. w. & s. Tavlor. ar
ready to supply the farmers with reaper.
rakes, wagons, &c.
WE are authorized to state that tn
temperance meeting on Sunday Afternoon
next at the Hall, will partake of the char
acter OF 'praise meeting"-several tel
minutes addresses by our laymen, witt
stirring songs by the choir.
Mrs. C. NJ. COLLINS will sell her house
house goods at % o'clock Saturday after
noon and her store goods at = o'clock il
the evening
| Herkness will sell at his Bazaar. in Phil
adelphia, on May I'd, 200 new carriages.
THE Court on Monday, we learn. fine,
John Wilkinson and VIM. McAfee, Of thi
town, and David Jones, of Kenton. eacl
500 and costs for selling LIQUOR without ;
license. A Mr.. Anthony, in the lower
part OF the county, was also fined 800 ana
| costs.
Miss MARION JONES advertises in another
column the new art of coloring photo
graphs-Oil-Photo-Ch Chrome. We have seen
some OF Miss Jones painted photographs
and they are very beautiful, and, in every
way, great improvement on the plain
photograph.
THE following gentlemen were elected
wardens and vestrymen at meeting of the
congregation, held in ST. Peters Chapel,
on Easter Monday: G. w. Cummins,
). W.; VIM. Cummins, j, W.; William c..
Mitchell, Wilson I. Cavender, Harry Bis
bing, VIM. a. Cummins, Joseph Kennedy.
The effort to have one session of the
court day-from 10 to 81 o'clock-though
asked for by the bar through n b. Smith
ers, Esq, and endorsed by the Grand Jury,
and generally desired by the people, was
denied, we learn, through the opposition
OF Judge Wooten. Old Sussex never tires
being behind
REV. I. G. STEWART, of the NJ. +. Zion
Mission Church, Philadelphia, will lecture
in the Bethel A. NJ. Z. Church. Commerce
street, Thursday evening, May ID, 1878, by
request of the Pastor. Subject: "The
Negroes Origin Admission, 10 cts. Chill.
dren, cts. Special provisions made for
our white friends. Doors open at s o'clock.
Mr.. HENRY Z. HorrEcKER died Yesterday
morning at his residence, in the eastern
part of this Hd., after prolonged illness
of several months. NJ. H., except y few
years residence in Leipsfc, was q farmer in
the section where he died, was enterprisino
and practical, and accumulated a good
estate In laavnS a trif e., l,,+ Il :
PERsoNAL.-The Rev. S. L. Gracev made
a short visit to Smyrna on his way home
from Atlanta, Georgia, where he had been
to attend the international Sunday School
Convention.
Mrs. c. NJ. Collins, of our town. will
leave on Monday for Ireland where she ex.
poets to make her permanent home in the
future.
TO-NIGHr.-Do not forget the concert to.
night. The announcement has bpen sbcrt
but the bill of fare promises to be ex.
tremely entertaining tableaux. Danto.
mines, vocal and instrumental music. It
IS IN the hands of some of our most
talanted ladies and gents, and thev always
draw. The instrumental music will be bv
the Middletown Orchestra.
STRAWBERRIES are now arriving in the
cities from the South in considerable
quantities. We saw last week crates Of
berries OF the "Nunus" variety, the favorite
berry OF Charleston, Of good size and in
good condition selling for As cts. box.
oout the same time thousand crates ar. |
rived IN New York and sold at from Is to
. cts. per quart. Peas, Asparagus and
Tomatoes are also in the city markets.
We published several weeks since the
verdict of the Jury in PHILADELPHIA award |
ng the widow of Jacob p. Bower. formerly |
't this town, the sum of $4,000 DAMAGES |
against the Reading r. r. for running into |
street car and killing her husband who |
vas passenger therein. The r. r |
company applied for new trial. but last |
week after hearing was overruled bv the |
'ourt, but the award was reduced by the |
'ourt from $4,000 to $4,000.
Our neighbors across the river according |
o the Salem Sunbeam, are in earnest about |
leeping the navigation of Salem Creek
'pen and do not pass it by as a matter that
interests only women. They have a BOARD Of
Trade that is backing it up, and their Con.
FRESHMAN, Sinickson, is doing all he can 10
'otain the appropriation, and has succeeded
n getting $4,000 reported by the commit.
ee on appropriations. 1t will require
more than this amount, perhaps double. to
emove the obstructions, but this will be a
.ood start. This creek is the outlet for
'alem as Duck Creek is for Smvrna. and
III the business men know that good water
communication is desirable to the business
interests OF any community.
On Thursday last Charles f. Foxweu
proprietor of the Smyrna Hotel. died very
Unexpectedly after few hours illness. Ue
lad had several severe attacks of heart
Ilsease IN the past year or two, and tbouph
lot d. IN robust health, arose that morning as
yell as usual, and was a corpse at the set.
ing OF the sun on the same d,v
Charlie," as he was fami1liarlv called
wed perhaps without an enemy and one
0 good natured and genial, could not bnt
70 everywhere liked. His greatest char.
eteristlc was generosity. 1t IS said no one
Ver applied to his table for meal and
vas denied, whether he had the money or
lot, and his losses from his good heorted.
less were considerable. IL is not known
Vhoo will be his successor vet. but most
?. S. Collins, Jr., who has had Inc
principal charge OF the house for the mast
ear. '"0 P"S'
:. IHE Easter Monday Anniyersarv, of
u. feters Sunday School on Mondov
'venlng, was an interesting occasion and
by a wall 6Ilod -, ~.