Smyrna times., 1878-10-23

MEssRs. RoBELEN & Bro. advertise public
sale of musical instruments, &C., on Wed.
nesday next in Wilmington, and John
Heitshu pigs and hay.
CHANGE OF BLACKsM1rHs.-Robt. Carty,
who has been working for Geo. A. Collins
on Main St, has built shop near his resi-
dence on East st. and VIM. j. Phillips, who
has been doing business at corner of Com
merce and Delaware sts., takes Collins
blacksmith shop.
GAME, partridges and rabbits, promise
good sport for the gunners when the law
date Is reached. In the mean time some
who stand on less dignity. if they do carry
their pouch and dogs, bangs away at "poor
robin" as if he had never RECALLED the YER
nal mornings with his sweetest notes.
TERRIBLE SToRM.-A southeast storm set
in during last night and at three o'clock
this morning had risen to the force of a
hurricane, creating devastation on every
hand in its destructive course. 1t was un-
expected, as there was no indication of it
| in the weather probabilities" and the
cyclone no doubt had its origin down the
Carolina coast. 1t was at its worst about
four and five o'clock. The storm is very
similar to the fearful one of September '76,
surprising it, it is believed, in the destruc-
ton OF fences, but not in the prostration of
trees, they at that time being full of foliage
and the ground soft from previous heavy
rains. Between one and two dozen trees
were up rooted and the streets were lined
with Frustrated board and picket fences.
Three of the stained glass windows of the
NJ. Z. Church were blown in and broken
also one of the Parsonage windows, inyol-
| wing a nrOhnhln ooct Of So,,ou,I 4,zz.
and the statuary in the yard of Mrs. Martha
Cummins were blown down one of them
Bacchante-ruined. The marble yard OF
d. Stevenson suffered severely, the fierce
wind topling over the stones upon each
other and breaking to the value of about
$50. barkshed at the Mustard Tannerv,
$50 feet long, was leyeed with the ground
as was also cOw-shed belonging to David
j. Cummins. Dr. Cloak stable was moved
from its foundation, and poised several
times as II intending to take leap. j. B.
Coopers iron awning frame was wrcnched
from its place and slamed against the house
breaking one Of his large windows, and
the stores of L. NJ. Fowler, J. W. Denney
w. w. Tschudy and Misses Beck {, FAIRIES
suffered either from broken windows OF
awnings torn III shreds or both. A double
terra Gotta chimney was hurled from
the top of John II. Bewley's residence
as were also the chimney tops at tht
residences of John ID. Raymond and A. II
Smith, causing the families alarm bv the
crash on the roof. The destruction of fen
ces has however been the most serious los
to our citizens, but very few persons es
Gaping, and there must necessarily for ;
time be considerable activity among th,
carpenters. Several of the town lamps wer,
blown off and smashed, and an enclosed
: frame of a new house belonging to VIM
Powell, in West Smyrna, was blown down
The barn and stable of John Stephenson
near town, belonging to Messrs Tschudy {
Cats, was also blown over Robt. Denne,
and VIM. Polk Cummins had each wagol
house blown over, and Walter o. Hoflecke
a hay barrack destroyed. At the presen
writing we have not heard of any serou
loss from the country save the demolition
OF fences, which may be measured by miles
and the prostration of fruit trees and corr
shocks.
The steamer Percpout, for which ther
was necessarily some concern, made a tril
yesterday with a view of hauling off to.da'
for repairs and was consequently not subiec
to danger. The Clio, of Odessa, was t.
make the trip for her to-day, and it was no
known this morning whether the trip wa
ventured on or not. No messages passe,
over the wires this morning Some OF
structions of trees and telegraph poles, W
learn, had to be removed this morning 70
: the passage Of the up train. The high It'd
at Bombay Hook broke the banks an
much of the island is submerged. Tn
rain fall was copious, much to the gratificf
ton OF the farmers and millers.