Smyrna times., 1878-02-20

a HEAVY TRAIY.-Conductor McCleary
OF the Is. F. and Worcester railroads
mF"ught INTO Georgetown on his train
uesday last, twenty-three cars heavily
laden with produce, oysters, corn, potatocs
&c large portion of the freight was
destined for the New York market ri,
steamship ANcmorla from Lcwes.
One OF THE New CASTLE JAZZ BIRD, Ar.
RESTED IN CoNNECTIcUr-Jimmy Hope, the
notorious bank burglar. who esraI,ed from,
Auburn State State prison, New York. six
years ago, and afterwards took part in tbo
attempt to rob the Delaware Bank. in Wi.
mlngt"n, on November 7th 1873. has been
arrested IN Connecticut and is To be returned
70 the Auburn prison. He was one of a
gang who few weeks ago, made an un.uc.
FrSNIuI attempt to hurglarizp the Deem
hlVef' Ct., bank. Frank Mcdonald. other.
wise " Big Frank" was one of the PARTY.
OUT ne escaped arrest, Hope and a man
named Coakley, being the only ones cap.
tured.
REnoBoTH RAILROAD CoNrRACT.-The con.
tract Tor building the Rrhoboth railroad
from Lewes to the grounds of the C,mp.
meeting Association has been awarded io
Joseph hyde of Wilmington and w !
M'Natt OF GeorEetown. for IS. 800 and the
work on 1t commences this week. The
Instance between tn" two places named is
l'ur Hiii'S ana 24OO feet. There are 4G 800
iert of excavations, and 800 feet of ,,iIin.,
ana an" nfldSln@, and 10000 feet of WOODLAND,
/ the later now being cleared. The rom.
mittee of the camp.meetino a..ocno;at,,,,
nave gwen the junction & BreaLwatar
railroad company, fifty buildings lots. and
lot upon which the depot is to be lu;lt
near the entrance gate McSsrs. Uvda and
MrNatt are to have the contract comnlsted
by the middle of May.
nEATH OF REV b. r. TnoN,s.-Hev D
"a: n ! h"iilaS' weil-known member of the
| wilmington Conference of the VI +
'hofch' died at his re,idrnce in Whining
ton, on Thursday, at the age Of 50 ye,rs
Mr. Thomas was admitted INTO The phiI,.
"rIphla Conference in 1915. and was sub.
Sequrntly, at different periods. in charre of
lhe following churches Of this Conference
church Hill, Milford. Talbot. M,Ilinoton
Naes1lraS, Seaiurd, Georgetown, FELTON,
Delnwar" City and North East. Darino
ms u Past"rate at the latter place his health
/ 'lII'", ana Il" accepted Il sup-rnumerary
situation. He moved to Wilmington IN
'h' SrnnE OF 1876, and ha~ resided there
Nlnee that time. He leaves Il wife and ono
child. The interment in Nj. NoriaL
Cemetery, Philadrlphia.
FINDING MoHEY.-We gave an acconnt
week or two ago of man digging un a box
NJ "haleyvlIle. Just below the Delaware
me- whIch was supposed to contain money. /
an4 now we have another for which tie .
Ml!lord N"rS Is responsible. occurring near
nlli"rd Last "Wednesday. It says: The (
rlt was dug on the east side Of ,rae
three fert deep, directly in the line of sun.
rise. and a circle had been marked noniIis. /
tani from the tree all around it. and in tbis /
iihe-due east from the tree-the nit was
dug. The bottom Of the pit showed tho
clear imprint Of an old-fashioned. round /
hottomed iron pot, with three legs. The
tracks around showed that the bot had .
heen taken from the bottom Of the nit. and /
set down on the fresh earth thrown from
tnc PIT as It's impression was also plainlv
visible there The citizens are puzzled to
know whether it was a long buried treasure +
or more recent theft unparthed.
No REPUBLICAN, Expressions
have been made from number of sources
against the nomination of a Retublican
ucNet at the coming election, and here !, I
what the breaEsUi,. h;qhj has to say about .
III me Democrat party of this State
mas absolute control of every department
"l us local and general government. Tnev
possess majority which cannot at the
present tlme and under existing circum.
stances be overcome hy their opponents ex.
cept hy the interpo~ition of miracle In
view Of this fact it has been ar med tbat
the Republicans should refuse to taks apy
'"rtner active part at present, in State
politics.
We are inclined to advocate such ac.
ton; It would have the effect of maxine
Ihe dominant party entirely responsible.
Tor all governmental acts and policies in the
state; and with such responsibility upon
their shoulders. they would he compelled
TO make many reforms, which could not
otherwise he brought about"
THE Mum SocIABLE," at the Neworl, NJ
T. Church, on Thursday night, was a com.
Pi~le success. about three hnndred ppr.
sons were present. During the dav. as vou
passed along the streets, you were greeted
with such remarks as these: Are Won
gong to the Mum to.nisht?' "Do Won
think you can keep quiet for an hour ~
lhe lady monitors understood their voca.
tion. They not only quickly detected
thosr SO unfortunate as to talk, hut by their
pretty iaees and grotesque gestures actually
induced many OF the gents to unseal their
Fps. During the evening two "iniuns"
'''' " SI"NH Ilaie tHelf appearance. and !
by their promenading and comical conduct
highly entertained the mum audience
Every now and then you would hear =
sweet voice sing out al want five cents
out of you" And you knew there had been
another victim Of that ''unruly member !"
the tongue. But Mum Sociable is had
place for an editors for unless somcbodv
talks he finds nothing to put in the paper.
-Ne'cark Lcdger. ,
IHE PEACH Growers IN CoUNCrI.-Tba
Delaware peach growers held their first
meeting OF the season, Mt M!ddletown ON
saturday afternoon. Mr.. Thomas Hoi.
comb president. Mr.. VIM. Green read the
report of the committed on freiphts. and
then followed discussion upon frairLt
topics. Mr.. Samuel Townsend smoke in
favor of reduction of fright, and expires.
Sed himself strongly as against monopolies.
let the railroad company 1.-THE Philadel. .
phIa, WILMINGTON and Btltimorc) be asked ,
once more, sand he, to "come down a but
tonhole in their tariff. and if they do no,
accede, then let us pull the trees by the :
roots and raise corn for the English and ,,
Russlan war; Mr.. Townsend advocated the