Smyrna times., 1878-02-27
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

A thunder shower and a chorus of croak
ing frogs was pretty good winters daI
work if it was " Washington's birth dav. ;
The branch Ban% of Smyrna at Milford
was closed last Wednesday, Hereafter the
FIRST National Bank will have all the busi
ness.
! ABOUT forty couples attended the Ball Of
the ii. Y. NJ. OF S. last evening at the
town hall They dispersed about 5 o'clock
this morning.
THE first note Of the robin was heard this
mOrnlng-only note call-but when it
feels properly at home,-in the season oil
bursting buds and opening howers-our
prima donna will have to stand aside.
FRIDAY next, March lst. will be moving
day for Duck Creek, K0nton and Little
Creek Hundreds. From these. all the
Peninsula below moved on the first of the
year. and all above this Hundred in this
State will move March 2jth.
The sparrow. the blue bird and the lark.
| under the influence of the genial weather
of the past week, are tuning up for their
spring matinee. The wheatfelds are rapidly
changing from brown to green, and all
together things are beginning to take on
quite vernai aspect.
THERE is a member of the WILMINGTON
| Conference who in twenty.Seven sessions
has mover asked or intimated to the an.
pointing powers thar he would like to 90
to this or that place, or complained after
being appointed. A man with so little sci.
hShnPsS and so much obedience, must have
other virtues quite as pronounced.
We give on our first page among other
interesting State items an account Of the
case OF perjury involving the life Of Cham.
beers and Collins condemned to death
Attorney General Pennington has been
having an interview with Smith now i'm the
city cells at Wilmington, and went to
Philadelphia yesterday to see the pretend.
ed Mrs. Smith.
HERRING and Carp, or as more frequently
called, Maryland Currency" or " Yallpr
Neds' were in town on Saturday and fish
homes We're plentiful at the Sunday morn
ing breakfast. We lO not call to mind
any season before when herring were i'm
market in February. Next in order should
come turnip greens and then it will be
more like spring.
SHELL LINEN. Colhoun & Co. are shin.
ping more OF their SeafOrd Shell Lime than
they have ever sold heretofore at this
season OF the year. This is partly owinu
to the mild weather, Tut in a greater
measure il is the result of their unparalleled
reduction in price. Our farmers would do
well to send orders in early See advertise.
ment on our 3rd page.
IMPRovEMENTs.-The old Blacksmith sbop
which has been standing for the last thirty
tOftV tho or Il,
and Commerce streets, has been torn down.
and the owner, VIM. w. Tschudv. has
erected new one in its place. 20 by 30
feet in dimension.
John II. Bewlpy has remoddled and mt
81 story on dwelling house. corner of Della.
ware and South streets, 33 by ii feet, very
much improving its appearance.
CONFERENCE HoMEs.-The homes of the
prrachersat at Conference have heen assigned.
Rev. E; Stubbs stops with DR.. Meeter in
company with DR.. A. Hardcastle.
Rev. T. II. Rawlins with 4. r. Hubbard
in company with r. II. Adams.
Rev. {. Hill and j. Hough with RI. w.
Vlrkers in company with Dr. Cove Sauls.
bury.
DR.. VIM. T. Collins conference steward,
with T. w. Eliason, .Jr.. at Halls Hotel.
TEMPERANCE MEErINGs.-Thc temperance
meeting Saturday afternoon near the corner
was largely attended, Chas. II. Register on |
motion, acting as chairman, and Rev. f. !
Stubs making the address, rs lie did also |
at the meeting in the town hall, on Sun.
day afternoon.
Next Saturday afternoon, weather per. |
mitting, another meeting will be held in |
the street and we are authorized to an. |
nounce as the speakers on the occasion |
Revs. j. V. Smith, j. Hough, ?. II. Raw.
Inns and f. Stubs.
Too Much AT ONCE.-In the way of en-
tertanments for the past eight days in
smyrna the "pot has boiled over" Tues.
day night of last week, Sunday school con.
cert at st. Peters; Wednesday night Mas.
querade; Friday night exhibition and con.
cert at the NJ. E. Church Monday night
grand concert in the town hall followed the
next night in the same place by a Ball by
the II. Y. NJ. of ).
Ii we had the direction of matters we
would scatter these entertainments ana
not feed the people to safety. This would
accommodate the convenience, the relish
Tor diversion, the pocket book and last but
not least, the reporter, who wants time and
space to do justice to his subject without
""""S 'eaCheIS Tue wrong way.
SUDDEN DEArH.-One of our citizens. Mr.
Elijah Norris, met with an accident on
Saturday morning last that terminated
fatally IN few hours. He arose in the
morning about FIVE o'clock, as usual. and in
attempting to 60 down stairs without a
light, missed his step and fell to the bottom.
Ills wife and daughter assisted him nm
stairs again. but he was most of the tire
~ an unconscious state, and died about 10
o'clock.
DIR. j. W. Clifton was called in. but his
lurt was past remedies. Coroner Eubanks
leld an inquest, the jury returning n
'erdict that 1.-THE deceased died from, con. :
,u'slon OF the brain, the result of n tall " :
lie was born and lived the largest part of '
lis lie IN and near Camden, and was very
especially connected. !
EXCURSION TICKETS WITHDRAwN
abroad authorities have discontinued tLe :
ale OF excursion tickets at Smyrna and
jiayton because of difficulty with a pas. +
enger in regard to the use of one Iast !
week. The ticket it seems was bought for ,
wilmington, but used only to New Castle.
nd held one day over the tinIe-the Iimii
or these being only two days. The pas.
enger agreed to pay the full fare to and /
rom New Castle where he hal been. hui f,
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