Smyrna times., 1878-05-22
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


the store in this town.
STRUCK BY LIGHTING.--Duringt the thunder
storm yesterday morning the barn of B. F.
Middleton, living on Miss Sarah Cummins's
farm, near Brinzion Church, was struck by
lightning, knocking out the gable end and
killing two of his best cows.
A PHILADELPHIA BANKRUPT.-Bloomfle
Lore, late lessee of the Merchants Hotel,
Philadelphia, has been adjudged bank
rupt. with liabilities amounting to $4,000.
Among his creditors are Miss Anna and
Eva Cats, of this town, whose claim
amounts to $4,150.
P. P. COLLINS, the new proprietor of
Smyrna Hotel, has put it through
thorough revision and refurnished it with
new beds, carpets, furniture, &C., for the
accommodation of his guests. The test-
mony of Mr.. Collins patrons is, that he
"knows how to keep hotel"
TEE committee of arrangements of the
Gospel Temperance Meeting authorize us
to announce for next Sunday, that Miss
Allie +. Smith will furnish an essay, and
Miss Sallie S. Hoffecker will declaim a
piece entitled " "Only Sixteen" The sing
leadership of Prof. Groves by the Sunday
Schools.
RUNAwAY.--This morning as Henry
Murphey's wagon was delivering -four into
car at Clayton, the horses took fright at
the screakingof adoor and started in a run,
tumbling out two barrels at the start and
two more when crossing the railroad, burst
ing out both heads in each case and spill
ling the -four in confusion. The Horses
ran until they got tired and took up in
"Spruance City"
THE WHEAT.-There are complaints about
the wheat crop in all directions. The
upper Peninsula papers say-it being then
| in full blossom-the latter was severely in
iured by the heavy frosts. In the lower
Peninsula the papers say the blossoms
were washed off by heavy rains, in either
case injuring the fructifying of the grain.
The rust everywhere is complained of es-
pecially on late wheat. The fields about
here look better than they did two weeks
since, though the general impression is, the
heads are not filling well.
THE weekly trips to Philadelphia will he
made during strawberry season, until about
June 18th, by the steamer artisan, taking
the place of the Pilot Bog, and touching at
Bombay Hook, Collins's and Port Penn
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays-about
. hours later in the day than heretofore
Leave Philadelphia Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at P. NJ.
PERsoNAL.-NIiss Lottie R. Jerman, who
has been for the past two and a half years
visiting her sister, Mrs. Rev. S. L. Baldwin
| lzF AT;eeiov, Cbino cd fr
this town on Friday last. The distance
$4,000 miles, was accomplished in six weeks
by steamer to San Francisco, thence by the
Union Pacific across the continent She
brought with her two children of the Rev
Mr.. Baldwin of the American Mission
Board, also a Chinese boy, son Of Manda
rim; all to be educated in this country.
LANES SToLEN-On Monday night 0
last week two lambs were taken from tn
} barn yard of Joseph Kennedy, near town
carried distance of several hundred yard
where they were skinned and dressed, tn
thieves taking with them nothing but tn
meat. Mr.. K. had couple of houses i
the suburbs where he thought the mea
!, had been taken searched, but did not SUI
, ceed in finding it. About the same time
an attempt was made to steal calf fror
Mr.. Hill in Blackbird HID, but the nois
" aroused Mr.. Hill and the thieves decampet
e Mr. Kennedy is unlucky in this particua
+. having had calf stolon from him last fal
L THE Town HALL was packed to i
Q utmost on Sunday afternoon on the occ
/ sion of the regular Gospel Temperate
e Meeting. The meetings are usually large
the extra rush on this occasion being I'll
> announcement that Miss Bunnell (who ha
. remained few days in town on a visit
IS a relative) had consented to read sele
a ton or two. The meeting was opened wit
\ prayer by DIR. Cummins, followed by Il
reading of Psalm by Rev. Mr.. Hayne
10 after which Edward Harrison made bri
address of warning against indulging
h the use of Intoxicating drinks. Miss Bu
10 nell was then introduced to the audience al
n read dead in the Doorway" written |
n Miss Addie V. Cooke and published in Il
rs Smyrna TIMES in September 1868. 1t is
Is strong and beautiful composition, and W
is read by Miss Bunnell with marked eifeC
10 She also read another touching little poeI
r. "Good Night, Papa" The exercises we
IA interspersed with excellent singing by Il
Id Sunday schools, and it was an hour of &c
n uine pleasure as an entertainment, as W,
i'd as an opportunity to make good impr,
~ sions.
of
b. The BOMBAY HOOK IMPROVEMENT COMPAl
ID at a meeting held on Friday last at t
nm Smyrna Hotel, voted to levy tax of Fl
,d cents per acre which, with some uncollect
IL taxes, it is thought, will be sufficient
ne restore the bank washed out by last Sc
M. TENDERS storm. The reclaimed marsh he
- as is usually the case, sunk several inch
and when overrun by high tides, W
- considerable space is covered which, ST.
~ mating in the hot summer suns, would b.
ne very fruitful source Of mosquitoes and II
mt laria. The whole range Of " Necks" rea
to ing up to and inclnding our town, would
I'd considerable troubled by the two ite
~ named above, and it is to be hoped that
'rt- company will soon have the breaches m
in ded, already delayed too long. The hei
lid damages of the September storms Of be
or '76 and IT greatly discouraged the comps
in being able to reclaim and cultivate
ho hundreds of acres of rich alluvial
lies that thus reclaimed would be prod
uld tive in the highest degree. 1t is to
,els hoped that the company will take cour
and prosecute the work in accordance "
~ their original plans.
ON
LATE on Sunday afternoon the ladie
the Mite Society (who are raising funds