Smyrna times., 1878-11-13
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

of Thanksgiving and prayer. is
DIR. WIN. AsHcRAFT, Of Odessa, takes up "
his residence permanently in our town to- Il
day, and will receive a cordial welcome by n
our people.
SAMUEL SIMMONS, an industrious old color u
ed man, residing near Kenton, died last t
week, having arrived to the advanced age
of SO years. 4
ONE of the heaviest items of transporta- !
ton at this time to our town is salt, which
may be taken as an indication of large T
crop of pork.
PERSONS who like to look at things in a {
thoughtful way, will find the article on Edu-
cation on our first page, written by DIR. Uric, {
| full of clear logical thought
THIS is a rare Fall for farm workout one '
rainy day-and the farmers are generally
we'll advanced with their work, the most of
them being done husking their corn.
Mrs. ANNA II. CARTER, who two or three
weeks ago was appointed by the Board
Librarian for Smyrna Library tofill vacan
cy, is efficiently performing the duties OF
the Office.
THE regular fall hog-killing commenced
Yesterday by the hog-butchers, and will
continue until Christmas. There are
number of fine porkers which are expected
to tip the beam at heavy weight.
A Mr.. DAVIDSON occupied the Lecture
Room of the NJ. E. Church, in this town, |
on Monday evening last in an effort at |
scripture lesson object teaching, based on |
; simple allegory. 1t was fairly attended.
THE Ladies' Mite Society, of the NJ. f. |
Church, this town, will give for its benefit
a an entertainment at the Town Hall on
+ Thanksgiving evening; admission, 10 cts.
: Something new and interestingis promised.
, IT ought to put the blush to our numer-
t Gus orchards when, in addition to the tive
}. or six others, one dealer alone has invOiced
y to him at one time twenty-five barrels OF
It apples. They ought to do better than allow
: this.
:, = The contest over the sale of the Gerker
. farm, by A. P. Griffith, our real estate
- agent, and j. F. Mancha, of Dover, has
e been adjusted, Mr.. Griffith receiving the
!, largest share of the commission on said
!. sale.
70 JOHN A. AsPINwALL, of Escanaba, Mich,
N writes to the Gazette that a William Muir
1r phey, a Delawarean and the Gazette thinks
r. from this vicinity, was run over by loco
tx motive and killed at that place an the 3d
le inst.
lie THE Lessee of the Kent Co. r. R., Fred.
IA Gerker, is having the damages sustained by
le the road at Bombay Hook, during the last
storm, repaired. No attempt, we believe, is
to be made to put the pier in order. To
do this would cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mt SOME of our Maryland exchanges are
20 speaking as worthy of note several fields
[r. of corn producing As bushels per acre
20; Walter Q. HofIecker, near town, ha:
| L. fpny1N fol n
ty- twenty-three acres, realized 4S bushels pei
th acre.
of CABBAGE are usually drug in market a
te, this season of the year, but from thu
so drought, we presume, they are scarce il
er, market, and f. II. Beck bought last weel
IN a lot of very fine ones in the city marke
an which went off readily at to cts pc
Ia head.
oe SOME of our temperance speakers occ9
no sionally take a strong dip in statistica
figures and they do not all seem t
draw from the same source. We give o
We our first page the report of the Commi
in sioner of Internal Revenue, whose figure
out it would be safe to follow.
ent PROF. GROVES leaves town tomorrow
Ior conduct the New Castle County Teacher
OF Institute to be held at Newport. 1t prom
Seu ses to be an interesting occasion and WI
MS be attended by the teachers of Wilmn
-ioh ton City schools, who have been granite
Ilon leave of absence for the purpose.
He SOME new corn is going to market, al
non but for the low price the quantity would
,eal large, for it never was in better conditit
ting at this period in November before. .
,sty, grain merchants are paying two cents mo
(40 cts.) for delivery by water than r
transportation.
york New PRoPERTY.-Daniel Wells is bull
,nsa. ing on a new farm just beyond Duck Gre
thief a house and out-buidings that will b'
O St credit to the neighborbood. The front
,way the dwelling will be 20 by 20, back bui
hant ing IA by 20 with kitchen 10 by II fe
wart The carpenters will finish the out-buildir
bodv as soon as the house is finished.
The AT Collins BEACH.-Twenty-ive ad
IS be- tional labors left here this morning, W
udge shovel in hand. for the scene of the wre
ward ad collier RatLssnake at Collins Bea
the Tho Gorca Of dicoers now numbers ab
sixty. The object is to dig sufficiently
float her into the bay. Frank Collin:
airing having the breaks of the banks and slui
'The repaired to shut out the ncursions OF
orces tide.
'nclal PUMPKIN PIE-We have been the
Inc cipient of pumpkin pie made from pu
with kins dried in the Boswell EvapOrator,
It sta must say that in quality it is everyth
lore that is desired in a pumpkin pie.
advantage is that those who ENJOY
luxury-and it is "not to be sneezed at
solid can have it anv time in the year. On
the our epicures, to be certain of suppl
them this article, bought up lot OF pumpl
ledger. and sent them to Mr.. Underwoods t
vice." dried on his Boswell Evaporator.
REvIvALs-Rev. Mr.. Rawlns is ha
two revivals on his hands, the one at Sc
o1s didg gng sons which was spontaneous, and hs
1us fire the main run itself, and the one at Cen
T. laid laid which he commenced last Sunday
ned n bv promising results,-l5 having risen
,rtion Of prayer on Sunday night and 9 at the
so1ates last night. The meeting at Severson
y prey. increasing in interest and number OF
acres :seo OF versions are reported The revival a
Of over Mission Chapel, in this town, still cont
ar sadly but with abated interest. About
sSyedsss seiy des. have professed conversion.
16ngpfii 1e9gniSi ISAAC NoRFoLD, the colored man wht
Avenue arrested in the field Of j. l.. Builderl
smaller smaller near this town, early in the fall
ID in the renusition of the Governor of Mary
nitely is and conveyed to Centreville, had his
csGdaTv Gt last week. He was in indicted for ste
wheat from John T. Ivens. 1t was s.
in this case that Norfolk had raised {
omment- Is bushels of wheat and that 40 fou
le case of 49, e ,uL;1L oor,Oorad avo
..Pr0mi- MS houSej 90 II -. H.,
for Eng with the wheat Mr.. lVenS nad lost, Du
ussia in iurv did not regard the case one be
!" prostra reasonable doubt and acquitted the
svstem sSSt1n of SELECT READING AND CONCERT THIS
erred on ING.-Miss Gerte Burnell dropped
er ,Icod od 'he in this town on Monday to spend