Smyrna times., 1878-04-10
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

MEssRs. J. E. TYGERT & Co., in addi-
ton to their other articles of trade, are
furnishing stone for building purposes.
ATTENTION is called to the new advertise
ments of Todd, Riley & Co., Wilmington {;
Bowen q Mercer, Baltimore, Nd, and
others.
The annual meeting of the Duck Creek
improvement Company will be held at
Foxwell Hotel, Saturday next, 18th inst,
at . o'clock, P. NJ.
By recent resolution of the Library
Association, all the resident ministers and
school teachers of the town are given the
privilege of the Library without charge.
TIE Philadelphia Record printed on
Saturday an edition of Al 1882 copies. The
Record, though penny paper, is quite as
able and enterprising as some that are
double the price.
WE have received from F. w. Helmick,
No. 1876 West Fourth ST., Cincinnati, Ohio,
the music of popular song entitled Go
to Sleep My Baaa-a-by." 1t is for the
piano or organ; price 40 cts.
AN entertainment for the benefit of the
Ladies' Mite Society of the NJ. f. Church,
this town, will be given by some of the
young people of the town, the latter part
of this month, of which due notice will be
given.
Mr.. II. II. PRETTYMAN, Internal Revenue
officer, will be at the following places next
month for the purpose of collecting special
taxes of all kinds, due the Government:
Smyrna, the 7th; Dover, Sth; FELTON,, 9;
Milford, 10th to 18th.
EASTERN SHORE RA1LRoAD.-It seems now
that the Eastern Shore Railroad which runs
from Delmar to Crisfeld, is getting into
trouble, and like other railroad companies,
it will in all probability only get out of
trouble by selling out to the first mortgage
bondholders.
Miss NJ. ANNA OFFLEY, formerly of this
town, now of Philadelphia, has been taking
lessons at Prof. Shoemaker's "SchooI Of
Elocution and Oratory," and at the closing
Exercises of the Junior Glass, last Thurs
day evening, she read or recited Mrs. Pal
mer's g Rock of Ages"
SHERIFF SALE.-The Bombay Hook
property of the late Enoch Spruance,
Fraland," was sold at sheriff sale on
Thursday last, to Geo. V. Massey, Esq, for
the Mortgage for $2,l00. He has since
sold it to Jonas Kyser, residing in the
Neck" for the same sum. The latter has
bought it for Mr.. Olmstead of Harrisburg,
Pa.
THE Bridgeton, n. j., Daily says there is
an old colored man living there named
jeremiah Willis who is 1l2 years old.
having been born in 1866 at ICantwelrs
Bridge, now Odessa, and belonged to Capt.
MnnnU "a livaA in Da1o -
30 years ago when he went over to Salem
CO., n. j., where he still lives, but is nearly
bedfast.
THE funeral of Samuel Patterson on
Monday was a very large one, nearly filling
the body of the church. The Odd Fellows,
of which association he was member, had
charge of the services. The family con-
nections were quite large, and the deport-
ment OF the deceased, since the revolution
In his character some twelve years ago, has
been such as to call out the respect of the
entire community.
The KENT r. R.-On and after Monday
next a change will be made in the time
table on this road. The cars will leave
Clayton for Chestertown and the nterme-
date stations on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays at o'clock, P. NJ, and
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at ll.3O. Re-
! turning will leave Chestertown at o'clock,
| A. M, except Wednesdays and Saturdays
when they will leave at 5.l5, A.. NJ.
THE Sunday School Worker, having been
adopted at the last session of the Whining.
| ton Conference, comes to us this week with
a new heading and new name-C6nference
| Worker and will hereafter be issued weekly
instead of semi.monthly. 1t is neatly
printed, the news in the Conference well
summarized and the contributions and
selections we'll adopted to the character of
the publication. c. Ii. Sentman, editor
and proprietor.
A GOOD deal was said about the time oil
the adjoinment of Conference about
Temperance Tramps''-a phrase that
originated there. The minutes since pub
lished contain the resolutions adopted, and
the word "tramp" does not occur in them.
The expression was dropped by one of the
speakers and caught up as a capital hit on
a certain class who answered to the descrip
tion, and thus it went out as an expression
of the Conference.
BUILDING AND LoAN.-At the annual
Election of the Smyrna Building and Loar
Association, held last evening, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing term
| President, John H. Hofiecker; Vice Presi
dent, A. P. Griffith; Sect'y. j. B. Cooper
Treasurer, J. P. Hoffecker; Directors, Johr
Cosden, W. II. Carr, G. A. Wick, Jos. B
FAIRIES, John. Fl. Cathcart, *Jos. Smithers
*D. T. Smithers; Auditors, j. V. Smith, S
L. Kahn, g. NJ. Stevenson.
Selected this election, the other Directors held over
PERsoNAL.-Miss Alma Sager, of Bucl
CO., Pa, is on visit to Mrs. Prof. Groves il
this town.
Mrs. Alfred Moore of Greensboro, Nd.
nee Miss Mamie Fierce, visited her rela
tlVes in this town last week. DIR. Derrick
son and wife of Berlin, Md, have been OF
visit to the mother Of the latter. Mrs
Martha A. Cummins.
John w. Whitaker of Frederick ha
been engaged to take charge of the public
school at Clayton.
Rev. E. Stubs returned to Smyrna YES
terday to fill previous engagement, ant
was warmly greeted OH ali sides by hi
many friends.
A correspondent of the EUery Evenin
confounds the name of the principals O
our two schools. The name should hay
! been r. M. Rosin, the very efficient princi
pal of Districts No. and l07.
SCHOoI. ELECTION The school aIoot;o,