Smyrna times., 1878-07-31

The Rev. DR.. Caldwell has left Whining.
ton upon q camp meeting tour. lie Will
preach at the various camps on the PENN
sula, and will be away about a month.
TOMMY GRIER.-Tommy Grier, the scis-
sor grinder, and an active temperance
worker of this city, who left here some
time ago, and it was feared he had been
foully dealt with, has at last turned up at
Hazelton, Luzerne County, Pa. Rev. A. ID.
Davis received a letter, with one dollar en-
closed, from him to pay his dues in the
Good Templar Lodge Wilmington Herold.
FIRE FROM STEAM THREsHEE.--About6 6
o'clock on Saturday morning, the stack
yard of w. II. II. Clark, near Delaware
City, was set on fire by spark from an
engine which was getting up steam pre-
paratory to threshing. In spite OF every
exertion of Mr.. c. and all the men, the fire
obtained considerable headway, the wind
blowing pretty fresh ut the time, and con-
sumed about 300 bushels Of wheat and 800
Of oats. The engine and thresher were re-
moved without injury.
DEATH ON THE RAIL.-Capt. Bergen w.
Godfrey while looking at an approaching
engine at the depot in Wilmington, yester-
day, was run over by a shifting engine and
cut completely into, killing him instantly.
| Capt. Godfrey moved to Wilmington about
six years ago and was engaged in the oyster
| business. lie was at one time quite well
! off, owning a tract of Is or 90 acres of oyster
ground and several oyster boats at Little
! Creek Landing where he kept a watering
place and was reported to be worth about
$4,000.
CHANGE OF TnE.-The change in the
junction & Brcakwater, and Worcester &
Breakwatcr and Frankford Railroads ap
pear in the corrected cards. The j. & b
r. r. trains south will leave Harrington al
1915 and 3.3l p. NJ, arriving at Rehobotl
at 800 and GIG p. NJ; moving north vii
leave RehOboth at G.20 and 1000 a. NJ, ar
riving at Harrington at 92l and ! .lG A. N
These trains make close connection Will
trains on the Delaware road, and with one
another at Georgetown. Two trains day
each way between Chincoteaguc Bay anl
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
WHEAT CEoPs.-The Milford Nc,cs give
list numbering twelve of the principa
growers of that section the average o
whose crops was lG bushels to the acre
The two varieties sown were the old Rec
Mediterranean and the Fultze, the latter 0
which has beat the former in everyinstanc
and in some cases as much as five to three
The ClawsOn has generally proved failure
The top crop that we have yet heard OF i
John w. Days of Brandywine Hundred
New Castle county, who has 40 bushels o
Clawson wheat from an acre. Chief Justic
Comegys comes next with 3SSth bushels @
Fultz wheat per acre.
REHoRoTH.-The hotels at this plac
| IroovN HlloI fha l. oocb Io,y ,Eo,
ing between thirty and forty. The j. e. 7
railroad with its branches runs an excul
sion train every Sunday, carrying severa
hundred passengers. The efforts to sto
bathing on Sunday and dancing at tn
; Bright House has thus far been unsucces,
; ful. The Rev. VIM. Taylor, the great mil
sionary evangelist officiated throughout tn
, day, on the last Sunday of the camI
, Bishop Scott and Rev. Jacob Todd al
summering there. Senator Bayard is sti
, at the Douglass house.
The steamer Victor, owned by Taylc
> Cause of Wilmington, is now plying 0
5 Rehoboth Bay. She is largely patronze
2 by excursionst and adds very much to tn
} means of enjoyment.
: RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IL WILNINt
:, ToN.--In IS42 the Methodists in this cit
all worshiped in Asbury Church. Sine
then it has been twice enlarged, while S
Pauls, a large pewed church, Grace, anothC
large and elegantly pewed church, Uniol
: another large and handsome church, SEQ
: and Brandywine, two fine brick churche
have been erected by the Methodists, an
: also Epworth, Madeley and Kingswoo
! chapels. These are fine frame building
, In addition to this is the " City Mission,
J which is quite large congregation
: worshiping in a house that was used as
: school house, making ten Methodist col
: gregations.
: In 1S42 the EpiscOpalians had tw
!. churches here-St. Andrews and Trinit
; Since then they have built St. Johns,
!, fine stone building in Brandywine villag
\ and small chapel in the western sectio
= of the city, from which a few weeks ago
!" large part Of the congregation withdre
: and united in forming what is termed
!, " Reformed Church." Certainly reform
= needed where a body of Christians progre
! SO slowly as the Episcopalians have don
Asbury and the Methodists have wrougl
q wonderful work with very small mean
They were poor men we know, such as IL
disciples were described to be. If tn,
r hold their integrity what will they becon
in the next century?
n The Presbyterians have prospered great
! and so have the Baptists; while the Cath
lies have almost kept pace with the Meth
dists. 1t is easy to see how surely, laborio
;. spiritual people do their work. Their pr
k gress is as rapid as it is sure. There h
been one Swedenborgian church and
Il Unitarian room erected in this city sin
!. 1912; but there has been no Quaker meetil
3 house or chapel built in that time, althou,
the Friends were very popular here and co
trolled nearly every monetary insttutio
C "The poor ye have always" Asbury W
= poor. But could Wilmington have had
e greater blessing? Where are her old m,
of 1912? You will look for them in val
s But their works live after them in beautif
" nembrance.-Gazettc
il For additional County and State Hems sec first pdg