Smyrna times., 1879-04-09

a very stout man, and the distance from !
the bridge near which he was set upon and :
the place he was found being about half '
mile, showed that he must have gone '
through desperate struggle.
But few colored men in this community
sustained a better character for industry
and good department than he did. The
murdered man leaves four sons and one s
daughter, all Of them grown except the
youngest, Alfred.
An interesting fact in connection with
his career is that he was the first man to
discover the body of James Temple, also
Smyrnian, who was killed by Rhodes on the
night of April 22d, 1877, not far from the
spot where Dembys body was found. That
was also on Saturday night, and DENNY
had been IN town as he was last Saturday
night, and was on his way home. 1t was
about 10 o'clock. AS he was plodding
homeward he saw the body of Temple,
lying in the middle of the road, and, think
ing him merely drunk, he dragged the
body aside out Of the way Of passing
vehicles and passed on.
After the adoption of the verdict that
Demby came to his death by the hands of
the four above named men, the following
resolution was offered by Mr.. Geo. Mccall
and adopted
Resolred That the Mayor be requested to close the
two unlicensed houses over Market street bridge
known as McManuS' and WaltherS' saloons as it is |
the belief OF TINS Jury that had they been closed this
murder would not have occurred.
George Kopp, James Monaghan, Griffith |
Smith and Walter Finn, the four Young |
men upon whom the Coroner's jury has |
laid the death of Perry Demhy, were
marched down to the Wilmington depot |
from the City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. |
Coroner Butz accompanied the prisoners |
| who put u bold face on the matter each |
one putting at cigar as they walked hand. !
cufied in pairs down Market street followed
by large crowd. They received the news
OF their implication 10y the corOner's Jury
without manifestng any visible emotion.
There is some reason to suppose that KOpp
Will make a confession or statement re.
| garding his connections with the matter.
The remains Of Perry were brought down
from Wilmington on the noon train to-day
and will lie in state 1T the Centennial
Church until 4 o'clock. After the funeral
services he will be inferred in the old NJ. f.
Cemetery
MERE MENTION.-The surroundings of
" Belmont Hall, just beyond lake Como"
already beautiful, are to become still more
park" like. Last week 1870 evcrygreens-
hemlock, Norway fir, white pine, arhor
vita, &c. were planted on the North side
|
BY the time the latter have run out, the
former, with the decduOus trees scattered
among them, will have grown to respecta.
ble size, and with the several other acres
already attractive from the fine trees rustic
houses and beautiful drives, the place must
become more and more Suburban" at
traction. One Of the latest novelties Mrs.
Speakman has added for her flower depart
ment is a Gipsy Cauldron.-Col Douglass
field of wheat on the northern limit of the
town takes the shine off Of any other in
our vicinity for beauty of stand as we'll as
size. Its regularity was the skill of the
husbandmPn who put it in-the size may
; be accredited largely to the 800 lbs. OF
"Star Bone" to the acre put on it. Col.
Cummins on his WoOdlawn" farm has
two fields finely set, the back field said to
:. he good as that of Col. Douglass. -
. This is passion or "holy week." especially
: observed in some churches as a season OF
: devotion. Friday next is Good Friday
and next Sunday Easter day.-The
: trouble with many communities is that then
" dead men refuse to be buried. Look around
; you and reflect if this isn't so.-Marcl
" commenced furious blow the day it went
;, out and trenched a whole week on Apri
:, to finish up the job. Ice and snow, though
" the latter be only in the air, gets to b,
!, monotonous if kept up too long.-Quee
:, that the " Pinafore' craze has not atie6 tee
. Smyrna. 1t will be stranger if it "neVer
: or hardly ever" does.-~The season 70
= plying the whitewash brush app oacheth
" and poetaster gives the following advice
- Whitewash sisters whitewash with care
~ As you reach meath the cc liar stair;
5, Don't flourish the brush in mid air.
n. Or Oryoull surely spot your jet black hair.
70 Speaking of poetry reminds us that on
ps Of our citizens after courting the MUSES. sa
IN himself down to write some poetry O.
le spring, gentle spring! but he gave us ye
is terday the result Of his effort with the co
v. maiden in the following lines:
ay "'Tisnt every man can be poet
a No more than sheep can be goat
d. A lump of sugar saturated with vinpga
an is. remedy for a cough. Some person
q. saturate the sugar with different kind
n, liquor, and take il inwarIly for all the al
he ments their flesh is heir t0.-Some
nr our citizens in taking a ride for thcmselv'
or or to show visitors the attractions Of OF
ID. surroundings, complain that they are d
ed prived of the beauties of " Woodlawn "
,e, the mud hole just this side. They tur
he and 20 another direction sooner than
or bespattered by its turbid water-Re
estate will never be at a lower price, an
en- those who are able to do so should br
H. - nC pchCIl bICudihb dlV briHS ~
on in excellent trim. In fact the trimming
5 n done and the plowman IS preparing Il
no ground for the roOtlets to do their be
ho work. The prospect for good crop b
ms its influence on every man, down to Il
an. humblest farm hand.-Brother Oliver
I'VE the YOnkers Statesman ground out the IL
Isl lowing bucolc verse which is as strikiI
a i for its paralellism as its poetry:
he The farmer plows the land,
- The sailor plOws the sea;
OW The sailor uses a thick haws-'cr
his The farmer a fat hOrse-e
to The walking mania in the cities do
;ol- prove one thing, though something wh
red needed no new proof. 1t shows again hC
ost the spirit of gambling lives. The farm
gro gets much poorer pay for greater bett
ing work. number of our windows
| in some weeks have looked very attracti
from the beautiful flowers in them. I
his varieties and riches of color of many
the them would do credit to a profession
nee florist, and when to the prOfusion OF su
lin an array of bright petals are added ri
far golden fruit, the combination is still mo
ap. pleasing.-It seems like jump from t
me sublime to the ridiculous to go from howC
Ugh 20 scrubbing brushes, but philosopher
the discovered that some women couldn't
for happy unless they had something to scrI
the 1t was Oliver Wendell Holmes W
,gle said that boys ought to be kept in bar
as and fed through the bunghole until tn
With are twenty.one years old. The most of
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