Smyrna times., 1879-03-12

hands will want 1925,
Ole Bull appeared at the Wilmington
Opera House last evening and Wilhelmj
will appear this evening.
S: NJ. Thomas, of Dover, was severely
bruised by being thrown out of his wagon
by runaway horse, last Thursday.
A Milford bullock broke away fron his |
butchers last Monday and ran ten miles be-
fore they secured and slaughtered him.
Farmers in New Castle CO., who have had
public sales of personal property, have
been agreeably surprised at prices obtained.
At Wilmington, Edward Leary compile
G d, at ten o'clock on Saturday night, a walk
of fifty hours without rest, on a wager for
$50.
Noble Poor, Of Chester, has challenged
any member Of the Milford (Del.) Bogardu5
Club to rifle match in April and the chal-
lenge has been accepted.
The pastor OF the NJ. Z. Church in Dover
has been instructed by the official board t.
ask that the next session of the Whining
ton Conference be held in that town.
Charles NJ. Cullen, Of Georgetown, Elw.
Bailey, Of Canterbury, and DR.. Benjamin
Whiteley, of Frederick, have been made
kurnuls" by his EXcellency Gov. Hall
The new bill passed by the Legislature
in relation to road commissioners in Apo
quinimink Hid. allows the payment Of $50
per annum to each of the commissioners.
Thomas Hill drank so much Se.ford
whisky, which kills at one thousand yards,
that he was found dead near that town in
Sussex Wednesday morning. lie fell from
a wagon and broke his neck.
| 1t seems that Delawarc's oyster beds in
! the bay are being staked out without re-
gard to law. 1t is understood that the pay
ment of $25 license gives the bay-iarmcr
authority to lay off not - acres, but $50
acres.
Mrs. Roach, the noted Washington reyi-
valist, is now holding a series of meetings
at st. Pauls NJ. f. Church, Wilmington.
| These meetings were commenced on Sun.
day last and are attended by crowded con
gregatiOns.
Last Wednesday night a lot of irreycrcnt
young fellows burlesqurd the singing Of u
prayer meeting in a private house in Mil.
ford. They thought it funny, but half a
dozen Of them were required to pay S.! -
apiece for their sport.
bill has been passed at Dover authoriz
ing two additional Courts Of General Ses
tions for New Castle county. The new
Courts will sit in February and September
for the benefit of Wilmington pluguglies
1t does not apply to criminal cases.
A new steamer is to he built to run tie
f tween Lewes and New York the coming
season. She is expected to make the time
in from ten to eleven hours. The Old Da
f minon Co.'S pier at Lewes is to be length
5 ened one hundred and fifty feet
Rev. j. b. Mann, of Union church, vii
: mingt0n, does not like the present way 0
conducting Sunday Schools. He thinks th,
instruction lacks one element-tcachin;
the catechism--which should have a who'll
: day devoted to it at least once a month.
> benjamin Hudson Of Milford Neck wa
q half scalped by the falling of the frame of
). house he was helping to raise last Tuesday
One Of the timbcrs struck him on the hca
). peeing the scalp from the crown to til
forehead. 1t was replaced and is 10,
growing fast again.
Last week, while digging down a san
bank on the farm occupied by James J(
= seph, in Prime Hook Neck, near Mlforo
= workmen came upon a nest Of black snake
:, which were all rolled up together and in
:, torpid state. The "varnints" were quicl
= ly dispatched, and it was found on counrin
: up the snakes that there were la d then
,e Henry r. Bennett, Esq, OF Dover, hG
Ie the finest collection of Delawarc's India
lie Antiquities Of any one in thIs State. lie
Of also collecting accounts OF the early India
4. tribes that lived within the Delaware boul
ID diaries. He has been written to in rclatio
rt to his collection by the managers Of I'll
Smithsonian Institute, and other learne
IA public bodies.
y. - Gov. Halls son, Samuel the Frederic
- fruit packer, has q disagreement with h
=, can-making employees about wages II
~ wants the men to make the cans Cor .
- cents a hundred and to leave 81 a wee
=. with him as 4 guarantee of good work.
~ Some time ago so cents hundred was pal
- for can. making in Frederick. Mr.. Hall e.
poets to put up 100000 cans OF fruit an
- tomatoes this year.
to FROM New CASTLE TO New ORLEANS
h. Rev. George Il. Bristor, of the NJ. +. ChurC
at New Castle. has received telegranffro
n. Bishop Andrews informing him that
hit may consider himself transferred TO Anne
he Church, New Orleans. 1t seems strln!
ed that out of over eighty conferences, Il
n Wilmington Conference should be draw
ee on SO often. Just ten years ago DR.. Ma
ty lack, of our Conference, was transferred
ch the same church.
NJ SnERIFF's SALEs.-On Friday Sheriff Py
= sold the following properties:
y, Real estate of Wilson +. Nandcgriit, sit
/, iu ated in st. Georges Hundred, containir
De 422 acres David Mcfarland Of Pennsylv
mia, purchaser; price, $4,000. Also a ira
Ih' of marsh land to the same at $50.
! a Real estate of Hannah Townsend al
lo Mary A. Bouchelle, situated in St. Georg
rs Hundred and containing l9l acres in all
hg Purchased by j. Miller, mortgage at 81 GO
OF Real estate of Jacob c. Harris and Other
situated in Appoquiniminll Hundred, co
tanning Al acres. Purchased by II. n. w
Its, at $425.
THE DOVER ENTERTAINMENTs.-Ou Dov
friends were RECALLED by two delightful pt
formances last week, enjoyed likewise
-- several Smyrnians and would have been
others but for the had condition of {
roads. The entertainment consisted Of m
Dor sic instrumental and vocal, and readin,
all under the auspices of the Dover Silv
Ike Cornet Band. which did its part well. r
singing was highly enjoyed especially til
of Will Smthers of that town and Chas.
on Tridler of Milford. But these were or
supports for the central figure Of the ent
rec tainment, Miss Elizabeth S. Chadbourne,
ay. Boston, who was received as fair represe
tative of New England culture and acco
zen plishments. Her appearance on the sta