Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-12-10
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


POSTMASTER BAGGs and wife are off on a
W days visit to Washington.
DIR. f. NJ CLOAK has had at his mill,
ear Kenton, a neat tenant house erected
II the miller.
The excess of tenants over the number
farms to rent is noted fact, and one to
e regretted.
THE Sunday School of the NJ. E. Church
making preparation for fine enter
ainment on Christmas night.
THE grain dealers are full of business
aceiving and shipping corn and wheat,
rhich the farmers are also busy delivering. |
Our teachers with those from the rest of |
he county, are off to Milford the three last |
lays of this week to attend the Kent |
jounty Institute.
PERRY PORTS is having erected down
Commerce st., just below Jerman's Chapel,
new residence Is by Is feet front with
pack building lG feet square.
Our real estate broker, A. ?. Griffith, has
Iold Jos. c. Hutchenson's farm in New
Castle CO., containing 125 acres, to S. P.
1ano, of Pennsylvania, for 81, 900.
THE Steamer John z. 7ygert and Pierre
oont are both actively engaged in freighting
grain, especially corn. The Messrs. Tygert
are paying $3.50 per bushel for wheat.
THE partcidges and rabbits ought to
thank the Legislature for remembering
them last Winter. Those professionals who
came only to kill were dreadful fellows.
MEssRs. BoGGs & JEFFERSON, of Morton,
up to FRIDAY last had bought 10000 bushels
of corn, and had every place full, and had
experienced difficulty in getting cars to
ship it.
SALE OF HoUsE.-William Worden has
sold his dwelling on South St., in this
town, to Samuel Cats for $500. Mr.
Worden re moves his family at once to
Easton, Nd, where he has been doing
business the past year.
Our farmers find their corn on sending it
to market unusually good. The market
weight for corn is Sc Tbs. per bushSl, the
the most of seasons this being considered
good weight, but this year it mostly goes
beyond, some reaching as high figures as
IS and SO.
The Fourth Quarterly meeting for Smyrna
Circuit and Station, will be held on Satur-
day and Sunday next. Presiding Elder
Hill will preach at Bethel Sunday morning
and at the church in this town at night
This is Mr.. Hills last round, closing up hi.
ouadrennial term as elder.
REVIVAL AT SEvERsoN's CHAPEL.-Th,
protracted meeting which has been II
progress for Two weeks at Severson' 8 Church
developed unusual force on Sunday night
| fifteen penitents presenting themselves a
the altar and sixteen the night following
Several conversions were reported eacl
evening.
REAL ESTATE SALE.-Jonas KeiSer, G
this town, sold last week for f. F. Baldwin
of Baltimore, Nd, tract of woodland, 10
acres, located in New Castle County nea
the line of Maryland, to George Read, {
Dauphin county, Pa, for $500 cash. Nj
Read expects to commence the erection {
a new house at once.
FARM SALE.-Miss L. A. Eysing hi
bought the farm of Mrs. John W. Oliver {
Yonkers, n. Y, 40 acres, II miles frol
Smyrna, on the road to Dover for So, %
The place will be occupied by James
Turner, son.in-law of Samuel B. briggs, Q
a nearly adjoining farm, Mr.. Turner takir
both the places under his management.
TIE recent additions to our office in IL
way of new type and cuts, &c, gives
superior facilities for printing circular
hand-bills posters, also letter-heads, we
ding cards and all other fine Job wor
The TINES Office enjoys good reputatiC
for neat work, and our improved faciliti
r will enable lis to give even better satisfa
} ton.
For some time there has been complai
from the scarcity of water, and we hear
number of wells going dry. The CO
I plant comes mainly from the Secti
= where the streams head up and the sprir
: are low. Wheat has been growing fnt
!. under the gentle rains OF the past t
;, weeks, but the wells and millpOnds mi
: have more copious falls to be benefited.
d EXCHANGE OF FARMs.-John Truax
Z exchanged his farm, I'll acres, with his 81
D. in-law, Isaac Truax, $50 acres, on the val
S, ton of $l4,000, for the first and $4,000
n the latter. The son will take the ia
vacated By the father, the latter going
- Oxford, Nd. He has purchased a LOT
lumber, and with the Messrs. VanWink
- of this town, is engaged in erecting his L
&c oyster packing house at that place.
Al BUSINESS NorICEs.-Wm. Worden adj,
n. tises public sale of household goods on
IN Goth inst.
to VIM. B. Start has opened a new C
n. fectionery, cigar and tobacco store in
rs room recently occupied by Miss 81.
to Sipple.
an A new candidate for the patronage of
lie people who visit Philadelphia is Bro
al ings, adjoining the Girard Hotel, corne
he 9th & Chestnut SITS. They have a '
TO- large stock of best styles and ssvera
TO our citizens who have been there have m
lid very satisfactory purchases.
en- CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-Dul
>" the shower Of rain on Saturday evening
be NJ. Z. Church at Dover was struck by Ii
IL ming. The shaft pierced the roof
ey struck 'king post" splitting it in
10 and throwing out the large iron bolt
on connected it with the girder, letting
ed, latter down about four inches. This Sc
we to have been the only damage done ex
OF the cracking of the ceiling from sid
side by the sinking of the girder
latter will have to be secured to its ?
ng- again. In this town there was a
zen shower, but no indication at all of thu
'te' or lightning.
wn
Of The KENYON FIRE.-The sequel tc
ous Kenton FIRE had not reached as whe
ved went to press last week. On Tuesday
eitt dwelling OF Mr.. Wright was fred a
r a making the third time within less th
ON. week, which in connection with the
mes truction of his utbuildings had a tend
are to stir up the community to ferrit on
,em cause. The statement that came to
<et. being the result of Innocent spor
lost children, was far from the fact, the
'aw. cause being the incendiary attempts
kill colored girl living in the family n'
;. az Phoebe Brown. The girl is somewhat '
nth minded and on being charged confe
tate but said she had been persuaded to do
her Mag. Boyer, another colored girl
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