Smyrna times., 1879-09-17

THE preparations for the Middletown Fair
indicate very large and successful exhibition.
ATTENTION is called to the important real
estate sales of lands of John M Collins and |
Samuel Hargadine. Also,f advertisements of
State Fair, John p. Stats, ID. w. Robbins, l. |
G. Lofand, Ferd Carson and Eichmann & |
Meier.
REAL ESTATE SALE-Jonas Keiser sold on |
Saturday last for j. j. Lockwood of Warwick
Nd, farm of 142 acres, located on Middle |
Alley road, part of the Tlghman tract, for
$2,555 to John Remley of New Lebanon,
Mercer County, Pa.
THE Delegates from Smyrna Circuit to the
Kent County Bible Society were: Albert T.
Hoffecker, DIR. j. NJ Smith, Bethel; Charles
III. Register Jacob Maclary, Serverson's;
Matthew Hazell, l.. M. Bell, Kenton; Benz.
Masten and Andrew Moore, Central.
THE Presbytery of New Castle will hold an
adjourned meeting in Odessa on Wednesday
next, September oath, for the purpose. of
ordaining and installing Rev. w: V. Louder
bough as pastor of Drawyer's Presbyterian
Church. The public exercises will commence
at u P. NJ
WE referred two weeks ago to the sons of
Mr.. William Sharp of this town who have been
living at Memphis and the recovery of Joseph
from the yellow fever; Mr. Sharp has received
a telegram saying that Richard and Joseph
have both died from the disease. Much sym
pathy is felt for the friends here.
THE Third Quarterly Meeting for Smyrna
Station and Circuit will be held on Sunday
next. The meeting for the Circuit will be held
at Central Church, and Rev. A. r. Bender,
will preach on Sunday morning. Presiding
Elder Hill will preach in this town in the
| evening.
| THE new Superintendent of the Delaware
| & Chesapeake Railway, o. S. Sanford, seems
| to be taking hold of the road with some vigor.
1t is intended to put the road in order from
Easton to Oxford so the train can run regularly
to that point. 1t is then expected to run o
passenger and freight train each, instead o.
one mixed train as at present.
THE most unsuccessful shipments of peaches
to any point was perhaps to Buffalo THAI
| sent there, especially at a certain time in the
wet season brought the shippers in debt and IL
this case the commission men wrote on for re
mittances to meet deficiencies of freight, &c
One of our farmers who thus received de
mand for his check wrote back in very laconi'
words to go to a very hot place, which it is no
| necessary for us to name
Il Mr.. JOHN G. BAILEY has gathered corr
| IFOul Ills uelQ OI O0eSIeT OOu0IV MdInuOGD
25 ears of which fill a bushel basket TIL
ordinary run of corn of say 40 bushels to tn
acre is 75 ears to bushel basket. Mr.. B. say
his field will average throughout 35 or 40 ear
to the bushel, and that he has some acres tina
will yield so bushels to the acre. We saw II
corn at the Pennsylvania Fair now being he'll
in the Centennial building, SO large as this {
Mr.. Bailey.
: SINCE there has been so much stir an
1" fuss " in the newspapers over the appoint
! ment of the next Attorney General, we hav
made some inquiry as to the feeling in tn
= community and find it unanimous for Georg
n Gray of New Castle. John II. Bewley has
i petition on which 225 names have been write
without leaving his store Col. Douglass has
. CLAYTON as has also ex-Congressman William
o | at Kenton. An effort was made to circulate
!. petition for Mr.. Paynter of Georgetown but
:. was soon given up.