Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-15
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Mrs. EMMA ELLIOTT of Williamsport, Pa,
is guest of Mrs. Speakman at Belmont"
THE frontage of the Delaware House is
being replaced with an entire new pave
ment.
REV. P. II. RAwLINs will assist at the
dedication of a new church near Snowfall,
on Sunday next.
THE a. NJ. E. Church will have another
"grand rally" on Sunday next for the
benefit of said church.
RED raspberries-second crop-were in
market on Saturday and sold by j. B.
Cooper at Is cts. per quart.
JOHN II. BEwLEY has put in one of the
largest crops of wheat in the "Neck"-100
acres. He this year raised $50 bushels off
of 40 acre field.
JAMES D. WILDs, who has had charge of
the depot here for the past two years, has
been changed to Clayton and is succeeded
by Alex. T. Spruance.
Miss NJ. NJ. Cole publishes card among
our new advertisements. Her terms $50
for twenty lessons1 seem very reasonable,
and she is careful and efficient teacher.
THos. B. MEGEAR has taken down part of
the petition separating his new and old
store, thus throwing them into one, and
making it one of the largest store rooms in
town.
The dry weather has matured the corn
very fast, and corn husking with many
farmers has commenced in earnest. New
corn has been going to the mills for the
past two weeks.
E. & E. II. BECK & Co. finding their shed
room built last winter not sufficient, have
put up an additional one so feet long fol
the protection of horses and carriages
They have also put petition in their store
separating the groceries from the dry goods
OF course the pickpockets went to the
show too yesterday. Mrs. James Todd O
Dover was relieved of gold watch anC
Mrs. Duhurst of this town, of a poke
book containing S. to ST. There wer,
doubtless many other similar experiences
THE concert, tableaux and select readin,
at the Centennial Church on Thursday ant
Friday evenings last met the expectations o
the visitors and on the last evening tn
house was packed. The intense heat @
the first evening deferred number VIII
would otherwise have attended.
LECTURE.-The subject Of the lecture c
the Rev. f. Stubs tomorrow evening a
the Town Hall will be "The Royal Road t
Success" This is one of his most popula
lectures and in manner and matter will b
we'll worth hearing. Tickets % cts; r,
served seats 80 cts, to be had at the Dru
stores.
: THE entertainment given in Cooper
Hall on Wednesday evening last by Mi
N. Anna Ofley's Elocution class, was we
attended and highly enjoyed. There wei
several pieces of music we'll rendered an
, some very entertaining elocution. Tn
entertainment which was entirely socia
. we believe is to be repeated at frequent i
, tervals.
TINS has been one of the, severest yea
! on millers for long time. The rains
. the Spring were not so heavy as usual ar
nearly all the rain of the Summer fell
the first week of August much more
that time than they could use) and Il
t subsequent drough has reduced their supp
f to the lowest possible point for use.
TIE exercises at the Bryant Litera
t Society On Friday evening last 1.-THE month
:. public meetine) were of fine intellectu
f order and appreciated by full room. r.
monthly paper was full to running ovt
} and reflected credit on the editors, Gilbe
o B. Taylor and Miss Allie T. Smith. T
=. editors appointed for the next month a
Andrew P. Smithers and Miss Elva Caro-
r BETWEEN Barnums show and the Gy
e. sizes our young people land some not
(. young) who live on the excitement of {
hour have had their idle moments well
Hated. And this came in mighty well
the close of the season of trashy songs a
vapid speeches of the Liver Pad men. I
"a they blazed away with torches and turn
G. out in gay trappings, and succeeded
ID capturing, it is said, several hundred d
vs lars from our poor people.
ne AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH.-Sunc
I'd last was the occasion of the quarterly &C
= munion service at the Presbyterian Chur
This service really commences on
Friday evening before by the special T
sh paratory exercises, and the adminstrat
re of the Lords Supper is perhaps season
go deeper personal concern and solemnity
this church than in any other. The pas
o. Rev. j. T. Umstead, preached an earn
ce and appropriate discourse from "Fat
forgive them they know not what Il
do" Three additions were made to
os- church--one on confession of faith,
ia two by certificates from Drawers Chul
e; BARNUMs Show drew TO Dover yester
of the largest crowd, it is said, that ever
hi. sembled there. The seating capacity
- the grand tent is said to be 10000, ant
-" the afternoon these were all filed and
OF open space between them and the
The also. Altogether it seems 10 have gi
3 is general satisfaction to the visitors.
nd excursion trains were filled and from
directions for twenty miles or more I
ne came IN carriages and wagons. The
ties tendance at night was not over half this
of the afternoon, but Barnum must
L. taken in at so cts. head $1,000 or So,
Noi Several hundred from this section !
in attendance.
18th ACCIDENT AND DEATH.-Andrew Maho
a. residing in Blackbird HID, two or Z
'no miles from Green Spring, came to this I
rltt on Monday to get a drill and some 7
The phats. 1t is said he imbibed too Fl
all while here and at Clayton, and left
30 latter place about FIVE o'clock wit
ton of phosphate and the drill attac
'ere When within g halfmile of his hom
d in fell off, the wheels passing over his
Iren breaking several ribs and deing him
AZ, internal inju7y that he died the next n
ing. After passing over him, the
the moved on and he was found lying In
stain road by a Mr.. Ford and conveyed
Pied lonely home, his wife having died bu
st be weeks before. Mahoney was an indus
! a. man and accumulated enough as sc
hand on the railroad to purchase his
about year ago.