Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
REV. T. II. HAYNES leaves to-day for Mil.
ford to participate in an important wedding
ceremony, in which he will take a con.
spicuous part.
The BENEVOLENT SOCIETY will meet at
Mrs. j. w. Denney's Thursday evening, at
o'clock. A full attendance is requested.
S. E. MEGEAR, Sec'y.
POSTMASTER BAGGs has made alterations
in the interior arrangement of the post
office that have greatly improved it, both
for his own and the convenience of the
public.
THE TEMPERANCE MEETING will be ad-
dressed next Sunday afternoon at the Town
Hall by Rev. T. II. Haynes. Subject, "Our
completely with the rum traffic under the
license system, and its remedy in Local
Option.
The Sun NEwsPAPER.-We publish else
where the the advertisement of the Balti-
more Daily and Weekly Sun, the news
paper of Maryland, which like the great
luminary for which it is named, lets its
light shine for all, though in a somewhat
| less sphere.
MEssRs. TYGERT e. Co. have erected and
completed filling to-day an ice house at
their Landing, for the use of the Perrepont
The ice is taken from our mill pond, and is
cut from the same spot that our town
houses gathered from Christmas week and
is eight inches thick.
BREAKING GLASS BALLs.-Quite number
of marksmen and others were in town last
| Wednesday to attend the shooting of glass
balls, gotten up by P. P. Collins, of the
Smyrna Hotel. The three best shots were
George A. Millington, out of 10; Thomas
Wlshart, out of 10; Berrian Grant, l3 out
of Is.
The "Big Oak" two miles from this
town, on the State road to Dover, which
has been a notable land mark from our
Colonial days to the present time, has at
tracted the attention of the poets, as per
the verses on our first page. The noble
old tree has seen its best days, but has
perhaps, many years yet to stand as me-
mento of the past.
SNow.-The lower Peninsula seems to be
having all the snow and sleighing thi:
winter. The snow that fell here on Sun
, day to the depth of between one and two
inches. increased gradually from this point
down until it was from four to six inche.
! deep. The upper part Of the Peninsula
usually has the most snow, but the ruiz
seems reversed this winter.
TRIBUNE ALMANAC.-The n. Y. Tribun
Almanac for 1879 has been received. 1t il
} a book of 100 pages and brim full Of inter
: esting matter for reference. In addition t
the usual tables, it has an abstract of tht
5 public laws, the party platforms, trade anC
{ commerce, agricultural and manufacturin,
] products, &C., and has a full report o
every election in every county in tn
United States. As a medium Of poitica
statistics it has no superior. Price, 25 cts
Tomorrow, joint session of the Stat
Executive committee, appointed by tn
Temperance Convention, held in this tow
e recently, and the Kent County Executiv
r Committee, will be held, when what the,
n want from the present Legislature will
e discussed, and the Liquor Bill will be pu
i in shape and brought up next week
e Petitions are in circulation in the lowe
n parts of the State asking the privileg
g from the Legislature, to give the people G
s voting on Local Option.
ELECTION oP BANK OFFICERS. Bank
. of this town held their annual election
yesterday. The Fruit Growers Nations
a |
,e G. II. Raymond, President, Jno. Fl. Ho
t fecker, A. L. Hudson, Thos. James, Jno. /
le Cooper, Col Richard C. johnson, Samut
h Hurlock, II. G. Douglass, Samuel Roberts
Il Joseph Smithers, w. w. Tschudy. N. |
,e Wilds, Cashier and S. 6. Wilds, Teller.
,e The National reelected the old boart
with exceptions, as follows: D. j. Cummin
d President, Jno. E. Collins, Peter S. Collin
e. Jno. NJ. Voshell, VIM. C. Satterfield, in,
1t w. E. Sudler, Andrew B. Roe, Jno. {
t. Bailey, James B. Conner, VIM. Hutchinson
n. James w. Anthony, j. Frank Denne,
n. w. M. Bell, Cashier, and o. B. Voshei
,e Teller. Messrs. Hutchinson and Denne
ct are the new Directors.
Or THE LEVY CoURTs.-The Governors me
p sage, in reference to the Levy Courts, apple
10 to New Castle CO., and not to ali II
at We are informed by Mr.. Chas. Ii. Registe
to President of the Levy Court for this count
in that the appropriations for each and eve
ce hundred goes into the hands of superN
ot sors only, and the account for the same c
lis settlement to the court by bill of iten
to of all work done and material use
e. covered by vouchers, and are required
ne make affidavit in the presence of the cou
so that their accounts are correct In Ne
is. Castle Co., to the action of which Il
in Governors message applied the funds of Il
lis county for the building and keeping !
ge county bridges, &C., are drawn, in some
ol. stances, by individual commissioners WI
to obtain the unrestricted control and use
do the entire aggregate appropriations for the
ey respective hundreds, without giving al
at form of security for their safe and prop
on disbursement.