Smyrna times., 1879-01-08
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
REMEMBER the poor.

REMEMBER the poor.
MANY of the weather prophets predict a
severe winter.
EVERY house should be a house of correc.
tion-now that the holidays are over.
LARGE quantities of corn await small
rise in the price, to be put into the market.
GAMALIEL GARRISON, from near Bethel NJ.
E. Church, took charge of the public school
at kPntOn last week.
THEREwas mourning last week among the
owners of house plants-the sharp frost
got in and cut many of the latter down.
THE ice got by our citizens was as good as
thatusually gathered, butit they had waited
until this time might have had it S or 10
inches thick.
A RESIDENT Of Smyrna, Turkey, wife of
Hon. Enoch j. Smithers, U. S. Consul at
that place, was in this town yesterday the
guest of VIM. P. Smithers, Esq
The Rev. Mr.. UMsTED is holding daily
meetings at the Presbyterian Church in
consOnance with universal ChristendOm, in
observing this as week Of prayer.
FROZEN TO DEArH.-It is stated that q
colored woman living in tenant house of
John Heitshu, near Moorton, froze to death
during the cold weather last week.
AN entertainment will be given in Sever
sons NJ. f. Church. Wednesday and Thurs.
day evenings, January 18th and 10Th, 1879,
consisting of dialogues, rectations, tableaux,
vocal and instrumental music, &c.
The schools got through with their holi.
| Il " 20 tion loct tvaaLy bhvo Oopa a dow m
to solid work again. The boarding school
boys and girls mostly returned on Monday.
OF all the participants in the festivities, to
them it is the most enjoyable
R.H CIVILIAN, ,OfGloversville, n. Y. :, moved
to his farm on the State road in Blackbird
| IId., purchased Of the Griffith Agency last
week. Mr.. G. is a practical glove maker
and while devoting his time to his farming
interest in good weather, has his eye on his
old business which will engage his odd
times.
THE two inches of snow and sleet that
fell on New Years 1.-THE roads being smooth
and hardy made fair sleighing and for the
first day the streets were merry with the
Jingle of the bells. The fierce northern
blast put an estoppel on the town sport, bu
occasional sleighs from the country for thu
rest of the week got what pleasure the thir
coating afforded.
THE LECTURE Of Rev. w. G. w. Lewes, O
Middletown, at St. Peters Chapel on Mon
, day evening was highly interesting to tn
small audience in attendance. The subjec
; was "The Reign of Fire." one of a cours
, of five lectures on the "Order and Proces
ses of Creation" Toprepare these lecture
! must require a very accurate knowledge c
the sciences, and while entertaining in thei
! literary structure, contain information tina
every one ought to know, and but few hav
the time for the necessary reading and rt
r search. 1t is surprising to see the il
v difference manifested where intellectua
:, entertainments are concerned. We ha
!, supposed the congregation statedly NEE
:, ing here would form a good basis for a
4 audience to he ar such q course of lecture
- but it was otherwise. The subject ne9
IS Monday evening will bo "Water."
PUr IN LIMBo.-On Friday night last til
Q meat house of VIM. E. Wilson was broke
= : into and l6 large pieces of meat, wort
II about $25, stolen. The next day Constabl
!. Weldon arrested John Gray and Joh
Q johnson on good circumstantial evidenc
9 and on Monday Esquire Budd committe
II them to Jail. 1t appeared in evidence tn
- Gray was seen carrying part OF the me-
70 in bag which he confessed, but said
"a colored man named John Goldsboro ha
Ie given it to him and he had sold it to MI
u McAfee for groceries, amounting to abol
90 cts, and three pints of whisky. I'll
p parties named all denied completely wi
the case. johnson was arrested for tryil
to sell some of the same lot of meat to
ie groceryman. These two men are know
as thieves and the community feels glad
~ ~ their ridance. They tried to pick out
- the lookup the night before they were ca
= ried to Dover.
~ A young negro man named Scale" Jac
~ son alas Price tried to interfere with t
- course of justice in the above case, and "
arrested for theft Of turkeys from /
premises of Col. Geo. w. Cummins t.
ndf years ago, at which time he escaped t
! officers and has been away until recent