Smyrna times., 1879-04-09


day the IL inst. at 2 o'clock, p. NJ.
THERE will be services in st. Peters
Church on Thursday the 10th inst. at II
o'clock, P. NJ, on Good Eve at 5 P. NJ. The
Easter Anniversary of the Sunday-School
will be celebrated on Easter Day at u, p.
NJ The public are respectfully invited to
attend all of these services.
w. B. GORDON, Rector.
A New MIssIoNARY.-G. w. B. Lewis. NJ.
D., for the past year or two Principal of the |
Seminary in FELTON,, joined the NJ. Il. |
Church here on Tuesday of last week and |
at the Quarterly Conference on Friday was |
licensed to preach. lie will proceed this |
week to the Wyoming Conference to be,
under the missionary rule, ordained both |
Deacon and Elder, and thus fitted speedily |
for the work Of Missionary, to which he |
proposes to devote himself at once. He
will proceed very shortly to Santa Fe,
New Mexico. Bishop Simpson has been
acquainted with his grandfather, father
and the young man himself, and the latter
having offered himself for this work, the
bishop desired and recommended that this
action be taken. His case would have
been in the hands of Presiding Elder
Hough had he lived in consequence of his
death it was referred to Presiding Elder
Hill, and this being the first quarterly con-
ference on Easton District the action was
taken here. DR.. Lewis is a son of the Rev.
w. G. w. Lewis, Rector of ST. AIMS P. f.
Church Middletown and was himself a lay
reader in that Church.
The PREsRYTERY OF New CASTLE, will
meet in the Presbyterian Church of this
town on Tuesday, April 18th, at u O'Clock,
P. NJ, and be opened with sermon 10y the
last Moderator, Rev. Il. j. Aiken of Port
Deposit, Nd. After service the Presbytery
will be constituted by prayer. The sessions
Wednesday morning and afternoon, will be
devoted to regular Presbyterial business.
In the evening there will be the usual
religious exercises and preaching. The
sessions OF Presbytery will be open to the
| public and they are cordially invited to at
tend The Presbytery of New Castle is one
of the oldesV Presbyteries of the PreSby
teran Church. 1t WAS at first a component
part of the original Presbytery of Phila-
| delphia, but was erected into an indie
pendent Presbytery in 1916. At present it
is composed Of the ministers and churches
of the Peninsula, with the exception of
those Of Accomack and Northampton
counties, Va, and is connected with the
Synod of Baltimore. 1t consists of 48
ministers and SO churches with a member
ship of nearly 6,000. Its contributions
the last ecclesiastical year were for Home
| Missions Sl942, for Foreign Missions $lS0l
for the education Of INDECENT young men
for the ministry 1902, for Colportage $27G,
for aiding feeble churches in the erection OF
houses of worship 1872, for ministerial re.
lief $500. for Freedman $l57, for sustenta
ton fund $2l2, for General Assembly fund
$377, for Congregational expenses $62, ,356
for miscellaneous objects of Christian benit
cence $4,020. Total, $72,2l5, averaging tC
each church 81 $50. Christian giving is re
garded in the Presbyterian Church as al
act of divine worship, as much as prayer
and praise. The sessions of the Preshytery
will probably be continued on Thursday, a.
more business has generally to be attended
to at the Spring than the Fall meetings 0
the Presbytery.
MURDER NEAR WILMINGToN--I CVi=cn q
) Smyrna Killed Jy Drmken RoughS.-Th
Wilmington papers of Monday were almos
filled with the details Of n brutal murde
> on Saturday on the causeway leading from
that city TO New Castle. Tie case ha
especial interest to this section, as PER-
Demhy, the victim Of the foul deed, was
citizen Of Smyrna, born, raised and ha
T continuously resided here, except the pas
two or three summers, have been spent i
J working in Randolph Peters nurserie!
When the seasons work was over he r,
# turned to his home here, and it has Onl
IS been about three weeks since he left heI
to resume work at the above named place
e The circumstances Of the case are briefly
/. follows
On Saturday evening Perry, who went I
r Wilmington with two young friends of hi
a Chas Washington and Sam'l Clark accou
N panied by his son Alonzo. After vistin
a several friends and calling at various stor'
and making purchases, he about elevC
o'clock started to return to his home. III
u three young men were then with him. ii
- course hOmeward was over the causewa
10 1t was known that Perry had some mon,
as upon his person rs he had been given
} short time previous, about twenty-five do
20 lars. The four not suspecting for
" instant that they would be waylaid, pI
y ceeded along as they had come, chattil
~ and laughing wholly ignorant OF Il
~ trouble that was impending. Upon arrivi
III directly in front of Walther's saloon, ov
- Market ST. Bridge, four young men a
ne vanced rapidly from dark covert attack
hG Perry who was n few steps in advanC
Perry's three companions coming to I
N. old mans rescue hand to hand rencOunt
We took place.
W. Who the assailants were was not tn
ng known they were drunk and were e
ce IDENTIFY mere intent on mischief than
hn any mercenary desire. The struggle wa
n; sharp one, and the colored men beginni
rr; to receive the worst of it, the old man w
IN, was down in the road, with the genera
regard for the safety of his young comps
ed ions, plead with them TO "run and sa
ng themselves; that they tho assalan
ip- wouldn't hurt such an old man rs he wa
er, The advice Of Perry was taken and
gid young men made good their escape. II
the old man had been deceived in
opinion of his assailants he was soon
=, know. After pursuing the retreating c
GU ored men they all returned an d renew
inH the assault upon Perry. 1t was m
III vicious one. After maltreating the ne
VII WI in terrible manner they left hira groan
':n and motionless in the middle Of the road
III front Of McManus' saloon.
'hS Here one of the proprietors of t
u establishment coming to the door, saw
.uy injured man, and going to his asssta
eni placed him on his feet and started /
s'.n down the causeway. He had no; gone
i 'u, when, from the information gleaaed, it
Ss St pears he was again attacked by the sa
nc crowd, and the bloody work we'll n
ioeS completed. lie was either knocked in
ditch on the road side, or stumbled in,
in the earth around and the mud in
ged ditch, plainly gave evidence of a strul
in of some nature. 1t was here that his
> at sailants must have left him. left him '