Smyrna times., 1880-04-07
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

Carolina.
TIE modest and delicate trailing arbutus
has been the object OF numerous rambles
to the woods the past week.
TuERE is probability that we shall have a
PiRafore" performance by the Miniature
Pinafere Company in TIVE or three weeks.
j. 3. EVANS & Co. received to-day two or
three car loads Of agricultural machinery
sslf-binding reapers, engines, thrsshers, &c.
THE annual meeting of the Duck Creek
Improvement Company will be held at the
hotel Of P. P. Collins on Saturday next the
10th at y! o'clock.
REV. T. D. VALIANT, president of Mary
land Conference Methodist Protestant
Church, will preach at Clayton on Sunday
morning next at ii o'clock.
PROF. GROVES was appointed by the Quar-
terly Conference the lay delegate from tais
station to attend the Preachers Peninsular
Convention to be held at Dover in June.
The warm weather of the three past days
brought the shad up the bay more plenti-
fully, but the change this morning will be
apt to make them seek deeper water again.
KENToN had a good turn out at the first
Circuit Quarterly Meeting on Sunday. The
Elder preached in the morning and the new
paster, Rev. J. A. Brindle in the evening.
THE EveIy Evening has succumed to the
advance in paper and raised its price from
one to two cents, and has also got A. i.
Richardson, Esq, formerly Of Salisbury,
fer business manager.
THE school elections resulted on Saturday
in the election Of DR.. +. Morris Cloak Com.
missioner for the upper district and George
w. Taylor in the lower-reelected. There
will be no change, we believe, in the corps
Of teachers.
THE salary of Rev. T. II. Haynes, which
was lowered year ago, when the church
was embarrassed by debt, now that this has
been relieved was, at the Quarterly Confer
eRcs on Friday, restored to the former
figures, $1,000.
The fine weather is pushing all kinds of
work rapidly ahead. One Of the peculiari-
ties of mechanical trades is that Just when
you want a workman there are several
others demanding the services of the same
Individual and can't wait.
WE have been visited on two Sabbath
evenings by thunder storms and if the
as applied to the weather holds good we
are entitled to another next Sunday. Rather
early in the season for such electric visits.
"GLRNwOoD" CEMETERY now presents an
attractive appearance since the erection
and painting of the now fence around it,
The trustees have also removed the surplus
dirt scattered about, cleaned it UP generally
and intend, we believe, to plow or otherwise
clean cut the various walks.
Col. WHITLEY, supervisor of the census
for Delaware, has made his appointments
! for the State. For this section they are.
Joshua T. Jerman and Walter o. Hoffeeker,
Duck Hd.; VIM. D. Wids, Ksnton HID. !;
Henry L. Wilson, Little Creek Hd.; Rich.
ard Furguson, Blackbird HID, and John S.
Jester and John w. Downs, Dover Hd
The American" House opposite Inda-
dendsncs Hall, Philadelphia, under the
management of Mr.. Plumer, the new pro.
| prieter, is likely to soon rsgain its popu.
larity with our Peninsula people, and per-
haps go beyond. TO so to the "Ameriean"
| is like visit to an old friend. There is an
air of comfort on every hand and the table
is all that can be asked.
! THE preachers connected with the Phla.
! delphia Annual Conference Of the Al. F..
| Church, will meet in the Centennial NJ. f..
Church Of this town, on Tuesday next, at
one o'clock p. NJ, and held for three davs.
The programme will consist Of essays, dis.
cussiOns, &c, there will be preaching each
evening followed by short business SOS.
sion which will be free to all.
| The new glass front in the johnson
building, the head quarters for A. Lee Cum.
Minis Diamond CrOwn and Nitro Phosphate,
is perhaps the finest office ia this town and
a credit to all the persons concerned. 1t
contains two rooms or public and a pr
Vats Office and will. no doubt, serve to a
certain extent as an Exchange building
with our farmers and business men.
TEE changes being made in the Short
man property on Maine st., recently pur.
chased by Jas. D. Wilds are radical. and
when finished with its lowered floors, large
windows and new paint will constitute an
important improvement. 1t is to be occu-
pied by Gus" Wick, as barber shop. 4
similar change has been made in the store
OF Chas. E. Beck, which has a pew glass
front.
TIE Florida Agricultrist, published at
DsLand, has the following in reference to a
former citizen of this town: "Mrs. j. w
Flick, of StrOudsburg, Pa, left last weok
'she has been spending the winter in De.
Land with her brother, Mr.. Kilkof, and
made herself so agreeble that her departure
is felt as less by the community in gen.
eral. We hope, however, to see her next
fall. She has improved wonderfully in
health by her visit to this place."
TIE Republican wants to know what was
meant in the communication of "Wsb," in
our last issue, giving an account of the
outrage near Walkers School House com.
mitted by William Neal last week. The
meaning was obscursly expressed inten.
tionally, we presume, but if brought down
to clearly defined English il would have
been that had their numbers been larger
they would have lynched the miscreaut
on the spot, rather than put the county
to the expense at New Castle. Did the
| Republican expect as much?
| Miss Z. S. CHADBoURN will give ssIsct
readings in the Town Hall on Monday oven.
ing April 18th, for the benefit of the
Smyrna Library Association. From the
reputation OF the lady, who is regarded as
among the most finished and pleasing elo.
cutlonlsts now cP the platform, we be.
speak large audience. Tho program me
will be Of entirely new selections, ameng
which will be "Robert of IincolnI a
piece showing marvellous vocal powers.
Miss Chadbourn comes from the school Of
severe BostoB culture and should prove ef
more thar ordinary interest to our young
elocutionists.
ALMOST FIRE.-on Monday afternoon
JAG. ?. Hoffscker had felt roof removsd
from the roof of back building and tin
roof put in its place. The pieces of fell
were thrown together by the workman on
lever reef and left. Some ten or fifteen
minutes after the tinman had gone Mr.. ri.
noticed from the back window Of his druc
store smske whifsd about by the high
wind but did not think Of other than