Smyrna times., 1880-05-05
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

az On IHa houseJ may I, 10 issue the u. ,.
special taxes.
FRANK COLLINS is building a handsome
residence, mansard roof, on his property,
near Collins Beach.
THE Harmony Band" have ordered
their instruments, thirteen pieces, and ex-
pect them on Friday.
A LARGE Lighter" 100 feet long and
made of very heavy timbers, was launched
at Smyrna Landing at noon to-day.
MEssRs. TsCHUDY & CATS, who purchased
the Bewley farm in February at Sheriff
Sale, have forfeited the percentage, 5000. |
1t will consequently have to be resold.
Mrs. MARTHA A. CUMMINs, of this town,
has solitary tulip that has been ceming |
up in her front yard for over forty years |
and has never bleomed before until this |
year.
THE Junior Base Ball Club of this town
visited Odessa on Saturday last to cross
bats with the "Odessa" Club of that town.
The result was score of 46 to 10 in favor
Of the former.
COURT adjourned yesterday, the jury
being discharged on Monday. The Mag
nolia school. el.house question that has so dis
tracted the people of that village was so
far settled as to refer it to the Chancellor
for decision before whom it will be argued
tomorrow.
AT the Republican primary meeting on
| last Saturday DR.. w. L. Collins, Thomas
Jefferson, George 7. Baggs, Lemuel T. John
son and Isaac Truax were made delegates,
and w. II. Carr, D. I. Smithers, W. 0.
Hoffecker, Carey Frazier and A. L. Hud-
son, alternates.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-A. P. Griffith, real
estate broker, has sold the farm Of John
P. Collins, near Collins Beach of 80 acres
for 81, ,O5O to A. II. Getchell, of Arkansas.
He also sold dwelling house in Philadel-
phia belonging to the heirs of Rev. T. j.
Thompson, D. D.
Mr.. Z. LOWER, near Brenford, has en-.
larged the lane in front of his residence to
a lawn of two or more acres and adorned
| it with number of evergreen and other
, trees. When completed and the dwelling
receives the improvements intended, Mr..
Lewsr will have very desirable property.
: MAY was ushered in with ice and frozen
+ ground and the air throughout the day was
; decidedly cold, but a very fortunate change
? of the wind from the Northwest to South.
: west just before night giving us breezy
\ night with elOuds, thus saved us from what
e otherwise would have been a most disas
a trous frost.
} A LETTER was received from Representa-
tive Martin last week, that the joint Com
mittee of Commerce of the two houses haC
IS veted an appropriation of $4,000, for the
!! !. improvement of Smyrna Creek and that th'
,r prospect of its passage was good. 1t thus look
n n as if we may have early fruits as the resul
a. of our visiting delegation.
); SOMEWHERE in the Old Testament it i
y: said that "seven women shall lay hold o
1r one man." but when Mr.. Lippincott th
i'd Middletown florist, found himself in tn
y hands of four times this number on Frida,
es he realized as perhaps he never did befor
IN his helplessness. He should come oftene
" or multiply himself when he does com
ID several fold.
al AT the annual meeting of Agriculture
- Society of the State of Delaware held We:
ot terday at Dover, Thos. H. Denney was rt
w elected President and II. P. Bernard, Jr
in Secretary in the place of Richard Harrin,
ch ton, resigned. The other officers renal
on about the same as formerly. The fair wi
in be held from September 22d to October 9
ar inclusive. New buildings will be erecte
III and the old ones thoroughly overhauled.
ese THE numerous canine that run our stree
ey are an annoyance to some Of our citzol
ITbes and they would like our commissioners
ill turn them to profitable account. If ii
let commissioners can be impressed in ii
matter at all, they could not accommoda
our people better than by making the do
the purchase comfortable seats for the town ha
80 20 to take the place Of those miserable on
in that torture the people at every entertal
his ment. The hall would be better attendC
;si. doubtless, if their stay there could be maC
-er- more comfortable.
md ADvERTIsERs.-Herknes 9Th and Sa
o5ya y som St, Philadelphia, advertise sale of L
ere carriages
ys- Webb, the old reliable hat store of w
at mington, has a full line of straw and f,
to hats.
Pgie dgi, Persons visiting Wilmington in quest
rtaI carpets will find the store Of Henry Gre
las. the most convenient and as to prices all
his asks is an examination.
ans V. Z. Holmes, who kept branch clot
,iTil ing store here few years ago, is taking t
lity lead in Wilmington, having a stock larg
yto than any three other houses there. E
rea bracing over 5000 different styles and
give rieties. He goes on the one price syst'
ana n and an article that is reliable.
at VERY few properties are making mt
visible signs of improvement than the fa
,;.. and mill property near Kenton, belongi
natl to DR.. L. Morris Cloak. The Doctor 81
ent- his eye" upon it from the time it fell
,cin. cl1s his lot in the division of the pater
Con estate, and if he dent know enough ab,
nno lor farming to write book on it like Hori
1fer, Greeley did, there is controlling ha
s51o are somewhere that moves in the right dir
1dist tion. The fence rows that had been
i'm lowed to grow up in brambles have b,
eR6ee nee cleared off and neat, substantial fen
new erected, ditch banks removed and bottc
,eed- cleared. In addition, a neat dwelling
NJ 1iiH of been erected for the miller, and now h
the having erected for the same near the n
nam laI a convenient stable and carriage house.
be a The divinity of Christ" was the
very ject of very excellent sermon at the
3utb. tfc f. Church ON Sunday morning last by
rsons II. S. Thompson, of Bristol, n. H., Fl
The The Matt. 22-42, "What think ye of Chr
urch Whose son is Hs?" Though by no me
ches. a new subject, the line Of thought hs
nu Is freshness of grouping Of arguments
proofs that gave it the force Of str
NJ F theological presentation. The mess
quad prophecies Of the major and minor pre-
IN AiFi = cts were taken up step by step and so Fl
op D. together in the chronological order OF t
renee ; utterances as to eventuate in the per
E and ality of Jesus as the promised Mes:
assis- In the conclusion Of the fifty minute
- was the argument proper, in describing
con- humiliation and sxaltation of Christ,
evil VIII speaker presented the sventful scenes
scO 1se Of considerable JUNCTION.
ihiGR; ishinRg The delays of the law in doing iu
have are proverbial, but in the case of ]
Siness' iIs@' Polk ian account of which we gave in
last issue) where she was caught runnin
stolen goods one day and was tried
te Con turned loose the next with the quasi
nodns y SGn- dorsement of the Court to continue
uthem depredatl0ns, shows how speedily it
Wash copaa 10 tho aid nf crin, al o,,tlaus IT
Kellogg ~ ~ - -, 80 80 ~ - y o1.ic"S'
perjury are numoerless cases Wnere ldlVlduals
ng Mr.. been hung on circumstantial evidence
y 1oh 10 a O6 here is q case whore thief is caught