Smyrna times., 1880-10-20
A DANCING CLASS has been organized in
this town, the first lesson on Friday night.


evening of next week. The pro-
gramme will be cheerful, rapid and not too
long. The proceeds will be expended in
painting the school building.
A. P. GRIFFITH, real estate agent, has
sold ten acre lot in North Smyrna be-
longing to the Farmers Bank, of Dover,
to Col. II. C. Douglass for 5000 cash. He
has also bought the lot of Mrs. Mary j.
Davis on the opposite side of the road on
private terms.
A SERMON in the German language will |
be preached at Serverson's NJ. f. Church |
on Wednesday next by a Presiding Elder |
of the Evangelical Church, from Harris |
burg, Pa. This will be perhaps the first |
sermon preached in the German or Dutch |
language in this section since. the Colonial |
days. The visit is for the benefit of several |
settlers of that persuasion who came from |
Pennsylvania.
DIsLoCATED SHoULDER.-Onl last Thursday
morning Miss Mary A. Wilson, residing on
the "Hill," fell and dislocated her shoulder
and arm. The injury at first though pain.
full was not needed until yesterday morn
ing when the part became too painful for
endurance and DR.. Hirons was called in,
replaced the parts.
CLARA F. SEvIL received on Saturday
dollar for first premium on Calico quilt
from Secretary Bernard of the Dover Fair,
and we make note of it here because it
was not published in the official list
of premiums. This was exceedingly credi.
table to Miss Clara, who had not completed
the age of six years when it was finished.
She is daughter of Abel Sevil near this
town.
PoLITIcAL.-The Democrats of Clayton
will have a pole raising on Tuesday even
ing under the management of the Hancock
and English Club of this town. Several
speakers have been invited.
F. A. Williams, Esq, and n. B. Smithsrs,
Jr., of Dover, addressed a meeting Of Re.
publcans down the "Neck" last evening.
No meetings of any kind have been held
in the town the past week.
! The apple crop promised an abundant
yield of all grades, and there was an
abundance of the Summer and Fall varie.
| ties, but the winter stock is coming up slim.
They have not came to perfection in many
orchards perhaps from the dry condition of
the subsoil, rotting we are told, on the tree
or falling prematurely. This has been the
case with the "Cart.house" the most hardy
of our winter varieties. The supply from
the North, however, is able to make up for
it.
WE forgot in our last issue to note the
Towering at the residence of Mrs. Joseph
Wells of might Blooming Cereus," a
beautiful plant of the lilly species that bios.
SONS and perishes in a single night. The
plant, however, was no more remarkable
than the almost instructive knowledge of
the ladies of the town, who to the number
of several hundred, as well as gentlemen,
visited it. 1t was presented to Mrs. Wells
and Mrs. Thomas Megear by Mrs. Murray
of Dover, year ago last Spring.
A New PEACH.-Mr Moses Price has a
Seeding peach tree. that came up in his
garden and is now three years old 1t bore
three peaches, one of which we saw on
Saturday, and must say is one of the fines
specimens of the peach we have seen thi:
year for beauty of form and richness o.
color. 1t measures 104 inches around it
I and is as large as full sized Reeves,
t which it very much resembles. Such frui
the middle of October attracted no LITTLE
attention, and if Mr.. Price can succeed il
J propagating the variety in anything lik'
t the perfection of this first production, b,
l has indeed a rare fruit. 1t was photo
graphed by our artist Mr.. Bradford.
p PERSONAL---VERY.. J. T. Umsted preached
and administered the sacrament for tn
e Presbyterian church at Princess Ann, Md
on Sunday. His pulpit at home was file,
!, by Mr.. Herman Roe.
! Prof. Groves has been made an honorar
- | of bo G.
!, ciety of Pennington Seminary. There ar
u FIVE Smyrna students at this institution.
Among those who visited the sesou
t centennial celebration at Baltimore fror
It this section were the following: Mrs. CARR
Q Speakman, Misses. Sallie and Lou. Gun
!. Minis, B. V. Weldon and wife, Thomas
It Wilson, John E. Tygert, JAS P. Hoffecke
Geo. H. Raymond and wife, and n.
Underwood.
d DR.. ]. G. Swinney and wife went I
Ie Bridgeton, n. j., his former home, la
g week for a visit and rest.
E. Misses. Clara Bewley and Jennie Smitl
y ers have gone on visit to Yonkers, n.
s. Mrs. Susan W. Colt, nee Sutton, of CAP
May Point, made a short visit to h
, former home here last week.
LECTURE.-The first of the "Star Course
of lectures at the Centennial Church c
Friday evening was by Rev. II. A. Monro
~ of Upper Paramount, Nd, editor of IL
Conference Standard His subject the AN
i, gro Apocalypse or the Seven Seals Broker
&c was review of different epochs in Il
"a history of the negro,-as a slave capture
:, in his barbarous condition from Afric
Is Attacks who shed the first blood in Il
80 Revolutionary war, Toussaint the BlaC
Napolean who led a successful insurrectit
,os against French Slavery in st. Doming
re Nat Turner the insurrectionest of I8s
se the negro as a soldier, as a citizen and
re relations to the future. The subject COW
er ed q wide scope of history and the speak
while perhaps incorrect in some of his CO
illusions. showed ability in constructivent
nm and entire correctness in orthoepy al
ks syntax.l Though not dwelling upon
CHI specially the out.cropping thoughts
*. treating of the future Of the race was th
IRE they were being prepared for the REDEEM
ed ton of Africa.
The next lecture will be on Friday eve
ing the 29th inst, by Rev. VIM. F. Butt
'h d. D., of Wilmington: subject, "Hym
ln and how they are sung"
as The GERMAN CoLoNY.--The capitalist
70 terested in the project of colonizing q s
me ton Of our Peninsula, met in Wilmil
ton last week and organized by the sci
Zoe ton of the following officers: Preside
I'M Mr.. Brigton, of Philadelphia Secreta
Ia Francis Scheu, of Wilmington; Treasur
on John Tehrnback, Of Wilmington; capi
an. 100000. Bombay Hook is the pI
az, which most attracts their attention, bu
ca. they are driven away as is feared by
owners asking too much for their Ian