Smyrna times., 1881-02-23

same fix now that it is thawed. The par.
ties aggrieved from the darknes may take
comfort in the fact that Monday week is
election day.
PRRsoNAL.-Misses Alice and Florence
Tybout, of Delaware City, are visiting
their sister, MIS-. c. D. Everett, near town.
The following ladies are also visiting
friends in town: Miss Ida Ponder, of Mil.
ton, Mrs. I. d. Hamilton, Chester, Pa,
Mrs. Janvier. OF Glasgow, Miss Evans, of
Sudlersvlle, Mrs. DR.. Holt, Hillsbor ough,
Miss Emma Hoffecker, Wilmington, and
Mrs. Latch, New Castle.
Quite a number of ladies and gentlemen |
from other places are expected in town !
this evening to attend the closing "Socia. |
ble."
The information we had last week in |
reference to the Offices in the Court House |
building at Dover needs correcting in part |
Some of the offices did pay when VIM. E.
Hall was County Treasurer, but it is not
certain that any has been paid since. The
late President of the Levy Court tells us
that tho Court issued an order to the
Treasurer to collect the rents from them as
would be done from renter anywhere,
and they did not know that it had not
been done. We understand that the oc.
cupants are waking up to the fact they are
renters and not benefcaries of the county,
SHIP BUILDING.-We have received a com
munication without name setting forth the
great advantages of Smyrna Landing as "a
place for ship building, and reasoning that
the amount Of money which would be ex
pended for work and material would all
find its Way back to our merchants, farm.
Prs, &c. The writer thinks that our cap.
itallsts could not invest money in way
that would so assu"edly come back to the
community. There are several families
that will be forced to go where they can
find work, The Landing used to be the
seat for large industry of the kind, and
it wsuld be a great matter to us TO SEE
these ship yards restored to their former
glory.
OBSERVING THE DAY.-The school of Miss
Janvier and Mrs RaimOnd, and public
schools Nos. 3 and observed yesterday
WaShingtons birth.day-with holiday for
the pupils. The scholars in No. 5 did not
expect to have the day. A commissioner the
day before said that "if George Washing.
ton were alive he would rather see them
; observe the day by going to school with
well-studied lessons" and thus in emuia.
ting their Pater PdtriG, they met their
/ teachers for a full days work, but n new
4 order was issued that sent them away in
:, glee. The bank officers who only have one
: or two days in the year to go fishing, kept
I open for two or three hours for accommo.
0 dation and then shut up shop.
r SALE OF REAL EsTATE.--JOhn A. Cavender
has sold his real estate situated in thi:
town, to John II. Hnfiecker for $4,000
y cash. This sale embraces the Mansion
Z house, built and occupied by the late Ben
jamin Benson, who was then the senior
8 member of the firm Of Benson & Cats
carriage builders. The grounds are eleva
:, ted, giving them a commanding and attrac
tive appearance. The frame dwelling ant
- office was built a few years ago by Mr.
Cavender, the out buildings are large an'
commodious, the lot has a frontage OF
Commerce street of nearly two hundred
. feet by three hundred feet deep and con
tains about one and a quarter acres. Tn
" Jacob Raymond lot in "Whoppin" contain
"a ing about sixteen acres is also included il
." the sale.
s, TIE LADIES on THE RosTRuM.-Last ever
g ing our pubic rostrum was graced by tn
presence of three representatives of tn
class sf strong minded women," who har
Ay a good and appreciative audience I
IL hear them in their strong plea i
"o behalf of their sex. Mrs. Mary Ann Stew
art of Greenwood, Sussex county, acted !
Su chairman, and at the appointed time stel
nc ped forward and in few remarks intr
~ duced Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, a lawyers
20 Of Washington, who she said had unlocke
's' the doors of the Supreme Court for the a.
mission Of female lawyers, o right she sal
which was denied them in Delaware. Mr.
Gu Lockwood's speech was only introductor
a but her theme for the time was the rigl
V Of ballot, n sentiment which she said wsu
IN grow into an accomplished fact througho'
wi our country before another decade h.
i"' passed oyer US. She declared it the gre
s'' subject of the future and a necessity
las American politics. Mrs. Lockwood is
eu medium sized lady past middle age, Ve
ne gray hair, a we'll modulated voice and
bright eye, which indicated that the fires
WI youth could very easily be kindled into
Us fame. The speaker of the evening howe
er was Miss Phoebe Cowzins, Of st. Lou
who spoke for an hour and twenty.f
au' minutes. She is of good figure, eas
TO modest, and unlike most advocates
OF female suffrage, was winsome and plsasin
~ rather than harsh and reDelling. The
'ge was perhaps not man in the house th
the did not have personal liking for her al
the that would not like to meet her Agai
are She has humor and sarcasm, but il nsv
'lu' rankles. "Portia at the Bar" was made
any typify woman who as plsaders, rulers, les
lhe ers in reforms &C., from the time Of Del
rest rAh down to the present time, have form
ion AN important part in allsviating the con
'@II ton Of the human race. She showed in
'Ith number Of incidents where nations VI
drifting TO the bad and were saved by