Smyrna times., 1881-10-19

orderly boys rendered Cnc representative
of the mace necessary.
The completion and grading of Com
merce Street past the Depot to the limits
of the town, opens up an avenue of unus-
ual attractiVeness. The commissioners in
making this change, which has been done
at some cost, "built better than they
knew" In addition to improving the ap-
pearance of this avenue by straightning
and widening, it has opened up q section
/ from High street Westward that is not
surpassed in the town for beauty of situa-
tion as places of residence. 1t only needs
some corresponding changes in West
Smyrna beyond the town limits by the
County, to complete the perfection Oh the
| extension.
SPIRIT RAPPINGs.-COnsiderabl inter-
est has been aroused in a small circle by
attempts at so called spirit rappings. 1t
seems there are several persons of this .
persuasion in the vicinity, but the centre |
and life of the little band were James /
Triple and wife who are ardent believers !
and mediums. Meetings were held at /
their house and several outsiders have |
been from time to time admitted and !
astOnished at the mysteries of table rap |
pings. The persons, it has been observed !
who are the most easily deluded by these |
manifestations are those VINO are full of
doubts in regard to the revealed word and
legitimate worship but ready to take up
with any superstitiOus absurdity. Because
they cannot understand the electrical or
psychological influences that are put i'll
force, they yield at once to belief in the
, supernatural for which there is nothing in
science or revelation to sanction. The
resultant effect is consequently injurious
= to both mind and morals. Triple, who
L moved here in early Summer returned to
Philadelphia to-day with his traps.
THE BLACKBIRD COUNTERFEITER.-
year 1881 has made record for Blackbird
: Hid. which, if not enviable, has been long
: in its list of casualties, several of which
;. have been serious offences against the
: peace of society. But to the others, which
> we will not stop to name for they are
well known, according to the Morning
NeWs, was to be included the offence of
o counterfeiting. But the half column ac-
d count of the NelCs is shelVed i'll the follow
l. ing manner by the Ere,y ECening: 1.-The
e Blackbird hundred counterfcter turns out
to have only existed in the mind Of u
sensation monger A careful examination
r. by United States Marshal McMullen fails
n to bring to light any proof against the
v man, William Church, who figured i'll the
= columns of Il local paper as II full iiedged
coiner of bogus ducats, and whose alleged
adventures were telegraphed so cXten-
i, siVely to outside papers. The Marshal
l. said this morning that there was absolutely
rs no proof Of the man having been engaged
a. in counterfeiting, or Of him having passed
k, any illegitimate coin, and that the talk in
q certain newspaper was without fOunda-
ton. The only thing against Church was
III not so much his dealing in bad money us
We hic iati of lawful noi1 NttbnD he
~ stole $50 from his employer, John HanlOn'
w SELECT READINGS BY Miss LULIE CLAY
BIGBIE.-The young lady named above
from Tennessee, a pupil of Jas. f. Muir
:. dock the actor and elOcutionist, will give
III readings in the Town Hall on Monday
C. evening. She comes recommended by the
ne leading citizens of the South. She ha
Fy been spending the past several weeks il
Fe Maryland and read in EastOn on Frida,
re- night last. The Star of yesterday speak
III of her as very pretty, gestures taultless
on and acting superb. In introducing her a
oh Ellicott City, Henry E. Wootten, Esq, o
orc that place said: "She comes not upon an,
~ mercenary errand. The mission of he
of youth has been u sacred and u holy one
to ennobled by the truest herOism and con
mo secrated by the most self-sacriticing dcvO
tion to duty. She never knew a mother
smile, she never saw II mothers milo
esi- sweet face; while she was yet an infan
ect that mother passed to the land of Leal
IN and when a child of five summers tn
md cruel fate of war robbed her of devote
full father, brave man, a distinguished Cor
to federate officer, who offered his life a sa'
ed. rifice upon the altar of a cause which h
esteemed the cause of truth; The yeal
passed on and ere that child verged upo
are the orb Of wOmanhoOd the scOurge whic
A visited our Southern cities in 1873 an
the threw over them cloud of sorrow All
III woe, claimed among its victims her Olde'
on, sister and her sisters husband, leaving
De- her care and custody their two infal
not daughters. Beneath the weight of sue
eiul responsibilities stern manhood would Otter
times have succumbed. But not so wit
ood the brave nature of the young herOir
saI who will entertain you this evening. ST
NJ ~ at once dedicated her resources and III
9ei 1IU young days to the study of her prOfessiC
aIi tS] in its noblest phases,-she nobly bore Il
Wy w. cross imposed upon her. 1t is gratifyil
ano' a' to know her efforts have everywhere r
~ ~. ceived the encouragement of the refine
o, ,".,, and cultured, and as she visits the Stat
CIV sor of the South and of the North, accor
i'oi panied by her handmaidens of poetry al
of music she scatters JOY and sunshil
,ck- while she lends to the rhyme of the pO
rton the music of her voice."
~ PERsONAL.-Theo p. Haughey and wi
, : 80 of Indianapolis, Ind, who had been on
H. visit to Baltimore to witness the "OriOlC
, 20 dropped over to Delaware to spend sever
;nbt days with their friends here, leaving
iSno CIV home on Monday They usually col
sIir fti East in the Summer but varied it Il
aane erp year by a visit to Dakota and Manitoba
'S1 Gov company with Hon. Schuyler ColfaX a
4LS wife.
.Lnt John J. Porter, of Scranton, Pa,
'-'''O been home on visit to his father Abel
Porter near this town.
e of Miss Allie Smith went to Milford No
last day as the representative of the Temp
ly of ance interests of this town to the convt
vears tion of w. c. T. u. of Delaware.
hood Prof. Groves went to Yorktown On M
life a day in company with the State officers a
oxen Militia.
can Edward Jefferson and wife of Philad
cess phia have been on visit to his faith
, has ThOs. E. jefferson.
atoes Mrs. Eliza Irwin, hOusekeeper at
when Smyrna House for some time, has gone
en- 40 Philadelphia to open a boarding hOV
EN- so Mrs. Turner, widow of the late Will
ouble Turner, has also gone to Philadelphia
reside.
,s+;oo Rev. Il. X. Peterson, of Philadelpl
e~oto was the guest of Rev. J. A. Brindlc
,II;ns I Saturday and Sunday, preaching for
gaaLs on the latter day.
!, o,,o Miss Sadie Capelle, of Delaware c
6nIia- is visiting Miss M. f. Janvier.