Smyrna times., 1882-11-01

The two preceding Autumns the
farmers were well on in their corn
husking on the 1st of November, but /
this year they have hardly begun. In
fact those who have ':heir other work
done are afraid to "pitch into it with
anything like a full force for fear it
would spoil in the crib by reason of the
warm weather and moisture in the
cob.
WE have received copies of Louis
vile, Kentucky, papers from both Mrs.
A.. H. Martindale and Miss Mary V.
Spearman containing the full proceed
ings of the Womens National Christian
Temperance Convention. The Courier
Journal says it is the largest meeting of
the kind ever held in the Nation, has a
representation from every state, and
their deliberations are conducted with
great ability. The proceedings occupy
several columns of the paper each day.
Mrs. Martindale is the Vice President
for Delaware and Miss Spearman is on
the Committee of Reso .utions.
WE are now on the last Fall month,
and the tomato vines ere still turning
off fruit but in diminished quantities.
John H. Hoffecker is still running his
cannery. and expects to fill before
closing down on them, five or six
thousands cans more. Notwithstand-
ing the long Fall it has been a poor
season for tomato yield and the yearly
product will be short and prices high.
Mr.. H. has only been aole to get thus
far 25,000 cans filled, whereas he had
expected to reach about $4,000. When
the tomatoes are fully out of the way
a trial will be made on pumpkins. He
expects to put up 5000 or 10000 cans of
| these.
A GOOD audience met last night at
! the Town Hall to witness the magic
and mesmeric exhibition of Mr.. Van
Eycke. Considerable iInpatience was
manifested at the delay in getting
started, but he entertained them for
over two hours with slight of hand
wonders and mesmeric subjects that
kept the audience in a state of wonder
or in broad grin of laughter. This
was especially so with the boys on the
stage who now say they were hired to
perform their laughable mesmeric feats.
There was a great need of decOrum
among the boys but theiI conduct was
infinitely better than some boisterOus
young men in the gallery.
THE Democrats have laid themselves
out for big day next Saturday i'll this
town A procession will be formed On
the State road at 10 clock in the
morning which will parade through
the streets of the town. At o'clock 8
public meeting will be organized fol
addresses, which will reassemble agair
in the evening at O'Clock. The
posters announce the names of tn,
following speakers for the afternoon
and evening, viz: Col. c. c. StOckley
the candidate for Governor, Hon. T
F. Bayard, George Gray, Esq, John b
Pennington, Esq, and Prof. T. y
Williams. The Capitol Band of Dove
has been engaged to make music 70
the occasion.
THE rush to the Bi-Centennial las
week has never been exceeded b.
anything but the Centennial itsel
Getting there, was an easy job to tn
getting home. Those who got thrOug
, the crowd at the depot a; Broad St
looked when they emerged from it a
if they had come out of fight. Hat
were mashed, clothes torn, and wo
to the individuals with bundles. On
man had both hands full--a valise i
F. one and two or three bundles {
merchandise in the other. In tn
? scramble to get up stairs his hat va
knocked off and he couldn't let go til
contents of either hand to catch it, bl
a man behind rammed it down on h
head and thus he finally got through
0 Thus it was from Monday to Saturda
night.
n A BAD LOT.-In the Summer tu
worthless negroes named John Trui
and Moses Rias got into drunk,
n fight, the latter shooting the former f
trying to claw him with a turtle hoo
Rias was committed to jai, where
s remained until discharged at the cou
D session last week. Truitt who W
considered dangerously wounded w
N also intended for the same place,
i, skipped" while the constable W
waiting for his proper recovery. la
week he returned with threatenings
20 vengence and was arrested ON Saturd
Is evening and placed in the Lookup al
TX has since been sent to Dover where
will have to remain for the court
decide on his case next April. Tru
IN is bad fellow and the colored peOI
C. feel safer when he is looking thrOu
ce prison bars.
PFRsONAL.-Rev. Thomas A. Steve
Is son and wife, of Foxburg, Pa, is on
in visit to his relatives here.
id Andrew Caldwell, candidate
sheriff, was in town a short til
!. yesterday.
". VI. o. Benjamin, for several years
ng popular telegraph operator at Clayt,
q, has been changed to Dover, where
will take up his residence and is $
: ceeded by William Fulton of Il
- place.
Is Mrs. VIM. II. Baggs has oeen OF
'0 two weeks visit to friends in Philad
phia.
.er The following persons have b,
ar visiting friends in this town
to Mrs. Eliza Aldred, of Milford.
a Mrs. +. A. Smithers and Miss Blan,
CahOon, Dover.
w. II. Dawson and wife, Kirkwo
ice Mrs. J. F. Clement and Mrs. En-
18 Myers, Philadelphia.
'ed James Daley, as will be seen
per advertisement in another column,
gone to Germantown to live, but
transact business here in the car
line through an agent.
raj REV. BISHOP JESSE TRUEsDALL Pr
lief ID. d., l.. l.. d., has been assigned
the Presidency of the Whining
Annual Conference to meet in c
our bridge, Md, March 7th, 1883. He
lal, born in Otsego county, n. Y, April
I'm. IN, 1911, and is, therefore in his I'D Y
II. He was converted and joined the
+. Church when boy of sixteen.
n a education was largely entrusted to
b;ii brother George, who was four
,,,a years his senior. His life, up to
mo time of his election to the EIiscoI
ber in May 1872, was given to teaching
the pastorate. He was Presiden
Dickinson College from 1848 to /
to Eight years of his pastoral life '
ing spent in California. He was the Il
.use ing spirit in founding Syracuse Uni
or sity, and is the author of a numbe
Co., valuable xuOpEc omOnn xyhinb