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Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
a Former Townsman.

Joseph E. W6rden of Philadelphia
spent Sunday and Monday in this
town. In addition to visiting former
friends and scenes he was on the trail
OF newspaper item supposed to refer
to his father, VIM. Worden. Some two
years ago he left his home for Portland
Oregon, since which time nothing has
been heard of him. The first named
had heard some one Of our citizens had
read in daily paper the name of his
iather IN the list Of killed by the explo-
sion of boiler in a saw mill in Tir-
ginia. He found one man who had an
indefinite idea of reading such an item.
but he could not locate the time nearer
than from five to eight weeks ago
Jos. r. thinks his father still alive. and
that he will report himself when he
has found better luck than has at
tended him the past five or six wears
Mrs: WOrden and daughter are living
in Moorstown, n. J.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Delaware bay Oysters.

The oysters of the Delaware Bav
like its shad, have always been noted
for their fine flavor, and none stood
higher in the city markets some wears
ago than the Maurice river cove. WHY
these have not been heard from of late
as formerly is explained in the follow
ing from the Salem Sunbeam.
Maurice river cove oysters have
not been as fine for five years as tbev
are this season. The storms of the
years 1876, 1877 and 1878 almost en-.
tirely destroyed the beds ON these
grounds, and since then the owners
have been gradually renewing the
plant, every year putting in a few
more than the demand, until now the
beds are completely restored and ovs-
ters are in market three and four wears
Old and of the largest and finest quail
ty. 1t is thought the above beds of
oysters would yield supplies until
April next. Oysters are bringing good
prices"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
stable Improve1nents.

The Philadelphia and Smyrna Trans
portatiOn Company have their new
stable and wagon house, approached
from the rear Of j. ii. Bewley's store
from whom the ground was purchas-
ed), about finished. It is without
doubt the cOmpletest in its arrange
ments of any building of its kind in
this town. There are thirteen stalls i'm
all having plenty of room in the rear.
the whole with solid plank floor ex-
cept the two stalls used exclusively for
the carriage horses. The posts sepa-
rating the stalls are settled in the
ground, the boarding being of two-inch
oak boards set i'm and fastened bv
wooden pins. There are no nails that
can come in contact with the horses
There are certain contrivances by
which it can be well ventilated i'm the
Summer or closed for warmth i'm the
Winter. A rOOmy loft lighted from n
cupalO holds the food, which is easily
by bins, spOuts, &c, conveyed below.
The wagon house is so arranged that
the drivers can gear and ungear their
teams without exposure to the weather.
The company intend to erect an addi-
tlonal building, an office, which will be
occupied day and night by one of the
employees.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

Two weeks ago Richard 4. Proctor
lectured in this town and demonstro-
ted according to his scientific tboorv
that there were planets not vet habit
able because they were not sufficiently
cooled off to admit Of life. while tho
Moon' Mars, Mercury, &c, had passed
through the different stages and ,voro
dead. Our earth, he said wonId ro-
quire some millions of years vet 70 cool
to the dead condition, but notwitb
standing a printed circular has baen
issued in England entitled "Tbe Last
Message to the House of Israel an
nouncing that on Sunday. January 4
1888, the earth shall be shaken m and
the Kingdoms overturned. The writer
OF the prophecy expresses the hone
that we will all be ready for the catas-
trOphe.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

THE changed mail service, made to
accommodate the New York, Philadel-
phla q Norfolk Railroad down the
Peninsula, does not give satisfaction in
Wilmington at all, causing the Penin-
sula mail which heretofore has been
reaching that city at 1910 not to reach
there until 5.5O-tOO late for the busi-
ness of that day, and proving they say,
detrlment to their business. The
mail matter from below which has
heretofore been reaching here at noon.
does not get here now until a little be-
fore five O'Clock.
DURING the entertainment of the
University Jubilee Singers at the Town
Hall on Thursday evening quite a
racket was heard several times in the
upper rooms of the building. The ap-
prehenslons of the nervous were soon
allayed by the information which was
whispered around that the Masons
were having a goat performance in
their hall. By the way, this goat rid
ing has got to be quite frequent per-
iormance in this growing society, and
on this as other occasions of initiation.
1t was followed by banquet.
SOME of our citizens are contemplate
ing a trip to New Orleans to attend
the Exposition. The barrier to num-
Der going who would like to, is the
cost, S51.75, for car fare on the Penn
sylvania route, or $43OO to go and re-
turn on the same road. An agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio road has been
in the State and offers, if he can get
the requisite number for two sleeping
cars, twenty-fOur, to take them and re-
turn for $40. This includes sleeping
all the time lin the cars and board for
the trip except while the cars are rest
ing at New Orleans. The trip com
prises two weeks in time.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
N. Z. I,uIpit SUNDAY.

A. per announcement, the Rev. J.
'. S'hiih filled the pulpit of Rev. J. b.
SulSS on Sunday morning last. the
latter being in attendance on the Cen
tennlal Conference in Baltimore. takinm
for his subject " Ye are the light of the
world, and gave in his individual
way discourse, new, fresh in thought
and pertinent to the day, in that it was
a discourse of the time-the current
ecclesiastical and moral affairs of the
Weck-and could not have been preach
ed twenty years, or one month AGO
In elucldating his subject he ran at
length comparison between the two
great ecclesiastical councils held in
Baltimore, the Plenary Council and
the Methodist Centennial-and pointed
out their relative position as seen in
the light OF the gospel. Before closing.
as he said it would not be expected ~
him to preach without doing il he
matte an onslaught on the liquor traffic
as the DEVILS great agent in corrupting
ana debasing men, and as the one
great hlnderance to the gospel becom-
ing to greater degree the "light of
the world"
Key. ). B. Merritt, pastor of Smvrna
Circuit. was the preacher for the even
ing, and Notwithstanding the night
was dark and rainy, was greeted bv a
good audience. The occasion was tbe
more notable from the fact that it was
the first time he had appeared in this
pulpit since his residence in the town.
period Of nearly nine months. His
subject was the TRANSPORTATION Of
Christ, and not alone from the man.
nersms Of the speaker but from the
pregnancy Of thought that crowded
every moment of the sermon, he had
the undivided attention of the audience
throughout the discourse of some fiftv
minutes. 1t bristled with strong points
of theology in which the imagination
played a skillf9l part, both being
followed to logical sequence The
congregation would be gratilied if Mr.
Merritt were not 50 much of a stranger
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

CHOLERA has very greatly interfered
with the supply of rags for making
paper a very large amount of which
came from the Mediterranean ports
where the cholera was so prevalent
the past Summer. 1t is the danger of
Introducing this disease that makes
the following announcement duty of
the Government:
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
prepared Il new circular in regard to
the importation Of old rags, COPIES of
which have been sent To customs Off
GERS, merchants and sanitarians in the
principal seaports for suggestions prior
to its formal PRONUNCIATION. The circu
lar provides that no old rags shall he
landed in the United States excep,
upon disinfection, which NAV he eff
fected either by boiling in water for
two hours under pressure of fifty
pounds per square inch or by boiling i'm
water for four hours without pressure
or suhlectiOn to the action of confined
sulphurous acid gas for six hours, burn
ing one and a-half or two pounds roll
birthstone in each 1000 cubic feet of
space, or, lastly, by disinfecti0n in the
bale by means Of perforated screws or
tubes, through which sulphur dioxide
or super-hrated steam at "A tcmpprature
OF not less than $50 degrees shall be
forced under 4 pressure Of four atmos.
pheres. The dlsintection may be done
abroad, but must he authenticated by
United States consular officer. The
rags may be landed i'll this country for
the purpose Of disinfection, and the
dlsintection must be satisfactory both
to the inspector Of customs and the
local health officer"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

lHE consequences Of running Pro-
hibition candidate for President befora
II had footing in but three or ronr
States has been widely discussed. but
justified in the main by st. John and
his followers who seemed TO be en-
boldened, by the fact Of holding the
balance Of power, to persevere in their
purpose. The effect Of their work as q
result Of the late election is thus stated
by the Philadelphia Press
The consequences of fsuch perversitv
have not been long in manifestinS
themselves. Not a municipaI electioS
has occurred since the presidential
election which has not shown a strono,
revulsiOn in public sentiment against
PrOhibitiOnism. This is especioIIv
marked in New England, where the
temperance cause has had MANY warm
advocates. The town and citv eIec-
tiOns held in Massachusetts, last week
show a largely increased vote in favor
OF license as against local Prohibition.
The vote in the twenty-One cities of the
state is 68,548 in favor Of license To
36,9l5 in favor of Prohibition. In
Rhode Island similar feeling has
been exhibited. 1t is safe, also, to pre-
dict that the temperance people, in ap-
pealing to the legislatures which meet
this Winter, will find much less will
lingness to grant their requests. This
may be wrong; we are not justifying
II a good cause ought not to suffer
from the folly Of misguided zealots
but we are dealing with facts as we
find them. For this revolution in pub
lie sentiment the Prohihitionists have
themselves only TO blame, and il is not
probable that they VIII see for some
years to come the last Of the results of
their want OF patience and discretion in
the national campaign Of 1884" +"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Personal

Mrs. Rev. J. B. Quigg has been
spending the past week in Baltimore
IN attendance on the Centennial Con.
ference.
Mrs. Rev. II. 5. Thompson and chill
dren have been spending the past week
with relations in town. Mr.. Thomp.
SON went to Easton last week and
preached his first discourse on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Collins. of
InOroughtare Neck, returned on Fri
day from visit to Rev. r. X. Steph.
enson and wife, Trappe, Md.
Theodore p. Haughey, of Indian
apolis, Ind, who was delegate to the
Centennial Conference at Baltimore
slipped over to Delaware on Saturday
and Monday to visit his mother. Mrs.
Elizabeth Haughey.
Is. A. HAZEL is home for the holi-
days
jeff. d. Scout will leave the last OF
TINS week tor IL visit to New Orleans.
taking water route
Miss Maggie Walker is learning tele-
graphing at a school in Philadelpbia
with the view Of following it as a bust
ness. 1t requires from three to four
months to practically learn the art.
and when deemed proficient, are given
IA diploma.
VIM. II. Janney, wife and child, and
Miss Blanche Gritliths, Mrs. IS sister.
reached here from Baltimore on Mon
day and established themselves in their
new home yesterday. Mr.. Janney en-
ter upon his duties as cashier OF the
National Bank Of Smyrna to-day.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

SENATOR SALISBURY is paying the
penalty for not exercising the full
privileges of citizenship by taking to
himself a wife, as the following from
the Baltimore Sun of Saturday will
show:
Senator Salisbury is Il gay young
bachelor of siXty-seVen Winters, upon
whom the bellies of Washington have
for long years tried their batteries in
vain. His brother Senators uflcn Joke
him upon his continued resistance to
the Establishments of the fair und false.
Recently Senators Beck and Hampton
and some others got up a story that he
had made an oath in 1860 never to
marry until a Democratic President
was elected, that he had long been
smitten with the charms of youthful
beauty from one of the Eastern States
and would lead her to the altar on the
day that Cleveland was inaugurated.
This fiction they have circulated far
and wide, and the consequence is, as
Senator Salisbury says, that every
pretty girl he has flirted with in the
last ten years now looks at him as if
she expected him to get on his knees
and declare himself at once. He saws
he must do something at once to pro
tect himself, as he may be confronted
with a half-dOzen suits for breach of
promise. He has, therefore, engaged
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, to bring a
suit for heavy damages against Beck,
Hampton, et dI., for SANDER"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Periodicals..

Holiday number of Strawbridgc &,
Clothier's quarterly lust out. 40
pages, all illustrated. Valuable and
seasonable articles by the best writer's
on Christmas decoration, fancy dresses.
candy making at home. many articles
ON fancy work Of all kinds, flowers in
Winter, how to make many useful
things fashion gossip, Matching chick
ems by the incubator, the kitchen. etc
together with so pages of Winter fash
ions. New and striking musical bal
lad, The Miller's son" Price IL
cents; at all neWsdealers.
C"r LiiHe Oaea tthe Russell Publish
ing Company, Boston, is as pretty as a
picture from first to last, and indeed nj
first 1t creates the impression of bcinU
very nearly all picture Bat the little
stories, the clever verses and the hits
OF moral wisdom are all there as usual.
and very good they are. The artists
however, have surpassed themselves
TINS month, and pictorially the number
reaches the high-water mark.
Fraab Lcsije's .Saadqy laqozine-
The opening number for january. 1885
oi TINS iavorite magazine is a remark
ably brilliant holiday one; most Of the
contents are timely and appropriate.
and are edifying, instructive and enter
talnlng' The Angel Chimes: A
Christmas story" The dominion Of
Canada" A Missionary's Letter to
the Youngsters at Home. =" Chances at
Bible History-No. L.: From the Gre
atlon to the Dispersion,' = and "Relig-
lous art in the Greek Church. are
timely illustrated and rcplcte with in
terest. In the Home Pulpit" is a
sermon by Dr. Talmage, the editor
who has also a characteristic article
" The Drink Devil" Among the nor
traits are those of the Right Rev.
Samuel Seabury, the first American
Bishop, and of Rev DR.. Paret. recently
elected Bishop Of Maryland ear
lest and latest Of American Bishops.
The price is % cents a number, or $3.50
yearly postpaid. Mrs. Frank Leslie.
Publisher, 80, 55 and 81 Park Place
New York.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

The treaty with Nicaraugua for the
construction Of an oceanic canal
through that country is considered of
great importance by our diplomatists.
The idea upon which the treaty. has
been negotiated is to have an inter
oceanic canal which will be under cou-
troll OF the Government Of the United
States, or which, at least, will NOT he
controlled by any European Govern
ment. What is sought is rival To the
Panama Canal, to which mach unr.as-
oning hostility has been manifested in
TINS country ever since the inception Of
lh' enterprise. II is believed that
the Panama Canal, when constructed
Will be under European control and
tnat another canal must be dug that
Will be the exclusive property of the
United States, no matter how great the
cost that may be involved.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
smyrna and Vicinity.
HAVE you selected your turkey?

smyrna and Vicinity.
HAVE you selected your turkey?
Boys, it is only one more week
:. b. Collins.
CoNFECTIoNs were perhaps never
cheaper than now.
CHRISTMAS trees have already made
thelr appearance in town.
CHRISTMAS CARDS, at Miss =. 3. Col
ms, cor. Market and Commerce Sts. g
a CLOSING leap-year party and SUM-
per Is to come Off tomorrow night at
the Town Hall.
THE ladies of AIillington. Md will
give an evening party in that place on
tuesday evening, Both inst.
THREE pounds of Mince Meat for 25
cents, ut GordOn's also, Cranberry
sauce, pounds for - cents. r
THE Sunday-school of the Episcopal
'hurch Is preparing for its usual Christ
mas evening entertainment.
SroP as you pass by Denney's Drug
store and he will take pleasure i6
showing you his Christmas Goods. Z
JOHN IL. HOFFECKER has had a slate
root put on his dwelling as a better Sc
curity against the elements of fire and
water
The walls Of the new.engine house
are up, and the completion of the roof
TINS week will make it ready for occu-
pancy
HARRY i. DOUGLASS has resigned
the Adams Express agency at CLAYTON.
ana Abel Sevil has been appointed i'm
his stead.
JoHN WRIGHT, of Clayton, has pur-
chased the dwelling now occupied by
Abel Sevil for his future residence after
moving time.
DENNEY is selling his Christmas
Goods low and the people are purchas-
ing before Christmas. No trouble TO
show goods.
). V. SMITH has been so ENCOURAGED
by early sales as to feel the possibility
OF replenishing his stock again before
the advent Of the holidays.
GORDON has full line of Foreign
Fruits, such as Oranges, Lemons.
kalslns, Currants, Citron, Lemon Peel
Dates, Figs, PruDellOs, &c. 4
A MEETING Of the Ladies Benevolent
society will be held at the residence of
Mrs. Edward Beck, Tuesday evening
December 23rd, at seven o'clock. o
A FULL attendance of the members
OF Morning Star Lodge, No. Clio.
r., Is requested on Friday evening AZ
o'clock. Business of importance.
The poultry dealers and shippers
would bull" the market with more
force if the weather were cooler. The
past week or two has not been at ali
according to their liking.
HE University Singers called out
by iar the best audience on Thursday
night that has attended any entertain
ment this season. From soprano to
bass the parts were all well carried,
with that peculiar pleasing harmony
that Is the accompaniment Of the plan
tation melodies. They were frequent
~ eRc0red, the responses being among
their best received renderings.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

The last of the three county Teach.
cr's Institutes was concluded lo.,
week at Milford. While the younger
Of the teachers are undoubtedly bene-
lifted by these sessions. the Older
teachers do not in many eases receive
an equivalent, so they say, for the ex-
Pense OF travel and board. They have
learned all they can from each other
I'VE mean those who have been teach
ing from the time of their first organi-
zatlOn in 1879, and unless the State
makes appropriations for the expenses
ol procuring experienced teachers of
acknowledged ability to further in.
struct, their expenses Overbalance the
benefits received.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Holiday Excursion Tickets.

As has been for years customary. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
place on sale during the Christmas and
New Year holidays excursion ticket.
between all principal points on its
main line and the Philadelphia, vii.
mington and Baltimore Railroad. Bal
tlmore and Potomac Railroad, Northern
Central Railway, and West Jersey
Railroad. These tickets will be sold
on December 23rd, oath, 25th. Both and
3lst, 1884, and January 1st. 1885. and
will be good to return until January
oth' 1880, inclusive. For any addi-
tlonal information inquire at ticket
Offices of the company.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

WITH the exception of President
elect Cleveland, no man in the nation
has filled 50 large share of the public
attention as Senator Bayard of our
State, the subject being his selection as
the Premier for the Cabinet of the first
named. The Philadelphia Press. from
a disinterested standpoint, thus voices
the general sentiment:
Both the personal ANA p,Eiticol
character Of Mr.. Bayard naturally
cOmmends him to the coming President
for the first place in the Cabinet In
that position he would be- ,,rudent
polite and-hdrmless He would rive
social standing To the Administration
which will need it and public exper-
renee To cOuncil-bOard whose head
never crossed the threshold of the
capitol. He embOdies the spirit of the
Democratic party without either shar-
ing It's tOllies or resisting its demands.
In ms chief campaign speech he con-
tended for free trade, though he has
Deeh known at times to look with
IaVor on some protected interests: and
while he has lofty conception of the
civil service, he could be deeDlv i'm
mersed in the Congo question when
the tiger was loose around the Treas
ury or POst-office.
" Really Mr.. Bayard would adorn
the State Department and is better
htted for It than any other Democratic
leader. lie is less rugged but more
polished than Mr.. Thurman, and his
graceful bearing would make a finer
impression on the diplomatic corps
than Mr.. Thurman's bandanna His
State is not as big as Mr.. Pendleton's
but then he carries it in his pocket
while Mr.. PendletOn himself has been
pocketed. And outside of these three
Where IS there an eligible candidate ?
Clearly Mr.. Bayard is the man.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Accidents

a little eight year old son of Jas. T.
IruaX, near town, had his thumb ST.
verely lacerated one day last week by
getting it caught in the cog wheels OF
a cob crusher.
Geo. d. Collins, of this town, in re-
moving a broken handle from an axe
struck the thumb of the holding hand
with the edge of hatchet necessita
ting it to be dressed by IL doctor.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
''IEedging In" a BUSY Life

Col. Geo. w. Cummins has rendered
MS resignation as Director i'm the
Farmers Bank at Dover, a position
! Whlch he has held cOnsccutively for a
! period of between thirty and forty
! years. lie also purposes at the annual
meeting of the Kent County NIutuoI
flre insurance Company next month
reslgnng the Presidency of this asso-
cation, and thus relieve himself of the
cares incident to these two responsible
Offices. Mr.. Cummins is induced to
take tins step, not because his interest
IN public affairs is less or that there is
any unpleasantness in the association
but because his advancing age. now i'm
ms 10th year, admOnishes him that
after SO long service il is proper for
him to gracefully retire and let the
burdens and responsibilities descend TO
those IN the newer vigor of life. Mr.
Cummlns Is not prompted to this stem
from any other than a prudential
reason growing out of the possibilities
OF life past three score and ten and
TO lessen the tension that might other
wise prove too great burden even for
constitution so well preserved as is
his. There is ar evident satisfaction
IN thus relieving himself of this care.
In speaking of it he said now being ont
OF the bank and soon to be relieved of
the burdens Of another office. with his
granaries full and private business nm
molesting, he could lie down and sleep
without snoring
Mr.. Cummins life has been spent
entirely IN our community going into
business with his father about the time
ne reached his majority and from that
time for period of nearly thirty years
he was the leading grain merchant in
the days of Smyrna's mercantile
supremacy, the last twenty-five years
being devoted to the developing of his
farming interests, aside from the time
necessarily given to the offices above
named. He has lived very careful
and methOdical life to which no doubt
he Is indebted to that erectness of form
and vigOr of health that does not sug-
gest in the least the necessity of get
ting on the retired list" When men
OF large business experience feel the
necessity of contracting their sphere
either from the toll of office or the
ieebleness of age, it is spoken of as re-
urlng to position of Otium cum diqni-
tate, but Mr.. Oummins as the recogniZ-
ed leading farmer of Duck Creek Hun
dred, while enjoying his present good
health will hardly be content to en-
bower himself in the shades of " Wood !
lawn in easy abandon while his
farms call for so much of thought and
activity in the realms of husbandry.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

THERE is no longer any dispute as to
the advisabiity and probability of us
ing electric power on railroads. with
the ultimate view Of superseding
steam, but unlike the history Of the
Rocket" designed by one master
mind, the electric motor is bone of
contention among several competitors
The most prominent of these are the
Daft, Field, Brush and Siemens svs-
tens.