Smyrna times., 1885-01-28

THE skaters have been favored both
last week and this with good skating |
which has been highly enjoyed on the
mill pond by young men and young |
ladies as well as the boys.
A BARK called the Daring from
Maine. loaded with coal, sank in the |
river opposite Collins Beach on Friday |
morning. in about Is feet of water, and
very near the spot where the bark
AdTu AhILiqdn sank twenty-One years
ago. Both of these accidents were
from having their bows stove in by
heavy fields of ice She will of course
be raised and carried to a ship yard
for repairs.
DIR. JOHN NJ BOYD has two young
ducks. one white and the other black.
On going out to his yard yesterday
morning he found the white one had
laid a white egg and the black one a
black egg, both perfect, and the latter
a great curiosity, as black egg IS
rarely or never seen only when dyed for
Easter Mr.. B. jocularly attributed
the color to fright-the masquraders
being there the night before. They
can be seen at this office.
THE Endowed Drum Corps after
several postponements finally got out
on Saturday evening in their first
street parade. They played one tune,
Sweet Heaven" up and down the
streets and as the last novelty, attract
ed good following of boys. 1t must
be said to their credit, however, that
since the time of their organization
and the amplitude of their endowment,
they put this tune through with some
| force.
EVERYBODY wants to hear Henry
Ward Beecher once in their lives, and
| those of our citizens who have not heard
him will have an opportunity to do so
on Monday night next, at the Court
| House Hall, Dover, where he will de-
| liver his celebrated lecture on EvOlu
| ton" We have no doubt that a num-
| Der will avail themselves of the Oppor-
| tunity to hear him on that night. Adj
| mission, 80 cents; reserved seats, IS
cents. Seats can be secured by COM
/ municating with w. Scott Thomas at
Dover.
A BIRTHDAY dance party was given
at the residence of Geo. II. Heinold
between Kenton and Blackiston' Cross
! Roads, on Tuesday night of last week
about fifty persons participating. Re
freshments were served at a late hour,
and the party enjoyed itself immense
". 1t was given i'll honor of the oldest
son, John HeinOld.
A few days before Mr. and Mrs. J.
II. Donovan of the ALLEY" were given
a surprise party by large number of
their friends, who made number of
appropriate presents.
A MASQUERADE party and one of the
most enjoyable to the participants it is
said, came off at the residence of Dr.
John NJ. Boyd on Monday evening
1t was participated in by about thirty
persons who went for rolicking good
time and had it. Among the diver
siOns of the evening was that of q
hastily improvised band Of music cal
led the White Rose" whose music
was Of the most grotesque kind. The
masquraders went well supplied witt
oysters, pickles, &c, and ended theil
fun with a good feast.
REV. II. T. QUIGG, of Tacoma, Pa
filled the pulpit of the NJ. +. Church o
this town Sunday morning and even
ing, preaching to large and interested
| congregations. His subject in tht
morning was Peace" and in tht
evening " What man sows that shall
he also reap" Mr.. Quigg has tn
happy faculty of interesting and engag
ing the close attention of both tn
young and the old-an exuberance O
expression pleasing the tirst-named
7 while the vigor and clearly defnel
7 thought opens the breadth and scOp
of the subject to the comprehension c
; the latter.
JOHN ii. HOFFECKER, administratO
/, on the estate of the late Samuel l
S Wright has sold the old building O.
t Commerce street near Delaware know
5 as the carpenter shop" together wit
o the adjoining lot, including the groun
on which the Enterprise Works
: of George w. Tilghman stands, to Joh
f G. Bailey, for 81 200. This buildin
q has been deemed insecure for two c
! three years and what is called an "eyC
r sore to the community, and it is pro
4 sumed will be displaced ere long
possibly for something much more usC
ful and ornamental. The above is sui
g. ect to a ground rent of $23 per annul
u which is equivalent to an aggregate
d 81, 600.