Smyrna times., 1885-04-01

" II NAO AhAOA4ASu ny ACOl6I budb DdT-
mum, Bailey and Hutchinsons's
Greatest Show ON Earth and London
Circus" will positively visit Dover
during the present season, the exact
date of which is not fixed. 1t now
combines nine united shows comprising
the "Only" chronological Congress of
savage nations and heather tribes.
stupendous Roman Hippodrome, the
Sacred White Elephant and Jumbo.
droves of strange and costly wild
beasts and scores of rare arenic sensa-
tions, &c.
BY the report of the committee of
the Levy Court on the collectors ac-
counts it appears that they owe
the county the sum of nearly
$4,000 back taxes. The deficiency in
collecting is probably owing in part to
the business depression, but the col
lectOr for this hundred has had his
time largely taken up the past three
months with another branch of busi
ess-auctioneering-the pressure of
which is now over, and he feels with
the amount on his duplicate he has an
easy task getting up the deficiency.
ALLEN MCLANE, the grandfather of
Governor Robert AIilligan McLane, Of
who has been appointed
to France, and father of Hon.
Louis McLane, Secretary of State and
the Treasury under President Jackson.
and twice minister to England, was
for number of years a resident of
this town, moving to Wilmington,
where he died soon after. He gave to
the first Methodist Society organized
in this town the lot on which thew
built their first church. He resided in
the house now occupied by w. II.
Baggs and Mrs. PARROT, or about that
spot. and owned most of the land in
that part Of the town.
REV VIM. Il. MCFARLANE and wife
visited this town on Monday on a sad
missiOn-to follow to the grave the re-
mains of their daughter Isabella, a
bright girl of thirteen Summers. She
died at Stockton, Md, on Saturday.
after an illness of three weeks. from
typhoid fever, and the remains were
brought to his family burial lot in the
NJ. E. Cemetery, of this town, for in
terment. Much sympathy was ex-
pressed for the bereaved parents in
their afilictiOn. They had finished out
their term at Stockton and were as
signed by the last Conference to Rox-
ana, Sussex county, but had been un-
able to move because of this sickness
and death of their daughter.
The opinion of Col. Geo. w. Cum
Minis on the effect of the Winter on the |
coming peach crop, which we took |
from the Morning Ne,0S, he says is not |
correct; that he did not say he would |
sell his prospective peach crop for 500. |
He was made to realize the force of the |
remark when he received a letter from |
VIM. ROthwell, of Middletown, asking |
# the statement was true, and if so.
ne could have his check for 800 bv
return mail. Mr.. c. did not know how
such statement got into the papers
out on a closer questioning, on brush
up his memory, he did remember re-
that he doubted whether he
would realize 500. He ought not to
'e surprised under the circumstances
+ newspapers do sometimes "get
hings up wrong"
A SOCIETY called the "Smyrna
Lodge, Independent Order Good
remplars," was organized on Thurs
lay evening last at the NJ. Z. Church.
If this town by delegation of about a
iozen members of the Dover Lodge
by Prof Webb, of Wilmington.
he following were the officers in
stalled; Herman Roe, w. c. r..
Mrs. VIM. Wood, w. V. T.; Susie f.
Wyatt, Recording Secretary: Nora
5Otton, Financial Secretary George
Hilbert, Treasurer; P. H. T. Wyatt.
Chaplain; Mr.. Nudge, Marshall; Miss
Annie Wood, Inside Guard; James
wilson, Outside Guard; VIM. Wood.
Past w. c. T.; Assistant Secretary.
Mrs. George Gilbert; Deputy Mar
hall, Miss Lydia Porter; Mrs. Mary
Wells, r. H. S. Mrs. Herman Roe. I,
Il. 5. The Lodge will hold their first
Meeting this evening in the Odd Eel
ows' Hall, where they will meet regu-
arly on Wednesday evenings at 8
,'clock
THE Town Commissioners at their
asst meeting elected Joshua II. Jerman
o fill the vacancy in the Board caused
~ the resignation of DR.. r. S. w.
4irOns. Because of dividing their
'otes between two or three candidates.
he lower part of the town, including
Whopping," has not had a represen-
ative in the Board for several wears.
md this selection is a graceful compli-
nent to this part of the town who
Justly complained of taxation without
representation. The standing COM
nittees for the year were announced
S follows: On fire apparatus, Geo.
v. Taylor, Samuel Taylor and John
IAN Gasken; street lamps, NIessrs.
jooper, FAIRIES and Jerman: streets
lessrs. Hoffecker, Taylor and FAIRIES
'own Hall, Messrs. Taylor FAIRIES
nd Jerman; gas metres, Geo. w.
'aylor and John VanGasken: town
1t, Geo. w. Taylor.
WilsOn-ArmstrOng.
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