Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-11-25

WE are requested to announce n
meeting of the Board of Trade at the
Office Friday evenig,
7 80 o'clock. A matter of great bust
ness interest to the town will be before
them for consideration.
THE entertainment given in the in
terest of the Auxiliary Missionary
Society at St. Peters Chapel on Friday
evening seems to have been a decided
success taking in about $125,) and
those present speak of it as having |
been very entertaining. There were a
number Of things of which we have no |
knowledge except the general state |
ment that they "came off WE'LL" but !
dramatic Action" as represented by |
Miss Emma Mutschlechner, was so
cleverly executed as to be classified
with the ideal in the perfection of art.
REV. d. H. DAVIS, for eight years
Associate Missionary with Miss Ella
F. Swinney, NJ. D., will give an illus
trated lecture, with views representing
the manners and customs of the East
ern Nation, this evening at the Pres
byterian Church, representing 100
views. Chinese street scenes, marriage
ceremonies, funeral professions, Idol
worship, Heather Gods, Temples, &c,
will be thrown upon the screen. All
are invited to come and hear of the
great work Miss Ella Swinney is doing
in the far off land. Doors open at 7.30
P. NJ, lecture at 8. Admission 10 cents.
A MCCONAUGHY, at Clayton, has
commenced the building of another
hOuse.-The M. P. Church at Downs
Chapel will have variety entertain
ment tomorrow evening.-Rev. G.
w. Gibbs, near KentOn. last week in
preparing for q few hours cunning,
accidentally discharging his gun, TAX
ing off the fore finger of his right hand.
The wound was dressed by DR.. Good
| win. "A fox let loose on the farm of
John F. GoldsbOrough on Monday,
was killed after a short run by the
dogs on the farm of E. w. Lapham.
st. Maur, q slight-Of. hand per-
former will be at Walkers School
House on Friday evening and Bay
View school house Saturday evening.
AMONG the other good things be-
longing to this Peninsula, is the fact
that we are not subject to the great
droughts that characterizes the West.
If our farmers had to pay 10 to 10
cents an acre for a single good rain,
they would complain of it as a heavy
tax. Out in the far West however,
they think it a good and profitable in.
vestment, as per the following dis
patch
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 20.-Frank
Melbourne has completed his arrange
ments for his rain-making company in
Kansas. Last week a party of Good
Land, Kansas, men went quietly down
into the pan handle of Texas and ex.
perimented. They produced a food
of rain and came back satisfied. The
company has a capital of 100000, and
will operate next year under the title
of the Good Land Rain-prOducin(
Association. Melbourne is to have
charge of the cOmpany's operations.
The Bethel A. NJ. E. Church, of thi
town is undergoing repairs, and will
be re-Opened next Sunday. The ser
vices will be as follows: o'clock A
NJ, Preaching by Rev. J. w. Norris, o
Baltimore, ex-PastOr of the abOv
Church. 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, preaching
,, by Rev. Solomon Hammond, of Ger
mantown, Pa, ex-Paster of Centennia
Church, of Smyrna. Z o'clock p. N
Rev. ]. w. Norris. Monday evening
Both, 8 o'clock, P. NJ, preaching b
: Rev. S. Hammond. Tuesday evening
l | naoaDohar I Ct Draoobi,,r ut n ~ l.
Rev. ]. w. Norris. Wednesday, DEF
ember End, the great Panorama an
Lecture, entitled THE Negro, BefOr
and since the War;" will be given.
VIM. CHINA PORTS, who was senteI
! ced to months in the county Jail
the last term of Court for the indie
ment and conviction of stealing
!, bunch of keys from the Alderman
Office of this town last summer durin
riOtOus conduct while a disturber
Il the peace was being incarcerated, wa
= liberted by Gov. Rey nOlds on Saturda
8 and he returned home that mOrninl
:. unheralded, taking his friends by su
e prise. There were some glad peOpl
r the gladdest of the lot very natural
3 being China, but there were son
J.; others not so glad, who had no intere
in it as a peace measure, one way {
the other. The release was affecte
a through the agency of Rev. ]. A.
4. Wilson. He happened to be in Il
% court room when the trial was gOin
h on, heard all the evidence, and EXPIRE
} sing great surprise in the verdict rel
=. dered by the jury, said he would s,
n the Governor personally, and secure
= pardon, which was affected last weel
; There are two or three reputable CO
n Ored men, we are told, who, if the
had been called as witnesses, would hav
testified that Potts was no nearer Il
u door than the middle of the road, viii
Il it is still further said that the re
I, offender was woman. Some of u
al young negro women seem to be Il
I, most determined meters of disturba
10 ces, and should come under the Watc
u full scrutiny of the police.
'e 1T came out in the public exercis
OF in which the Local Preachers were 81
gagged on Sunday, that some of the
had had past associations with Smyrn
N Rev. Francis Cahoon Pearson, d. D.
M Philadelphia, who preached so effeC
IN lively Sunday morning and evenin
~ though he had never been in Smyrl
TO before, felt identified with it becau
IL his grandmother was born here VIII
3 it was Duck Creek Cross Roads, al
he was pleased to find several who q
distant relatives. He is now one
the chaplains in the Philadelphia hC
TX, pital.
Rev. R. w. milford, of Sunni
Bridge, was in Smyrna at the dediC
10 ton of the church when it was e.
p built--in 1874. He was an intima
,e. friend of the late Jesse 9. HufingtC
oe the two growing up together and joi
ing church at the same time.
Rev J. r. Dill, for many years Ii
a ing at Templeville Nd, but now resi-
90 ing in Wilmington. alluded to the ia
~ that A years ago he was identif
n with the Methodist society here.
lg The President, Thos. Mallalieu,
IN MillingtOn, who was prevented fro
IT. being present by legal business,
BY Baltimore. was for some yea
ed member of the church
&c. this town, prior to his remoV