Middletown transcript., 1893-01-14
SMYRNA AND CLAYTON.

Mr.. B
SMYRNA AND CLAYTON.
From the Clayton Call.
The Smyrnaites are sending voluminous
petition to Congress to have the World s
Fair closed on Sunday.
John C. Bailey has sold the Stevenson
farm. near town, which he purchased sew
eral weeks ago for $500, to 7. Massey
for $1,000.
The 1S-months-old son of Thomas G.
Walls, died at the home of his parents in
Spruance City on Sunday last. Several
children of, Mr.. Walls have succumbed to
diphtheria this winter.
The following letters remain uncalled
for at the Smyrna postofice and persons
called for them should say they are ad-
vertised: Miss Susan Goldberg, Mrs. L.
Garner, Henry Green, Levi Scott, W. II.
Truitt.
Cheswold's new NJ E. Church has
membership Of "A in full connection and
% probationers. A singular fact in con-
nection with the membership of this
church is they all live west of the Della
ware railroad.
The committee appointed by the 4th
Quarterly Conference of Appoquinimink
Circuit to rent parsonage in Smyrna for
next conference year, have rented the
dwelling on Mt. Vernon street now occu-
pied by w. F. Clement.
The Messrs. Osborne, who ran the can
merry near the depot last season, have been
in town the past week. They expect to
run again next season and will want 400
acres of corn and 300 acres of tomatoes.
The farmers will be given due notice of the
time for contracting.
On Tuesday evening" Robert A Taylor,
treasurer of the Wenonah Lodge, No. 3,
S. of H., of Wilmington, handed over
check for 81 900 to the widow of the late
Cove s. Donovan, formerly of Smyrna,
whose sudden death, at his post OF duty in
the West Yard a few weeks ago will be re-
membered, in payment of death benefits of
his order.
Matthew Ford, overseer of the road lead
ing down the neck, by Smyrna Landing, is
in process OF greatly improving its travel
by oyster shelling the sand hill just below
The phosphate factory at Rothwell's Land.
ing. During the past week two car loads
of shells, 1900 bushels, have been dumped
on the sandy part, which will give them a
hard road where has been heretofore sand
bed.
L. Irving Handy, Delaware's silver
tongue orator, will give very interesting
lecture in Smyrna on Tuesday evening
Jan. oath, for the benefit of the Presby-
terian Church. His subject will be The
Road to Victory" The lecture will be
held in tie Presbyterian Church, unless
the demand for tickets is SO great that it
cannot accommodate the audience. In that
case the lecture will be held in the Opera
House.
At meeting of the Citizens Hose Com
pany, No. ], the following were elected as
officers for one year: President, Charles
F. Kennedy; Vice-President, George P.
Graham; Secretary, A. S. FAIRIES, Treas
urer, Joseph H. Wright; Chief, H. S.
Anthony; First Assistant to Chief, Frank
Boyer; Second Assistant to Chief, John P.
Patterson; Fire Recorder, Thomas Mccoy;
Directors, Nathaniel Pratt, Joseph ". Rey-
nolds.
Mrs. George Bartol, of Philadelphia,
who came here 10 days ago to attend the
funeral of Conductor Wright, was stricken
with paralysis at the home of her neice,
Mrs. Edward B. Wright, in Wilmington,
on Saturday night, and, though her con-
dition is slightly improved, there is said to
be but little hope of her recovery. A
strange fatality has hung over Mrs.
Wright's home during the past year.
Within that time she has seen her father,
sister and her husband in deaths en-
brace. The first dropped dead in sight of
her home while on u visit from Philadel
phia. The sister was taken suddenly ill
on November 10Th, and died in a few
hours. And her husband was brought
home corpse on December 26th, being
killed by a railroad train at Delmar. Now
her aunt has been stricken with probably
a fatal illness.
A large company of the many friends of
DR.. D. T. Smithers and wife, met at his
residence in Smyrna on Friday evening of
last week and celebrated the 30th anniver-
sary of the wedding of the DR.. and his
wife The evening was very pleasantly
spent. The guests left valuable collection
of presents, consisting of pictures, mantle
ornaments, silyerware, etc. Among those
present were: Miss Fannie C. Higbee,
Philadelphia; Miss Tillie Evans, George
town; Miss Lizzie Wilson, Milton; Misses
Name Clifton and Mable Conner, FELTON,;
F. E. Postles and wife, John B. Cooper and
wife, A. L. Hudson and wife, J. W. Den
ney and wife, w. E. Hall and wife, J. w.
Jones and wife, E. G. FAIRIES and wife, A.
E. Fowler and wife, Thomas James and
wife, J. A. Brown and wife, B. V. Weldon
and wife, George A. Hall and wife, Joseph
Smithers and wife, E. G.. Walls and wife,
John Cosgriff and wife, G. NJ Stevenson
and wife, w. o. Hofecker and wife, j. A.
Hoffecker and wife, A. L. Hudson, Jr..
and wife, j. E. Hoffecker and wife, S. J
Reynolds and wife, John H. Hoffecker
and wife, Mrs. J. W. Clifton, Mrs. NJ. E.
Smithers, Mrs. S. E. Collins, Mrs. Rachel
VanGasken, Mrs. A. Lee Cnmmins, Mrs.
J. E. Williams, Mrs. w. H. Thompson,
Misses Hettie H. Niegear, Irene L. Roberts,
Nellie FAIRIES, Edith Beck, Emma F.
Wilds, Lille H. Pratt, M. Lizzie Hall,