Smyrna times., 1896-03-25

The Philadelphia papers Of Saturday
rive the circumstances (and the case
was a peculiar one, in Broad Street
Station. in broad day light) how John
II Denney, of Leipsic, was robbed by
a slight-of-hand trick OF his watch by
n man named Wieland, who passed 1t
too another thief and the singular way
the watch was found, and the work OF
the thieves shown.
james Hvnson, colOred, residing in |
a house on the Armstrong farm two |
miles above Smyrna, met with serious |
accident Monday while saving wood |
with a circular saw for James Derrick
son near Blackbird. He had on nit
tens. that on the left hand catching
into the saw and jerking it before the
RAPIDLY revolving saw, the hand was
cut digonally across from the base of
the little finger to the thumb. The un-
fortunate man was brought to Smyrna
and Drs. Clifton and Ashcraft amputa-
ted the hand at the wrist.
Walter D. Jefferson was in Smyrna
Monday and billed for ''The Old
Homestead, " which will be produced
by the Amateur Dramatic Club, of
Chestertown, under the direction of
Mr.. Jefferson, whose ability as a pro-
ducer is we'll and favOrably known
here. He says he has an excellent
cast, n good quartette and plenty of
specialties. The company will play
here Friday evening, and will leave
ChestertOwn about 2.30 p. m, on the
date of performance, arriving here 400
p. III. Tickets on sale at HOffecker's
drug store. Reserved seats, 30 cents.
Mrs. Ella A Boole, widow of Rev.
VIM. H. BoOle, a noted speaker, of
New York. had charge of the Methodist
pulpit on Sunday, under the auspices
of the W. c. T. q. Mrs. BOOle had a
good audience in the morning and at
night the auditorium was more than
filled, d number being crowded into the
gallery. The morning discourse was
called ''Bible Reading" though she
said she would come as near to preach
ing a sermon as she could, and the sew
eral texts, or passages of scripture selec-
ted enabled her to do this thing to the
more than usual edifcatiOn of her aU-
dience, who followed her with absorbed
interest. She was III everway pleas
ing and forceful speaker. Her dis
course at night was on the temperance
question and the necessity of waking
up to the fact that the licensing of the
sale of liquor was granting the privi-
lige by law to take property without
giving an equivalent, to destroy the
peace of the home and bring children
down to shame.
During the past month two neat
phamplets have been gotten out by the
Church Aid and RectOry Society of the
! St. Peters Church-one, is the third
annual report of the society, giving the
| bylaws, secretaries, and treasurers re-
ports and closing with an interesting
account on the COmmemoratiOn of the
/ 50th anniversary of the Church Aid
| Society. The officers Mrs. Geo. H.
Raymond, President; Miss NJ X. d.
Eldridge, Secretary and Mrs. J. G.
Stockly, Treasurer. The society has
membership of sixty thirty four
ladies and twenty six gentlemen. The
report of the treasurer shows a balance
of S282 81 in the treasury.
The other work is a sketch from the
report of Mrs. Geo. H. Raymond, Civ
ing the origin and history of ST. Peters
Church from the time the little Wooden
Chapel was built at Duck Greek in
174O by Rev. Arthur Usher, down
through the successive reatOrships to
the present time. The history is well
compiled and makes interesting read
ing.
It is proverbially said that ''large
bodies move Slow but this isn't a
circumstance to our council of seven
members 1t takes them longer to get
together and transact little business
than it would take body ten times its
size They actually move tediOusly
slow and often there is an effort to gel
quorum. An incidence of this kinC
was quite evident last Friday night
Three of the members mat in the cOun
Gil chamber, at z o'clock, the appointed
time. As it takes four to make {
quorum, they waited and waited for {
fourth member to come in Eigh
o'clock came and still no quorum
Growing impatient, the two members
led by the secretary, with his minut,
book under his arm, made their way Il
| W. n. Il tl4 4Co O4nbG3 Dup 1p WOO JUG
getting ready to go off on an impOrtan
business engagement. James G, Rob
inson was away; DIR. L. G., Moore wa
sick, and President John H. Hoffecke
had not put in his appearance. 1
looked as if there would be no meet
ing. So the notwithstanding
two cOuncilmen and two quill driver
} ! went to DIR. MOore's residence ant
4 10 oh 10 10 I,
council. Business was pushed through
and the council adjourned,
9 The sixth and last lecture of tn
home circle of the University Exten
4 sion Course was delivered last night i
st. Peters chapel before a good aud
0 ence. Several, however, were keT
s away by the snow storm. The leC
8 turer, Prof. A. H. Smyth, embraced /
his discourse, all that period in Ems
. lish literature from the formation {
the Lake School of poets down to th
. present time He touched briefly o
: the life and works of Lord Alfred Tel
~ nyson, Charles Dickens, VIM. Max
= peace Thackery, George Eliot. Ben
! Disreli, John Stuart Mill, &c, &
. . He took up the prominent candidate
: for the pOet-laureate of England, S
6 Edwin Arnold, AlgernOn G. Swil
. burne and Alfred Austin, and delin,
ated the special character of each
they appeared in the race for tn
4 honor. The discourse was replete wit
Il beautifully recited extracts from Il
noted writer's of this period. Tho
who have been attending the lectur
e are well-pleased with the style m
y manner of delivery of Prof. Smyt
l, He has given a great deal of inform
= tiOn and his lectures have been high
= entertaining. Many regret seeing Il
- course close. Itwas with cOnsiderab
u effort that home circle was organize
Now, that our citizens have been ben
fitted by these intellectual treats, it
L hoped that an effort will be made
Il; have Prof. Smyth with us again.
r. r. Personal.
er Miss Louisa A. Cummins lett Ii
ut ! waalx on q trim tO San ErauQiaqO '