Smyrna times., 1931-11-04
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVAMPEO FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES, NOV. 2, 1881
Notes of Marriages, Deaths, ResI
Estate Deals and Matters of In
terest of Half Century Ago

(1he Smyrna Times has started
TO look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ing date of this ISSUE a half century
ago: We hope to make this a regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else,
1t will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
to the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eag-
eTly sought and read-Editor.)
The entertainment given at the
Town Hall on Saturday evening by
the Hyer Sisters Combination was
universally pronounced one of the
best ever given in the Hall by any
travelling company. The troup
numbering sixteen persons includ-
ing the orchestra, showed superior
merit in everything undertaken.
The chief attraction was in the
singing, but in the dramatic repre-
sentation of "Out of Bondage, or
before and after the war" there
was enough of absurdities and
stage comicalities picturing the
true life of the negro on the cotton
plantations and merging into free
dom to amuse intensely. The sing
ing of the Misses Hyers and the
defamation of Miss May Reynolds
showed a culture of very high
order. The impression made was
SO favorable that under a pressure
for another presentation in our
town, by an arrangement made
with several of our citizens they
will be here again on this night
week, Wednesday, when they will
no doubt be greeted with crowd
ed house.
Marriages. - Tingle-Poore. At
the M. p. Parsonage, Smyrna, Oc-
tober 25th, by Rev. w. ]. D. Lucas,
John E. Tingle and Miss Mary F.
Poore, both Of Downs Chapel
neighborhood.
McDaniel-Knight In the Bap-
tist Church, Dover, October 26th
by Rev. "A. Smith, Harry Mcdaniel
and Miss Jennie knight, both Of
Dover.
Lynch-Saxton. AT Lebanon, Oc-
tober 9th, by Rev. Or. Caldwell
Minos Lynch, Of Wilmington, and
Miss Sallie Saxton Of Lebanon.
Fossett-Sherwood AT Camden
by Rev. Joseph Robinson, October
18th, James Fl. Fossett, Of New
Castle, and Miss Annie H. Sher-
wood Of Dover.
Price-Leatherberry. In Philadel-
phia, October Both, by Rev. Jacot
Todd, d. d., Samuel Price of Phila-
delphia, and Miss Hannah NJ
Leatherberry Of Middletown.
Emerson-Reynolds. Near McCol-
Iey's Mills, October goth, by Rev
j. S. Willis, John P. Emerson anC
Miss Martha w. Reynolds, both o.
Canterbury.
a Thief Loses a Horse and Dear,
born.=Peter Truax, living on Col
onel Robert Hills farm near the
big Oak" found himself in pos
session of a horse and dearborn OF
Saturday night very unexpectedly
He discovered some one out in hi!
cornfield apparently making of
with the golden ears. He slipped
up to him rather easily and yer.
much to the surprise Of the indi
yidual who very evidently had no
expected a second party to the af
fair. "What are you doing here 2
demanded Mr.. Truax. I'm hunt
ing" answered the man confused
Iy, and without waiting to answe
what he was hunting for, broke il
a full run. Just then Mr.. Trua1
heard a horse "whicker" and sus
pecting as much, found the THE
had brought a horse and dearborn
for the stolen corn, which he hitch
ed in a neighbors peach orchard
They are still in his possession, n
one having come to claim them.
The following are the names o
the petit jurors of the three lowe
hundreds drawn for the comini
term of New Castle County Cour
which meet on Monday. Novembe
21: First Panel-St. Georges e.
C. Armstrong, William H.Houstor
James w. Mitchell. Appoquinimin
Harry Lyons, Daniel Claytor
Blackbird-James H.Roberts, Sam
uel A. Collins. Second Panels
Georges es-Alonzo S. Whitlock, +
c. Walter, William ]. Eliason. AT
poquinimink- Benjamin S. Gill, /
H. Lattomus, William M. Kint
Blackbird- Keen, Williai
Lockerman. Additional Jurors
st. Georges-H. A. Nowland, Cha
les Tatman, Jr. Appoquinimink-
Glanden Reed. Blackbird-Benj;
min G. Collins.
Shows.-The past week has bee
prolific of entertainment: amor
them was the tent and gorgeo,
paintings showing the big snak
the little man, woman without leg
and the educated pig-all for II
cents. But somehow it did n