Smyrna times., 1878-01-30


: pointed post master.
LENGTHENING.-The days are ranidl,
lengthlng, and in the pleasant evening tbS
sun goes down over the western hills nj
golden and crimson, like two kinds of ice
cream.-Erchange. '' " ie'
REV. L. ID. RAwLINs is holding a protrac
TED meeting at Bethel, on the road tr
Dover, but so far with no marked results Hi.
missionary collection, taken there last Sun.
day, amounted to over $50, considerable
advance on former collections.
TIE installation of the Patrons of Hns.
bandry at the hall of the Grangers. last
saturday, was pleasant affair, and wines.
seq by quite number. After the cera.
monies were over, the company partooll of
refreshments, provided for the occasion.
IHE attention of our farmers is called n
the advertisement Of Geo. A. Collins. who
Is prepared to do all kinds of wheelwripbt
and farm implement work and black.
smithlng. Mr.. Collins is a worthy young
man, a rising mechanic, and deserves a
large patronage.
SCHOOL House BURNED.-The school house
IN lhoroughfare Neck, near Taylor's Bridge,
belonging TO Ananias Ennis, burnt to n o
ground last night, between seven and eirht
o'clock. There has been no school held in
it for several months and it must have been
the work of an incendiary.
THE Sunday School of the Bethel A. NJ
+. Church, of this town, will hold their
hrst annual Concert and Exhibition on Friday
evening next, consisting of recitations.
Dialogues, solos, duets, quartets, &c. Adj.
mission, 10 cts. Seats will be reserved for
Whlte persons wishing to attend, and those
dong so will, no doubt find an evening of
| clever entertainments
The children of Smyrna Institute will
give a Festival in their school room on
Friday evening next, the purpose being TO
raise money to purchase Chemical Ana.
ratus for the use of the school. The adj
mission is only 10 cts. and the children
should be made happy by large attend,
im ance to help them in their worthy object.
The Goors will open at o'clock.
TO one of our State dailies, which has
dllated on the virtue of the silver dollar
until 1t appears in size and brightness like
iulI moon, we commend the leather dol.
lar OF "Nasby," on our first page. II
would not be SO pretty, but then a load of
II would be easier to carry. If a double
standard of value is so desirable, would NOT
a triple one be more so? BY the wav. has
the Rcpu6l.cm also been converted by the
''old lshmaelite' over to unlimited cur
rency?
DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.-Onc evening last
week JAS. Roberts, residing in the "AIley."
while visiting friend at Head of Sassafras.
came near meeting with a serious accident.
Ills horse got unhitched. jumped over
hedge, and, when he came up to il. was
standing on the edge Of a precipice. Just
as he took hold of the rein a landslide
took place, depositing himself, horse and
carriage down the emhankment. n distance
OF between 20 and 30 feet, breaking tie
carriage considerable and receiving severe
confusion of his arm. The horse, fortu
nately, received no material injury.
RESTLESS DOsE.-One afternoon. last
week, little shaver" between two and
three years old, got from a shelf ''unbc.
knownst," bottle Of Glycerine, and before
1t was observed drank a portion of il.
shortly after going to bed the child began
10 wnggle and finally to fret, which was
Kept up Tor two hours or more without any
signs OF Improvement. No sleep being i'm
the question, the mother dressed and took
the child down stairs, and, Notwithstanding
the administration Of one or two doses of
Jamaica Ginger, the mother did not return
to her coveted couch until the rest of the
family had stirred in the morning. nor
the child put in its "normal" condition
until seated at the break fast table.
DEVELOPING TRADE IN MUSICAL IxsTRr.
MENTs.-A. Price Griffith, Of this town. is
building up an active trade i'm musical in
struinents-Organs, Pianos, &C., averaging
Tor the past three months one per week.
Ills trade heretofore has been mainly in
organs, but he has introduced pianos also
with prospect of considerable sales. He
Keeps several makes of organs. but the
Diamond State" made in this town. has
had the largest sale of any other Mr. G.,
IN addition to understanding his business,
lOelng at little expense in the way OF rent,
&c.) and purchasing, for cash, direct from
the maker, and thus enabled to sell at his
own prices, can and does sell at such a
small profit as to enable the purchaser to
get reliable instrument at about half the
usual price.
A NEW Town ORDINANCE.-For the nast
several years the citizens of our town have
been annoyed by the illicit sale of ardent
spirits, in addition to those who were legally
selling by authority granted by the court.
Much OF the time, especially on SATURDAYS.
WV hOuSC0 NeiS hIleHueU Dy NOISY crowds.
mainly of negroes. Time and again thew
have been presented for violating the law
and peace of society, but never we believe
brought to conviction. If presented. after
a hearing before the Alderman or Justic of
the Peace who could only bind them over
to appear at court, they would keep on
with their traffic, taking care when court
came on that the witnesses should be out
OF the bailiwick. In this way the States |
Attorney has not been able to get their
cases before the court, and they have in |
every instance gone scot free. 1t became |
problem how TO meet and overcome the
difficulty, and some of our Town Commits |
sloners conceived from the reading of the
charter, that they had jurisdiction as viii. |
mlngton and other towns with similar |
charters have, to abate nuisances in their
midst. Some five or six weeks ago. an |
ordinance to this effect was introduced in |
the Meeting of the council, and after con. |
siderable discussion, the opponents claim. |
ing that it was unconstitutional and an |
abrldgement Of free mans rights. on |
Thursday last it reached decision and was |
carried by the following vote: for the ord |
nance: Hoffecker, Cosden, Dennev and |
Taylor. Against: Hill, jefferson and Catts