Smyrna times., 1878-03-06
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SA Una AMI tASANA41s
SHAD were caught in the Delaware last
week.
We give elsewhere statement by the
commissioners Of the town finances.
GREENs-Brussel's sprouta-made their
appearance in market this morning.
THAT blank space objected to by some,
has been filled up by Worolen on the Hill.
JOHN II. HorFEckER has taken out letters
as executor ON the estate of Jonathan
Brown deceased.
THE vendua season is over and the
general testimony is that stock and other
farm matters sold at good prices.
TIE missionary collection in the NJ. f.
Church of this town amounted to 1925, of
which $2l3 was by the Sunday School.
OUk farmers are sowing oats and clover
seed, and also planting peas and potatoes.
Spring work has now commenced all around
US.
The Smyrna Library, which has been
closed for several weeks to re-catalogue the
books will be opened to readers again on
Friday evening.
The sound Of the Ash horn is heard
in the land, and perch, herring and carp
are helping in making up square meal at
many a breakfast table.
IL you want anything and don't know
where to find it, read T. B. Megear's adver-
tisement; there it is. Megear is always in
stock with goods at popular prices.
JoHN R. WILSON gives notice to the
farmers of Delaware and Maryland that he
is prepared to supply them with Russell
Goes Phosphate popular fertilizer.
We give on our first page the anniversary
exercises to be observed at the Conference
to be held at Chestertown, commencing
next Wednesday. Also that of the " Iris .
Literary Society Of Wesleyan Female Col
lege.
The roads are getting fine, travel good
and the farmers and in fact all out door
trades, are moving with the industry OF
bees. But for the tamperng with the
financial affairs of the country everything
would wear bright aspect
NEAT ILLUSTRATED CATALoGUE-The TINE:
Office has just issued for Messrs. Geo. w. &
S. Taylor neatly printed illustrated cata
logue containing so Illustrations of machin
cry and implements which ara portion o.
the many they make or are agents for.
The steamer PieTrep0nt has made chang,
in her time table, which will appear in ouI
next issue. The trips in the mean tim,
will be, on Friday, at o'clock, from Roth
wells Landing; Monday, the Sth inst, at
o'clock, and Wednesday, lth, at O'Clock
P. NJ.
We understand rrc-aicnt Hinckley, il
reply to a letter from the committee an
pointed at the last peach meeting to confe
with the railroad Goa. -uiics that h,
is not yet prep - committee
for the purpose of discussing the freigh
question.
We intended to make Il Rote of our bust
ness changes occasioned by moving, but
press of other matters has interferred will
getting it in type. After all, they may prefe
to make their announcements TO their Gus
toners in their own way through our ad
vertising columns.
The papers chronicle the doings of on
man who appropriates the yearly produc
of one acre of his farm to the purchase O
reading matter for his family, and he con
siders it pays him better than any of hi
acres. There are others equally able, no
always living on farms, who stop thei
paper, and then worry their neighbors 70
theirs, before they have had time to rea,
it.
TO SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENBEyrs.-
Sunday school superintendents who wan
their portion Of the $500 appropriated b
the county must hand their report int
the Levy Court at this, the last meeting
which we are informed by the President
Chas. ii. Register, will be in session thi
week and next. Each school is entitled 4
pro rata share according to the numbe
OF scholars it has.
A LARGE funeral service, including forty
eight of the young mems club of thi
town, lsix of whom acted as bearersl AZ
tended the remains Of Corbit Foxwel
youngest SON Of Tighman Foxwell, to Brin
zion Baptist Church, near Kenton, on Sur
day morning last. The funeral discous
was preached by Elder Rittenhouse th
pastor. The deceased had barely arrive
TO rnanhood, and much sympathy is felt .
SO nntlmely death. His disease was cor
sumption, contracted from ncoldr Will
attending the Fair at Middletown last fall