Smyrna times., 1879-01-29
SMYRNA AND VICINITY,

DAYS growing longer.
HEAVY colds and throat diseases abund.
ant.
Our bank reports show an aggregate of
individual deposits Of sl2902773.
THE law that prohibits the shipping of
partridges and rabbits out of the State is
now in force.
THE Benevolent Society will meet at the
residence of Mrs. j. +. Williams tomorrow
(Thursday) evening.
THE Sunday School at the Landing, Jas.
II. Cotton, Superintendent, will have an
exhibition this evening.
SOME of the recusant witnesses summoned
to the last court are finding that in Sheriff
Dunn's hands law means law.
A DEBATING SOCIETY was organized last
week at Clayton with A. L. Hudson Presi
dent and Chas. E. Moore Secretary.
LAST Sunday was the third Sunday after
Epiphany. What is that do you ask Well
look into your dictionary; it knows every
thing.
EDWARD BECK expects to get his new and
commOdious store house on Main st. finish.
ed next week. 1t will be the largest store
room in town.
AN interesting letter from one of our
former citizens, now in Montana Territory,
was not received in time for this issue. 1t
will appear in our next.
HAND INJURED.-Harry Scout, one of G.
w. & S. Taylor's efficient workmen, had
the little finger of his right hand cut of
and the adjoining one considerably injured,
while managing a wood planning machine
yesterday.
ATTENTION is called to the adv. of the
Doctors Swinney; 32d annual statement oi
Kent Co. Insurance Co. c. B. Rogers seed
! store; Farmers Insurance Co., of Will
mington; Smith & Strop's new map of the
| Peninsula.
| A BUsHEL of corn and a dozen eggs have
been selling for about the same price in
the Philadelphia markets. If this weather
continues there must soon be monsterous
amount of cackling, and that always send:
eggs on the down grade.
The breaking up of the cold weather ma,
apparently been the cause of much sick
ness and the daily papers report number
Our own section has been comparatively
healthy, while other places have suffered SC
with typhoid and other diseases.
Rev. w. G. w. LEWIS, of Middletown viii
resume his course of lectures at St. Peter!
Chapel on the "Order of the Processes o
Creation" on Monday evening next. Tn,
subject on that evening will be "water.
These discourses are instructive as we'll a
entertaining and should be well attended
LARGE number of invitations are ou
for MASQUERADE party tomorrow evening
at the. residence of Moses Price. Thi
species of sport is enjoyed with zest by
number of our young people and they viii
no doubt have an eXhuberant evening
finishing up with a well loaded table of re
freshments.
THE MITE SOCIETY Of the NJ. f. Church
which has been so efficient in keeping vi
the repairs on the church and parsonage
have been induced to 60 a step further an
take charge fthesinkingfund on the churcl
debt. This is live set of ladies, and tn
prospect is that they will make sti
among the dorment souls.
A LARGE fire and smoke to the North G
us on Saturday, which burned from unit
o'clock, gave rise to statements that wer
current throughout the town on Sunda
and part of Monday that Odessa had bee
visited by very disastrous fire. 1t was th
burning of large piles of brush on the farr
of Frank Truax, near Blackbird cam
ground, that gave rise to the statements.
CAUGHT.-Martin Kings wife and maj
, ian account of whom we gave in our las
3 issue) after wandering about for week ge
z ting lodging where ever they could, apple
f. on Friday night last at the residence
j Harry II. Hackett for lodging. lie su
D pected who they were, (having read tn
t advertisement in the TIMEs), granted theI
s the privilege of staying by the fire, while b
J. proceeded to inform Constable Weldon
9 who promptly arrested them, and, after
t hearing before Esquire Budd, the maj
g William Spencer, was committed to Dove
r Jail in default of 5000 bail. Martin got b
e goods and his wife, less the cost OF rewaT
g and it is questionable whether he is an
r better off. OF course he took more tina
one "smile" before going to his desolat
}. home, made so by bad habits