Smyrna times., 1879-03-26
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

WE have a lady in our town 90 years of
age that last week commenced taking les.
sons in painting.
j. w. JONES sold to A. Ward, of New
York, yesterday $4,000 muskrat skins, all |
bought in this vicinity.
SEE advertisements of John Fl. Bewley. |
John B. Cooper, c. G. Blatchley, NJ. d. |
Sipple, R. H. Cummins, Mrs. Garman, &c. |
We learn from our carpenters, painters
and other mechanics, that the demand for |
mechanical labor is much greater this than |
it was last Spring.
THE itinerants were all away Sunday at. |
tending Conference, and in their absence |
the M. E. pulpit was filled in the morning |
by Rev. j. V. Smith and in the evening by |
Jas. C. Lassell.
THAT cracked bell of the mlkman whose
hoarse tones have greeted the waiting maid |
all winter, has been replaced by new one. |
The milkman hadn't discovered that his |
bell was out of tune until the robin came |
with his pure, clear notes.
SHERIFF Dunn went to Baltimore on
Monday via the Del. & Chesapcak r. r. |
after Hiram Griffith, one of the escaped |
prisoners whom he had been informed by |
telegraph had been captured and held in
that city. He returned with him via Will |
mington yesterday afternoon.
WEDDING AT MARYDEL.-The village of
Marydel was intensely excited 10y avoiding
there on Monday morning, the entire village
turning out to see the newly married couple
off in the cars. The bride was Miss Ada
j. McIlvaine. formerly near this town, the
groom being VIM. T. Houston Of Philadel
phia.
! Two thunder storms already in March
and ones that rolled good heavy artillery at
| that's pretty good electrical opening
| for spring. The peals may wake up the
dorment snakes, but they certainly do not
! indicate the bursting Of summer upon us
for they have each been followed by freez-
! ing weather.
| Our real estate agent, A. 2. Griffith, has
! sold for Tschudy & Cats the tract of land
consisting of 40 acres, part Of Australia.
to Allen Mead of New York, for 81 200,
cash. Also to A. Perry OF Wilmington,
their tract Of land known as the Allen
farm, of GO acres for $1,000, both located
in New Castle co.
| SAW MILL BURNT.-On Friday morning
last about day.break the saw mill of Isaac
| R. Stats, near the Cedar Swamp in Thor.
oughfare Neck, was discovered to he on
fire and was speedily consumed. 1t being
calm fortunately but little of the lumber
was burned. The loss of the mill and engine
was about 81 900. No insurance.
JUST one year ago the peach crop Of this
section was blighted. The trees were in
full bloom; Il wave from the north sent the
thermometer down to POP, freezing the
young germ in most orchards and thus
blasting the crop. This spring the buds
have scarcely begun to swell and every in
dicaton looks to a fine fruit year.
In correcting the proof last week of "the
Politician" the type setter made mistake
J which the writer thinks would be DANA,
ging to any poetic genius. lie wrote it,
: "As the needle will always point true to
the pole" but the typo accidently got an h
for p in setting up the last word, which was
boxing the compass with the sense, if not
the rhythm.
, WHILE Rev. Mr.. Yingling was off to the
NJ. p. Conference some impious thieves
. stole four of his chickens, and they proved
SO good that the thieves paid him the COM
pliment of returning on Friday last and
/ getting three more. We would caution
them against such unceremOniOus visits in
, the future. for Mr.. y. is not the kind Of a
a man TO fool with.
TnR Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad
] is under going a thorough repair, it being the
I intention Of the managers to put it in a con
+ 'litiOn equal to any other branch road in
: the country. The sides Of the road from
= one end to the other are lined with new ties
e The engines are also to 20 through a thor
Il ough overhauling, in anticipation Of a large
G peach crop and heavy work.
;, The Tom THUMB troupe created some ex
II, element among the little folks yesterday
I, the tiny carriage holding the dwarf.
n drawn by the span Of ponies being followed
II by goodly number Of them. The even
q ings performance was attended by ful
. house and the people seemed 10 be highly
entertained, especially by the "mischevou
II monkey" They were here once before
r. about four years ago.
o The bill, the passage of which was 81
IF generally pettioned for from this section a
}. well as other parts of the State, asking 70
e the cOlored people to have some benefit o
n the school fund to educate and prepare
Is them for better citizens, was reported upoI
r adversely by Mr.. Conaway Of the commit
tee. The colOred people ask for an oppor
n tunity to improve morally and intellectual,
y and the Legislature says no.
y We have a man in town.--and he walk
:. with a cane too--who says he never ha'
sleep enough in his life. 1t is not to
II wondered at that he deprecates early break
/ fasts. If his services were not so vauabl
- to the community, we would commend hiI
-, to the example Of Rip Van Wrinkle. Ther
,e are some others, however, who might folio
the example of the hero of sleepy no
20 low " with much advantage to themselve
en- BALK.-The Lessee of the Kent G,
Railroad circulated bills last week for a
Sc, excursion train on Sunday to New CAST
is to attend conference. For some reason th
ed train did not leave Chestertown, and cons
RS quently there WAS no excursion. About
nd half dozen from this vicinity went to Cia
it ton to await its arrival. The very conce
& ton of the thing was wild, f3r the persoi
"a. who would be most likely to be attracted
*. a conference, are Just the ones who wou
Of not patronize Sunday excursion.
:" FINE CALF-The Centrevile OJserv
7, notes as something remarkable calf grow
~ on the Locust Hill hay and stock farm of
- HendricksOn, near Millington, that weighC
M at one day old 81 tbs.; one week old, II
we TBS. !; weeks old, llS tb. ; weeks old. L
- lbs. weeks old, l60 fos. 1t was of pu
Hereford stock. This was certainly fiji
calf, but John II. Bewley, of this town, Sc
the past season to market, calf of Il
Durham and common stock, six weeks ol
al the weight of which, as per the returns
ate the commission merchant. was 2l4 lbs