Smyrna times., 1880-09-29
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


The State board of Education meets in
Dover to-day.
The Little election in this State will take
place next Tuesday.
Mrs. MARY j. DAVIS advertises desirable
property at private sale.
MISSES COLLINS & SAvIN will announce
next week full stock of trimmings for
the season.
THE dry and dusty weather was relieved
by slight shower yesterday, but is now as
bad as ever.
WHEAT seeding commenced last week
and several farmers have finished putting
in their crops.
DAY after day team after team pass
through our streets with heavy loads of
phosphate from the factories to the wheat
fields.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society, will
meet tomorrow Thursday evening, at the
residence of Mrs. w. w. Tschudy, at u
o'clock.
JoHN f. PHILLIPS & Co, have just return
ed from Philadelphia with large lot of
ready made clothing and gentleman's furn.
ishing goods.
The National Bank of Smyrna is having
the broad pavement in front of that insti.
tuition replaced by new one-not before
it was needed.
The Republican meeting, to be addressed
by Levi c. Bird, ESQ.,, this evening will be
held in front Of the Hotel of P. p. Collins
instead of the Club room.
Our canning factory is unable to get
supply of tomatoes at home and is import.
ing from Wyoming, two or three times a
week. Two car loads were received from
there yesterday.
Mr.. d. w. TRUMPELLER, clothier on Main
street, means business. lie has entered
the Fall campaign early and in earnest, as
is shown by his advertisement and circu.
lars; and the people like to see and help a
man who pushes.
| DR.. Il. S. w. HIRoNs, who has for more
than five years been Surgeon of one Of the
U. S. Mail steamships of the American
Line, having resigned that position, has
taken his old office on Main st., where his
old and new friends may find him.
The menagers Of the Fair made arrange
ments yesterday to have the celebrated
trotter "Trinket," Kentucky mare aged
years, trot on that ground tomorrow
The conditions are mile inside of min
utes and 20 seconds for a purse of $1,000.
The railroad is reported as having
heavy pressure Of business. At least ou
phosphate manufacturers experience SOM
delays in getting cars in number and tim
as desired. The business Of the roads ha
been moro than usually active the who'll
season.
The time combination lock in the Frui
Growers National Bank was locked o
Thursday in closing business as usual b
the Teller, since which time it has refuse
all entreaties to open. 1t was shipped O
the 15ycrt to-day to Philadelphia to b
doctored by the manufacturer.
A COPY of the State Far Record purchase
on our streets presents bright appearance,
1t has comparatively nothing about tn
Fair, though its four pages look chuck fu
of reading matter. 1t was to contain n
advertisements, but the reader will 500
. find there is little else, served up in
4 manner that shows bro. James to be
If genius in getting q .fair advertising paper.
y WE are told by those at the Fair yeste
Z day that it promises to be the most success
tul one of any that havO preceded it. I'll
= display of stock is larger and better, an
!. the ladies department is fuller than it hi
4 ever been. The attendance yesterday WI
=, small in consequence Of the falling rain
II the morning hours, but the attendance {
= day will be numerous, very large numb
, going from this town this morning. TT
, judges in most of the departments g
Il through with the awards yesterday,
Of THE company of Miss Steiner present,
es the "Chimes of Normandy" at the Tow
as Hall last evening, in a superb manner tn
7e deserved crowded house, which from d
m tracing circumstances of public natuI
is otherwise was not the case. The singh
and acting was of grade that would ha
~ done them credit anywhere, and every pa
es was well sustained. The opportunity
at hear voices so we'll trained and have seen
be SO we'll presented is not often enjoyed in
10 country town, The scenes were paint
ty especially for Miss Steiner, which with t
no outfits cost no little sum.
Ia CHARLIE SwIGGETT, who lifts from Tiger
freight wagon a barrel Of sugar with t
m same ease boy would peck of appl
he came near being discomfitted by hung
ks rat the other night. After an honest da,
or labor he slept soundly and the rat made
meal from his big toe, eating it nearly h
off, it is said, without waking him up.
in did not discover the loss until after
mt fed his horses the next morning VIII
80 a peculiarly tingling sensation caused b
mt to look after the unfortunate memb
he The toe has been dead to feeling sir