Smyrna times., 1880-03-10
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

WHEAT and corn have again downward
tendency.
TIE willows have donucl their first
dress Of yellowish green.
BREyrorD has two stores now, Lewis son
of Jas. w. Spruance ard Nm, Z. Boyer.
BrUssuL's SPROUTS and turnip greeAs have
been among the market articles the past
week.
FRESH HERRING in this market the first
week in March is unusually carly. They
are selling at - cts. pc, dozen.
,TouX r. WILSON, agent for Russell Coo
will have 4 public sale of stock in his town
on Saturday next at , o'clock.
THE annual election Of officers for the
NJ Z. Sunday School will take place to.
RoDrRT DExNEr, at Duck Creek, s chang
Ing his mill at considerable expense so as
to be able 10 InaD4f2"tUra what is called
the new process -four
The second Of the Rev. Mr. Gordons
lectures on the Crusades, deferred last
Wednesday evening because Of the heavy
rain at the time, will be given this evening
at st. Peters Chapel.
PHILIP PHILIPS and son sang to fair
sized audience at the Town Hall on Thurs.
day evening last. His music pleased some
but is toe sacred for the average prOmis-
cuOus audience.
The dwSllinghouse adjoining the store
Sf L. & L. II. Beck d Co.. now occupied by
Charles A. Beck, is 10 be turned into
store and occupied by the latter as a con-
fection and foreign fruit store.
DAVID L. STREETS, who has been attend
ing course of study in medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania in Philadel.
phia has finished his studies and will re.
ceivs his diploma on Monday next.
WM. W. NELSON has been making during
the past week or two very considerable
changes in the dwelling purchased some
months age Of the Misses Megsar, by new
weather board, windows, papering &c. lie
will have it ready for occupancy in few
days.
EPHRAIM LOWER, near Brenford, sowed
! on Thursday and Saturday last fifteen acres
of oats and but for the rain of this week
would have had field of twenty-five acres
seeded
d. w. Trumpeller, on an adjoining farm,
had field plowed and would have seeded
on Monday but for the rain.
The ladies Of the town will give Festi-
val at the Town Hall to morrow, Thursday
evening, for the benefit Of the Harmony
Brass Band" which has just been Organi-
zed. The Smyrna String Band will give
music during the evening Preparations
are being made to have full and pleasant
evenings entertainment.
JOS +. JEFFERSON is making very con-
siderable changes on his farm recently
purchased on the road from Belmont
to BrsnfOrd. The old buildiHg has been
! turned around end to the road, cellar
dug under it and a new building placed in
! front "a feet vida and l6 feet deep. Vixen
completed the buildiGg will be "a feet front
by "a feet deep.
THE Messrs. JOhnsons, uropristors Of the
shoe store, who have done bLt little towards
the manufacture Of shoes the pasS winter
are making arrangements to resume opera
tons again actively. They intend to make
a larger variety Of styleB, and what will not
Dc needed in their stores here and at Mid
distoWn, will be seld in the general market.
They will also replenish their stock Other.
wise than their own manufacture.
The Grangers, unannouncsd. came down
upon US er rather up (for we believe thew
were from below except these residing in
this vicinity in considerable number, ON
thursday last--about go it is said. They
brought their GRUB" with them and went
direct to the room Of the society here over
.. B. Cooper's store where they seemed to
have considerable business to attend to.
remaining in session till late hour of the
day. They went rs they come, meddling
with nobody's business aHd nobody med.
ing with them, and did not leave crumb
! Tor our lecsi reporter.