Smyrna times., 1880-02-04
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.


falls on the 18th of February.
THE communication of "Namsrofni" did
not reach us in time for this issue.
w. FRANK JEFFERSON advertises lot of
harness, mules, &C., for sale at his livery
stable.
A FEW sleighs ventured out yesterday and
this morning, but the jingle hadn't the ring
Of endurance.
A TEREApIN supper will De given at the
Smyrna Hotel this evening by the proprle-
tor, P. P. Collins.
JonN \. LAVENDER as agent for Z. A.
Ely, of IIightstown, n. j., advertise u large
variety Of fruit trees.
A. r. SEvERsoN, of Brenford, has returned
home graduate of Eastman's Business
College. Poughkespsie, n. Y.
TIE Fourth Grand Reception of the
Americas Club will DO given at the Town
Hall on Thursday evening February 18th.
The Levy Court of this county is now in
session and will make the appointments of
collectors for the different Hundreds to-
morrow.
SIXTEEN shad were caught by fishing
boat at Bombay Hook last week. They |
sold in Philadelphia at 81 a piece. Shad |
in January in the Delaware is an unusual
occurrence.
The Trustees of Glenwood Cemetery
have at last enclosed it with neat fence
There is full appreciation for this act by
the scores of people who so frequently
wend their footsteps thitherward.
A Price GRIFFITH, real estate agent, has
sold the farm of II. E. Arlington (the J.
| p. Reese farm) one mile from town. con-
tanning IL acre, to Thomas c. Oakley for
$500. Mr.. Oakley will take possession the
latter part Of this month.
A GENTLEMAN living out in Montana for
several years past, wrote to his sister here
last week enclosing ten dollar bill of the
i" Fruit Growers National Bank of this
town, which is further demonstration Of
the popularity Of the National as compared
with the old State Bank bills.
SHE'LL LIME-This old aad reliable fer.
tilizer still heads the list of cheap CONNER
cial naRures. No other ID obtainabe on
this Peninsula at so little COST and it's pop
ularity is shown by its increasing sales from
another column and send your orders in
early.
Mr.. CHARLES A. BECK and his bride were
treated to a hearty serenade on Friday
night last, the company during the even
, ing comprising the colored brass band, the
string band and the calithumpianS with
their hsrse-fddle. The latter crowd are
never the best, and maintained their repu-
taton this evening
5 PUcLIC SALEs.-P. F. Truax, living on tho
! Cowgirl farm" SpruanCo's Neck, will sell
a his personal property at public sale on
6 Wednesday, February 18th.
John C. Corbit will sell at the late resi-
denca Of Cornelius C. Watson, in Apo
| qunimnk HID, on Thursday Feb. 18th,
\ the personal property Of the deceased.
: See adv.
! TIE papers Of to-day report the snow
! storm very heavy Throughout the north, and
: much damage has been done along the
e coast from Cape Hatteras to Nova Scotia
n number of wrecks are reported. The
: brig Quango 100 tons burden, struck against
the Break water at Lewes and is a total loss
. Another brig also went ashore on Broad
I kiln bar.
IS WILLIAM CLAYTON, an elderly man gen
il orally known as Methodist Billy Clayton,
! from his primitive habits and faith. wa
: found dead in the woods of Edward Ward
) on whose farm he resided, near Blacks
e toms Cross Roads, on Tuesday Of last week
)t He had been out for the purpose Of gOttin!
e load of wood. He was a good man anC
1t his death is regretted by his Rsighbors.
The Metric SYsTEH.-It may not be gen
II orally known that we have in the nickel fiV
y cent piece of our coinage, a key to ia
&c linear measures and of Weights. Tn
r diameter of this coin is centimcters, and it
is weight is 5 gramnles. Five Of them place.
II in row will, of course, give the length Q
- the dccimeter, and two of them will weigh
= decagrdinDle. As the kil0Iiter is a cubic meter
Vi the key to the measure of length is ais
SIS the key to measures of capacity. An
r. person, therefore, who 10 fortunate enoug
I'd to own five cent nickel may carry i
nt his pocket the entire metric system {
n weights and measures.-,ScientJfc Anacricai
/! THE winter wave has struck US at las
ul and pink cheeks, blue noses and water
ed eyes to the contrary, it will be welcomed
The cold, clear and bracing weather whic
If. set in the first day of February will be a
m admirable tonic for the systems that hay
- been relaxed by the unusual and uRse
IA souable warmth which has prevailed for tt
er last Month or two. And the snow to
IN which fell on Tuesday morning, thous
IN slushy and dSagraeable, was welcomed
JUS something at least ssasepable. Janua
tic was a vsrtable spring month as was Il
~, most of December, and there is genuil
Z satisfaction to see something like wintC
lch There is bare possibility that our ice mt
or may yet have partial harvest.
not
of SAMUEL P. GOODWIN, ESQ, of the firm
to Wood, Marsh & Co., Philadelphia, W
on has been on 3 commercial tour of t
III Peninsula for the past two or thr
iei weeks, spent Sunday last in this town, a
Iso' put in a full and highly appreciated ds
by work, making the opening prayer at be
it the morning and evening services at t
ach NJ. f. Church, and following the sermon
J in the evening by lsRghty aad forcible (
90 hOrtatiop in addition to which he
dressed the Sunday School, and temp
Dc- ance meeting at the town hall very ell
,ne- lively for an hour. There are few N
the who have the combined mental and PHI
hat cal capacity for FsfoPmatorY work or "
sert do more Of it than he. As the Origina
,;or Of the " Franklin Reformatory HON
p: President Of the Goodwin Associatio
= F." numbering 1900 reformed men, and ot
Ins, institutions for the amsioratioR of
OF condition Of the unfortunate, he has d.
ghts herculsan work. Mr.. Goodwin is SO C
stitutsd that he has to work, and he has
tho power and endurance to work more el
cont lively than most men. And, very mai
- ally, there are no compromise measures
anu dealing with an evil and lie looks VI
ena- the man who compromises with the sc
tlon turaly prohibited vices as standing c
lited crumblng prscipics. He believes that
rine Temperance cause and religion are prop
ions inssparable, and that while a man may h
! his name enrolled ON the church record