Smyrna times., 1880-04-28
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

TRAVEL on the railroads has been brisk
this Spring.
A SLIGHT frost this morning but no proba
BILE damage.
THE individual deposits in our banks
subject to check amounts to $l59,40S.74.
THIS is Court week and Of course the
street and store talk gets its coloring from
the same.
A. P. GRIFFITH has administered on the
estate of James Jones, who died in this
town few weeks ago.
REV. Mr. WELLMAN, of Onanceck, Va,
exchanged pulpits with the Rev. Mr..
Gordon, on Sunday last.
JOHN SERvERsoN at Brsnford and Isaac
Vickers in this town are each gathering
material for new dwellings.
REV. HENRY S. THOMPSON and family of
Bristol, n. H., arrived in this town yester-
day on a week or two's visit.
OURmechanics of all classes are buster this
Spring than for several years. There is
much repairing as well as building.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will meet
tomorrow Thursday evening, at u o'clock,
at the residence of Mrs. j. w. Denney.
FRANKLIN W. GRIFFITH has opened a
variety store in Wards building-consist
ing of secondhand furniture, notions, &c.
THE double dwelling of VIM. H. Baggs
and Mrs. s. E. ParrOtt has been improved
6y united porch or piazza spanning their
front doors.
R. NJ. & w. T. JOHNSON have sold their
shoe store in Middletown to John C.. Stew
art, who has been running it for them for
the past several years.
| Corn planting is now becoming general
and the ground that was plowed early is in
good condition to receive it. Some farmers
had to stop blowing because Of the con.
tiRued drought.
In pursuance to o call of the executive
committee on Saturday afternoon next the
Republicans will appoint five delegates tc
attend the State Convention at Dover, or
the 9th of May.
HENRY C. CONRAD one Of the proprietor
Of the Daily News of Wilmington and E
NJ. Vallandingham city editor of the same
were in Smyrna on Saturday and paid tn,
TINES Office social visit.
B. F. LIPPENcoTT, the florist of Middle
town who has visited our town for sevsra
successive Springs with large varieties o
flowers, will be here again on Friday morn
ing next at 7 o'clock, in front of johnson
Shoe Sters,
Rev. G. I. COCREL will deliver his popu
lar lecture at Clayton NJ. T. Church o.
Thursday evening Aext, 29 inst, entitle
"Love, Courtship and Marriage" Door
open at o'clock; tickets for sale at Z. n
Fowlsr's store.
Much of the butter coming into narkC
for the past week or two has had the graz
: flavor, but many farmers have not turne
q their stock out to pasture yet. The Glove
is making slow progress because of the dr
weather.
WE do not meet the long faces anon
the farmers as was the case two weeks ag
. There is general feeling that with the e:
d ception of a few varieties, the showing
v fer a good crop of peaches. This muC
= seems assured unless interferred with
future frosts.
10 Now that it is planting season numeroI
loads of phosphate are seen on their WI
N from the factories to the farm. The Di
" mond Crown Nitro Phosphate, Mai7
ID Oleine and Star Bone will be the means
IA eAriching the country by thousands
bushels of corn.
n. CoUET.-The Court of this county met
= Dover, on Monday and will probably Q
OF through this week. The Chief Justice
ly charging the Grand Jury, called their attic
as ton to the growing tendency to viOlatio
40 of law, dwelling especially on the infri
tions Of the liquor law, the great evils gro
Nv ing cut of the use Of ardent spirits and {
CO urgent necessity of throwing around it
of the restrictions possible. The case of p.
ct Collins against whsm there were eley
indictments for violation Of the license /
h' (passad over frem the last tsrmI was th
at taken up he pleading guilty in the first CT
ng and settled by the court with fine Of
X, and costs, and a nolle pros. in the remain
tan. john Hutchins fer breaking into 1
. house of JAS. d. Wilds in this town, y
he convicted and sentsaoed to 20 lashes, sta
per in the pillory one hour and imprisonm
,ay one year. "caleD JackseR, foF steal
7, furs of J.. w. Jones. plead guilty and
sentenced to the same with the additiOs
'he fine of $245. John wilkinson, impris
ade ed for selling liquor without license at
{ OF last Court, was ordered to be discharged
s..a Saturday next. There is an effort be
made to hays VIM. FcAfes also released
On the same cause. He js greatly suffel
the frcm the imprisonment,