Smyrna times., 1881-11-09


Smyrna and Vicinity.
MUDDY streets.
RAIN is no longer wonder.
THE wheat fields are beautiful.
PASTURE is better now than it was a
month ago.
QUITE a number are wisely planting
their shade trees this month
REV. DIR. a. D. MAYO of Boston will
preach i'll the NJ f. Church in this town
on Sunday morning next
THE ladies of the Mite Society of the
NJ. Z. Church will hold Il Festival at the
Town Hall on Thanksgiving evening.
A. L, .SKAGGs will sell the personal
property of the late John Skaggs at Dex-
ter's Corner next Tuesday at , O'clock.
THE next holiday will be Thanksgiving.
and the turkeys are getting as fat as
grasshoppers and Il small crop of corn
can make them.
OUR fourth page contains a communica-
ton on Phosphoric Acid that makes a
very good supplementary edition to the
phosphate discussion.
BISHOP HURST will preside over the
next session of the Wilmington Confer
ence, which will be held in Middletown
on the Sth Of March next.
THE ladies of the Kenton NJ. f. Church
will hold Festival in DIR. Cooper's store
house in that town, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings of this week.
The warm, moist weather will delav
the pushing OF new corn into market.
There mas consequently been no price
established, but dealers think it will he
from So to go cts. per bushei,
MESSRs. HARDCAsTLE & JEFFERSON are
getting i'll place this week, in the store
room recently occupied by Geo. VanWin-
kle q Co, stock of groceries, vegetables.
meats. &c. Advertisement of particulars
next week.
REV. j. A. BRINDLR viii commence an
extra meeting at Kenton on Sunday eves-
ing next. A prOtracted meeting was also
commenced on Sunday at Raymond's
Church of Leipsic charge by the pastor
Rev. 5. NJ. Morgan.
Miss ELIZA FAIRIES has flower which
derives its interest from the fact that the
seed were brought from China. The
petals, which are white when first un-
folded, afterwards turn red. It's name is
. Hibiscus Mutabilis."
THEODORE MANNON near Rothwell's
Landing challenges the Hundred ON a
of wheat fields. His field has
been sown five weeks, stands regular over
the field ten inches high, and in the better
places twelve to fourteen inches high.
OUR teachers are off to-day TO the In
stltute at Dover for the rest of the week.
The children will consequently have a
little respite from their studies, which by
some are considered too MANY or i'm too
long lessons. So, all will be benefited.
AT the last session Of Court, all the old
hotels were licensed with two additional
ones, at Harrington and Clayton Tbe
latter place has now two public bars. The
only license refused by the Court was that
OF VIM. b. Mock, druggist of Camden.
DIR. WIN. DANIEL is improving his store
on Commerce, South of Main
street, by putting in three bulk windows
and a ''pent roof" just above. RUNNING
along the whole length of the BUILDING
Wm. Walker, on the opposite side of the
street, also intends to put in a bulk
THE chicken market has not been 40
lively the past two or three weeks in tbo
city markets, especially in live chickens
which are not desired. Dealers there and
IN our home market do not care to handle
any now but dressed poultry. The prices
III the city and at home are about tbe
same-S and 0 for live and II cts for
dressed chickens. A few turkeys have
found their way to market, the dealers
paying l29 cts. per pound.
ADyERTIsERs.-Read the advertisements
OF John b. Cooper and see what one of
our mercantile establishments contains
under one roof. '''''''
John Winter advertises n large Iot of
Christmas goods.
Molr's Cannery, Wilmington. for sun-
Plies OF fruits, vegetables, &c.
". Worrell, Wilmington, CARPETS.
see also Halls dry goods advertisement
az" the American Watch and Clock Depot
The law is out on game on the 15tb
Inc farmers are warning the man with
the dog and gun to stop on the other sida
Of the fence. In the meantime (t,a-ynns
ner has only to consult his own taste in |
the kind of sport he will follow up with
ms rifle. Accordingly we may expect |
Cnat Tor some time to come the adjacent
country will be overrun by eager sports. |
men, and the woods win resound with tha |
echo OF their shots and the barking of
ANOTHER LANDMARK" has disaDpear-
ed IN the demolition of the old ared |
1ouse" on Methodist fronting Delaware
street. 1t was one of the oldest houses in
OWE and number of years ago used as
ne nj. Il. Parsonage. Il was oripinalIv
ne property Of Major Abraham Pierce
md became by entailment the propertv
u Mrs. VIM. Manlove of Dover. Beeause
u this entailment clear title could mot
20 gwen tlll her death and It remained in
diiapldated condition for some years
herman > Tygert bought il some months
lgo and has had it removed aad plound
'leared With a viewsof having a residence
'rected for himself the coming season.
Extra Fine Beef and Sausage for ssatur-
lay next, at Hardcastle & Jefferson's. o