Smyrna times., 1881-03-16
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
CRoCUsEs are in bloom.
BEAUTIFUL March weather.

CR0CUSES are IN bloom.
BEAUTIFUL March weather.
TS-MoRROw will be Saint Patrick's day.
]. w. JONES has shipped since the first
Of March 10000 eggs.
Our grocers supply of northern seed |
potatoes is large, and the tubsrs very fine. |
The reports of our two banks show a
united deposit of 1885, 1884 subject to
check.
OUR merchants seem to he we'll supplied
with clover seed and the farmers are pur
chasing literally.
The first note of the Robin, that most
delightful OF our Summer songsters was
heard this morning.
PATRICK HANNIFEE has bought of Mr..
Cruthers of Baltimore farm in Appoquin
mink Hd., l40 acres for 5000.
THIS time last year the peach trees were
in bloem. Would that we could be furn.
ished the sight this year, even in May.
TIE workmsn at the tile yard and brick
kilns of WIN. NJ. Bell have commenced on
their preliminaries for the summer work
ALL THE NJ. f. preachers went off to
Conference at Lewes yesterday and will
remain until next Tuesday, or possibly
| Wednesday.
! TEE fact was noted in the Secretary 3
! report that not a death had occurred in
! the large enrolment of the NJ. F. Sunday
School during the past year.
EXCURSION tickets can now be had on
any OF our three trains running to Phila.
delpha Heretofore this favor has been
granted only to passengers by the I O'Clock
| train.
MEssRs. EVANS & Co. are pushing out
their Excelsior" pillow which they claim
will serve our farmers as we'll as the North
ern plows while they can furnish them 8
great deal cheaper.
TEE Young Peoples Christian Associa
ton elected last Thursday evening the fol
ltwng officers to serve for the ensuing
year: President. II. II. Huntington, Vice
President, S. OIin Uric, Secretary, Th0s. s
Start.
Two stray herrings were the fisherman
ouanturn in a cart Of "neds" on Saturday
| and the frat Of the season. No shad ha
{ yet been caught in our rivers but we ma
soon expect both Of these fish in abund
ance.
/ VENDUEs-Wm. E. Riggs. Sr., will max
a a public sale near Casperson's mill, O.
!. Wednesday next, and John Williams i
" Pumpkin Neck" on the Thursday tn
oath inst. Both Of these gentlemen inten
s to discontinue farming.
THE steamer Tygert, which has bsen mall
= ing one trip a week for the past thre
u weeks, since starting, will commence neS
Q Monday ON two trips week and run unit
il June, when the tri weekly trips will be n
:, sumed. She will leave Smyrna Monday
and Wednesdays, and Philadelphia Tue
days and Fridays.
Mrs. Eta f. BALDWIN nee Jerman, WI
married Rev. ). l.. Baldwin while a res
Al dent of this town nearly twenty years AZ
n and went with him to Foo Chow, Chin
a will deliver a Missionary address in the
>. E. Church on Friday evening next and vi
:. no doubt be greeted by large audienc
l. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Z.
lr Stevens. Mrs. Baldwin, has engagement
as for Baltimore Wednesday and Wsshingtt
a Thursday next.
~ RAILROAD runners are still thick in 4
'u air. 1t ia asserted that the PennsylvaT
oi has bought the Delaware Western, tn
.rs again that il is ready to drop into the han
. Al, ID la. a nl.s
- that the latter will apply to the Legislstu
an for charter tn build new road throu
ori the State. The New York papars say Il
Ter the demand for new road between Pi
be adelphis and Baltimore is urgent, and mi
sooner or later be built.
pre ADvERTIsERs.-Messrs. Lapham j.
MIA thony call attention to the "Cumberla
ns Triumph" strawberry as the most prof
BILE for naarketing, and advertise plants
sale.
tho Strawtridge & Clethier lay open ii
Spring stock for the attention of our lad
o' Barrett Nephews & Co., the Staten
ef land dyeing establishment.
ith. Philip D0srr & Sens, carpetings, oilclc
res. &c.
See also advertisements of Msssrs.
'''' liotts, johnson IL Co., Blacklsy's pump,
mas,
the THE LEeIsLArURE.-This body is MAX
the haste slowly. and yet the daily reports
,nlv bills read, smendments to existing i
,r, new bills, &c. make a considerable req
ne The local option bill may come up to
oels the Fiscal bill (allowing the counci
,een Wilmington to borrow s60.000) was pa
One Yesterday by party vote. The y
:, !. Creek Improvement Company's bill
the bill to lay out new road near Bon
the Hook, have not yet been acted on in
hysi Senste. The war between the newsp
very reporters and Speaker Williams and
Paynter Jones 1.-THE husband Of p wife
ny father of eight children,) who felt agR
ana ted at their criticisms, has fortuni
pun. cssesd.