Smyrna times., 1881-02-02

peals were heard Saturday and the book
taken to Dover yesterday
WALTER JOHNSON, the cOlorOd man who
was so badly injured in a row ian account
of which we published last week is rapidly
recovering from his wounds.
TEE meetings at the NJ. +. Church are of |
more interest this week than at any time
since their commencement. About thirty
persons have professed conversion.
THE snow STERN yesterday was too much
for Capt. Shows public sale of A. J. Shows
personal property, and the sale has been
postponed until next Monday, 7th inst.
j. G. BRINTeN has bought Of Mrs. Mary
J. Davis the property on Market st. used
last year AS a drying house, together with
an adjoining lot, the whole making about
All acre, for 81 900.
PETE bowman run short of poultry and
fuel and went.down to Dover, as was ex-
pected, to bail "Old Mary" out before
Dover justice, but was forestalled by pro
hibitory order from Chief Justice COmegys.
THERE was general looking TO February
for sunny days, but instead, it was ushered
in 10y the worst snow storm Of them oil.
The ten or twelve days respite from sleigh
ing has been raised, and now the bells are
as merry as ever.
Mrs. JOHN NJ. VOsHELL died in this town
on Saturday last after protracted Illness
from consumption. She was largely con-
nected, and her remains were followed TO
Bethel NJ. E. Church, Monday, by an IN
usually large funeral.
THERE has been complaint that the
street lamps near the burnt mill and Town
Hall are not fixed so as to tighten the path.
way Of the denizens Of those sections, but
the commissioners explain that the ground
is frozen. The whole thing needs thawing
out.
The @. A. & K. Railroads got blockaded
in snow bank at Dodson's Cut yesterday
afternoon and seeing no possibility Of getting
through, teams were hired and the pas
sengers with the mail were taken to Ches
tertown. Most all the roads suffered from
delayed trains.
The next entertainment und0r the aus
pieces of the Benevolent Society for the
benefit of the poor will be on Friday the
llth inst. 1t will consist of readings by
Prof Crabb Of Wilmington, and singing by
the Misses Roberts and Miss May Taggert
also of Wilmington.
TAKE care of the birds. A large number
of the larks, cartridges, &c, persisted il
the severe weather a month ago and the re
mainder are being still further thnned by
the hawks. The birds are the farmers bes
friends and the Legislature did an unwis'
thing when it repealed the law paying
!, premium for hawk scalps.
THERE is a growing carelessnSss of prop
. erty holders about cleaning the snow from
their pavements. The Alderman will d
we'll to have an eye on the tardy and Sc
d also that it is not all dumped in the gutter!
> Some Of these days we may have that Jar
uary thaw which Vennor prophecied an
J, then the streets will be like they were al
u preaching the Postofice.
VENDUEs.-The following Public Sales {
h. stock, farming utensils, &C., will take plaC
i' during the month of February, viz:
m James Carrow, near Smyrna Landing, O
le the Sth.
10 John Rawley, in Dutch Neck, on IL
ID 9th.
at James Truax, at Rothwell's Landing, c
ID the 18th.
10 G. C. NayIor, near Green Spring, on IL
e, 10th.
VIM. E. Riggs, Sr., near Casperson's mi
50 on the 18th.
ELECTION OF DELEGATEs.-A meeting
the cOlored citizens Of Smyrna and Vicini
was held in Bethel A. NJ. E. Church in II
town yesterday afternoon for the purpo
of electing delegates to the State Educ
tional Convention to be held at Dover
the 10th inst. Lewis Hamilton was call
to the chair and Jos. NJ. Kenton acted
Secretary. The following were elected d
egates: Rev. J. Wilkshelm, Rev. Geo.
Waters, Rev. Charles Potts, VIM. T. Hi
Abraham Gibbs, Thomas Lum, Lewis Ha
ilton, Geo. F. Potts, L. Moore and Hen
Reese.
NEW Books FOR TIE LIBRARY.-The NJ
board of the Smyrna Library in additi
re to thorough ovsrhauling of the Librs
have purchased $3.50 worth of new boo
which will be placed on the shelves ne
asst week and will have 60 or so volumes
the most poplar old books rebound. Tn,
-. books have been purchased through J..
Wy Cooper of this town, the committee bel
'" able to procure them cheaper through b
than they could direct from the publishs
w, We congratulate the patrons of this in
NJ, tuition in the literary treat which the n
Board will thus be able to spread Def
them.
- A MARKED copy of the Gettysburg C
piIer has an article on ''peach buds q
peaches" by Raphael Sherry read bef
Rht the Pennsylvania Fruit Growers Society
her which he takes the ground that peac
have been made susceptible toinjury by c
and frost by trying to force early ripen
sntB varieties. In their natural State they b