Smyrna times., 1881-01-12
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
lERMoMETER this morning leo.

three weeks than ever known before.
A. j. WRIGHT will have public sale at
his residence near Moorton on Wednesday |
next 18Th inst.
The evening meetings at the NJ. E. Church
still continue though much interiered
with by the bad walking.
THE Fruit Growers National Bank has
declared dividined Of three per cent. out
of the profits of the last six months.
A GRAND HoP will be given at the Town
Hall on Thursday Jan. Goth, j. e. Cole, W.
B. Scout and Frank Moore, Committee.
JOHN A. LAVENDER has examined the
peach trees this week and offers dollar
for every live bud that can be found on
nudded tree.
MEssRs. ROBERT AND j. FRANK DENNEY
are in Kentucky buying mules direct from
the raisers, which they intend to place in
our market on the 22d inst.
The snow which commenced Sunday
morning turned to rain in the afternoon.
giving us when it ceased on Monday morn.
ing the heaviest water fall we have had for
u year.
The racing OF the sleighs on the Main
ct. course which was interrupted by the
slu>h following the rain, was resumed yes.
terday to the amusement of large number
of spectators.
The Delaware Railroad has made a change
in the time of running for the accommOha.
ton Of the Smyrna Branch. By Thu
change the long.waiIing at Clayton will be
avoided See time table.
TIE italy no" sleigh which was noticed
in our last subsequently came out with six
horses and was the "biggist" thing out.
To-day marks the third completed week Of
continuous sleghing. Mr.. Cummins is oil
today with his cutter and six on trip &c
| Middletown and Odessa.
TaE water in the Smyrna mill pond rose
to full head on Monday, the first tim,
since last August was u year. The highest
the water got last winter was within eight
inches Of head. 1t now looks as if the
period Of small rain falls and low spring,
which has prevailed for the past fifteer
months was about being reversed.
THE colored people in the desire to keel
their schools going during the wints
season, the State not providing the nrcts
sary fund as with the white children, ar
compelled to go around for private sui
scriptions which are subscribed in Limited
sums for this purpose. This is what i
styled in the late message of the Geverno
'rising to the level of their opp0rtuni
ties"
A REPORTED case Of small pox now anc
more or less in the cities has had the GOO
effect Of waking the people up general
t. the Importance of vaccination, a thin
that should never go unattended to at All
time by people who travel. We are toll
by doctors that it is a poison easily dissipl
ted and not easily caught in the open all
hut persons who travel are sometime
brought in close contact with it when nc
aware Of its presence and hence the nee
of precaution.
A GeoD Days WoRK.-On Sunday morI
ing Rev. j. A. Brindle rode out to b
: sequence of the bad weather was not me
by a congregation. He rode on to Moo
ton and being joined by three citizens
: that place the four went on to farmers
!. hold prayer meeting, which as the sequ
" shows turned out to be q very successfI
- one. The result was one conversion, tw
e earnest penitents and four names given
= the church. The fourth one, the fathe
o was converted ut the meeting some thr'
o weeks previous, his wife, and son and wifi
y devoutly following his cxample-to lead
K new life.
PERsoNAL.-0wen Ford, who taught N
d School in this town some ten years sine
IF now travelling salesman for the house
D. BrxOy 81 Co., Of New York, has be,
making a short visit to his friends in Il
70 town after an absence of six years.
L. Jas. W. Spruance has returned from
second visit to Texas. lie thinks it 4
n land Of opportunities and contemplntes
a Producing in this section drove Of Tex
Al horses.
Gilbert B. Taylor has gone to Delawu
is College, Newark, to take scientific cour
". Miss Kate Tschudy has gone to the w
Id leyan Female College, Wilmington.
he Miss Nellie Donaho has gone to the C,
r.. ference Academy at Dover.
a William P. Megear has gone to the sch,
of Prof. Reynolds, Wilmington.
Mr.. Robert Lsager went cut to Misso
on the latter part Of December and brou,
in back Miss Melvina Hargadine as his br
to whom he was atfianced pFeyious to III
departure for the West year ago. Mr..
ID. has secured farm near Suddlersyille, n
de Miss Cora o'DAnieI, of Wilmington, a
le. Miss Maggie Maree, Of Christiana, are v
d. Ling friends in This place.
icy John B. Pennington, Esq, Of Dover, ,
be IN town yesterday.
Mrs. S. NJ. Collins and J. M. White NO
md day to Wyoming to engage in gen.
ing merchandise.