Smyrna times., 1881-04-27

in the interest of the buyer. There was an c
unusual full stock on hand and shad that had !
been selling before for GO to so cts. per pair S
got down to 10 and so cts, splendid fish, and !
herring down to 10 cts. q dozen. There has t
been a considerable destruction of brain food
the past several days. 1
ADvERTIsERs-Messrs. G. W. & S. Taylor
announce prominently their celebrated Cham
pion Reaper and New Departure Cultivator
They have one of their HOrvesters set up
and ready for work in their shops and invite
the inspection of farmers
j. Z. Phillips & Co. in business locals call
attention to a new stock of hats and gents
furnishing goods.
Special attention is invited to the adv. of
"The Summer Cook Florence Oil Stoves
Also the Standard Sewing Machine adv, all
of which are for sale S. E. Cor. It'll & Arch
Sts., Philadelphia.
THE Rector of st. Peters invites the public
generally to attend a course of Lectures on
Moses, which he proposes Cd, W to begin on |
Wednesday evening next at 1880 o clock in the |
Chapel, He will treat the subject under the |
following heads:-1st Infancy of Moses. ID |
4th. Moses before Pharoah. 5th Moses by
the Red Sea. 9th. Moses as leader. It'll
Moses as u Lawgiver. Sth Moses as Interces-
sor. 9th Desert Wanderings. 10TH Death
| of Moses. The lectures will be plain in style
and practical in character. The man of God
being used as a type of what a Christian ought
to be, and his mission as a type of Christ being
strongly brought out.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Salisbury and Repre-
sentative Martin were i'll Dover on Monday.
Glenn. Spruance of this town left yesterday
for Wellington, Kansas, to take q clerkship in
the store of Mr.. Coverdale, formerly of this
section.
Rev. d. L. Greenfield, of Centrevlle Md,
will deliver the annaul anniversary address
before the Scott Literary Society of the Con-
ference Academy, at Dover, in June.
Jas. W. Spruance leaves to-day for Texas,
expecting to return in about six weeks, with
another drove of Texas horses.
Miss Ella Glanden has gone to Philadelphia,
to spend few weeks with her relatives and
friends.
, PERsoNAL.-Charles G. Temple, of Camden.
WV
friends in this town, and showed that he hadn't
lost any of his splendid tact in local narrative
of laughable events happening a score and
c more years ago.
If Lewis II. Graham of Pittsburg until the
i last ten years resident of Kenton, has beer
home on a visit TO his friends in that town anC
this. Mr. Graham is doing thriving grocery
l. business in that city his chief clerk bein;
Sam'l G. Pratt also of this town.
IN Dan'l B. Cummins Prest. of Girard Bank
Philadelphia, came down on Saturday ant
9 spent Sunday with his relatives in this town.
Everett Snowden and r. 5. Culbreth
=, ESQ., of Baltimore were the guests of Jas. ?
Hoffecker several days the past week. MI
c. started on Monday on business trip t
nc New York, Albany and Boston.
J. Geo. V. Massey, Esq, and wife of Dover
a. left on Monday to join an excursion to Califoi
MIA. Mr.. Massey takes the trip for rest and RI
cuperation and will be gone from four to 81
D. weeks.
10 MINOR IMPRovEMENTs.-Josep E. Wi
liams is putting up two story addition to Il
a. rear of his dwelling on South ST.
- William FAIRIES has enclosed the front of
new residence on the same st. with an ire
> fence, and laid a new pavement.
The fences and surroundings of Robe
in Hills residence, as well as those of the FRI
the Growers Bank adjoining, have been renew
900 and greatly improved in appearance.
Mrs. Hester Mitchell has torn out the fro
of her house near the Depot, heretofore used
ing store, for the purpose of fitting it up a
art dwelling.
ur- The painters are all busy and quite nu
res Der of houses are receiving the benefc
effect of their brush. Among them are t
Smyrna House. Jefferson g. Collins, propr
80 tors, and the residences of VIM. G. MitchC
-. Henry G. Budd, and the scorched houses Il
fronted the Basket Factory; Circuit Parsona
Rev. ]. A. Brindle, J. S. Huntington, r
Taylor, VIM. Wilds and WIN. Wrinkle
will
ling CROSS QUESTIONS AT LAw.-An action
eral trespass between parties of this town Def
him Esquire Goodwin of Dover on Wednest
last created q good deal of interest in b
that place and this Dr. Collins had an exc
atch ton against John r. Wilson, which was
ion. livered to Constable Weldon, who levied O
bless rick of wood of about eight cords sevC
pee weeks ago and sold the same as the prope
of Wilson. The latter claimed that the w
came off of the farm Of Russell Coe, which
" formerly his and which he still manages.
action for trespass and damages was institu
"e to recover the value of the property for Ru
0"'0 Coe There were fourteen witnesses those
the plaintiff testifying that they had brOu
earn a considerable quantity from time to time Fl
loral that farm and those for the defendent that
sday same WOOD had been used Dy MT Wilson
,oice his business and that they had seen W
E all bought from number Of persons and thr,
on the same pile and sold indiscriminatel,
purchasers. The estimated quantity when
new on the land was six cords. The referees
day. ported in favor of the plaintiff the valu,
,ar if one cord, 80 and costs, but in regard to
ridge latter the law is not clear (the award b.
COM less than 5000 and as the defendent int
asking for transcript to test the wisdom
the Referees decision before the Court, the
or o. certainties Of the case will be settled ii
N The case before the magistrates Court
" It's argued by J. A. Fulton for the plaintiff
hsho F. A. Williams for defendent.
SwINDLERs-Every week we read of S
h0-r,, unsuspecting countryman being swindlet
, tbo the "gyr' operators in the city and Their
m 70 doubtless great many occurrences that n
nohos get in the papers. These sharp fingered &c
10, ply their trade not only on persons in the
in search of horses but most always strike O
the country as summer approaches under
Id ad- shadow of circus company, and gene
in st. succeed in seducing some easy-gOing
next vidual into gathering a pile of money
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