Smyrna times., 1881-12-21

CHRISTMAS is essentially children's
festival, and there are treasures for them
also. The marvellous things of beauty |
in the windows, the mechanical TOYS and |
other playthings for the parlor and the /
nursery must almost dazzle the eyes of !
the little ones and make them feel as If |
they were in fairyland. The ladies, who |
foot the streets doing the shopping and !
let their husbands foot the bills, will find |
the needed things classified in our advcr- !
tising columns.
SUDDEN DEATH OF HoGs.-Richard S.
Marin, residing near Prices Corner, Black
bird HID, has lost pen of hogs which he
was fattening for market and would aver
age about $50 pounds live weight. On
Saturday morning he gave the eight a
shovel full Of burnt oyster shells. a part
of lot which he had prepared for the
chickens. They were burnt until they
would crumbie between the fingers. On
Sunday morning he took them water and
then they showed the first sign of sick
ness by vomiting after drinking, and the
next day they were all dead. The ques-
tion is, what should cause their death in
such manner? They died as if from an
active poison, and if there was anything
in the shells, that would have manifested
itself on Saturday Mr. Marin is forced
tered to them during the night. His loss
will be about $50.
VISITING THE PUBLIC SCHOoIs.-A let
ter from the Principal .-DEAR PATRONS
, AND FRIENDs.-YOu are invited to visit
the schools during the examinations on
Thursday and Friday Of this week These
examinations will be in the branches Of
study which pupils have been pursuing
Ssno l,o Df h. N,ll
: will be arranged rather with q view of
? honestly testing their powers than of
S making a display. Your children and
. their good fortune are too dear to you to
be blindly delivered into the hands Of
teachers who may or may not be doing
their duty. You should visit the schools;
!. and sec how matters are managed. While
r you are cordially welcome to come at any
= time and see recitations conducted in any
: department, you are especially urged to
G visit US Thursday and Friday at the hour
+, and for the length OF time that may suit
u your convenience.
= LEVIN IRVING HANDY.
WHOLESALE THIEvING.--Thc work Of
II depredations on farmers meat and grain
e has commenced, and that before the rigOrs
y Of winter have set in. On Tuesday night
Of last week parties visited the residence
20 of Andrew Spear on the Th0rOughfar;
:. Neck road, forced the lock of his nea
81 house and took therefrom about 80 It's
Of middiing meat and all his scrapplc
&c Mr.. Spear tracked the wagon to this town
but whether il passed on through or lodgeC
here is not known. Thieves have beer
. q operating largely IN the vicinity of Mid
u dictown aud AppoQuinmink lid. Th
:" Transcript says: d" The attempt to rob Nj
y r. +. Hanson Of grain was recently not
q. q. ced in these columns. One of the lates
"a sufferers is Mr.. K. i. Naudain, who los
I.'s I two heavy hogs which he had butchere
~ and allowed to hang in the barn owe
AZ night. During last week the same gan
'A of thieves, probably, entered DR.. J. '
Crawford's granary, by breaking q loc
g" and forcing window, and emptied bo
he containing twelve bushels of whea
ON Benz. CHM, in the same neighborhoo,
is lost six turkeys, There were three pc
he sons engaged i'll this robbery, Mr.. Gin
rat having found their tracks and followC
he them TO the road. 4 number of 9th,
not robberies OF poulty are reported, and IL
or farmers are about to take steps to OrSani
nal an associate for mutual protection.
me me A Costly SPREE.-On Thursday Ia
two young men, William and IIerbe
Downs Of kenton lId., came to town al
, of the result Of the visit would indicate tn
new they took on board good portion of &c
the uine fighting whiskcy. Shortly after lea
in ing the town they met Earnest Remn
so on a load of wood and William the cid
,nn, of the brothers got out Of his Carria
Ios and assaulted him, Remney simply &
sier tending himself as best he could frC
Ioos being hurt. The attack on this man W
tho it seems for simply serving n mOVi
Tn notice on him tIom Henry IIepbul
70 Esq, lawyer Of Philadelphia, W
, of owns the property where he resid
, so When near home they saw Albert Rs
ars son driving into woods that bclor
the 20 the Hepburn property and Downs
;orb aanded what he was going in there
This saying that if he proceeded he wOI
,inp shoot him. John Hepburn, who v
nee standing hy said that the team hat
right and should go, wherupon the t
brothers set upon him and beat h
our severely and the injury might have bC
is II yery serious if relief had not co
nee, to hand. The next day after he
rood ing before Alderman Budd they w
p fined $5 and costs in each Of the cases
-. assault and held to bail for appearance
a"'SI court for threatning the life of RansC
nful PERsoNAL.-Benjamin A. HAZEL, al
He q tour of the West and South since Aug
nllS Is nome Tor the l1OluayS. lie was at
the Atlanta Exposition on " Drummer's" (
imb, and responded to one of the toasts. I
the other Delawareans were also pres,
cked John S. Hoffecker and John Il. Tygcrt
room VIM. T. Johnson, who two months
sent connected himself with the house OF T
ken, Else & Co., Of Philadelphia, as travel
hest salesman, will hereafter make his hom
the that city.
great William T. Donahoe, eldest child
Benjamin Dopahoc of this town, is h
os on visit to his parents, He has !
; a anu living near Troy, Illinois, but expect
'oss' oAss' go to Dakota after his return to go
e..a, the stock raising business,
,enes ;J;os Miss Sadie Boyer, of Sassafras, Nd
Iulos, I.', the guest of Mrs. 7. B. Megear.
'Ilnas n a. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edwin Hurlock,
90 W Chesterville, Md. will celebrate t
p wooden wedding" next Wednesday c
tsran ing, December 2Sth. Mrs. Hurlock ID
Iiver daughter of Jas. Crawford, of the ".tll
q NOT Mrs. Wilmer B. Smith, of CentreN
ad to Md, is critically i'll at tho residence OF
com father in this town, John NJ. VOshell.
of