Smyrna times., 1881-03-23

warm weather should prevail. They usually |
commence opposite Bombay Hook and fol
low the fish at the latter part of spring as
they ascend the river. A few herring have
heen caught, but they are scarce and high,
selling from the 6sh.wagons at 40 to so cts.
per dozen.
ADyERTIsERs.--W. w. Tschudy advertises
vulcanizsd rubher bucket pumps.
Geo. Van Wrinkle g. Co., cheap goods, and
especially fish.
r. II. Cummins. white oak posts, chester
white pigs and Devon calves.
II. c. Douglass. for 10000 bushels Of good
wheat by April 7th.
JOS. Stephenson, practical paper hanging.
$40 reward for - lost setter; also other
items of lost and found.
The Morning NeacS has the following item
which We publish for what it is worth
THE Bombay Hook Land Improvement
Company held preliminary meeting yes
terday, to take steps toward pushing the
enterprise. Spring weather having set in.
surveyors will begin their work. Another
meeting will be held in two weeks, at
which important business will be done
Streets are to he laid out and the general
plan of the city to be determined upOm."
TIE Texas horses of Jas. w. Spruance
arrived on Monday after passage of eigh
teen days on the cars from San Antonio
They were subject to unusual delays 10y
the storms, at one place nearly three DAYS
by the washout of railroad bridge. Th-
long confinement in the cars was severe on
the animals, and seven colts were lost on
the way. They have attracted crowds O'
visitors, the youths especially to see tn"
Texan throw his lasse when any are to be
| caught.
The Commissioners of the School dis
trIcts OF this town met last evening for the
| purpose OF considering the ahvisatilitY oi
consolidating the Public Schools Of this
| town. A committee was appointed, con
-isting OF D. /. Smithers, w. A. FAIRIES and
F. NJ Cloak to draft till and Submit the
same 10 the Legislature. This bill when
| passed will be subject to the apprSval al
the voters Of the districts at their annual
'neeting, which will be held on Saturday
April 2nd.
The vernal equinox, which commenced
on 1t. Patrick's day, and spread out over
four days, though decidedly muggy wa
small in rain fall in comparison to som-
other sections. The storm centre origna.
ted in Western Texas and came directly
across the country. passing down the st.
Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean.
In the Southern States the rain fall was
very heavy, in Georgia inches, and in the
West it gave them another snow blockade
of which they have had so many the past
several wesks.
| SEAFoRD SHE'LL LIME.-Messrs. NJ. Col.
hourn Co. have within few years redu
ced the price OF this superior fertilizer from
| 10 10 cts. per bushel, and il is now un
doubtedly the cheapest and most reliable
for use in this section. A moderate and
ludlcloHs use of lime each year will do more
for the Improvement of farEA than a like
amount of money expended in almost any
other way. Special rates Of freight have
been secured TO all stations on the railroad
Read the advertisement in another column
and send in your orders. Col. H. G.. Doug
. lass agent for Clayton.
MINOR IMPRovEMENTs.-The weather hav
ing moderate sufficiently to do the finish
ing work on the steple Of St. Peter
Church, the painting. &C., has been accom-
plished and the scatfolding removed.
! The painters have reburnished the resi-
! lrnce OF Moses Price on M line at.
VIM. w. Tschudy is having pent ron
'xi~nded from his store covering the sho
b front Of l. NJ. Wilson.
r Ihr National Bank is making q very cnn
'iderahle change to the front Of F. ). Phelp'
Clothing Store thereby giving it two bull
n windows and fitting it up generally.
!. Joseph Smithers has added a new an
.. larger kitchen TO the rear of his residenc.
EGGs.-Ws read in the Media Record Of
farmer IN Delaware county who keeps so
! chickens and is shipping from 100 to ! !
i"z"n OF eggs to market p-r week. Tht
looks like better business than wheat aR
.s 'Orn at the present prices. The deman
y or chickens is large through the year, 81.
ling IN our market at frum Is To IS ct,
Turing the summer and froka 10 To II ct
during the winter. During the past winte
ol eggs got uP as high a. 40 cts. per dozen AN
d now when the barn yard il vocal with tll
u cacklers, and egg gathering is the MOI
profitable occupation Of the farm. the d.
mand still keeps the product up to respec
~ '"ls prices. Josh Billings would say, plan
I more hens and less corn,
le PEEsoSAL.-Rev. Mr.. Ylngline will preac
his farewell sermon at Clayton on Sunda
afternoon.
1t In the absence of a supply from Confe
" pnce the NJ. (. pulpit was acceptaLly file
q SUNDAY I'y Two nf the ''locals"-J. v. Smit
10 and Jas. G. Lassell.
r. Rrvs. Z. II. Hynson and WA. R. McFa
lane who entered the ministry frOM tn
a place took q run up from Conference for
- short visit among old friends.
. In the Philadelphia Conferences whiC
~ adjourned yesterday, Rev. E. Stubbs W.
- - cent TO Wharton street; T. C. Murph
~ Broad street; A RittenhOuse, Grace;
Coombe, Falls of Schuylkill; y. w. Thona
h. Nineteenth street, and W. G. Robinso
- Lancaster.
=; A REMARKABLE PRoLIPIo EvRNr.-On S
I! Patrick's Day in the morning, l7lh
:" March, Hsrmsn P. HaxelI, residing at Cla
ton, was presented by his wife with "
be bouncing boys, twins. One was born
an precisely IL NJ, and the other at l21 p.
AT The l2 o'clock boy, or frst born, weish
on "a fbs., and the l2A o'clock boy "a lbs.
.d. will be observed that while there wal
xs. difference of halfan hour on the time Of tn.
as birth there was only difference of aui
ter Of a pound in their weights. Botn DO
ala are doing well and il is scarcely necessa
,ay to add their daddy is happy. Mr.. Haz
he is young man only about 20 years of ~
he but il seems age has nothing TO do WI
de such events. He was congratulated on
of successful event by six men all in one d
sh. who were the fathers of doublets and
OF whom reside in Clsyten or in the imr
diate vicinity. ls the climate or soil abe
Clayton, peculiarly adapted to such raj
increase, or is it the school house just