Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-04-06

we tu' tue Aictlc wave Went kltlng clown
South and the young fiuii in Alahamn.
Loui-iana &c. where they had already bl"s
snm+d, Is considered seriously IL mel masty
destroyed. The peach crop for 1881 it
seems is to be taboUed everywhpre.
ADVERTISERS "A Scout g. SIM adv"rtis.
u variety al Strawberry plants, Osag- Orange
Qnirk~ and SHADE. trees.
Browning. 900 Chestnut II, advpriisps ~
large stuck Oi n+n aud hays clothing.
Persons from this section will do we'll I"
inquire for =. W. B .ypr.
WHMAmakers bIs advertisement does moi
need calling attention to. il speaks far
itself. There j, much in il To interest the
ladies.
BACKWARD SPRING This season nf th,
year "" are Usually treated tO green award.
and bursting cherry hlnsSnnIs hut the limG.>
stand out ~ stark ~ mil winter. The
weather two weeks ago had nnme signs ni
%'fI"ning, hut the bat week il has t. en-
sn"w, lee and frosty North win'l-. FISK
mouths the wind has blown almost umiu
trIrupI~'lIV fr"n the North, giving uS -
pr"l6 ng"'l ani double winter. A lew balm,
"r''rz.N now would Le dUuhly grateful amd
reviiiying.
The SCHOnLs.-The school elections wqr..
h'hi "h Saturday in acrordInre with tn,
at at consolidation which PASSED the Leg
ISlaIurr three DAYS before. VIM A F.uI->
and DIR. ID T. SuIithers. the frst nf the
upper District and the bitter of the lower,
"h'~r terms had expired. were r.. elprIei
I'm NJ 'ndhy evening the tw0 B ar,I4 e.
commissioners met I" forns themselves into
one corporate ho'ly which was done hy
~lrCtinS James P IInti~rkrr the seventh
c'mIni 'si'ner aud organizing hy making
G 20. u. Raymond President, Jas. p. IIi
'srkrr Trra'~ and Dr.. + NJ. CIonk Secretary.
They further decided not In IuierrIIrt the
present relations "f the t+arh+rS hrf,r- tn.
July vacation and they were. all re.pmrl"v
I'd and school cnmnpncp,l to-day. II j.
understood that the F I'll term will com
'n~nce under a new regime. classification.
H.
LAST Friday was April FOOLS day and
while not II Vrrv nice day for pleasure quite.
number did tind sport in playing hurm
10 jokes an iIIcnds. Two young ladies
We're the recipients of u my Slprinus hnA
that had much the appearance of bring
some valuable merchandise. MI-tru>tnn
t'r tim" what mighl l,r its mission they
finally yielded to that stranger quality at
their nature, curiosity. and - cal l,rnt+r was
~mri"yed To open The mystprI"u> visitor
when what should the Contents h- hut all
old iron stove CRATE that gave every in,ii
cation that 1t had done its luty we'll while
III service. tircAyed sugar beet which IIa>
attracted 80 much attention during the
| past tall and winter in the window of one
at the phosphate offices Of the town, and n
rusty tin fruit can that l0nkti nS though il
had been Pxlmsrd tn all the severe wpnth+r
oil the past four months. They wauld hike
to have rrtaliatrd tut rrmrin To tins ,lay
~ hllSsiul ignorance OF their thoughtful
| friend.
HYDROPHOBIA.-Two ar three weeks a.n
VIZ chronic led the killing of mad dog IN
our town after II had mItArked lady. O,+
day hast week dog belonging To Tho>. W.
| Blraklry near town, that had hpen bitten
>"Ine weeks before while in town went
mad aud was not killed until II hmd bitten
MS other dog and u cow severely. On
Monday morning dog was sriz-,I with :,
severe hy'lI"phnhic tit ut the corner nI
Union and Commerce ST.. aud was killed
whil" III this state 10y DR.. L.m'min The
feq'lrncy at til" thing i getting alarming.
IL 1" not known how many at eur dog.
| have been bitten aud whtIsp eases are Vel
| To develop. There are a large number
| running Ht Large 10 the town, many oil
them ni M account ~ pets even, aud con.
Sl'irFlns the great dmnErr that the children
~ their hsil'l' * cnn,litiun are running
when nn the street they must lie. u
tItr"In~> a s'ri''uS matter 1" every one -
prci"lly tot ents. The dogs should be muz
zIr'l ar c''nfint,i, or the Ux,cutiuner shnul,t
=" E'rtn and not he parti' uar what instru
mrnl he uses.
DEATH OF JAMES f. BLACK Telegram
""r" received here On = saturday aitrrnn"i
10y his relatives of the death nf lanes E 1
gar bh' ~ b '-t"n that m"rning, and gu
sunday X h"It Fl CumnnS mccomIanI. 1,
by WIN. A. Far--, un'lertnker. prr-p.ip.
L. Boston tn ming his b "lv ON here. for in
trrm-nt which takes place thi, ait-rmmn u
the family Luryinr ground at the El,i-cu,.n
Cemetery. Mr. Black had ,ren l+a, din.
1T the Revere House in that city anil wa,
/" hI- Usual health. apparently. though h4
had complained { IT several q Va to- AN at
t"n'ent ut feeling ha'lly. On Friday even
lug after retiring hp WAS taken with n
severe pain IN the region oi the heart am
rang the call hell at",ut 10 n'eIack whpr
mustard aud other stimulating rVmP,Il-,
We're applied without effect, and fn.lin,
that hr Was growing worse two rrminrmt
phy>icihns Were sent Tor who rpnainp,
with him all night. hut the severity nr th,
attack h'th 81 every remedy and he died
about 10 "'clork Saturday nlnrning. A,
autopsy 10y the physicians showed that hi
death WAS cauSS'l by disease Of the hO,r
snI"'rin iuced by AN affection Of the kid
news.
Tue deceased was the only son Of In.
late NJ jnr john q. Black and hal ,ttaina.
tn hl: A. year. lie had never married. II.
was ssmI to Princeton C,llsgp and Rra,lu =,
ted in the same class with WIN. C,rIi
SI.ruance. Esq. Sometime after leavin,
c"ll@g" he went into the Iuini.er business
in this town, during the late WAT he had ,
I"'-ition in the Treasury department a.
Washington and shortly after its close wen
into the ice business Mt Bil,lpiOrd Maine
tint spent his tine principally in the citie
If Philadelphia. New York and B ,.tnn
Ills makes the fifth death in the family i,
the past 4 years. which had bOen singuInrI,
exempt from this calamity previous to tina
time, the other members Lsing his fnther
mother and DR.. Gea. s. Culbreth and chilli
SCHOOL ELEoTIoNs.-At CLAYTON A. L
Hudson WAS reelected cml ~. kionHrs. TsS
t~l $500. Henry Boyer. late stu lent O
the Conference Academy, t-"cII~r.
At the Galley" School VIM. D. Hnffsck
or WAS reelected Commissioner. Tax Votre
$3.50, having already $3.50 in the treasury
Miss Annie Griffith cOniInu-s IA teacher.
SpruAnc-S School. near BranGorl. I4aa,
B'ker succeeds John jones ~ Cmm,ni4
-ionrr. Tax $lI5. Jos. Lavender continue
~ TEACHER.
AT Carrolltown School Jas. T. Truax snc
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