Smyrna times., 1882-11-01
Smyrna and Vicinity.

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NOVEMBER open unpleasantly warm.
CHEsTNUTs seem a plentiful crop
this season.
THE Fly is said to be attacking early
sown wheat.
APPLES are scarce and selling for so
cents per basket.
4 BLOCK signal station has been
erected at Clayton.
THE Blackbirds are gathering in
large flocks over the country.
DAVID c. HOFFECKER, of Dover, calls
attention to u valuable corn and cob
mill. Valuable to farmers.
THE protracted meeting at Bethel on
the circuit closed last week, the con-
versions numbering six or eight.
JOHN r. WILSON has taken up $50
baskets of potatoes from baskets
planted They are of the Burbank
variety, very large.
TWENTY nine of the farmers down
the Neck" have organized for protec-
tion against gunners. Their notice
will be found elsewhere.
LAST evening was All-Hallow's
Eve, and the youngsters INDUCED in
the usual sport of moving gates and
changing business signs.
REV. J. V. SMITH occupied the NJ.
E. pulpit last Sunday in the morning
and Rev. VIM. FAIRIES in the evening,
the pastor still being disabled.
A GOOD deal of enforced paving is
now being done. No matter how it is
done, so it is done. Anything for a re-
lief from the brick water basins.
A. p. GRIFFITH, real estate broker
has sold the farm of 40 acres, near
Garman's school house, belonging to
John Weaker, to p. W. Best, of Pa,
for $1,000.
CAPT. Scout is building on his place
at the Landing a two story house Is
by 40 feet, the lower part to be used
for wagons, tools, &C., and the upper
part for a Greenback Hall.
THE young Democrats will hold 9
meeting in the club room on Friday
evening and be addressed by severa
young men of the town. The chic
topic will be mixed schools.
ABOUT $50 tickets were sold at ou
two depOts, for the Bi-Centennial
nearly equally divided between them
The tickets sold on the steamer j. L
Tygert numbered about $125.
J.B. EVANS & Co., are putting up
new brand of table sauce called "Chil
Sauce" and if it goes on its merits W
do not see why it should not becom
popular. They have put up Tflmbe
, Of barrels and still making it.
: CLAYTON has made two efforts t
have three public bars,-last Sprin
I and this Fall,-but the court, becaus
!, it knew better than the applicant, c
thought it did, refused the application
E and the practitioners are thus restric
Y ed in their personal liberty" to tw
d places where they can get this articl
of merchandise.
: LEVI G. BIRD, ESQ.,, of Wilmingto
l. will address the citizens of this tow
and vicinity ON the issues Ofthe presel
canvass this evening. The meetin
L will be held in front of the Smyrr
4 House if the weather is fair, Otherwi
it in the Town Hall. This will probab
e be the last Republican address of Il
, campaign delivered in this town.
1t THAT paragraph that got aho
n about a new paper has called for
1t several editorial remarks, all comp
Of mentary to the TIMES. The Milfo
le Chronicle thus refers to it: at is 1
es ported that new paper will be start'
|; in Smyrna, Well it is one thing
" start, and another to make it pa
d Smyrna has not got the scope of ter
to tory TO support two papers. She
to hedged in on the North by the Midd
X town Transcript, one of the best pap'
~ in New Castle county, and on {
at South by the two political organs
~ Dover. Having live and well patrC
be lied paper to contend against, the M
lis enterprise looks doubtful of success.