Smyrna times., 1882-01-25
Smyrna and Vicinity.
NARIABLE-the weather.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
NARIABLE-the weather.
TEE vendue season does mot promise to
be as lively this season as last.
PROF. GROVES will hold an examina-
ton for teachers on Saturday next, 28th
inst
ROUGH, frozen roads are not so much
an impediment to country travel as muddy
roads.
The cold weather since Sunday caused
our mechanics to lay by the first time this
winter
The farmers are NOW having their law
time OF the year-tattening for next sum-
mers broil.
WM. I. BECK speaks of starting laun-
dry in this town. 1t is something the
town needs.
The Benevolent Society will meet at
Mrs. W. w. Tschudy's tomorrow evening
at 6! o'clock.
EDWARD WARD fell in the street ON the
return from Church on Friday night and
fractured his leg.
THE steamer Maid of Kent has suspen-
ded ner trips between Leipsic and Phila-
delphia until March.
The next novelty in order will be St.
Valentines day, unless perchance there
should be season of sleighing.
THE first grand hop of the East End
Assembly will be given in the Town
Hall tonight. Grand March at s! O'Clock.
The firm of Hardcastle & Jefferson has
dissolved and Ed. Curry, for some wears
| clerk for VIM. f. Hall, takes Mr.. Hard
castles place.
PETER WILLIAMS, colored man living
in an isolated house two or three miles
down the Creek, died of Smallpox and
was buried last night
THE Rev. J. d. Rigg announced on
sunday That the Conference collections
lor the year were all taken, the apportion-
nsnts met and in most cases exceeded.
A FALLING barometer and rising thcr-
mometer (the latter 18o this morninr) in
olcate a snow storm, the fleecV flakes com
mencing to fall about II o'clock this morn
ing.
A CoLoRED man named Sewell Guv. for
ave years teamster for S. Walker. of Ken
ton, had his leg broken ut Slaugbtcr's
station Oh Monday while loading ship
timber. 'P
SUCH windy nights as Sunday and Mon
aay should prompt to the utmost caution
III the management Of fires. A fire under
sucn breeze once underway, would have
clean sweep.
SEVERAL parties who did not get ice the
trst OF the month started this mornino 10
MI their houses as threatning weather in
dlcated danger in delay, The ice is only
to q inches thick.
The muddy roads and high wind of
sunday was not conducive to church poino
ana the usual visiting by people residipS
IN the country. The rough frozen roads
of the following days was little better
BETHEL SUNDAY SCHOOL, on the Cir
cult, raised $20 during eight months for
the missionary cause, and last Sunday the
congregation of the same place raised the
same amount, making $40 for Bethel this
conference year.
MR.. sELMAR MEYER, the popular vouno
piano tuner OF Philadelphia, is in town
again. 10 wall on his many patrons. Dir.
meyers skill Is sufficiently known as
to need no further comments Orders viii
be received by Mr. Price Griffith.
SEVERAL parties wanted To find tho
farmer in Kenton Hundred last weel, 10
taks Als bet OF horse to two segars that
ne would get as good ice within 20 davs
as that gathered the first of the month bTt
thls week since the cold snap they have
entirely subsided.
debating society has been Organized
at Downs Chapel and entered into bv the
cltlzens OF the vicinity with considerable
interest. The subject for the next debate
Is resolved, that the savage has no
right 10 the SOIL" Who knows but that
Ihe Western District" has one or more
ing? "'''A
LAMP ExPLosIoN.-A lamp at the resi-
9ence OF Mrs. Lizzie Collins exploded ON
fTlday evening, scattering the burning
OIL ana causing some alarm until it was
extinquished. The lamp was sitting On
the Kitchen mantel and the membars of
the household in another part of the
mouse at the time and were attracted bv
the bright light that followed the scattef-
ing of the oil.
r. Il. MORRISON of New Castle. was
awarded on Saturday last the contract for
building the bridge oyer Old buck creek.
near Bombay Hook. The work Is beir9
done by the Duck Creek Improvement
Company, The bridge or roadway will
be half o mile above the old Hstopping''
and four miles bslOw.the Woodland Reach
Hotel. The creek is 100 feet wide at tIis
point and IL feet deep at low water.
REMEMBER that +. s.. Phelps Is with
w Mapallnfaker& & Brown, 9th and Market St..
Phila., go and zee him If you are in want
OF Clothing, good and cheap, b