Smyrna times., 1882-12-06

PORK is no exception to all other
kinds of meats and poultry and COM
mands higher price than it has for Il
number of years, $500 per hundred
pounds.
ONE of the features of the entertain
ment to be given at the Town Hall by
Leavitt & Leach's company this even
ing is cornet solo by little Miss Josie
Burt, aged nine years.
THE revival service at BlackstOn's
NJ. E. church, Rev. r. II. Adams,
pastor, has closed with an addition to
the church of 80 members and the
society greatly built up.
LAST Thursday was noticing" day
for this section. Some persons will |
have to move who didn't expect to,
hut the changes on the first of March |
will be no more than usual.
Beginning IN TIMF.-We understand
that our jeweler, J. V. Smith, has
already sold and marked four fine
ladies' gold watches for Christmas pres
ents, look out girls they are coming. p
J. S. HUNTINGTON, agent for Kent
County Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
for the time being, refers any and all
persons who may want to get property
insured in said company, to Mr.. p. ).
Collins.
JAMES TRUAX killed hog last week
that weighed 456 pounds. The cold
weather of the past week has made
business lively i'll this direction. The
hog butchers are Jacob Lienburger,
Chas. B. Archer and George Hamilton.
Miss LILLE f. PRIMROSE, daughter
of Joseph Ii. Primrose, after Il years ill
ness, with alternating hopes and fears,
passed away ON Friday night. She
was much esteemed by her friends for
her gentleness and lOveliness of char
acter.
OVER a million dollars worth of the
finest, cheapest and best clothing i'll the
United States, is to be found at Oak
Hall, 9th and Market ST., Phila., Pa.
should be pleased to show you through
the stock at any time.
p F. S. PHELPS.
THE Ladies of the Mite Society of
the Nj. +. Church of Smyrna, hereby
tender their thanks to the committee Ut
gentlemen, appointed to aid and assist
them i'll making preparations for THEN
Festival, held for the benefit of said
Society in the Town Hall ON Thanks
giving evening; for the faithful per
tOrmance of that duty Also to the
citizens of Smyrna and vicinity fol
their liberal patronage.
BETT SMITHERS, Secretary.
: THE State Temperance Alliance a
: the late meeting of their Executive
. Committee decided to urge Loca
Option again on the Legislature. Th,
committee to present the petitions con
sists of Edward Bringhurt, Sr, and }
4 X. HOtfecker, of New Castle county
4 Prot. r. II. Skinner, j. Wesley Denn.
and the Rev. DIR. Huntington, of Ken
county, and the Rev. p. ii. Rawln
: and Joshua Boyce, of Sussex county
: Each Subcommittee has power to adj
# to their number.
e The planet Venus to-day betwee
n the hours Of 3 and O'Clock passe
between the earth and the sun for tn
first time since 1874, and for the la,
q time before the year 2005. The plane
= has for some time been brilliant i'll TIL
d evening sky. As she swung round hC
. orbit she is rapidly nearing the lin
= between the earth and the sun, settin
% closer behind her fiery lord every ever
s. ing and during the transit" appea
s. ed as a small spot upon the suns brigl
q disc. The astronomers have lOOkt
! forward to to-day with great intere
u and made great preparations for Il
IN important event.
IL THE Newark LedgCr gives l.. Irvil
" Handy of our town Il strong boost +
lis the position of Assistant Superinten
IT. ent Of the public schools. The Ledg
says:
&c For the assistants place Mr..
oil Irving Handy, of Smyrna, is strong
OF recommends d, and we do not belle
So the Governor can do better than ri
~ him the appointment. Mr.. Handy
:" young gentleman of scholarly attai
N. ments, brilliant talents, sterling intC
his rity, full of life and energy. 1t is sg
nd The teachers of the State would
b.. uISnIy STdllllcu az ms SuCCCSS
-. obtaining the position"
IN ST. NICHOLAS for December is bri
" full of crispy rhyme and jingle a
wonderful tales of fairies and things
. real life. The quaint little bits
illustrated poetic nonsense bring
smile to the face of young and O
:. notably that where the little girl ask
lv.k ~, to Il,
from France" The colored from
DDS piece, "On Christmas Day in
D Morning." is as pretty as needs
The paper used in the magiziEe, issI
nd 10y the Century Company, is of
finest qnality and the letterpr
matches it. There seems to be no
eh' to particularize any of the fine poi
of the artistic monthly, and n
Of need fear making a mistake by S
red scribing for the magazine at once.
Corn IN THE FIELDs.-The farm
,.od do not remember the time when
I, -, Winter closed in OH them with SO IN
" corn in the fields. We hear of st
having from 800 to 1000 bushels
dav unhusked, with many fields rang
tn. from this down to 100 bushels. III
fields are scattered all over the coun
but the largest crops unhusked ar'
by the Neck" 1t is usually cOnsidt
ntaI an evidence of bad farming when
farm work is not all done up by
first of December. But this year i
rug exception. The season started
III the crops in every department y
p full and required more labor, "
,ote laborers were less abundant, and
~ warm Fall made the husking sei
Ia =, Two or three weeks later than usua
A NUMBER of people of this see
60 have been in attendance on the {
,n,a in Wilmington this week in the
- pending case of Russell COe and ,
Il. Wilson against the sureties OF
Constable English Of KentOn in II
stop- where the latter sold certain goOC
route the former on an execution, and
ers a first named is trying to recover
value, as his property and not as
Wilson's, for whose debts they
Ioods sold. The famous Saunders case "
, are has consumed the time of the COu
and more than a week will be cOncl
p this morning, when the Coe-W
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