Smyrna times., 1882-10-18

Smyrna and Vicinity.
The farmers want dry weather, and
more of it.
The Fall term of the Kent Co. court
commences next Monday.
THE month is noticeable for its foggy
or rainy mornings, high temperature,
but small rain fall.
JOHN II. SHORT brought to town as
a curiosity of the season last week q
box of large and beautiful strawberries.
We are now on the last half of Oc-
tober without Il speck of frost. We do
not call to mind any previous Fall with
so late Il frost record.
A DEMOCRATIC meeting will be held
in this town on Saturday evening next,
to be addressed by Chas. B. Lore, Jas.
l.. Wolcott, and John r. Nicholson
Esq'rs.
THE store of Jefferson & Jefferson,
and the residences of Alex. G. Cum
minis, VIM. n. Ransom, and Thos.
Buckmaster are receiveing a new coat
! of paint.
THE members of Morning Star Lodge,
No. 6, l. o. o. F., of this town, are re-
quested to be present next Friday
evening, at z o'clock. Business of i'm
portance.
THE indications are that a large
number of Delaware people will visit
Philadelphia during the Bi-Centennial
celebration, which will take place there
next week.
THE first peach blow potato we have
seen this year is one to-day, grown on
the lot of Saml Reynolds at Smyrna
Landing. 1t was fine fellow, weigh
ing over pound.
THE properties of Mrs. Mary H.
Buchanan and Saml Reynolds will be
sold in this town tomorrow afternoon
and that of J. Wesley Ford on his farm
near Dexter'5 corner.
GEORGE A. WELLINGTON, proprietor
of the Woodland Beach Hotel, has
rented the Capital Hotel at Dover
and will take possession January 1st
1888. George knows how to keep hotel
The Democrats held an enthusiastic
meeting in their club room on Thurs
day evening last which was addressed
by John b. Pennington and Jas. J.
WOlcOtt, Esqs., of Dover. The room
was crowded.
: f. II. BECK, real estate agent, ha
; sold the stOre-hOuse on Commerc
street in the tenure of John Z. Phillip
| and VIM. II. Thompson, belonging T.
5 the National Bank of Smyrna, to VIM
; A. Winford for $4,000.
!, PURCHASERS of excursion tickets O.
the 23rd inst. to the Philadelphia Ri
= Centennial will be allowed to stop ol
/, at Chester, Pa, to witness the Bi-Cen
; tennial celebration on that date whic
+ takes place at that city.
a Hon. n. b. SMITHERs and George V
Massey, Esq, have entered the can
paign and will address RepLblica
mass meeting Mt Townsend this even
ing. A number of our townsmen in
n tend going up to hear them.
y SECTIONAL CHECKER BOARD AN
IS PUZZLER is the name of new gan
C somewhat similar to the "15 puzzle
IS received from SelchOw RICHTER, Ne
- York. 1t can be made the meal
: OF an evenings amusement and COS
II the small sum of % cts.
g THE cauliAower planted by Mess
" J. B. Evans & Co., for picking pu
e poses has mostly headed out well, al
IN fully met their expectations. Amor
10 the products they are now taking
70 are green tomatoes over a thousaI
= baskets, to be used in making cho
III chow.
:. BY the report of the Odd Fellows
q another part of the paper it will
Us seen that in this State the number
us persons relieved have been 320, nur
h. ber of weeks sickness 1918, number
- widowed families relieved 26, numb
~ of brothers buried Al, number
We brothers wives buried 25.
- A YOUNG man, Connor, came nc
9o being shot on Thursday last in SECT
ID, ing n beef for Lienburger's shambl
to His Western cattle are wild and ha
til to be caught with a load of shot in {
- pasture rather than a rope, 10
l. aimed at one of them, passing throu
OF and carrying off a part of Connor's co
)m An inch or two further might ha
as been fatal.
IT is not often that we are visited
. an October crop of Mosquitoes, but {
past week the marshes sent them 70
10 in myriads. Persons living down
ed " Neck " say they were even wo
,he than the immense lot which follow
lie the big rain of August. The weat
~ Is to cool for the mosquitoes to be
INC ultingly frisky, and they are nett
TIA so abundant nor independent as
y a summer progeny was in town.
REV. r. X. STEPHENSON. of An
lad quinimink circuit, preached in the
ibt. +. Church Sunday morning and ey
e ing to large audiences. His textin
nit morning was, The Lord is my Ii
,ers and salvation" and in the evening,
rec the Lord is for us who shall be aga
not u.s." Both discourses were listened
nd attentively and pleased the people
ain. both manner and matter. He has
on easy method of approach to his sub
rec that is all the time fortified wit
its strong bible thought, which is nj
but lost sight of nor marred with use
'uld verbiage. He has q readiness of ut
lrty ance and pleasing address, toget
If with a proper use of the inagina
had faculties, a quality indispensable
of effective pulpit speaking.