Smyrna times., 1883-02-07
THE sale of the building lots in

"Spruance City," 175 in number,
which has once or twice been post
poned, will be finally offered and sold
on Thursday of next week. This land
for location and position is the most
eligible of any in the community, a
fact that capitalists would do well to
consider.
BY advertisement it will be seen
that A. E. Philleo will give another
"Chalk Talk " This farewelD tomorrow
evening at the Town Hall. Mr.. Phil
leo has given abundant proof of his
ability and originality as an artist, and
this closing entertainment should be
attended by all who love innocent fun
such as genius can sketch in carica-
| ture.
THE steamer J. e. Tygert found the
condition of the river such as to ven
ture on semi-weekly trips Monday.
TIy-weekly trips will be resumed as
soon as night navigation is safe. Capt.
Jackson who has been her pilot from
the start, has resigned the position
because of the severity of the night
watching on his eyes, and Capt.
Thomas is temporarily in charge.
THE rain of Sunday night turned to
snow on Monday morning, melting
mainly as it fell, which with the inch
of snow that did not turn to water put
the roads in desperately muddy con-
dition. They had Just thawed through
and got settled, and but for the snow
would have been very passable. The
snowfall in Philadelphia was from
four to six inches.
VENDUE PRICEs.-The vendue sales
are we'll attended and prices of stock,
&c., are ruling at good figures. Atthe
sale of Abel S. Riggs, ON Thursday, B.
V. Weldon, auctioneer, horses sold at
prices from $130 to $160, cows from $40
to 60, pair of mules $3O1, heifers from
$40 to SAG, sheep $3.50. The only thing
that went at very low price was the
Champion Cord Binder, in use only one
season, 1925.
At the sale of A. Hayden, in Thor
oughfare Neck, last week, A. Hayden,
Jr., auctioneer, horses sold from SAL to
$I69, cows from $35 to $46, heifers two
years old $25, oxen $95 to $130, and
sheep from S. to $3.50.
LADIES MISSIONARY MEETING
Mrs. DIR. S. l.. Baldwin, of Newark, N.
f j., and Mrs. E. B. Stevens, of Will
r mington, will address the ladies Of
) Smyrna, in the NJ E. Church, or
? Friday afternoon next, 9th inst, at 2!
Y o'clock. These ladies are we'll known
r and excellent speakers. Mrs. Baldwin
$ speaks from an experience of twenty
y years residence and active labor il
j. China. The ladies of the various
o churches of our town are cordially i'll
vited to hear these tireless and success
= full workers.
A meeting of the Misses Missionar!
Society will be held at 6 P. M, in thei
usual place of meeting, to which tn
girls of the community are invited
Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Stevens viii
e be present.
PROF. WIGGINs invites the public t
judge him as weather prophet by tn
IL testimony which Friday shall furnish
n On that day, according to him, a heav
storm will pass over the American cor
tinent. If the storm does not come, @
le if it comes too soon, or is delayed
'r single day, Virgins, according to hi
" sponge, for he stakes his reputatio
n upon that precise date. Considerin
what he has at stake-for his create:
storm prediction, about which he hs
D. been talking for months, relates
is March-this appears to be very cou
ageous action on the Professors par
If Friday should not be stormy, {
n, course not even the most credulol
I'd person will any longer believe in VII
gins's tremendous March tempest, an
- the great Canadian storm prophet wi
- disappear as suddenly as burned OF
~ rocket.
lv THE LEGIsLATURE.-Ano note receive
1S from the capital this morning says:
of $50 far this week we have passC
nothing but incorporation acts b
will shortly have business of mo
ms general importance before us l tru
on there has been, l am informed, a
'ly introduced in the House allowing t
P. w. & B. R. R., to build a line
tended for freight, more particular
ge from some point on the Delaware r.
an about State Road station in a dire
'nt line to cross the Christiana and pa
on the eastern side of the city of w
ro mington the object as alleged being
,aSs avoid the passing through the eli
&C with the chances of being blocked l
''O with the through freight cars. T
Immigration bill was considered
T. Committee of the Whole in the Hou
on yesterday and postponed for furth
the consideration to-day; there seems to
res. a determination on the part of sol
members of the House to constitute
a board. The fate of the bill still is unc
un- tain"
in DRY EPIZoOTY. This is the name
horse disease that has resulted
several deaths in this vicinity, and
"o causing some anxiety among the far
'wO ere II is difEerent from The pnizo,
any of several Summers ago, cOntagio
use and more fatal. The manifestations
with those of the first appearance
fill this disease, are those of severe &C
the fever, but no cough, hanging down
the the head, loss of appetite and in ad
,erv ton, a cracking of the mouth and v
me- sore tongue, raw in fact, SO sore t
the animal when persuaded to, can
ter. only bran mashes or something of t
day kind. In extreme cases the horse
the comes swollen and rigid, so much
It that it cannot lie down. John
but Boyd, who has been entirely success
in its treatment, says it can be read
managed, if treated properly and tal
OBJ in time. Some of the horses that HI
erty died, have done so in forty-eight he
de- after the sickness was discover
ms. Cattle may catch the contagion,
a in the disease acts differently with Il
from the horses, the latter suffer
from extreme constipation. In
!, ,ion ?n cases where an animal is affecte
az an should be kept apart from the 9th
n4l- a. or it is likely to go through the WI
ies," ' -.
John Baynard.
g an The death of Mr.. John Baynard
II "a Thursday last removes from our t.
pur- one of its oldest inhabitants. He
oom born in the lower part of this s
lrge- October 26th, 1895, and has passed
date whole life in Delaware and the Eas
Ghorar TTa rnarriad Nauaun hnr