Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

rested hog killing almost completely
until it shall become colder, and some
of that which was killed, the heavy
weights, caused the owners consider
able anxiety and care, lest it should be
injured.
OUR teachers will not fail to notice
the advertisement of the State Super
intendents for the Institute to be held
at Harrington, commencing next We'd
nesday. A good programme has been
prepared and profitable time may be
expected.
THE Middletown Transcript of Satur-
day had the annual address of Mrs.
Anna II. Martindale, President of the
w. g. T. u, of Delaware, read before
the late convention at Laurel. 1t is an
interesting document and fills nearly
three columns.
WE HAVE Just received from Col. H.
c. Douglass, Insurance Commissioner,
a copy of the Biennial Report of the
Insurance Commissioner. We have
not had time to examine it, but it is
larger and looks more complete than
the former report.
WHILE we were suffering from warm
southern winds last week, the people
in many sections of the western states
were suffering from excessive rains that
| flooded the rivers and low lands and
much damage was done in many places,
especially in Indiana and Ohio.
SUPERINTENDENT MILLS has had the
plot of ground recently made at either
end of the new building at Clayton for
flowers and shrubbery, recently staked
off, as per the rules of landscape gard
ening, and we shall look for something
very attractive to follow in the spring.
T.. HARRY BECK, real estate agent,
has had three applications for houses
for families in the last three days to To-
cate in our town and could not supply
them because of the scarcity of houses.
The plainest thing now before us as q
community, is, that we need more
dwellings if we wish the town to grow.
OUR citizens will have to go to the
cities to get their poultry. Our dealers
paid the first part Of last week, - to 10
cents for chickens and Is to 16 cents
per pound for turkeys in quantity ire
failing to our citizens u cent or two
higher while the Philadelphia papers
of Monday quoted chickens II to II
cents, and turkeys II to IA cents per
pound.
SCOTT APPLETON PHoEBUs, son of the
Rev. DR.. PhOebus, nine years ago pas
tor of the NJ. Z. Church here, died sud
denly at the house Of his parents in
Brooklyn, Friday week, and was buried
in Greenwood cemetery. Scott Apple
ton was named for the late Bishop
Scott and Mr.. John Appleton, of Odessa,
and was bright interesting boy, aged
; 10 years.
Ten or q dozen of our citizens have
, been in attendance this week on the
f Court in Wilmington, in the case OF
tresspass, wherein Russell Coe is plain
tiff and the securities of the constable
! of KentOn hundred who sold the prop
erty of John r. Wilson, are the defen
dents. 1t is the same case that wa!
tried a year ago and appealed from
the appeal being sustained.
THANKSGIVING SERvICE.-TheO Quar-
: terly Conference of Asbury NJ. f
church, held on the 23d inst, expressed
a desire to have the congregation iOil
in the observance of Thanksgiving ser
vice on the Doth inst, and affirmed
n their readiness to endorse the pastor il
+ any appeal he might make to the PEG
pie ia order to secure their attendanc
II upon this much neglected service.
e Two DARKEYs who had been drink
ing, got into fight at Clayton on Sat
urday and one Of them bit the unde
) lip off the other. The man who wa
. thus disfgured for life, did not appal
emily want to fight, but was seized an
:. thrown by the other with the result a
g above stated. Notwithstanding thi
was one of the gravest offences agains
the law, the magistrate let it go Ill
>. noticed and the names of the partiC
&c are consequently unknown.
,t JOSEPH SMITHERs has an apple tire
n in his garden that is pronounced by
: pOmOlogist a choice fruit for this Sc
ton. This was the off year, but la
RAJ year it was full of apples that hung G
y, late and some were picked up in ii
grass in midwinter, thus showing
of good keeping qualities. The name
" not known, but it was grated by Ada
during his life time. 1t is an excelle
eating apple, and our farmers in que
on of reliable keeping varieties would {
IN we'll to secure some gratis from til
in tree of Mr.. Smithers.
Mr.. AND Mrs. r. II. ELIAsoN al
no u" child, and Walter S. Leatherbury,
~ MiddletOwn, set out yesterday for Col
| l.
III EliasOn hopes to be benefited by t
health-giving air of that region. r
on party, says the Transcript, will probat
IN. spend the winter at Colorado Sprin
err and Manitou, and if Mr.. Elias0n
for ceives benefit from his change he m
permanently settle in Colorado. M
- Eliason will be recollected as NJ
b Sallie Dunn, formerly of this tow
IT, daughter of Mrs. Jos. Reynolds, a
~ ~ who married Mr.. Eliason about
years ago.
for IT NOW turns out that the man W
full wrote the hoggish article for the Oh
ler ter EUening NeIOs, which we copy
ing our first page, was a moulder nan
VIM. A. Williams, cranky fellow W
came from that place and worked
ma the foundry of G. w. & S. Taylor 70
nce week. 1t seems that his associ
lei laborers had killed their hogs IL
ne week, and as was very natural
7 more or less to say about their respe
an i've porkers, and the simple fell
be thought all the rest of the town '
but talking about the same thing. Com
and from the source it does, it cannot
other than amusing to our citizens.
So On Saturday night colored man
owe dealing at one of our stores, found
any among his bundles when he got hol
n so a package of candy which he did
buy. He very properly carried it b
re- and the store keeper was pleased
= find that he had in him an honest c
,,,o . toner. He felt he could trust him
nn 'o9 anything and having occasion to q
P0' the back room shortly after, he left
man in the front, but his return
own quicker than his honest" friend
[un- pected, for the latter was Just in
lck- act of departing with a ham in
was place of the package of candy return
1t was case of explanations with
.;ng an arrest following.
mas MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, of
me town, stands in distinguished rela
ndl- to its sister lodges in the order of (
the Fellows of the State in two particul
namely: In being the strongest
usly numbers of any lodge in the State