Smyrna times., 1883-01-24
Smyrna and Vicinity.
Coal weather.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
Coal weather.
THE boys are now having ice five
and six inches to skate on.
THE days are now lengtheRing be-
tween two and three minutes each
day.
THE merchants are feeling the
effects of the weather blockade of busi-
ness.
OFFERS that have been made for
certain of our town properties, indicate
that values are appreciating.
JANUARY has been a lost month to
our mechanics and laborers because of
its snowy and frigid condition.
W. w. TscHUDY has bought of the
Berry heirs, their house on Union
street and lot adjoining, for 800.
ALTER MEGEAR, of Philadelphia,
has taken out letters of administration
ON the estate of the late William P.
Megear.
WE are indebted to State Senator w.
T. Cavender for copies of the Gov
ernor's Message, Report of State Treas
urer and Legislative Bills.
THE most expressive class in relation
to the prospect of a new school house
are the children. The subject of taxes
does not once shadow their minds.
THE union of several pairs of hearts
that Cupid has been tugging at for
some time, it is said will be cOnsumma-
ted on and before St. Valentines Day.
THE farm purchased by VIM. Brad
/ ley, ON Blackbird creek, of John c.
Bailey for $4,000, known as the
" Shading Point farm" has 324 acres
} AT the vendue of Samuel Wheatmar
g yesterday, B. V. Weldon auctioneer
horses sold from 800 to $3.50, cattle
from $40 to $50 and shoats IL cents pei
pound.
Q The annual meeting of the Ladies
@ Benevolent Society, will be held at thu
residence of Mrs. E. J. Colt, Tuesday
i January Both at z o'clock. A full
d attendance is requested.
ABBEY's New York East Lynn Com
Il pany will reappear here on Friday an,
> Saturday, End and 3rd of February
e when they will play the CIV
o Orphans" and Hazel Kirke.n
IL THAT of Mr.. Wheatman's inaugurs
a ted the vendue season for this locality
q and we shall have several a week, be
tween now and the 1st of March. TIL
IL last half of February they especiall
re abound.
= THE rain of Saturday put stop I
'e the sleighing that had been snjOye
uninterruptedly for week and a-hal
t. The snow is not all gone, the freezin
n of Sunday night and since giving th
= entire landscape decidedly icy aspec
THE young folks out in the countr
are turning the long Winter evening
pleasant social intercourse. Lars
u companies met during last week, at Il
lg residences of VIM. Bradley, in RiC
is Neck, and Charles A. Cleaver, in Ra,
mond's Neck.
We JACOB LIENBERGER has leased f
ra fifteen years the shambles on the ODD
, site side of the street from his prese
~ location, until the past year, for a nuI
ms Der of years in the occupancy of Tho
lr- +. Jefferson, and is having them I
AS modelled and greatly improved.
IN J. FRANK WILDs, on Monday,
its ceived the appointment of Register
tic Wills for Kent county, vice John
- Pennewill, term expired. This was t
IT, first commission issued by Govern
me Stockley. This appointment was
of accordance with the public expect
he tion.
yes THE protracted meeting that co
'es, menced the first of the month at I
lry M. E. Church, still continues, W
,l;c large numbers in nightly attendan
- A class of twelve young people "
ply have professed conversion, were {
ads mitted into the church on rrobati
ing Sunday.
see Ice CREAM at Carr's, Market sire
nty
the OUR crop of almanacs for the W.
past, include those of the New Y,
Tribune, Philadelphia Times and Phi
delphia Record. The two first
sod brim full of political and statisti
80 matter and the last is beautifully i'll
OF trated. All are gootten up with C
her siderable labor and expense.
ness The murcury for the past two mo
OF ings has stood atso, which is good wiz
ried weather. Fer G week past the +
r of graph has reported desperately c
roro weather in the Northwestern Sts
and Territories, the thermom,
on ranging from 20o to 40o below q
sted with high winds and blasts of sn
rom AT Winnipeg, in Manitoba, yester
ends morning, the murcury was down
!. ASP below zero, the lowest on record
an the place.
THE action of our citizens i'm rela
'out' to a new school house, causes
arlor Every EUening to say editorially:
and 1t is good sign that school m
bem ing at Smyrna should have brought
- nearly 100 voters and that 70 of 4
uehe should have voted to pay $16, 900 (
ested school house and grounds. No d
etter the fact that the present exec
will - Superintendent of Public Schools
- in Smyrna has something to do
Driue the advanced state of public opi
ion't, ON the school question in that pls