Smyrna times., 1883-02-21
Smyrna and Vicinity.
How are the roads out your way?

Smyrna and Vicinity.
How are the roads out your wayP
SOME wheat-felds begin to blush
green.
MANY moving scenes will be wit
messed next week.
THE month of February is like some
always short.
THE days are one hour and thirty
eight minutes lOnger, and the nights
ditto shorter.
ANOTHER Hop will be given in the
Town Hall ON Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 9th.
IT is we'll enough to let nature take |
its course, but be careful or the course |
will take its nature.
EXAMINATION of teachers on Satur-
day, February oath, 1888, at Smyrna,
beginning at 81 o'clock.
Mrs. GROVES gives notice elsewhere
that she will give lessons in instrumen-
tai music after March 1st.
EASTER Sunday this year is the
twenty-fifth day of March, about which
time look out for stormy weather.
THOSE persons who own grape vines
should prune them some time during
this month, or the early part of next.
THE money spent in Smyrna for
drink would build a $4,000 school
house in one year. So says a man of
figures.
TOMORROW, Washington's Birthday,
will be legal holiday. We do not
think that it will extend to anything
but the banks and schools.
SAM. SANFORDs minstrel show was
not success in the matter of an audi
ence, on Monday night. The people
have tired of their frequency.
SMYRNA creek did not get dot in
the new items of appropriations in the
River and Harbor bill for the Delaware
and its tributaries. So much for not
having friend at court.
Jos. E. WILLIAMS has a George
Washington beef for tomorrow
3 Washington's Birthday. He got it of
: John P. Collins in ThOroughfare Neck,
who raises this kind of cattle.
The revival services at the M. E.
church will probably close with this
week, after a continuance of eight
weeks. The probationers will number
e from 20 to 75. Nine were admitted on
e Sunday.
/ THE sale of personal property adver.
6 tised by Jacob Raymond at the Della
e ware House for Friday last, did MOI
# proceed, the Sheriff stepping in anG
announcing for a sale on Tuesday o
5 next week.
h THE question of running a curved
line or branch from the Delawar,
'r railroad to this town is q theme tina
N occupied large part of the attention
of our people the past week, and (
70 petition has been numerously signet
W for that purpose.
al b. +. Z. ROTHWELL near town, raise'
Il on his farm two thousand pounds Q
- tobacco. Mr.. Rothwell raised thi
10 tobacco upon less than two acres 9
n ground, and he considers it one of tn
of best yields in the county. He is nov
M anxious to find buyer for his crop.
~ THE change of the weather in th
~ night from another threatened raiI
~ storm to brisk Northwest wind ind
III Gates fairer and cooler weather. UndG
y this change the roads will dry rapid,
ad and they ought to, considering th
mo- amount of moving there will be wee
of from tomorrow.
READ the advertisement of G.. Wo
eo rell, $50 Market street, Wilmington
On Masonic Temple), who keeps one
ne the largest and best arranged stores
n- ~ Wilmington. No store equals it for
pc display of goods, having full assor
'cn ment of everything in the dry goo,
me line. The carpet department stan,
ar ar beyond all competition.
ool THE names signed in this section
3 a the remonstrance to the bill givil
Thos. w. Wilson the right to close Il
mt road at Shakespeare's mill near Dow
of number about 300, showing the una
bod unity there is against it. They f,
led that it is an entirely selfish thing wi
nts Mr.. Wilson, and should not be graAtC
of 1t slipped through the House befc
Del the people were aware of it but it
7 of hoped its passage will be arrested
at the Senate.
ap-
and THE following is the Roll. of Hor
he OF our Public Schools for the month
of February:
High Sc1ool-Edward F. Gordon. Beulah
Jefferson, Minnie Reed. Jennie Wilson, Harry
Bell, Maggie Collins, Fred Smith.
Grammar SchOo.-Elva Wilson, Hannah II
ord, heimer Edward Boyd, Mary Wright, Em
of First Intermediate. Ralph c. Hoffecker 7
,Ois- Jefferson, Daniel Turner, Lizzie Denney, G
ttee Second Intermediate. Griffith, Nettie SIN
Willie Buchanan. Lille Vansant, William Thor
d an ]. V. Smith. Jr., Roland Bell.
H. First Prtfnary.-Nellie Faries Florence 7
mug nellie Stevenson Ida Stats, Harry Cotton, Fc
her- Second PrtnGSv.--Allce Ferris Gilbert Tr
q 81 John Leinberger, Laura Ferris George JAG
-. Frank Turner, Anna c. Stevenson.
/ its PUBLIC SALEs.--The following 7
Wat sons will sell their personal pFopert,
Nru public sale:
John Reynolds, in Dutch Neck,
Thursday, February 22nd.
who Wilson L. Cavender, on his farm
ised, White Hall Neck, on Friday, Febru
on a 23rd.
ION q b. F. Truax, near the "Big Ga
liied Saturday, February oath.
n. j. Frank Wilds, on the "AIit
n the Alley" road, on Monday, Febrr
ular- 26th. .a-.... ts.
He John l.. Bilderback, on the
bill from Smyrna to Kenton, on Tues
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