Smyrna times., 1883-03-14

foreman in the workshop.
THE payroll of the Messrs. ]. E.
Tygert & Co., for the laboreIs connect
ed with the Phosphate Factory num-
bered on Saturday II persons.
VIII. THOMPSON has opened full
line of goods in his new store lone
door below his former stOrel particulars
of which will be in our next issue.
JOIN V. WELDON succeeds Harry
Riley as clerk on the steamer Iygert,
the latter preferring the land and
place with A. L. Hudson, near town.
A WRITER says that the reliability
of newspaper reports is ten times great
er than statements made by the aver
age citizen who never corroborates one
half he asserts"
THERE is more appearance Of Spring
in the grocery stores in the way OF
garden seed, potatoes, onion sets,
clover seed, &c, by a long site, than
nature has given Us on the outside.
THE Philadelphia Press facetiously !
remarks. in noting the item we pub |
| lishsd last week of a probable Tele- |
phonic line down the State " that Della |
ware is about to hook on to telephone !
wire"
THE supplement to the Delaware
Railroad charter, giving the right to
run the road near this town, became a
/ law last week, and now we may look
for the engineers to take their bearings
/ and run the line
TAKE THE SUNNY SIDE" is the
title of the lecture Colonel A. K. Nc
Clure will deliver at Smyrna on April
| 10th That will do for lecture in
April but we wouldn't want any advice
of that sort in July.-MiddtetOtvn Tran
script.
AGAIN shipments of gold are being
made from Europe to this country,
and about 100000 are said to be
ahoat ON its way to New York. 1t is
said that these shipments were made
in part against securities bought for
foreign account.
THE robin put in an appearance dur
ing the mild days the first Of March,
but when the biting north wind return
: ed again the next day, he hied him
I away to the under brush of the swanps,
where he has remained since, waiting
for balmier breeZes.
r THE Delaware House was reopened
:, for the accommodation of guests on
Monday, and it is said, already fourteen
e have secured permanent lodgment
there. This looks as if the enterprise oi
Frank, the proprietor of two hotels was
going to have good run.
e The Young Peoples Christian BeneV
% olent Society, which at the first meet-
ing numbered eight persons Including
e the organizer Rev. Mr.. Rigg), now
o numbers twenty-five. with S4.00 in tn,
j. Treasury. This is good progress, con
10 sidering it is only two week old.
Of THE prevalence of colds, "bad colds
a as they are usually termed, has beel
very marked since the advent of Marcl
., with it's cold, boisterous weather. Th
bad is very properly applied in thes
cases as they are frequently accompan
led with a touch of bilious that re
"a quire the services of the doctor.
sis PERsoNAL.-Mrs. Smithers wife {
he DIR. Thos. J. Smithers, of Easton, Md
,at and Mrs. Eliza Masten, of Milford, an
Miss Kate Dirickson, of Berlin, Md
W are visiting friends in this town.
ng We are indebted to john S. Hofiecl
mt er for copies of New Orleans, La, an
re- Galveston, Texas, papers.
in PUBLIC SALEs.-The following pr
rs, sons will sell their personal property
public sale:
Jonas Keiser, on the road from SmyrI
to Bombay Hook Lighthouse, on Thur
bill day, March 18TH
nm Robert Grumly, near Garman Scho
= House, on Thursday, March 22d.
ow THE annual meeting of the NJ
nlv Conference is usually time of consi
"a cradle interest in the community, esp
Uiu cially, Methodist circles, but the o
lall just closed, from its distance off pt
to haps, has been an exception, OccasiC
hes ing the remark from one to anott
&c. that they never knew so little about
Conference before.
The citizens of Kenton present
Rev. ]. w. d. Lucas last week witt
ton purse of $500 Mr.. L. appreciai
ions the gift the more because he has
cry, cnurch there put IS simply a resld
the ~ VI .He VU"n ~ 1eiU $1,000 ~: iol
tne ter, Md, but will most probably be
our turned to Clayton circuit.
ans THE action of the Legislature
the passing the bill granting ThOs.
the Wilson the privilege to close up
nd a diagonal road at Shakespeare's /
,oor will prepare the minds of the pee
on this side for a much speedier {
/ oD- structiol of road across the mill-p
Iltar, into the town through State street.
sting one case, one man is benefited, in
other the cost to the people of
county will be $4,000 or $12 600.
the SAMUEL TAYLOR is having the he
recently purchased from DIR. McKt
nhe handsomely fixed up which he
f our occupy as a residence when compile
al ON The dining room is to have an addi
of eight feet, in the rear of which
be the kitchen, the extension beinl
= 'n by 16 feet, built of brick. All
VIC VIC o modern improvements are to be il
On duced-bath room, water closet,
, "n0 and cold water, &c., and the pair
,atoJ brush to burnish mp every departn
d and SERIOUS AccIDENT.-L. T. D
items near Moorton, while cutting s
than with feed cutter last Friday accit
npari- ally run his hand into the kI
who which crushed the bones of his
De!d- front fingers of the right hand,
Della badly lacsrated the flesh of the
alf its finger. DR.. Smith, of Morton,
called in and found it necessar
- amputate two of the fingers Gle
the hand. He is doing well. Mr..
'S' much respected and has much sy
be in thy in the community where he
JOHN COsGRIFF bought hims
ut the bicycle two or three weeks ago I.
in going TO and from the tile
which, if it was as expensive at
u. NC cost as horse, would he knew re
plat no oats for its keep and be a
ready to 60 when he was ready
ctod 20 out the trouble of gearing up an
49, ~ - n usual switching in the face incide
=" ''" hy-time. He finds it as hard to
as colt and they have their up
II after downs especially the latter, but !
week. is getting better Of his bruises an
poets by the time the roads are 81
to have perfectly tractable amin