Smyrna times., 1883-11-21


THE wagons of the Philadelphia &
Smyrna Transportation Company, sup
piled forty families with coal on Satur-
day.
DURING the high wind the first of
last week, like Smyrna creek, the water
was so blown out of Mahon's that
oysters were picked off the bottom.
SAMUEL P. TRUAx has stepped to
the front in the way of providing pork
ers for next year, one of his sows last
week becoming the mother of seven
teen pigs.
TAYLoR's BRIDGE, over Black bird
creek, in Thoroughfare Neck, is under
going repairs, and will be off about ten
days. Ezekiel Shaw, of Clayton, is
doing the work.
l SHOULD think Denney's stock and
prices of Holiday Goods would induce
you to buy at home instead of Philadel-
phia. The largest and finest stock he
has ever purchased. +
doc" MORRIS, of the Landing, has
brought 500 bushels of oysters from
the mouth of Smyrna creek to this
town, this week. The largest purcha-
sers were the hotels.
THE NJ. P. Sunday School of CLAYTON
will give an entertainmeptin the Church
on Wednesday and Thursday evening
next for the purpose of raising funds
to purchase an organ.
VIM. GEO. Hill freighted seven
cars of wheat from RothWells Land.
ing, yesterday, bought of Col. Geo. w.
Cummins, being the rent wheat from
some of his contiguous farms.
" AN IRIsHMAN," whose communica-
lions have attracted so much attention
has reviewed the "orange issue"
charge of his opponent in controversy,
which will appear in our next issue.
TIE two farms (Hudson's), near
Brenford, now occupied by james +.
Steward and Gardiner Phillips, will be
consolidated next year and nice resi-
dence built. Mr.. Steward will be the
| lessee.
THE plasters will commence this
morning throwing the mouldings over
the arches of recess and windows of
the Presbyterian Church, after which
the walls will receive their final sand
finish.
THE last Quarterly Conference of
this Conference year for the NJ. L.
Church, of this town, will be held on
Friday evening, and next Sunday
morning will be the occasion of the
Quarterly Communion service.
CT Tf,IIu, ohn,,o.o -,
Division has effected some change on
the Smyrna Branch road The time of
the leaving of the trains from our
Depot for Clayton is as follows: ia.
8.53, 1890, 1858 A. NJ, 2.2S, 4.2O and
7.47 p. NJ.
JOHN w. ANDERSON, on the " Neck"
road two miles from town had n nair
OF mules to stray from his field on Sun
day last and though diligent search
has been made since, no tidings have
been had of them. He advertises for
| them in another column.
The executive committee of the
Young Mems Reading Room Associa-
ton, have rented the suite of rooms in
the second story of the Johnson build
ing. The rooms, we presume will be
put in readiness for the purposes in
tended as soon us possible.
If you intend to make the Gift of a
turkey to some worthy family for
Thanksgiving, don't pick out one that
Is as able as yourself to purchase one.
but send your gift to some poor family
to whom the turkey will be luxury
and a cause for Thanksgiving.
JAMES TAYLOR has sold his dwelling
on East Main street to Alexander Hum
phreys, for $500. Mr.. Taylor bought a
lot two or three weeks ago of ]. Henry
Jefferson on Delaware street. on which
he intends to build q house, and ex-
poets to have it ready for occupancy
by the spring.
The Delaware Conference Board of
Church Extension, meets at the Cen
tennial NJ. E. Church, this town. TO-
day. The Board will be in session two
days, and of evenings there will be
public worship, with preaching by one
OF the members of the Board each even
ing during the week.
SOME slaughtered hogs have came to
town this week and in the absence of
any fixed price have sold at 7 cents per
pound, but when more plentiful the
dealers do not expect to paw as much
by at least cent. The price of pork
TINS fall is from quarter to a third off
OF what it was year ago.
NEXT Sunday, 25th inst, the Bethel
A. NJ. f. congregation will hold n
Jubilee" service in commemoration
OF the freeing Of the church from a
debt that long rested against it. Preach
ing In the morning by Rev. A A
Robertson; afternoon, Rev. Jacob Wilks-
helms; night, Rev. G. T. Waters.
This is the season of the shooting
stars, but Prof. Newton, of Yale Col
lege, says this is an off-year for the
November meteors, and consequently
1t IS not worth while to sit up of nights
and look for them. They are now he
says, 100000 miles away from us. but
Will be again close by in November
1889.
The Smyrna House started a new
mack this morning to run between that
house and the depot for the accommo-
datlon of the guests. Heretofore. one
hack has been run for the accommoda-
ton of both the Delaware and SMYRNA
houses, but Mr.. Clayton has shown
commendabie enterprise in starting one
on his own account.
MANY farmers do not know when
they put corn in a crib how to ascer-
tain the quantity therein. The follow
ing ruke is said to be entirely accurate
Multiply the length, width and
height of the crib together, then multi
ply this sum by 500 and cut off three
figures to the right, and you have the
number of bushels of ears of corn.n
En-.
REV. E. c. ATKINS, of Leipsic. COM
menced prOtracted meeting at Raw
mond's Church two or three weeks AGO
that has developed into quite a neigR- |
borhood awakening, and over 90 ner-
sons have protested conversion. The
house on Sunday evening was denseIv |
packed and the spirit of revival rose t0 |
higher tide than on any proceeding |
evening.
The family of Geo. w. TAYLOR ON
string out this morning found a verv
unexpected visitor on the premises
an opossum. He was perched ON ton
of the smOke-house and was easily con,
tured. Where he came from or what
no Nyoo al to,. 10 "ANO