Smyrna times., 1883-01-17

Smyrna and Vicinity.
Ice CREAM at Carr's, Market street.
THE steamer Tygert is still blockaded
by the ice.
REV. w. B. GORDON will preach
sermon on Odd Fellowship, in st.
Peters Church, February 11th.
THE rain and sleet of to-day makes
no improvement in the walking, which |
has been bad for the past week er two.
PARTIES wishing to purchase good |
driving horses, are directed to the ad-
vertisements of DIR. J. G. Swinney and
w. T. johnson.
ELDER CHICK, of Baltimore, will
preach at Mrs. Rebecca Wells, on
Methodist street, on Wednesday, jan
uary oath, at o'clock, P. NJ.
ALBERT T. HoFFECKER, of Hoffeck-
er's Mill, has bought of Jefferson Lewis
the farm adjoining Moorton containing
1876 acres for $5, 400 and will occupy it
in the Spring.
ATTENTION is called to the impor-
tant public sale of the real estate of
the late Horace Spruance, February
14th' This is one of the most desirable
farms for home, in the country.
The young people of Moorton and
vicinity are passing the mid-Winter
evenings very pleasantly by meeting
at the home of some friend once a week,
where they have grand, rOlicking times
in various innocent sports.
AMONG the legacies left by VIM. P.
Megear, whose demise we announced
last week was an item of 5000 to the
Smyrna Library. This little windfall
will be an important help to the
Library in enabling it to resupply the
shelves with this amount of new books.
JOHN G. BAILEY sold last week, the
farm known as the Armstrong" on
Blackbird creek, 260. acres, to William
Bradley, who came here q year ago
from Canada, for $4,000. Mr.. Bailey
bought this farm two years ago at pub
lie sale for 5000. He had put some
minor improvements on it.
SENATOR Wilson 7. Cavender, chair
man of the committee, drew up last
week when at home, a bill establishing
an Immigration Commission, as per the
recommendation of the Governor,
which met with the hearty approval OF
several gentlemen to whom it was re-
ferred. He will offer it for passage
this week.
THE Middletown Transcript in q
long editorial discusses the relation oi
the local newspaper to the "spirit Of
goaheadativeness" in a town, and yet
we can name one that among its Bank
Directors even, there are four men who
do not take their local paper simply
because, to use a slang phrase of the
boys, they don't have to-" while they
can borrow their neighbors.
]. S. HUNTINGTON, who was injured
six weeks ago by fall, is recuperating
and now believes that he will soon b'
out again, indeed he has been perform
ing at his home all and every instru
ment of writing, which appertains t
his business, and these who have deed
or mortgages to draw, will do well t.
call on him for the present at his home
as he is the only man, in Smyrna, wh'
takes out State license for drawing
deeds, &c.
PUBLIC SALR.-The following per
sons will sell their personal property a
public sale:
Samuel Wheatman, near the "Bi
Oak" Tuesday, January 23d.
! Abram Hayden, near Taylor
Bridge, Wednesday, January 31st.
| Abel s. Riggs, on the road froI
Smyrna to Bombay Hook, on Thurs
; day, February 1st.
John w. Stephenson, near the Ri
Oak" on Tuesday, February 9th.
: Charles II. Register, on the roa
from Smyrna to Bombay Hook, o
Tuesday, February 18th.
Emily Warren and Abram HaydeI
Jr., administrators of George w. Wa
a rem, on the Liston" farm, Thursda!
v February 10Th.
\ A DowNFALL.-0n Thursday morI
ing last as Jacob Lienburger was con
r ing up the street to his place of bushes
: when passing Cooper's corner his fe'
few from under him and the q
pounds Of avoirdupoise was sprawlir
on the ice and snow. A lad ON Il
Q opposite side of the street, who has 4
d conception of pOnderosity in fal
called to him "to come over and |
would help him np." Mr.. LIS fet
saved his bones, but that did not he
p his injured feelings, which we viii n
d undertake to give in his dialect. i
Is laughs about It now, but admits
. was mad, He says it was no laughil
= matter; be could not pat on bis co
" for several days, aRd Is still not able
'r comb his hair.
IDEAS of economy are manifested
: different ways, and to be economical
ie lesson that all poor people, or tho
1t who think they are poor, have to lear
at Thus, the other day, a man Of b
ve vicinity wanted some sale bills printe
Il He came to this Office and got h
le price and sample bill to prepare /
advertisement. Afterward, he b
thought him to 60 to Wilmington
ne see If they could not be had cheap'
Ill He paid his fare % 95, the same
ne bills of the same size that be cou
a. have got them for at home, and II
didn't live on cheese and crackers,
pr was $3.50 out of pocket by trying
III economixe few cents. This apen
as wise and pound foolish y policy, W
=, apply likewise to those people w
~ buy their merchandise In the cities
1s the detrilnent of our home mercha,