Smyrna times., 1884-02-27

| SIDE, VIZ: the first and fourth page
were edited and printed in the city.
]. f. CARTER has moved his stock 0
paints and wallpaper into his new
store on Commerce street The larg,
bulk window fills up nearly the whole
front.
CHARLES PORTS is building a from
addition to his dwelling, near the Cen
tennial Church. The sitting room anC
kitchen were erected two or three
years ago.
THE continued muddy crossings are
strongly suggestive Of shelled streets
and most every body says it would be
a good thing. But who is to take the
initiative?
A MEETING will be held at the VI. Z.
Church On Monday next to elect three
trustees in the place of Joseph Smithers
A. p. Griffith and John II. Hotfecker
time expired.
JOHN BOYD sold for Jas. Murphey, at
his public sale on Tuesday. mare, u
years old, for $164; l colt, y months
old, 500; COWS, $3.50: Farmers
Favorite graindrill, so.
DIR. CLOAK had such a demand for
his new tooth wash, Enamcline, =
after his advertisement appeared that
his first stock was exhausted and he
had to hurry up new supply.
JOHN WILKINSON, JR., with a force
Of hands is painting large residence
and store for Nehemiah Jacobs. at
Hartley Station, where there are two
other dwellings in course Of erection
CHAs. WINTER, Of Philadelphia, a
brother of John Winter, of this place,
has taken charge Of the baking depart
ment Of his establishment in the place
of John Cook, gone to Philadelphia.
As THE nearness Of the Conference
time comes-one week frou to-day
the question, "who will be the next
pastor" will interest more and more q
number of congregations throughout
the Peninsula.
JOHN JONES, on the BAIL farm Of
D. ]. Cummins, whose vendue has
been advertised for tomorrow, has
since rented the farm Of John 7. Hud-
son, near Clayton, and hence the sale
will not take place.
AT the sale of r. II. Armstrong, A.
Hayden, auctioneer, 40 head of sheep
sold at prices ranging from 5000 10
Sl6.40 per head, averaging the sum Of
5000 head; cows from $38 to $50
horses from $1l5 to $3.50
THE Building and Loan Association.
of this town, will issue new series of
stock about the first of April. Our
young people who have few dollars
to spare will have through this means
fine opportunity to salt it away.
If we may judge by appearances,
Mrs. +. N. Fowler, on South street,
must be a dear lover of flowers. They
are luxuriant in growth and rich in
bloom, and sufficient in quantity to fill
every window from the top to the bot
tom of the house.
REV. WM. B. GORDON will hold SER
vices daily through the season of Lent,
at the 2. L. Church, Saturdays except
ed. Mondays and Tuesdays the SER
vices will be held at 445 P. NJ; We'd
nesdays, 1890 a. NJ; Thursdays, 7.3O
P. NJ, and Fridays at 1870 a. NJ.
THE Board of Health held a meeting
yesterday for a final report to the
Board of Town Commissioners, whose
term expires in a few days. They
were pleased to report that during the
past year there had been an entire
absence of hurtful contagious diseases
or other deleterious influences, and
that there was not a cent of charges
against the town, as was also the case
with the report year ago.
JOHN c. CoRBIT, of Odessa, who
holds a mortgage against the mill
property of Wm. Sharp, the gates of
which at the southern limit of the
town were washed out Sunday two
weeks, is, we learn, to take the proper-
ty off of Mr.. Sharp's hands and mend
the broken dam as soon as it can be
conveniently done. John Mustard and
John B. Lewis, who have charge of
the broken dam, will soon commence
getting material together.
The little boy whom we noted last
week as swearing at playmate that
he would cut his hand with hatchet
and did clip off finger, used the same
language in school ON Monday and his
teacher very properly washed out his
mouth x1yif cf,an anI xt,ofav- oIoz-..-
1t from the foul words. The boy didn't
like the soap bit and so hasn't swore
there since, There has been consider
able complaint about the use of the rod
IN another quarter; perhaps the COM
plaint can be obviated by some such
remedy as this; only make it little
more caustie.
SOME five weeks ago a man riding
one horse and leading another rode up
to the residence of Gamaliel Garrison.
near Hoffecker's Mill, and asked the
privilege of leaving a horse that was
very much jaded in his care for week |
saying that he would call for it that |
time. Mr.. G. did nOt inquire his name.
Ihe man remarking that he came from |
as he expected he would !
call and get his property about the
time designated. One week after
another has rolled away without any
tidings of the owner and Mr.. G. has |
advertised it in these columns.
Jos. III. PRIMROSE has in the Hart |
ford sewing machine what he calls the |
1cnle OF perfection. Its novelty and |
claim of superiority consists in Is steel
bearing balls playing between steel
sockets and rings In such a manner as |
% reduce friction to the lowest possible
limit, thereby obtaining the full adj
vantage of all power applied. The |
wear on the bearing is infinitesimal |
and thus to the operator it ceases to be /
IN object Of labor. It is the only
machine that has the ball bearing bal |
ance, and Mr.. Primrose tells rs he has
many calls to examine and purchase |
This light running machine.
HARRY ID. BOYER, who commenced |
the erection of a dwelling house at the
corner of South and Delaware streets.
in December, but the work on which |
was suspended after the laying of the |
foundation, by the setting in of |
cold weather, has been recommended |
again, the builder, John w. Moore. |
raising the frame yesterday. The par
Tor, IL by IA feet, fopts on South street
the sitting room which terminates in a
bay window IN na1axva,.a efr.aof II 1c1L-