Smyrna times., 1884-04-02
Smyrna and Vicinity.
GREENS and jowl.

GREENS and Jowl.
GARDENING has been actively prose-
cuted the past few days.
THE plow has been running this
week in the fields intended for oats.
"Sing, sing, birds of Spring
Tell of the flowers the Summer will bring"
Jos. H. PRIMROSE has furnished his
store with new stock of Spring goods.
TALKING of Spring suits, ladies,
what are you going to wear at Easter
THESE are the days that the tailors
and dress makers like to be taking
orders.
The last was a week of vacation of
most of our boys and girls off to distant
schools.
BIB. ALLEN has rented the office re-
Gently vacated by John &. Stockly, on
Main street.
WILD geese are now flying north
ward-a sure sign of warmer weather.
"Roll on Sweet Chariot"
A GENTLEMAN of this town has a cat
eighteen years old. The ordinary age
is said to DE ten or twelve years.
IT is about time that one of our
youths was taught how not to fire his
revolver on Sunday, or any other day.
The Centennial NJ. Z. Church pulpit
: will be filled by Rev. Il. III. Coleman,
of Philadelphia, on Sunday, at 7.3O P.
NJ.
PROF. GLEASON, the horse tanner,
who formed class of instruction in
this town last week, is doing" the
Peninsula.
REV. ]. D. MCFADEN, of Dover, in
terested a full house at the Jerman
Mission School last evening with his
stereoptican views.
HIRNHEIMER is now getting his
Spring stock of clothing and will have
them open on Friday. Read his adver-
tisement next week.
, JOHN B. COOPER has an outfit oi
styles of carpets that the Spring pur
, chasers should examine before they
l decide on a purchase.
, REV. ]. B. QUIGG will have for hi:
subjects on Sunday next, morning
'~Cross Bearing" and evening, "Th'
: Greatest Trial on Earth"
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
y Union will meet on Tuesday the ST
n inst, at 3 o'clock, P. NJ, at the residenc
:. of AIRS. Elizabeth Smithers.
s THE meeting of the Mutual Relic
u Association, which was called las
evening to elect officers, was adjourn
IS ed until next Tuesday evening.
o THE high wind of Sunday gave u
,. y the first dust of the year, not desi
u able thing to have about, but as u col
trast to the months of mud was a we
- - come sight.
N The Jubilee Singers who spent SUI
le day in this town, did the singing +,
I'd the Bethel A. Nj. E. Congregation G
ut Sunday evening, to the delight of
ig well-iilled church.
es THERE was quite dash of hs
rs stones last night after one O'Clock, a
d. companied with that peculiar roar
d. the air and rattle like bullets. 1t las
he ed only about a minute.
4 THE stores of Z. M. Fowler, J.
- Brinton, J. +. Collins and the dwellil
og occupied by John Winford, all ne
70 together ON Commerce street, have l
Oh ceived bright coats of paint the pa
,ra week.
on HARRY ID. BOYER, who opened
ne grocery store last Summer, on Ms
'k- street, opposite the Delaware House
10 closing out with the intention of opC
ing in the same place a line of hal
an an ware and farmers tools.
ib- JOHN ANTHONY has been shipping
vas Albany, N. Y, the past week, Uia
rec steamer Tygert, white corn for sc
rth purposes. The quantity will amoI
ose TO 10000 or 1900 bushels. The pr
'w- paid was 62 cents per bushel.
nen A sHAD was caught in the Delaw
ion river last week, at Port Penn, d
out weighed IA pounds. p. p. Coll
the offered $3.50 for it which was refus
his 1t would have been shad enough
the one meal for all the guests Of
re- Smyrna Hotel.
IN. THE late Quarterly Conference of
IF M, Il. Church charged the commit
TO- on Education to consider the ex
ere @ diency Of organizing a Church Ilycei
In, and the COMMITTEES with Rev.
an Quigg as chairman will meet to-da,
md consider the subject.
nree THE Commissioners of Middletc
have renewed contract with
ind- Washington Automatic Gas II
!, on Company Of Baltimore TO light {
Inc town at sl3 per lamp year, the c
anus pany furnishing everything incluC
tow ,o. lamps and lamp posts.
ourt THE Annual Exhibition of
had Smyrna colored school will be hel,
the Bethel A. M. Il. Church on FIR
In night next, 4th inst. A well sele
and programme has been arranged for
de- occasion to be participated in by
the sons from several other towns. :
was ing will form the chief feature, w
cared viii be interspersed with reading,
lrned lamations and addresses. Admis
eyed, Is centsg children, 10 cents; reese
pro- seats, % cents,