Smyrna times., 1884-04-30

IHE New YORK OtUT says: nc nave
seldom heard an audience laugh more
than the one which greeted "Peck's
Bad Boy" last night.
YE lovers of the delicious strawberry
begin to get your mouths ready, the
blossoms have already made their ap-
pearance. The prospect for an abund-
ant crop Is yet good.
F. ]. CARTER, of Philadelphia, has
rented the house on North street, now
in the tenure of John w. Moore and
will move into it in few days. Mr.. |
Moore goes to the country.
THE Odd Fellows have Il force of
eighteen men and six carts at work in
the new cemetery, carting the dirt
from the drive ways and avenues to
the large mound in the centre.
DIR. c. o. SwINNEY received this
week, by mail from Shanghai, China,
DR.. Ella F. Swinney's photograph. A
landscape view, with her in rikisha
(natiYe carriage) drawn by China
man.
Miss s. B. COLLINS, having purchas-
ed her Spring and Summer stock, is
prepared to show better line of goods
than ever before, and at Philadelphia
prices. They are now ready for inspec-
ton.
In country towns burglars sleep un-
til midnight, doing their work between
this hour and day-break. Commis-
| - lOk H. L Of ii Of
police and those Of burglars cores
pond.
LET the Chester man who visited
SMYRNA last Winter, and heard, as he
claimed, so much talk on hogs" now
make q visit to Dover. He will be
able to 60 home with both barrels
loaded.
THE following officers were elected
by Morning Star Lodge, No. 6, 1. o. O.
F., of this town, last Friday night
Noble Grand, E. NJ. Fowler; Vice
Grand, Joseph Evans; Recording Sec
retary, John A Wright.
EVERY farmer should at least try the
hard wood ashes of Canada ON hi!
corn; they are so much cheaper thar
Phosphate, and tits claimed they pro
duce better and more lasting results
They are imported by w. G. Hill.
1T is current rumor that the Richard
, son House, of Dover, will be closes
after the first of May. This fine Hos
telry costing, it is said, hundred AM
five thousand dollars is offered for sal
by its present owner at forty thousand
S COURT convened on Monday last
# There was as usual large attendance
a but little business has yet been dom
a The Donovan VS.. Stats case was di!
: posed of on Monday morning. Th
u latter being fined three dollars an
u costs.
d FARMERS protect the robins, yo
i have no better friends. They liz
almost exclusively on insects, huntir
them from morn till night. Be col
{ tent to give them your choicest che
ries as a sort of dessert. 1t will mo
than pay you.
III THOSE desiring Protestant help fro
On the Childrens' Aid Society of Philade
u phia will find an advertisement of til
to society in another column. They d
of sire to place their children in got
nd homes out of the cities if possib
,ct These children as a rule make We
an efficient additions to the family.
THE very tedious and arduous ia
an of removing the heavy mud sills a
nd other timbers from their submerg
eat and mud sunken positions has at Ii
mel been successfully accomplished, a
he the work of driving piling preparato
he to putting in the gates" will proce
:. at once.
,ol- SMYRNA will be we'll represented
of the General Conference, sending as {
Md does two Delegates, Revs. J. 3. Qu
-ho and DIR. Caldwell. 1t is very unusl
occurrence, since the Wilmington G.
ference only has three ministerial dC
Iial gates, for two of them to come fir
OF the same town. We wish our d,
1ed gates a pleasant and profitable sessi
1.-THE street sprinkler will start
Monday next, rain or shine" Mr. 10
'ne says. We are glad to chronicle
the fact. For already the dust is bey
ler- ming to convince US that sometimes
the eyes are too big. Now let the q
ow- missioner on High Ways order out
ola brigade, and with we'll cleaned str
also and well sprinkled streets '
ures shouldn't we be happy.
dis Nor long since the PhiladelT
) the Times made an investigation by in
Is in views with the different manufactu
and skilled trades in Philadelp
a;no with the view of determining
III nationaiitiss Of the workmen emplo
a." The result was that with the excep
of the Baldwin locomotive works
iar proportion of foreign skilled mecha
for to that of American was IN the ]
ntae- proportion Off to /.
tne REV. WIN. FAIRIES will preacE
SIT IN BIackiston's M. L. Church on SUI
nt OF next, May 4th, at 2.30 p. NJ. Re
l.. Tomkinson, at the same plac'
$500 MAY 11th, at the same hour. The
~ vice at Blackiston's has been cha
from morning to afternoon, and
'rket change is working admirably.
but shovt drive from Smyrna
-. and we learn that several from
s'eN town were there last sabbath {
noon.
light THE fish traders here from Port
on Monday last reported the wa
,,.;a ashore at that place Of the dead
NON" of two men. One Is supposed to
been the unknown sailor who fell
ound the royal yard of the Italian bril-
800 Frisco, bound for Cadiz, Spain,
passing Port Penn, April 3rd.
open body was in state of decompoi
rrow. The other was ip . better state oi
Q inn ervation, but no clue 10 his id
Main was given.
TIE route agent on the Del
York Railroad must Rave gotten SLEEP
,earti- before reaching Clayton last night
he sent q mail pouch IN TO oqi
oG3ee with u lock for which th'
''msng master had no key. How to get
ro1pd the question. We were dec
anaef- worse off apparently than bad W
ed our mail entirely, being so p
elphia ingiy near aud yet SO far. tn
funny master finally solved tho pI
q roar according to post Office reguia
nd. filed the staple.