Smyrna times., 1884-01-30
Smyrna and Vicinity.

y PERSONS in want of pure Alderney
milk will do well to read the advertise
y" ment of Robert Denney.
IHE young men of the town will give
r. a ball at the Town Hall, on Tuesday
: evening, February 18th.
y JOHN B. COOPER in his advertisement
e pronounces the Diamond State Pick
v els " the best pickles on sale.
HOUsEKEEPERS in want of blankets.
: quilts, table linen, embroideries, &C..
!. are offered especial prices at Cotton's
t store.
THE beef shambles of Jos. E. Will
2 liams and John w. Stephenson haye
} both been improved by better fitted up
offices in the rear.
The presence of the members of
Smyrna Cenclave, No. As, 1. o. H. is
requested at the lodge this evening. as
business importance will be trans
acted
The furniture of the Young Mems
Reading Room, which was sold on
Saturday, realized $3.50, which. it is
said will pay the indebtedness of the
Association.
HON. ELI SALISBURY has our thanks
for copy of the statistics of Popula-
tiOn of the Tenth Census. Also for
Compendium of the Tenth Census. in
two volumes.
Two women from Dover were here
yesterday begging subscriptions for an
oyster supper and neck-tie party, and
and perambulated the town with COM
mendable ~ enterprise.
WE are indebted to Senator A. r
Koe, of the Maryland Legislature for a
copy OF the annual report of the Comp.
troller and several bills in relation to |
labor, factory employment, &c.
JOSHUA I. JERMAN, agent for the
Kent County Mutual Fire Insurance !
Company, has rented one of the rooms
in the second story of the johnson
building, where he will have his Office
after Monday next.
j. VI. BATTERsBY, agent for the Della.
ware, Maryland and West Virginia
Gazetteer and Business Directory. has
done" Smyrna in the way of solicit
ing advertisers and subscribers. having
a satisfactory canvass.
IHE words silent vigil in the commu-
nlcatlon in our last issue, which SEEM
ed to so disturb "sncere mourner ;,
should have been solemn vigil as it was
III the manuscript, but changed un-
Willingly by the type setter.
AMCsICAL entertainment is announc-
ed for next week in the Record course
at the Town Hall. The singers Miss
Annie Graham, Miss Josephine Rich
ardsOn, H. A. Darby, D. H. Morrison.
and w. Derdrich, pianist, are from
Philadelphia.
SOME of the modest visitors at Alice
Oates Opera BOuffe show, last week.
didn't like the "modus operandi" as
they termed it, of the stage perform
ances of the female actors. There was
little too much of the model artists,
on exhibition.
EGGS are selling at 43 to A cents '
per dozen in Philadelphia, while pota- s
toes are selling at 35 to 40 cents Der
bushel, the former being quite scarce '
While the latter are abundant. An
item for both farmers and consumers 10
think about.
ESQUIRE COLT remarked last even ,
ing that he is having applications every
day for houses to rent and saws he
could rent twenty more dwellings than I
are at his command, if they were to be
mad. Truly the time for a BUILDING i
boom has come, with such facts before
us. c
REV. J. D. RIGG wishes us to express s
for him to the donors his great appre- Q
clatlon of the gift of the elegantly a
bound volumes of the Peoples Cyclo- c
pedla," work which he highly prizes t
and which will prove frequent r
memento of the days of his pastorate c
with this people. y
IHE missionary collection on Sunday
morning amounted to $3.50, which was
ABOUT $50 in excess of the correspond '
ing collection of last year. The aggre-
gate amount of the church and Sunday
School collection last year reported to h
Conference was $473. The collection !,
this year will approximate $500. o
MIR. ARMSTRONG, of the firm of Arm. .
strong & Mitchell, Philadelphia. was =
in town on Monday and reports general 6
trade good, albeit, the ice embargo of .
the Delaware has affected for time 6
The river trade. The firm has a large =
Western trade, especially from Indiana, .,
and are receiving shipments from as :.
far West as Nebraska.
FOR the National Bank of Smyrna u
stock s65 per share was offered last a
week and declined. 1t is held at $40 81
which is equal to $40 on the par value t.
of 800. This would seem to indicate
that persons having money to invest n
have confidence in Bank stock. None 8,
Of the shares of this Bank has changed u
hands for long time while it seems to a
be wanted for investment at advancing 9,
igures. =
ACCORDING to the PeninsuIar Nevs a
The robins too must have taken nm Z
with the prevalent idea in the Fall n
That this was going to be mild Win 81
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