Smyrna times., 1884-02-13

N the main sold for fair prices.
Miss KATHERINE l.. STORM, a teach
er in our public school, has just execut-
ed a fine, life-size crayon portrait of
Rev. J. D. Rigg. 1t is pronounced by
those who have seen it, very true in
likeness, beautiful and artistic in finish.
WM. GEO. HILL has bought and
shipped over the Delaware Railroad
and its branches since July l, 1888. $40
car loads of grain or total of about
one third of million bushels in seven
months. Clayton seems to be booming.
THE correspondent of the Erery
Erening speaks of the gates at Sharps
mill in our southern limits which were
washed out on Sunday night as sluice
gates" This will be Il new idea to the
marsh men who build against the tide.
B. V. WELDON was reappointed, on
Thursday, by the Levy Court, Collector
for this Hundred for the second year
as is the custom, and as was expected |
by the most of the people, he having |
given satifactiOn in the execution of the |
office.
On Sunday David w. Staats, living
on the farm of Frank Collins, found at
Collins Beach just below the break
while walking along the shore a white
infant wrapped up in cigar box. He
buried it ON the shore near where he
found it.
G. REYNOLDS STEVENSON, a little
&c %
has received a curiosity from his cousin
Mrs. Sallie @. Green, of HakOdate, ia
pan, in the way of several Japanese val
entnes. They are ideal pictures in the
peculiar style of Japanese art.
b. FRANK TRUAX, after two weeks
stay in which he stirred up the egg
market considerably making them the
liveliest thing in the market, returned
to the city on Monday. Now if he will
return again and put u complete end to
the strike among the hens, he may
| find millions in it"
THE public sales of Geo. D. Wright,
near KentOn, Monday, and John
Fraser, near this town, yesterday,
were we'll attended we learn, notwith-
sanding the bad weather and worse
roads, and the articles of nearly all de-
scription sold well. The sale Of Jos.
G. Robinson takes place to-day.
THE following from Philadelphia
paper is just as applicable to our town
as that city:
"Be careful of the children just now.
Measles, chicken-pox, whooping- cough
and diptheria are prevalent in many
parts of the city, and this weather is
calculated to bring on these diseases. y
IT is estimated that about fifty
|, bushels of fish were carried out of the
mill pond by the escaping waters OF
Sunday night. The prowlers about
the place on Monday for what the bot
tom might reveal, found among othel
| things six axes that had been lost by
ice gatherers, and bottle of whiskey
: that had carried its owner to the bot
: tom with it.
AT the important sale of real estat
r of j. f. Tygert & Co., on Monday after
, noon next, an opportunity will be offer
ed some enterprising citizen to secure
good location for a store, workshop;
e &C., at Fleming's Landing, which beini
. the connecting point between the tw
u counties and an important steambOa
S landing, must commend itself as
= business stand.
F.; The first reception of the Y. NJ. of
v was well attended last evening.
couples participated in the Gran
IL March led by Wilmer Hyett and wifi,
v of this town. At II o'clock refresh
ments were served in abundance and 8
o'clock the party went quietly t
= their homes. Miss Lila Norris was tn
!. belle of the evening. Primrose Orche
ira furnished the music.
is A MAN came into our Office a day
e two ago and talking about the casua
- ties that are weekly taking place askC
IS with some earnestness, "boss shOu
,e anything sinceriOusly happen in
family would it cost anything to put
a. in the paper?" He received a reply
or the negative, and we shall be disa,
~ pointed if something sinceriously
" don't happen soon just to see how
will look in print.
WE are authorized by the Board
Directors to announce that the nc
lis school building will be thrown open
the public for inspection on Friday al
Saturday. The opening in the NOR
RS ings will be designated by the ringi
ee of the bell. The school will assent
there after two weeks vacation
Monday morning next. Some of t
ON furniture shipped a week ago has II
ON yet arrived, delayed possibly by t
Western floods, but is expected to
,ot on hand and in place before OpeniI
"' MONDAY morning formed a br
time with u number of men and be
le- in catching fish from the low places
ng the broken mill pond where the
ceeded waters had left them. I'll
were mostly of the variety cal
re- mud-shad," fish that would be m,
ar desirable for the table if the bones
not preponderate over the me
Catching fish from trees sounds W
CIV like fish yarn, but was literal {
III as quite a number were taken from
trees and bushes of the meadows belC
I'VE where they were lodged by the
on luohihB lOOu anu nClu dlJCI JlO Mb
had passed down to the creek.
hel WE have received q communicat
the charging us with concealing the OBJ
of of the visit of the two ladies Fl
Dover, noticed in our issue of
weeks ago, which the writer says
wn, to solicit contributions for the beI
lila of State Capital Lodge, 1. o. G..
on This is the first iptimation we have
of what the real object of the |
i, visitors was other than to get mo
,her for an "Oyster supper and Nee
Is party" as we did not see them or q
the subscription paper. The notices
fact communicated to us was the tr
do,, ferring of the strictly local affair
one town to that of another, and
"S | for any slur on the work in which
' ladies were engaged, as the wi
charges.
o,,o The Board of Health,
! 300 The Board of Health had NEE
yesterday at the office of the Presid
DIR. Ashcraft, to take some action il
'xtra lation to the probable effect of the