Smyrna times., 1884-03-05

IL full attendance of the members is very
n desirable as business of Importance
will be transacted.
r This weather gets by the prognosti-
Gators. To-day was prophecied to be
y fair, but instead, the morning set in
d with a mid-Winter snow storm. 1t
q seems to be hard for it to do anything
else but rain or snow.
A READER of the TIMES in another
State writes: Please accept my COM
1 pllments for the careful and painstak-
ing article in last issue, recording the
changes made by your citizens for the
ensuing year. 1t is matter of special
) interest to friends absent"
GEO. T. CATHCART, one of our Young
painters, has been getting married and
last evening the Smyrna Cornet Band
honOred the event in the lives of the
young couple by serenade, and in
turn they were invited in and treated
to feast from well loaded table.
THE homes of our preachers and Law
delegates at the Wilmington Confer
ence are as follows: T. e. Martindale
with Mrs. S. Ford J. d, Rigg, with
II. G. Jones; J. Il. Van Burkal0W, with
Q. Stern; A. P. Griffith, with Rev. C.
Hill and Il. NJ. Cooper, with a friend.
THE Northwestern papers speak of
the weather which came with March
as the worst of the Winter in snow and
biting winds. The railroads are block
AIDED with snow, i'll some places - feet
deep, and In one town the drift snow
was so deep that the people had to
emerge from the houses out of the tran
door.
A DISPATCH from Canada reports the
peach buds killed. 1t is little singu-
lar that such Importance should be at
tached to the peach crop there which
IS only an amateur culture. The
March weather has been cold for this
section, but we have not heard single
expression of concern for the safety of
the crop.
The muddy weather of the past
Winter has not been a good time for
the sale of carriages but theindustrious
firm of Beckett & Mackey have work |
ed right along to get up large stock |
for sure Spring demand and thew |
nave their rooms filled with attractive |
carriages of all kinds that the country
demands.
A LOCAL note in the EUery Eveninq
OF Monday says that snow at 7 O'Clock |
ON that morning in Dover had fallen to
the depths of six inches, and that tho
fall below was much heavier. This is
rather singular, because in this place
either Sunday or Monday. the snow
dld not amount but to about an inch
in depth at any time.
JOHN III. HoFFECKER intends carry
ing the dwelling adjoining his own. to
be occupied by his son John A., through
a thorough course of repair and en-
largement. 1t is to be moved back
and an addition erected in front with
a bay-window and general appearances
somewhat similar to the house of Geo
ID. Collins adjoining the PRESBYTERIAN
Church.
IHE HINES is ever ready to rive
every one hearing but some things
may be run into an Improbable chan
mel: Thus, the discussion on the
political wrongs of ireland has been
diverted into religious controversy.
Always Improbable, and we hope the
parties i'll the controversy will take
this view Of the matter and let thcsub-
ject end.
The choir of Mt. Friendship colored
church, in Kenton Hundred gave n
successful concert Monday evening at
Bethel A. M. +. Church. This choir
during the Winter has been starring
IL at several places on the Peninsula
and in New Jersey as Jubilee singers.
ana have been greeted by GOOD ]
audiences. They will probably SING
here again in a few weeks.
JOS. Il. CARTER is tearing down the
front part Of the dwelling he recently ,
and will move his new Daner i
ana paint store where it stands. and ,
Where the new store now rests he will ,
proceed at once to erect new dwell ,
ing. A part of the old dwelling will $
form the rear of the new. The chance
Will make great improvement in the :
appearance of the property. .
SEVERAL fishermen had n lively
chase after a seal, several davs apo in
the Delaware Bay, above Woodland
Beach. They tried to chase il into l
their seine but it could not be got into =
1t. 1t would allow them to approach
10 within about twenty-five wards of il .
When 1t would dive, and come up some =
distance away. They said that if they 9
nad mad gun or rifle with them in =
the boat they could have killed it. {
DE VoE, the Hackepsack weather t
prophet, says March will be the opno- t
site OF February, cold and hlusterv. 4
lie gives certain days for storms. the n
lrst hitting it exactly. He predicts t
lhat the stormy days of March will be a
on or about the 2nd, 9Th, 9th, 18th, +
2lst, 10Th and 3lst, and that there will O
be a snow blockade in New York state u
On the 2lst, which "will propably ex- b
Tend south of New JERSEY" North "
west gales will occur about the 3rd g
1th, 10th, 22nd an 9th. fC
DIR. WIN. AsHCRAFT has moved his Fl
1fhce to the up stairs room of the same o
Occupying a room conformity W
With II. ii. Beck, and the room he t.
Lacated will be occupied by John c. n
stockly and II. G. Douglass. A. c. d
4attamus has moved FROM his farm. y
lear Green Spring, to town, taking the ci
louse of Mrs. Boyd, on Delaware C,
street, who has discontinued house d
leeping. Joseph Oliver will take the
property lately occupied by VIM. J.
JoFFle, corner North and Main streets.
THOMAS WYATT, another one of our "
own youths, has concluded to follow n
1orace GPeely's advice and started | =
" est yesterday to seek his fortune; he I'll
in company with one of Townsend's as
'oung men, John Bratton. They are m
o engage in farming near Wynett, Il
illinois. Mr.. Wyatt has for the past "
ear been engaged with the firm of NJ
asset q Co., carriages manufacturers nj
+ this town he goes with the MANY al
wishes Of his fellow townsmen for his W
ucceSS and prosperity in his Western n
J.
THE fire discovered in the ceiling of SO
he roof of the beef shamble of John w. ct
stephenson during the high wind of th
'huFsday evening, happily extinguish- Ell
d before u got under headway) is V
nough to alarm even in thought the ia
disabilities of what 1t might Laye been II
occurring after bed time. We are not y