Smyrna times., 1884-01-23
Smyrna and Vicinity.

The next holiday will be Washing
toms birth day February 22nd.
THE people are beginning to con-
Guide and call this severe Winter.
JOHN N. JESTER, living on the "Hill ."
will sell his personal property on Sat
urday afternoon at 3 O'clock.
THE attention of fruit growers is
called TO the advertisement of Ran
dolp Peters in another column.
SEVERAL persons who did not get
their complement of ice two weeks ago
finished their houses yesterday.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. Eliza Riley's, Tuesday
evening, January 29th, at 7 O'Clock.
THE harness shop of f. c. FAIRIES is
to have new glass front put in it.
The frames, &c, have been ordered.
The late John A. Lavender had his
life insured some years ago in the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Companv for
$4,000, for the benefit of his widow.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM, No. IL, Knights
OF Pythias, of this town, which surren-
dered its charter several years ago.
VIII be reorganized in few weeks.
The young folks of Thoroughfare
Neck had masked ball at the resi-
dence of Robert n. Higgins, on Thurs
day evening last, which was largely at
tended.
PERSONS in want of some good fur
niture may find it at the sale at the
young mems reading room on Satur-
day afternoon. Thus ends one of our
ephemeral enterprises.
EIGHT one horse teams with drivers
passed through town, on Saturday
morning, on their way to Georgetown.
where they will be employed by the
constructors of the new railroad.
THE two banks of Middletown and
the bank of Odessa aggregate 1909, ,2O5.-
4S on individual deposit subject to
check, which is $5O,55S.14 less than
that OF the two banks of this town.
WIN. Z. SPRUANCE, of Severson's
Neck, and Jos. L. Lavender. of this
town, are in the field for the position
OF clerk of vendue sales-second only
to that Of auctiOneer. They are both
capable, ready writer's.
THE Philadelphia Record has our
thanks for adding one more to the
large crop of almanacs for 1884. that
nave recently found their way to this
Office. 1t is handsomely illustrated
and full of valuable literary and statis-
tical Information.
]. w. IsENBERG, who purchased the
Shorts Landing farm sometime ago of
J.. Z. Bailey is moving his family from
Altoona, Pa, to take possession of the
property. Mr.. Isenberg comes with
the best testimonials and will doubtless
prove useful citizen.
J. G. BRINToN has commenced the
work of erecting a new building on the
lot adjoining his residence on Market
street. 1t is intended for a store and
residence, will have front of "A feet.
running back 30 feet, to which in the
rear will be kitchen, &c.
AN occasional jingle of the bells re-
mids that there is still some sleiphino
out in the country, but for the town
the splendid sleighing of last week was
ended with the rain of Saturday and
the snow of Sunday was too slight to
restore the relished pastime to our
streets.
THE Alice Oats Opera Bouffe Com
pany will appear at our Town Hall to-
morrow-Thursday evening-in the
presentation of the 1.-THE Field of the
Cloth of Gold" Admission so cents
reserved seats 75 cents. Tickets for
sale at DIR: Cloak's drug store. This is
the first visit of this well-known actress
to the Peninsula.
The vendue of L. W. Bleaklev r
V. Weldon, auctioneer, near town YES
terday, was very largely attended and
the prices obtained were in the main
considered good. Horses sold from
$3.50 to $l6O, and milch COWS from S35
TO $64, two year old heifers, $40; shoats.
81 to AZ cents per pound. Everything
sold well but the hogs.
TEE Ladies' Leap Year Party ON
Thursday evening last at the Town
Hall, participated in by sixteen couples
and witnessed by a number of specta-
tors passed off 10 the entire satisfaction
of the gentlemen who were the invited
guests, ending with a repast of cake
and cream provided by the ladies and
served by the Delaware House walters.
HARVEY CORNELL, blind musician
from the South who has been in town
the past two or three weeks, gave an
instrumental and vocal concert at the
Town Hall on Monday evening. IL
was not largely attended, but those
who went enjoyed the curiosity of some
OF some of his performances among
which was playing two tunes at the
same time, one with each hand.
CONSIDERABLE interest has been
aroused the past few days in Thorough
fare Neck from the sickness and death
Of daughter, aged IL years, of James
Buckson, from what was supposed to
be case of poisoning from breathing
the fumes Of sumac which was being
burnt In the store. A son who was
also poisoned at the same time two
weeks ago. is recovering, but the sick
ness OF the young lady run into typhoid
fever from which she hadn't the
strength to rally.