Smyrna times., 1884-02-20

SAMUEL G.. STtNsoN, an employees ut
the shops of G.. w. & S. Taylor, had
the end of his middle finger cut off this
morning while using champering
machine.
THE attention of our lady readers is
called to the advertisement of J. o.
Bentley, 812 Arch street, Philadelphia
the artistic desining and stamping
emporium.
GEORGE F. BROWN, of this town has
connected himself with /. Nusbaum &
CO., commissian merchants, of Phila-
delphia, at a stated salary, and will be
pleased for any patronage he may re-
ceiVe.
MICHAEL RILEY, who has been the |
bar-keeper at the Delaware House for |
several years will take charge of w. |
F. Jefferson's hotel property at Clayton
and Elijah Primrose, of Clayton, will
take his place.
THE Town Commissioners have had
placed ON the street lamp burners
"patent gas check that it is claimed
will save one fourth of the gas in burn
ing. This device was used at the sug
gestion of Mr.. Smithers of the gas COM
pany.
THE first load of the genuine harbin-
gers of Spring from the tributaries of
the Chesapeake-"Yellow Neds"-
made their appearance in town yester-
day. This is about three weeks earlier
than these fish came to market last
Spring.
SUNDAYS, during the rainy period of
this rainy month, have been the fair
days but last Sunday was an exception.
| After two days of sunshine, it turned
up as one of the worst sprinklers of the
lot. But few people got out of the
house all day.
WITH the frequent rains and humid
atmosphere that has prevailed there
has been little improvement in the ter
ribly bad condition of the roads for the
past three weeks. Some farmers who
want to sell their corn are waiting for
better hauling weather.
CHAs. E. GREEN, farmer in the
Galley, "has inhis possession full grown
chicken that has not and will not eat a
grain of corn. He has often tried to
fool it by putting a grain in meal, with:
out success. It's diet has to be varied
from fat meat to meal, always i'll small
doses.
JOHN w. CLARK, son of the Rev
John NJ. Clark, living near Downs
, Chapel. ON farm of Mrs. Lydia Taylor
| -, io1 70 z
| because of serious impairment of hi
: eyesight and will be followed by Thos
English. Mr.. c. is young man ant
there is much sympathy for him.
: DR.. JOHN r. PITTS, of Philadelphia
r has rented q room in the Johnson Build
6 ing, and will fit it up for the practice c
u dentistry sometime next week. He i
f Il son of J. E. Pitts, formerly with j. +
- Tygert & Co., in '76 and II. Wit
: this room taken as a dentists office, a
J. the rooms of the Johnson Building ar
,, now occupied.
q Two of the citizens of Smyrna graf
" fed their curiosity one day last wee
; by going into the silver and gold vaul
y of the Sub-treasury in New York, an
le looking at 33,000,O00 of silver coin an
o. 100000 of gold coin snugly and s,
curely slowed away in Uncle Sam
IS we'll guarded depository. 1t was all
Il bags slowed ne4pon the other, simili
to grain in sacks though much less
:" size.
PROF. WYATT had very succcssf
IT. rendering of "Queen Esther" at Ell
ne ton, Md, on Wednesday evening la!
ho which was to have been repeated (
ho the following evening and a crowd,
ry house assembled, but the Queen, Mi
tv Jones was too hoarse to sing and it w
-, postponed till Monday night last, b
Ill Miss Jopes being still unable to si
to her place was well f! filed ID by Mrs. Pri'
.s- of Middietown,
to "The Grand Closing Ball of the ST
ho son." tomorrow evening, given by
no young men of the town promises to
ed the largest that has been held here
m, several years. Ten couples we I
,, derstand are expected from Midd
ne town and a good representation a
en- from Dover, Frederica, Milford, "
mington, &c. The music will be fu
ny ished by Ritchie's orchestra, of W
ous mington, and the collation. served
nm the Delaware House.
its THE following note from the prOpl
tor Of the Delaware House expla
itself;
. "Thepe is talk going around to
jure B. V. Weldon politically, Al
his appointment to the Office of coll
nen tor that he felt so big over the
pointment that he could not cat
supper at home and he went to
lph Delaware House and registered
name B. V. Weldon, Collector. G
o.,, tlemea alloy me to say that l regis
"ry ed b. V. WeldOais name, and felt
good over his appointment that !
ila- tached collector to il without p
,wn Weldon's knowledge Of his name be
t. on the register at ALL"
Respectfully,
will w. F. JEFFERSON,
day Proprietor of Delaware Ho