Smyrna times., 1884-02-06
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was duCllOneef.
n MUTTERINGs thus early portend the
|, coming phosphate storm. When the
agents shower down on a hapless
wight they make him wish for the time
that there was some place of escape.
e but there is no place "where their
4 voice is not heard" The brands are
: growing year by year.
IHE protracted meeting at the NJ. E.
Church is now on its third week. but
with no movement among the impeni-
, tent. Rev. T. L. Poulson was pressed
, in the service last evening, the result
being meeting of arousement among
the members such as has not been ex-
perienced in the church for several
years.
THE steamer John E. Tygert resumed
her trips to Philadelphia on Tuesday
9TH, leaving at 8 A. NJ, heavily loaded
with grain, evaporated fruits. stock
ard various other freight. Also a good
number of passengers embraced the
opportunity of going to Philadelphia on
the steamer. She will leave Philadel-
phia tomorrow at IL o'clock A. NJ.
LEvICE VI. HIROSs. who succeeded
ii. II. Huntington on the Hill" has
given the interior of his store a new
coat OF paint and made other changes
In the arrangement of the store that
ADDS to its attractiveness. Mr.. Hirons
did very satisfactory business for
january, and has a promise of still
better when good weather dawns upon
us.
AT the annual meeting of stockhold-
ers in the Peninsular Bone Fertilizer
Company, held at the office of the
Company in this town, on Monday /
+'h inst, semi-annual dividend of
three per cent was declared PAYABLE /.
on demand. All the old Board of
Directors were reelected and reorgan-
lzed by electing J. f. Tygert, Presi- |
dent; W. c. Pierce, Secretary & Treas
urer, to serve the ensuing wear.
lHE new round house at CLAYTON /
has been raised and the work will now
be pushed on rapidly to completion
Inc foundation was laid and the
brick work done in the early part Of
the Winter, but the extreme cold
weather of January caused a cessation
OF labor for that month. 1t will have
the capacity of holding seven engines
and Will be an addition to the buildings
OF this growing railroad centre.
On Monday night thieves made a
RAID on the premises of Samuel p.
Iruax, near this town, and stole bed
clothing and underwear that were left
out on the clothes line because it was
raining, and dozen chickens. Mr.
estimates the loss at $l5, but he grieyes
more over new table cloth that was
stolen than anything else. 1t was a
new one he had bought the week be.
fore and from which he had fed fifty of
their mutual friends in honor of his
wife's birthday.
IHE Young Mems Club, at their
meeting on Monday evening, organized
under the name of the "Americus
Club of Smyrna" with twentv-one
members. The constitutional limit is
80 and no one admissible under u
years OF age. The officers elected were
as follows for the ensuing six months.
PRESIDENT, VIM. Geo. Hill: Vice Presi-
dent, \. F. Wilds; Secretary, 0. B.
FosheIl; Treasurer, Henry S. Anthony
Directors will be elected next Monday
evening.
The building on Market street of the
double store and dwellings of w. W
Ischudy, five rooms each beside the
store room, and the double building
likewise of ]. G. Brinton-store for
one and store and dwelling for the
other' makes that street lively with the :
resound OF the hammer and saw at this
time. Mr.. Tschudy is also making an
Improvement to one of his
properties on Union street by moving
the present building back and putting
up new building in its front.
FENDUEs and funerals kill more neo-
pie than any other two things that can :
DC named, it Is said, and the latter part
Oh the Winter is the time of the wear f.,
when they are thus most subject to ex- q
poSure. Persons attending either O
should be especially careful to he +
warmly clad particularly the feet, and no =
one should go without wearing a good a
thick pair of rubber shoes. Thus pro- 4
vided' with the proper precautiop \
otherwise against exposure, that dis a
ease peculiarly incident to the season. b
pneumonia, may be avoided. q
An exchange thus puts a very i'm b
portant subject: 81
Parents, If you have any interest in 1
your children's welfare, paw some ar b
Lention to the books and newsnaners ~
which they read. The probabiIitv is :,
mat they all read something. and aIasI u
unless you have been exceptionaIIv u
Ilgilant, the probability is that wbat m
.ney read is very unwisely chosen st
"ould you let them read novelsp Won =,
lsk of us. Yes, if they want to, bv all l
means, but then, those novels should in
lot be of the blood and thunder love pC
ma murder type, which are most Iika1 OF
TO attract a child's attention Do =
u some earl y time find out what vonr !"
.hlldren are reading, and advise them DC
What is best and why" na
MANY churches are in the habit Of
aking part of their missionary collec.
ions for home missions" that is. their -
'wn expenses, but this could never ho - -
ccomplished in the NJ. f. Sunday ~
'chool here by vote. The school with r.
10 special provision to meet its wants =. ~
as thus gone on from year to wear a.
ometimes in pocket and sometimes ou, :.
festival or concert was successful d.
r not. but the time has come when =,