Smyrna times., 1884-12-10

showing you his Christmas Goods. 4
FINEST line of Ladies' Gents and
Children's Handkerchiefs to be found
in Smyrna, is at Miss S. B. Collins. 4
THE basket mill of Stephen Walker.
AT Clayton, which was advertised for
public sale last Saturday, was pOstpon-
ed on account of the storm.
Mrs. ANN W1LDs, a lady we'll and
favOrably known in ThOrOughfare
Neck, died yesterday at the residence
of VIM. f. G. Bell, in this town.
The indications are that the New
Orleans University Singers will have a
| good house tomorrow night. They
win applause wherever they go.
HAVE you noticed those beautiful 8
day PLAGUE cLOcksa Wilmer B. Smiths?
Fine movement, and latest in art.
Very much the rage now! Il
THE repairs in the interior of the
Episcopal Church are progressing fav-
Orably and John Wilkinson, Jr., has
taken contract to paint the outside.
JAMES ROBINSON, who succeeded G.
A. Cleaver in milk route in town.
has his wagon nicely lettered, Fruit
dale Dairy Farm" This looks like
business.
EXCEPT Saturday, which was inter-
tered with by the storm, the merchants,
or at least some Of them, report the
week ending with that day good one
for business.
THE corn market took an advance
step for day or two the past week,
going up to 40 cents per bushel, but
fell back again to 80 cents, about as
low down as il can get.
Miss PHILLIPS and her mother. of
Wilmington, who gave such u satisfac-
tory entertainment at Kenton, have
been engaged by Rev. Mr.. Lucas for
four readings on his circuit.
JACOB LENBURGER has commenced
building house and shambles on a lot
recently purchased at Clayton for his /
son William, who purposes carrying on
the butchering business there.
d. w. TRUMPELLER has number Of |
shade trees. set out at the site of his |
prospective residence on the State road |
just below the residence of ;. B. briggs, |
preparatory to building next Spring.
DENNEY is selling his Christmas
Goods low and the people are purchas-
ing before Christmas. No trouble to |
show goods. T
THE family of VIM. NJ. Bell moved
from the bank, on Main street, to their I.
new home on Methodist street, opposite |
Delaware. VIM. II. Janney, the new
Cashier, will take the residence this |.
week
THE steamer John r. 1ggert has been
having some machinery adjusted, for |
the past day or two, and will be down /
on her regular time tomorrow. She is |
bringing large quantities of Christmas
goods.
The University Jubilee Singers who /
were here last March and gave so
much pleasure to the audience with /
their plantation and other melodies. I
will sing again in the Town Hall to- /
morrow night.
The Norfolk express train stops at
Clayton when signalled to, or when .
there are passengers to get of. The /
train runs entirely at night, passing
here going down at 1858 A. NJ, and
going up at 2.32 A. NJ.
DURING the high wind YESTERDAY
afternoon the chimney in the dwelling
Of Mrs. Primrose, at Duck Creek.
caught fire and the falling cinders set
fire to the roof, but it was extinguish-
ed before any material damage was
done.
READ J. B. Cooper's holiday adver-
tisement-" Handsome Goods and Sur
prising Figures" In the hundred or
more articles named there is hardly a
want for the holidays, for individual
use or for presents that is not to be
found in his large stock of goods.
HOLIDAY GoODs.-We still maintain
the reputation that we have had in the
past. The finest stock of Holiday
Goods in town, and all fresh and new.
Nothing carried over. Call and make
your selections early, prices low, at
the old established stand Of James p.
Hoffecker.
CHRISTMAS premonitions are in the
air. Scraps of talk in mysterious
tones are suggestive, and "crewel."
charming design, canvas and silk"
are the feminine shibbOleths Of the sea-
son. Meanwhile the head of the fami-
ly looks unconscious and pretends not
to notice how the money flies.
WIN. L. RIGGS, JR., who was elected
Assessor at the late election is busy at
work in making the general assessment
Of the real estate of Duck Creek Hun.
dred. Mr. Riggs is a ready scribe.
straightforward and honest, and no
one doubts that he will do the import
ant work entrusted to him to the best
of his ability.
The property of Nehemiah &.
Downs, situated in KentOn Hundred.
l76 acres, was sold at sheriff sale yes
terday to DIR. Wm. Cooper, of Kenton,
for S7,3O5. At the same time and
place the property of VIM. Daniels, in
the Middle Alley" 70 acres. was
knocked off to John NJ. Voshell. of
this town, for $1,000
DULL times is the talk every where.
but here, except the depression grow
ing out of the low price of grain. there
is less cause than most places. Busi-
ness in lower Delaware is relatively
much better than in Wilmington.
Philadelphia and many other cities
and sections. Here we never get quite
so low down, or so high up, as in dis
tricts more distinctly manufacturing.
THE" Little Diamond " cultivator.
which Geo. w. & S. Taylor brought
out last year and put several in use.
proved so satisfactory that they are
getting up 200 of them for the coming
season. They are made for tilling
corn, attached to two horses, the work
man riding if he prefers. They have
secured q handsome cut of it bv the
Moss Engraving Company of New
York.
The answer which comes to us all
the way from Western PENNSYLVANIA
to the proposition we published last
week, viz: IF A sells you a horse for
$50, and you sell it back to him for $50
and he then sells it to G for 800. now
much does A make on the three trans
actions ~ is that A makes 500. This
is the correct answer, but a large num-
Der contend as sharply that A makes
$50 by the deal.
IT is stated that about 200. 900 of
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