Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

to such an extent that they have
organized club under the name of
I" Wasps." They are having suits made
to playing a club from
Dover ON Saturday.
IT has been some years since the
water from the Springs and that OF the
surface has met, and in such volume
as they do now. The wells are full,
the low lands covered, and the product
of q good many acres of wheat, grass
and corn will be lost.
A DRUNKEN negro was lying in such |
close proximity to the track, near the |
bridge on the branch road yesterday, |
that Conductor Locates (whO is careful
to run no risks where accidents might |
occur) stopped the train and moved
him beyond possible danger.
THE New Orleans University Singers
delighted a fair sized audience at the
Town Hail on Saturday night in sing
ing, as only they can, the plantation
songs in their full measure of time and
melody. The harmony of their voices
is source both of wonder and delight.
So Gov. MCLANE, of Maryland,
vetoed the bill reducing the marriage
license fee of that State from $3.50 to
60 cents, and the Delaware clergymen
will still have monopoly of the mar
rying business, at the expense of their
brothers of the cloth on the other side
of the line.
REV. w. B. GORDON has been deliv-
ering Il series of lectures on the history
of the Church from the time of the
Reformation, which has greatly inter-
ested his auditors. The series will
be concluded tomorrow night, subject,
THE Foundation of the Church in the
United States"
| NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, son of Hon.
James Williams, of Kenton, has bought
a half interest in the phosphate works
of Parvis & Biggs, of Middletown.
Benz. 7. Biggs, the former partner of
DIR. Parvis retiring. 1t is probable
they will open an office in this town,
with B. B. Allen as agent.
EASTER cards are now beginning to
attract attention. The sending OF
|
ton to any great extent i'll this coun.
try, but it is now of such universal
practice that millions are annually
spent in purchasing and forwarding
these pretty emblems of that jOyfu
morn.
A MULE was driven to town on Sat
urday afternoon or evening and hitch
ed at one of the Main street stores
Sunday morning after breakfast it wa
still standing in the same spot wher,
it was hitched the day before when
humane citizen took the poor anima
to his stable and fed it. The owne
was supposed to be on debauch.
A COMMITTEE from the Sunda,
school board of the NJ. E. Church G
which Mrs. NJ. J. Rewley was chail
man was appointed on Sunday to al
! range for the proper observance {
Easter Sunday, 18th inst. The churc
) will be decorated. the Sabbath schOC
: will share in responsive service AM
the pastor will preach an Easter Sci
E mon.
t Mrs. HANNAH HUDSON, nee Surgel
has commenced the work of buildin
her new home, the site being part
: the old No. school house yard an
joining the new home of Il. NJ. JOIN
son heretofore described) on SOut
! street. 1t will have front of 81 fe,
= with prominent bay window, runniu
back 46 feet, two stories high. 1t wi
stand back sufficiently from the sire
n tn have a ward in front
- THE work of changing the locatio
and remodeling the dwelling belOngiI
Ir to John Ii. HOifecker, adjoining h
is own residence, is now being effecte
v. Preston Graham having charge of Il
reconstruction. The house has be-
it set back 16 feet and elevated; at &
n, west end an addition will be built
P. by 16 feet, having a double bay wi
dow front. The front will also have
- porch facing the length of the o
- building.
ne Nor to be out-done by the Wat
men, who have been so successful
getting up clubs for the disposal
N watches, Jos. II. Primrose has seiz
~ the same idea for sewing machir
iiS with the fair inference that the prin
pie will work as well in one case as
,is other. His advertisement fully sta
ve his plan, which enables every subscr
ar er, by the payment of S1.00 per we
to secure first class machine bel
the usual cost, with the possibility
of getting it almost at the start.
lr- M THE "Kent County Jubilee Singer
10y troupe which originated from a 81
ing school at Mt. Friendship" Chul
his in Kenton hundred in 1873, have un
1g, their leader, VIM. G. Garner, b.
ne brought to such a degree of accuracy
to be in demand at distant poi
They have filed engagements the I
nee Winter in Media, ROckdale and OF
Sth places in Pennsylvania 10 enthusia
nee audiences, and previously sung in
Jersey, several places in Delaware
on the Eastern Shore of Maryla
het They are the only jubilee singer
asI the State.
rn-
ROAD shade trees, and the maje
oaks, poplars aud sycamores
us graced the fields and mansion site
sir the olden times are fast disappear
,oH- There is sadness at their depar
vel just as when a prominent citizen
bears the dignity of the past as wei
the esteem of the present genera
'uh- passers away and we mourn {
lor loss, but when they fall at the hanC
ON the axeman it arouses feeling
u that which is produced in witnes
the ruthless acts of vandals.
bo;l Usage hedges have had a share in
60 destruction of our road side trees
, in they are not all to blame.
last IN.removing the bottom timber
the old gates at the mill pond
week preparatory to putting in
!: w. new, the pencil marks on the tim
hns made by the workmen when it
near constructed, were plainly Wis
re- though they had been in their wi
past bed for forty years. This Gale
another incident remembered by
al = Mr.. Sharp and Mr.. Mustard tn
~, preparing the place to locate the
80 = on - a stump had to be removed under
.o, 49,. y roots of which was found an old
III ridge cup that contained s
spoon. A spring of good water il
supposed had at one time issued
ng to the base of this tree.
. the ..H ,.s
seed Spare that Tree.
Iount A lady, former resident of
price town, now residing in another
sends us the following note, whiC
doubt expresses the feelings of
that .,hasa oigo.;oSs go No do,e,"aa;od
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