Smyrna times., 1884-05-21

early are now heading. Usually,
according to All old saying among the
farmers, six weeks from the time of
heading comes harvest. The last week
in June may therefore see most of the
wheat harvested.
JAS. 7. HOFFECKER last week made
a large sale of the III. w. Johns Asbes-
tOs paint to Col II. O. Douglass and
this week the Colonel is having it put
on his residence under the skillful
direction of n. Pratt. Mr.. II. also
sold to Jas. Anthony the Averill paint
for his residence near Smyrna.
w. F. q. BELL and bride returned
from their wedding tour on Wednes-
day evening last, and went directly to
their new home on Commerce street.
On Saturday evening last they were
given a very pleasant serenade by the
Smyrna Cornet Band. Mr.. B. respond
ed to this compliment with a good "set
out " to the boys.
THE Association of the M. E. Sum
day School last Sunday elected as dele
gates to attend the meeting of the State
Temperance Alliance in Dover on
Thursday of this week,-W. o. Hof-
tecker, l.. NJ. Price and Miss Bett
Smithers. The W. G. T. U. have elect
ed for the same purpose Mrs. Rev. J.
ID. Quigg and Mrs. Isaac HI. FAIRIES.
The Poyneer Fan Company. who for
some weeks past have been using the
Tygert evaporator building on Rail-
road avenue as sort of ware room
and shop for putting together their
Ians, nave left Smyrna for Westmin-
ster, Md. They left here it is said on
account of excessive freight charges on
the part OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
THE music committee of the M F.
Sunday School of this town. having
examined several books with view t0
selecting one for the use of the school.
nave ordered of j. B. Cooper 200
copies of " Joyful Lays, ;" to be on hand
TINS week for use next Sunday morn
ing. Those who attend in the morn
ing Will enjoy the introduction of the
new book.
The Elkton Democrat man either
lives within close range of music
room or else is troubled with dyspep-
sia and tries to get at the true inward
ness Of the matter in the following
moan:
No girl should be allowed to take
music lessons or wear stick-out-be-
hind dress until she knows how to
bake bread.
AN exchange has the following on
the subject of scarcity of hands in its
vicinity:
The reason farm hands are so scarce
can be accounted for in the fact that n
man can't get a moments rest on the
barbed-wire fence now in use. The
OLD rail fence offered some inducement
70 man to engage on a farm, but this
DarDed-wire business don't give a man
any show at ALL"
WILLIAM II. MONEY, of near Green
Spring, has sold his farm to B. Frank
1ruax for $1,000, and has himself pur-
chased of Richard Townsend, a farm
adjoining that upon which Samuel
Townsend lived and died, near Towns
end, for $4,000. Mr.. Money contem-
| plates removing to this farm next
! Spring. He will be greatly missed bv
his neighbors. E. n. Beck. one of our
real estate agents, effected the sales.
The young bloods and B-hoys. have
had their carriages painted. harness
pollshed and horses well grOomed for
the driving season and NAV be seen
almost every evening after four o'clock
testing the speed of their nags through
ana around the town. But few towns
can boast of better class of driving
horses, handsOmerc carriages and B-hovs
too. ''''''9
}. FRANK WLDs, Register of Wills
OF Kent county, has granted the fol-
towing letters since the last issue of the
TINES: Probated the will of Mrs. Cor
nella Wells, late of Dover and granted
letters of administration G. T. Al upon
said will to Hattie Wells; upon the
estate Of VIM. w. Simpson, late of Mis-
plllion Hundred, to Mary E. Simpson .
upon the estate of Daniel ThomDson
late OF Clayton, to David Reese, the
executor named in the will.
Work at the mill dam progresses
now quite rapidly. The piling has
been driven, mud sills placed in posi-
tlon and the sheathing from the sills to
the bottom of the wash-out put in, and
now four carts and six wheel barrows
are running, pouring in the dirt be-
tween these two sheathed ends. Car
penters are at work framing the tim
Ders Ter the gates and it looks now as
though travel will soon be resumed
over the dam, and the whole commu-
nifty says amen.
JAMES @. COLLINS, who for some
time back has been located here as the
agent for the Singer Sewing Machine
company, was taken sick some weeks
ago with malarial fever; he soon be-
came very i'll, and on Saturday morning
last death ended his suffering. Inter
ment was made in the old M. -. Cene-
terry. JnO. Il. Meginnis, who came
here two or three weeks ago to look
alter the interest of the company Mr..
Collins represented, went back to his
home in Wilmington where he died on
Tuesday Of last week Of typhoid pneu-
mOnia.
WM. i. SMITHERs, son of postmaster
Andrew Smithers, Of Dover. died ON
Wednesday afternoon last, at his home
in that town. He has been a sufferer
for years from rheumatism. For MANY
years he was an Adams Express mes
senger on the Delaware Railroad and
until recently chief clerk in the most
Office. He leaves a wife and two
children. Mr.. Smithers was brother
OF Joseph and DIR. Smithers. of this
town. His funeral on Saturday morn
ing last was very largely attended.
lie was Inferred at the old Nj. r..
Cemetery at Dover.
THE match game ofbase ball between
the smyrna and Active Of Sndlersville
was played as per arrangement last
Saturday afternoon, on the grounds
foot Of Delaware street, in this town.
The game was called at about 3 o'clock :
the first three or four innings looked
well and gave promise Of an interest
ing play, but the Active became ex-
cited and let the Smyrna get nine
runs ahead, after which they plaved
more coolly and regained all but four.
the game ending 20 to 16 In favor OF
smyrna. The following is the score by
innings:
smyrna ..................i o 21712 x-20
AetiFe..''............-....l 0 O. 2 G--i6
DR.. BARR, Of Middletown. whose
sudden death from heart disease oecur-
red last week was a physician Of large
experience and long practice. He was
about Sd years of age and unmarried
. | NIa nf1nronIoI H.