Smyrna times., 1885-11-04
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
FIX your pavements before freezing
weather sets in.
THE last green corn Of the season
was in market yesterday.
THE clothing and shoe merchants
wouldn't object to Il few snow squalls.
WILMINGTON city scraple and saus-
age at Jos. +. Williams on Saturday. +
VIM. A. FAIRIES & BRO. received a
large invoice of new furniture yester-
day.
A GREAT many people come to town
but the merchants say they do not buy
largely.
THE Massey A. NJ. f. Church, near
Green Spring, will be dedicated on
Sunday, the 22nd inst.
PROF. WALLACE, "the dude on
rollers, " will appear at the rink on Fri
day and Saturday evenings.
THE attention of our readers is
called to JOhnson's "Curt in our ad-
vertising columns of this issue.
The next holiday will be Thanks
giving, which will also be the annual
festival time of the Mite Society.
WE are indebted to J. Haldeman. of
western Blackbird hundred. for some
excellent specimens of the Kiefer pear
c. F. LIPPINCOTT has secured David
Perry. Of Belvidere, N. j., as Iracti-
cal helper in plumbing, gas fitting and
tin roofing.
IHE evening meetings at the M. z.
Church closed with last night. There
have been no penitents at the altar for
the week past
}. +. HOFFECKER's handsome win
dow at his drug store has been receiv-
ing repainting this week to prepare it
for the holiday season.
The next session of the Wilmington
Conference which will be held at Elk
ton march the 4th, will be presided
over ny Bishop Mallalieu.
1T was a subject of rejoicing to the
most of our people that Delaware was
not IN line with the number of States
that had elections yesterday.
A QUART box full of Cumberland
strawberries of fine. size, graced the
window at the pOstOfiice on Saturday.
They were grown by H. P. Massey.
TIE Protracted meeting at Bethel
on the circuit has been a decided sue
cess, seven conversions on Sunday
evening, making % up till that time.
THE window of J. w. Dennev's drug
store is attracting attention from a fine
display of newly-purchased vases and
other fancy articles of the latest de-
signs.
WITH the number of new houses
that were commenced or contracted
for the past month, our mechanics can
not look forward to the Winter as an
idle season.
BANK Examiner J. B. Ramsey went
through our two national banks on
Saturday and reported himself satisfied
with the way business was conducted.
tallying to a cent.
PERSONS who have come to this bun-
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wise not on the assessment list. can
get there by applying to VIM. E. Riggs.
Jr., the assessor, any time this month.
THE President has issued a procla-
nation setting apart Thursday, Novem-
Der 18th as day of Thanksgiving and
prayer. The Governor of Delaware
will doubtless designate the same dav
m
THIS is free country, but that is No
reason why man should be com
PEELED to walk in the gutter in order to
allow three or four young women to
promenade arm-in-arm upon the side
walk.-Er.
SOME of the parties who have IN
stand outside the post Office while
the mail Is being changed would like
20 nave the glass in the doors sand
/ papered, 50 they can see how the p. NJ
Is getting along
The turbine wheel at the Smvrno
grist mill became 50 checked on Non-
uay that Mr.. Webb, the miller, had to
sCOp 70 see what was the matter, when
ne found it filled with eels of ali sizes,
Ihe largest three feet long.
ALL the members of Morning Star
Lodge, l. o. o. F., are requested to
meet at their Hall, on Sunday evening,
November 8th, at O'Clock, to attend
services at st. Peters +. L. Church.
GEO. NJ. STEVENSON, p. S.
The two mutes named Shorts, to
whom we alluded last week as having
been lost were found after having been
gone just a week. They had wandered
as far "a COx's Station and were terri.
bic sufferers from hunger and expOs-
ure.
MRS. DOsCH & Son, the successors of
John Winter, give notice elsewhere
that they are prepared for business
The new proprietOrs give evidence of
/ ability and readiness 10 accommodate
the various wants Of the people in
their line.
WIN. GEO. HILL has in his fish pond
near Kentou about three Thousand
pounds OF German carp, now ready for
the market. F. J. Carter will have
some OF these fish on sale Friday morn
ing, and persons wishing them will do
well TO leave their orders beforehand
JOHN NJ. BOYD, V. s., gives notice
that he prepared to give his exclusive
attention to horses, cattle &c. that need
treatment, and also to call public sales.
He Is favorably known in the depart-
ments to which he is giving his atten.
ton.
ON Saturday morning Just while the
clerks in VIM. +. Hall's store were get
ting busy in the mornings work the
dry goods shelving gave way in the
middle and it looked for a while az if
the whole side of the store would be
tumbled into promiscuOus pile of pine
boards and dry goods. On the evening
OF that day, at the same corner, a horse
got frightened at something and in its
ehort 10 get away pulled down n sign
post, child getting severe cut on
tne head as the result of the animals
desperation.