Smyrna times., 1885-02-11

AhH obONnCA ~ H. 4yyeIt III IlllS Ice
making weather is plowing the Della
ware almost alone. She came in last
night from Philadelphia and expects to
return again this evening.
MAJOR Geo. A. Hilton who made
two or three addresses in this town
last week in the NJ. E. Church to large
audiences is working very efficiently
this week in Wilmington, in temper
ance and protracted meeting.
IF you wear celluloid collars. don't
| throw them in the fire when YOU are
done with them. A man in New
Brunswick did that, and the explosion
that resulted broke the stove into two
pieces and sent the lids flying close to
his head.
THE preparations for the ball to-
morrow night have been made on
large and expensive scale and between
| 300 and 400 invitations have been sent
out. A number of ladies and gentle
men from other places are expected to
be present to add brilliancy to the
scene.
NEXT Saturday will be St. Valen
sidered to be the prOmpter only of
missives of love, but the good inten-
tiOn has been greatly diverted by the
outrageous carricatures that set forth
all the opposite qualities to the gentle
passion.
The farmers of the Neck" " had a
Social " oyster supper at the residence
of James T. Truax on Thursday last.
The company numbered about sixty
persons, and between the fifteen gal
Ions of oysters and the other edible
fxins " that tickled the palate, they
had a good time.
Miss NJ. E. SAvIN is having the house
recently purchased of John Cosden.
corner of Commerce and Market SITS.
changed to suit her ideas Of a business
place and a home by removing the
front porch to the Market Street en-
and the upper and lower corner
windows on the Commerce street side
are to be enlarged to n double bay
window.
AT an adjourned meeting of stock
holders in the Philadelphia & SMYRNA
transportation Co., at the cOmpany's
office in this town on Monday, 9th
inst, dividend of six per cent. was
declared out of the earnings of the
company, payable on demand. Capt.
A. Scout was elected a director in the
company, in lieu Of Herman 5. Tygert,
resigned.
THE members of the lower House at
Washington are in a wrangle over the
River and Harbor bill-WhO shall get
the biggest apprOpriatiOn5-bu as we
are TO get none, thanks to our dis
eliminating Congressman, we are in
the position of the man who looked
down from the rafters at the fight be-
tween his wife and the bear, not car
ing which whipped.
SOME of the people over the chill"
think as there is to be another ice
cream saloon in this place it had better
be in that part of the town instead of
centerlng them on Market street.
Here is the hint, whether it is acted on
or not. For Mr.. Carr and Mr.. Brinton
both to have large saloons on Market
street, does look like a big monopolv
for so short thoroughfare.
THIS is voted the coldest morning of
the Winter-a keen nOr'wester, with
the thermometers registering from
zero TO 8 above, according to the eX-
posed condition. John B. Cooper who
has kept a daily record of the tempera-
ture for the past five years saws the
murcury was five degrees lower this
morning than any previous morning
this winter, the lowest degree hereto7
fore reached being 50.
A Mrs. ANNA PERRY made applica-
ton for a divorce from her husband so it
appears from the Legislative proceed
lngs because he wanted to live in Leip-
SIC. 1t IS not stated whether she had
heard the opinion Of a certain minister
OF Leipsic as a place of residence or
not, and sooner than 90 she asked for
divorce, that she might remain in
Lebanon. The divorce committee re-
ported adversely, and the poor woman.
as she Is still in her husbands power,
may yet have to go to Leipsic.
The rain of Monday that wound up
Yesterday morning with a little dash
OF snow, was snow entirely in the West
and North, one of the worst storms of
the season. The low temperature that
followed the storm got down to 2Oo
and 3Oo below zero in the far West
The murcury stood here this morning
at 3. The snow storm was attended
IN many places in Illinois and other
states with thunder and lightning.
On some railroads the trains were en-
tlrely stopped by the heavy embank
ments.
IHE protracted meeting at the NJ. T..
Church which has been fruitless in re-
suits until last week took quite a
spirited turn on Thursdayand Friday
nights, the altar being quite we'll filled
with mOurners, nine of whom professed
conversion, all joining the church on
probation Sunday evening Theweath-
5er has been unpropitious this week. |
put from six to eight penitents have
been forward each evening, the num-
Der Of professions including those who
united with the church on Sunday |
numbering sixteen.
ONE day this week our public school |
principal noticed great deal of couch |
ing among the children of a certain |
primary department. 1t was in one of |
those rooms which have been INSULT |
ciently heated this Winter He found |
upon examination that twentv-three of |
the thirty-fve schildren present were |
suffering from bad colds and uoIv |
coughs. Many other children belong
ing to that department are kept mt |
home because Of sickness. The atten-
dence was less than one half what if |
would be If the room were known to |
be comfortable. Are not these cbeap |
heaters for schools the most costly Of |
all? -
ON Friday last on going for barrel |
which contained some straw i'm the |
shed room of the Diamond State Pick |
ling Factory, Mr.. Evans found nicely |
colled up in the barrel as if to eniov =
long sleep,s an Opossum. How it
should make its way to the haunts Of /
civilization, to the centre of the town.
running the gauntlet of the dogs of the
suburbs successfully is q wonder. as is
also why it should want to leave the
woods at all wonder, unless persim-
mons and other forage were running
short. The question very naturally
comes up, what will they find next at
TINS establishment a muskrat having
been killed there the week before.
The ice harvest is ALWAYS important
to the laboring men, as the eniovnent
OF 1t IS to the luxurious in the Snn-