Smyrna times., 1885-04-15

on making application.
ABRAHAM GIBBS, colored, in the
employ of l.. +. Anthony, near town,
has lost five or six members Of his fam
| ily the past year, his wife finally dying
suddenly last week.
STRAwBRIDGE & CLoTHIER's adver-
! tisement, set in a panel as it is, sets
forth to our ladies the wonderful adapt
abilities Of this great house to their
spring and summer wants.
APRIL showers bring forth May
flowers" so the old almanac cOuplet
says, but not with any speed when
they are followed with frost and ice, as
has been the case this month.
IT is said that young lady in the
Neck" near Smyrna, has refused
positively to marry a young man be-
cause she discovered that he was in
the habit of drinking whiskey.-EX.
A. p. GRIFFITH & Co., real estate bro
kers, have sold the dwelling and store
on Commerce street, belonging to Mrs.
Mary w. Huntington, for $4,000, to
Mrs Mary Heirnheimer, of this town.
THE falling snow of Saturday and
Monday and the ice or heavy frost from
Thursday 10 yesterday were unpleas-
ant verihcations of poetic fact that
winter fingers in the lay of spring"
ONE of our most enterprising bust
ness men is said to have a very re
markable .stOve-sO remarkable in
heating qualities, as to enable him to
keep warmest when farthest away from
it.
The hay scales are out of the way
in Market street Now lets see what
farmer will be first to back up his load
of butter, eggs and garden sass for the
man or woman who slings Il market
basket.
TIE following pupils of Raymond's
school reached an average Of 90 and
above for the past month Edgar Jer-
man, Geo. Rice, Walter TruaX, Jos.
Snow, Edgar Moor, Willie Truax,
Rebecca Rice.
SHAD are now being caught off
Bombay Hook quite freely, and anum-
ber Of very fine ones are finding their
way to this market. The Delaware
shad always crowds his Chesapeake
neighbOT in p corner.
REV. JOHN FRANCE preached his
first sermon AT Bethel On the circuit
Sunday ,the other preaching dag being
interrupted), the large congregation
being well pleased with his practical
and iD1prpsSiyp Discourse
OuE readers who are interested in
the picturesque in advertising will find
it in the Wanamaker & Browns Oak
Hall advertisement. This is truly a
great clothing house for men whose
every want can be supplied.
ONE of our farmers remarked yester-
day that he did not know what the
fHfmeTs were going to do for feed-the
fodder Is nearly exhausted and it keeps
50 cold the grass Nill not grow. The
usual time for turning oGt 10 pasture is
about the first Of May.
THE firm of II. L. Mustard & Co,
have been putting their Office the past
Week ia readiness for active work in
the three article. which will constitute
the seasons business ljiamObl Crown
Phosphate. Domestic Fruit Eyapora.
tors and Peach Baskets.
SOME of these fine mornings lust take
comprehensive survey at Tie super
flcial condition Of your back yard. And
then another peep at the cellar, and
yon Will suddenly discover that some
thing more urgent than a baseball
match needs your attention.
THE Sunday school at Friendship
NJ. f. Church. ThorOughfare Neck,
Bev. /. d. Johnson, pastor, was organ
lied on Sunday by the election of the
following officers VIM. +. Baker,
superintendent DIR. J. w. Isenberg.
Assistant ; Abram Stats, Secretary
J. ID. Slaats, Librarian John A. Latta.
OrganiEt,
The effort 10 make sharp angle in
the avenue approaching Clayton from
this town did not succeed the bill
failing in the senate. The effort WAS
entirely in the interest Of the Bayard
property to give it parallel lines. and
not toP the benefit Of the people Of
Clayton or this town,
ST. JACOBS Oil family calender is the |
title of the fourth annual publication |
OF the Charles A. VOgeler COMPANY of |
Baltimore, the manufacturers of st
Jacobs Oil and Red Star cough cure.
1T contains 81 pages, and is illustrated |
with cuts which set off many pages of |
humorous reading matter.
The Sunday school at Bethel u. f. !
Church, on the circuit, was organized /
OF Sunday for the Summer bv the re- |
election af the following officers: NJ.
NJ. PalmatOry, Superintendent: J. A.
Anderson, assistant; Mrs. J. II. |
Bishop, Lady Superintendent; Jeffer-
son Cooper Librarian J.. A. Smith. |
assistant librarian; l.. r. Davis. Sec !
retarY and Treasurer.
W. +. EDGELL, whom see noted in
our columns some three weeks a05 as
being in Il critical situation from sero-
lcal operation on his ewes. died and |
was buried in the cemetery here Sum
day week. lie was the son Of the late
Henry Edgell Of this town. He was a
worthy man, good farmer, and has
resided Tor some years Ou q farm Of
John {. COrbit, near Odessa,
GEO. {. RoTHwELL, the Levy Court
Commissioner Of Black Bird hundred
who has been tttntive to the duties of
his Office and the interests of his hun-
dred. viii prohaly get through with the
spring duties This week 10y the adjourn
ment OF the court 20 the fall. The BODY
OF which Mr. Rothweli Is member.
has had about as long It session AS The
Legislature, but with less broken time
THE Philadelphia Press, Of Monday
las', Eeea the importance Of cleanliness
TO TINS extent The best safeguard
against cholera, yeilGW fever and everv
other species Of disease is Msabi;Dese2
Cleanliness not merely Of person and !
apparel, but of air. food, water and
haOltatlOn. 1t must be acquired and
ipt9lned-Voluntarily. if the indi-
Vlduai Will, iIr"ibly, if the authorities
must"
EX-PRE5IDENT ARTHUR VINO mad
Oeen on visit TO Old Point Comfort.
near Norfolk, passed up our rOad on
The night line from that city on Satur
DAY. il seldom happens that a nation
al dignltary comes to this peninsula.
and President Arthur doubtless would.
D t, but he wanted a vOOI nan on a