Smyrna times., 1885-03-04

E. V. COOPER has had the roof torn
off the frame store house on Commerce
Street, adjoining the brick building
and proposes to increase the height of
the building, thus making more room
in the second story. This store-room
will as heretofore be occupied by J. B.
Cooper.
Mr. RoE's Smyrna Home School,"
having been full to Overfowing during
the Winter, will have several vacant
seats soon, caused by Winter scholars
from the country, leaving for the
Spring work. Now is a good time to
enter, as there will be new classifca-
tions for the Spring term.
THE dense, dark volume of smoke
that rolled for half hour or more
across the eastern side of the town
about sundown last evening proceeded
from some burning gas tar near the gas
works. A great many people were
called to the street and, as we have no
water works, quite a nervous anxiety
was manifested lest a dangerous fire
had broken out.
The DeIGWare Ledger, in compli-
mentary notice of the Vandever-Hof-
fecker wedding last week, in Whining
ton, saying "Our eyes never beheld
such vast and costly array of we'd
ding presents" concludes the notice as
follows: "The Delaware railroad Off
ces at Clayton still contains one or
more marriageable young men, and
one ola bachelor. Still, the latter is
within the vale"
IT is gratifying to know that while
reports come from New York, Ohio,
Michigan, Missouri and other States of
the destruction of the peach buds by
intensely cold weather, that we, while
having it continuously cold, have not
had that zero weather so destructive to
the dormant germ Of the peach. The
backward Spring is more assuring of
crop than if the buds were swelling, as
is sometimes the case
JOHN ANTHONY has bought the house
of John E. Tygert, corner of South
and Union Streets, through e. II. Beck,
real estate broker, for $4,000, and sold
his farm adjoining this town to his
sons James W. and Levi E. Anthony.
The first takes the mansion house and
16O acres; the second 80 acres, on
which he expects to erect for himself
residence and farm buildings during
the present year. Mr.. Anthony will
not move to town before October.
JAS. c. LAssELL & Co., sold all their
sleighs last week, such was the demand
during the three or four days while the
sleighing lasted The Winter had
passed all to the last week, and they
began to think them dead stock for
another year. It's not necessary to say
the past week was highly enjoyed
sleigh riding always is-and this more
especially, because as three months had
already nearly passed it looked very
much as if they would have to wait
another Winter.
THERE seems to be a general desire
on the part of the leading fruit and
grain shippers that Chas. E. Moore,
bOOk-keeper in the Fruit Growers
National Bank shall take the place of
the late Col. H. c. Douglass, at Clay
ton, and we understand that he is hold
ing it under favorable consideration.
Mr.. Moore was with Col. Douglass six
or eight years, prior to going into the
bank, and was both popular and efIi-
cient, and hence the turning of the
popular mind to him.
DURING the month of January we
noted the fact that an artist was
sKetchlng the town, street by street,
each residence, place of business,
church, sc. This is now in a condi-
ton to lithOgraph and will make pic
ture of about 2Ox28 inches, which can
be framed and hung up, presenting
very complete birds eye view of the
town. If subscribers enough can be
had to justify the lithographing, they
will be furnished for $500 per copy.
In addition to this premium will be
given, without extra cost, of the cap
ital buildings at Dover. For a small
additional cost our public and private
buildings will be Autographed on the
margin of the picture. The work is
done by the firm of o. H. Bailey &
Co., Of Boston, and a canvasser will
wait on our citizens next week.