Smyrna times., 1885-02-11
Smyrna and Vicinity.

smyrna and Vicinity.
LENT begins on February 18th, Ash
Wednesday.
WE are indebted to Albert Wilson
Cummins for a catalogue of LAFAYETTE
College.
The corrected time table Of the Della
ware Railroad can be found on our
third page.
CURTIS SMITH one of our carpenters
IS building for himself a two story
dwelling in West Smyrna.
WM. H. THOMPSON has leased the
room occupied by John B. Cooper as
his dry goods department.
B. F. c. ROTHwELL has been apDoint-
ed. to succeed Robert n. Higgins as
collector Of taxes for Blackbird hun
dred.
W. w. WHITLOCK announces in
creased facilities in livery and stabling
IN connection with the Bingham House
Clayton. ''|''
CHARLES G. Ross bought the James
Johns farm, 1877 acres, near Hartley
station, at executors sale yesterday.
for $4,344.
JAS. w. SPRUANCE, it is stated. has
bought the old Font Hill" Dronertv
on the Clayton road, including abont
an acre of land.
The frescO work at st. Peters Church
IS nearly completed, and a much soft
ened effect has been given to the
hitherto rigid walls.
The dwelling at Clayton of Mrs
George Collier and that built bv Jocob
Llenberger for his son William. are
both nearly finished.
NEXT Monday two weeks will be the
day for the town election. Are the
commissioners to be backed up in the
projected WaterWOrks?
THE double frame dwelling of Tbos
NJ. Hoyle on Glenwood Avenue will he
ready ior occupancy from the first to
the middle of next month.
JOHN b. COUGH, who is booked here
Tor Monday night next is announced to
lecture during the week in several
other towns of the Peninsula.
JOHN c. BAILEY has bought Of
Cresso0n u Ross, Of Norristown. Pa.
Two dwellings on Cummins street in
the rear OF the Basket factory.
THERE will be an auction sale of
gold and silver watches, iewelry. &c
every night this week at Waddington,S
store, ON Commerce street, near Main,
The meeting Of the Women's Chris
tan temperance Union, will he held
at the residence of Mrs. j. NJ. VoshelI;s
three o'clock. '''
ONE OF the latest charges urged bv
the enemies of the skating rink Is that
II VIII develop race of knock k-kneed
men and disproportionately LARGE
ankled women.
:. IHE wedding Of Miss L. Bell Star
ling and Charles Hutchison l. an
hOunced for tomorrow evening at the
residence of her father, James SfarIing
near this town. 80 o
YESTERDAY the paymasters car of
y, yio DSlaWare DIVISION Of the p. w. &
b. Il. X. passed down the line. stopning
at each station and cheering the "b6vs5
with welcome warrants.
SEVERAL of the rooms of the nubl;c
school have had to adjourn freouentlv
during the past three weeks. but tbis
morning the whole of them were forced
to close by the almost zero weather
A PAIR of mules were knocked off A.
the yendue of Nathan Moore in White
Hall Neck on Thursday last for $500
but private sale to Geo. J. Underwood
Tor $3.50 had been previously effected.
The attention Of farmers and others
Is called to the public sale of George ].
Underwood, near the "Big Oakn
which is to come off on Friday next.
postponed from yesterday on account
Of the weather.
DR. JOHN NJ. BoYD's black duck
which we noted two weeks ago as hay-
ing laid a black egg has laid two or
three others since Of the same color.
Now let him get duck that will, like
the tabled goose, lay golden eggs, and
he will have something more valuable
than q curiosity.