Smyrna times., 1885-01-14

N THE Vendue season, the time when
l. the farmer unites business with pIea-
l. sure, Will soon be on us in full force.
10 WE are indebted to the publishers Of
/. the WycomicO Record for q neat calen-
: oar for the year 1885. Also to ]. d.
Hendrckson q Co., commission mer-
chants, 222 North Delaware Avenue
,, Philadelphia, for a similar COPY on an
e attractive background.
}. THE days have grown TWENTY-FIVE
a minutes In length, twenty-four Of this
= Delhg a gain on the evening and only
. one minute on the morning. From this
u tlme on the gain will be nearly equal.
e making about half hour between this
D time and the first of February.
A SHOOTING match between r. Dem
| ney Glow, of Dover, and Robert Rice
OF Raymond's Neck, took place near
the FAR Grounds, Friday afternoon
for SlOO a side. A ground tran was
used, each person having % pigeons
Glow killed 16 birds and Rice I2'
The neighborhOod of Blacliston,s
Cross Roads is on the qui Uiye this
afternoon by a wedding of two of ito
young people-Miss Mollie E. Ross
and J. w. Attix. The ceremony will
be performed at o'clock at the resi-
dence OF the father of the bride. Cbas
A. Ross --'''
IN Mexico it is considered verv i'll
pred to eat anything, even candy. in
the streets or at public resort. The |
American girls who cOyly chew cara
mels and gum, as well as the peanut |
deVourers, would behighly displeased if |
the regime of Mexican etiquette pre- |
vailed here
-, WE are indebted to A. S. Abel & Co..
the publishers of the Baltimore Sun for
copy OF their valuable Almanac for
1000. Like the paper of which it is a
supplement-, 1t IS splendid compen-
6lum OF facts for reference, the leading
features being those that pertain to
that city and State.
The thermometer again got up into
the sixties on Monday. The grass in
the yards have quite Spring like look.
ana some rose bushes have not vet
shed their leaves. A pear tree in the
garden OF Mrs. Lydia HAZEL has some
tWlgs on 1t with leaves almost as green
as they were in October.
SUNDAY tried to be on its good be-
haylOr and was really a good day. The
little sprinkle and dark rolling clouds
IN the afternoon was from the force of
haDlt, rather than from any evil DESIGN
on the day, showing the effect of form
ing bad habits and the difficulty of
breaking lose from them.
THE event of the week among the
iC h. !.
M. r. Church at o'clock this evening
Whlch IS to come off in style The
contracting parties are C. w. Fisher
OF Dover, and Miss Florence Hough
OF this town, youngest daughter of
the late Rev. John Hough.
AT the meeting of the stockholders
OF the Smyrna q Delaware Bay Rail-
road, held in this town to-day, the fol-
lowing directors were reelected for the
ensuing year: RObt. w. DeFOrest. ;
Chas. w. Gould, John r. Nicholson f
II. z. Douglass, John II. Hoffecker. N, h
+. Wilds, John f. Bingham. Il
VIM. II. BULL, who bought the f.
George HAZEL farm, near Downs, h
Chapel, has moved his family down n
from Pennsylvania and taken possess q
SION OF the property. Mr.. Bull is a 4
Wlde-awake, enterprising farmer and c
we shall expect to see this farm randi :,
Iy improve under his management. q
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Ferguson. at c;
Clayton, have issued cards inviting n a!
number of friends to a social commem- n
grafton Of the first anniversary of their b
little daughter Bessie Brockson. on j.
+ rday at noon, at which time the re- IN
lglous ceremony of baptism will be OBJ tCC
served by minister in attendance. u
AT the shooting match held on Of
Thursday on the outskirts of our town q,
at clay pigeons sprung from a tran. ii
.ne score resulted as follows: G.. a in
Wick, out of 10 shots; 0. B. VosbeU st
out 10; =. Thomas Clayton. 5 out of
10; RObt. II. Hill and r. II. Bpck
9ach, t out of 10; w. B. Grant. 3 out
Of 10. O'''
BECAUSE of the mortar being eaten at
'ut OF the joints of the chimney i'm n III
ummer kitchen at the residence of an
drs. Lydia HAZEL in which fire was tn
'ullt Monday, board joining it at the tn
oot was ignited, but was discovered en-
.nd put out before any damage was go
lone. The chimney was replaced YES fiv
erday with a new one. in
The Greensborough Free Press noti- eI' .I
es the convening of our Legislature Nv ="
nd Immediately adds, "Let us pray INV INV
or Little Delaware" Why the solici- il,S las
ude OF our cOtempOrary for Little 10 10
Delaware? ?" By the way, since we 10 10
ONE to think of il, the editor has been -
ecently getting married. Perhans 81. 80
MS accounts for the pious turn his ~, ~,
lind has taken. Uni
The steamer j. f. Tygert has been JUG
Wilmington the past week or two RIA
complete the finishing of some re- ola
airs and will resume her trips next $
eek. She is now in better condition ere
II running and making good time Jou
ian when she first came off the stocks ait'
ne VIII make two trips a week DURING tho
inuary and February, cOmmencin9 arr
lednesday next, 21st inst.
POSTMASTER BAGGs has received no-
&c OF general calling in of the first sha
sue OF the postal notes, known as the ma
blow notes, and will be substituted
PINK ones, as soon as the Govern for
enC can supply them to the different 1
'stOtices. In the mean time they will the
--S'Ao ~ uSC ullLll JIC new 1SSIIG va y
rlYes. The old notes were being ex- and
nsively cOunterfeited, their peculiar T
ake-up rendering them especially and
sy Of erasure and raising figures. pres
IHE festival Of the Ladies' Benevo- ensi
Mt Society which was announced in "R,
r last issue for Thursday night. was to h
ia over to Friday night, the result Hell
the two evenings being quite salts The
,tory in the addition it made to the hall
chequer of the ladies. The gross re- essa
pts were $2l0, leaving them about the
40, clear of all expenses. The hall viii
IS not so crowded as at some former man
tlvals, but all speak of it as one of this
most pleasant in its personal make bust
, of any that have been held. ones
JOL. GEO. w. CUMMINs it seems can b,,4
throw off the robes of official life ne Iol. puC
'ily as he thought. The position MS n,'1 aeaY y
ector of the Farmers Bank at Dover anu anu
s rngIOnnn QaNoraI AiAC