Smyrna times., 1885-11-11
Smyrna and Vicinity.
cakes and sausage.

THE first turkey of the season made
its appearance in market yesterday.
A FEW tomatoes find their way to
market, but they are very pale-iaced.
JOHN NJ. BOYD advertises an auction
sale of store goods on Saturday after
noon and night at the Town Hall.
THE revival at Bethel Church on the
Circuit, Rev. +. +. White pastor, still
continues, with forty conversions to
date.
MUsKRATs have made their appear
ance in market and anyone wishing
them would do we'll to call ON /. J.
Carter.
WIN. GREEN employed on the main
of the water works had his hand badly
cut by a pick in the hand of fellow
workman this morning.
HARRY BELL has. entered the drug
store of DIR. E. NJ. Cloak to learn the
drng business, succeeding Owen Spear,
who has gone to Wilmington.
ED. r. HALL, it will be seen by ad-
vertisement, has succeeded his grand
father, the late Samuel Reynolds, III
the coal business, whose yard is at the
depot.
JOHN E. PHILLIPS gives notice of
full stock of good Winter clothing,
hats, caps and furnishing goods such
as are wanted for the approaching cold
weather.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will hold their usual Thanksgiving an
niversary on the evening Of that day.
An interesting programme is being
prepared.
II. Ii. HAGERMAN, near BrenfOrd,
who recently sold his farm to S. G.
Wilds, has purchased Il farm of 20 acres
above Wilmington, where he intends
to move in the Spring.
The steamer Tygert is carrying a
considerable lot of oysters most eVery
trip, from the mouth of the creek.
They are brought there from the fish
ing grounds down the bay.
WILMER B. SMITH calls attention to
his elegant silverware suitable for holi-
day and wedding presents; also en-
route from Boston a stock of gold
watches, jewelry, spectacles, &c.
J. w. FORSYTH, No. 20 North Sec
ond street, Philadelphia, just below
Arch, gives notice that has large and
fine stock of watches, jewelry, clocks,
silverware, &c, at the lowest prices.
The Clayton Savings and Loan As
sOciatiOn is still booming. Money sold
at twenty-nine cents premium at yes
terday's meeting. Books are still
open for subscription to first series at
par.
Who can beat it? r. Louis Truax.
residing near MiddletOwn, says that
" Jim " Macy drilled field which con-
stituted one of four on his farm con-
Thinning 314 acres in each, in wheat
this Fall in one and a-half days.
A COPY of Superintendent Harlan's s
annual report on the Wilmington pub
lie schools has been received. 1t is a
neat pamphlet of rs pages and con-
tains full report of the schools, the
names, standing of the pupils &c.
REV. DENNIS J. FLYNN, the pastor.
will hold services in st. Polycarp
Church hereafter every Sunday-on
the first and third Sundays of each
month at 7.30 A. NJ. and on the second
and fourth Sundays at 1870 A. NJ.
The railroad authorities have de-
cided to break up the cOngregating of
disorderly persons at the Dover depot,
resulting at times in rOwdyism, which
has greatly annoyed the passengers.
Notices have been issued to this effect
The. illustrated doggerel on our first
page entitled THE Tale of the Fish. Z"
can doubtless be appreciated by some
OF our amateur fishermen who like to
swing the angling rod. 1t is the catch
ing rather than the eating that admits
of so much hyperbOle.
DURING the four warm days of the
past week, ending with Sunday night.
when the people were forced again to
don their Summer attire, they had six
inches of snow in Vermont, and in the
far West the snow was deep enough to
block up the railroads.
A GOOD force of diggers is now at
work in opening the way for the
water-works pipe, and some 400 or 500
feet of it are being laid a day. The
mechanics for Tiviting the stand-pipe
came yesterday and commenced on
their work this morning.
Col RICHARD JOHNsoN's wife fell
down flight. of steps yesterday and
hurt herself seriously and her death is
expected at any moment. Mr.. J. is
one of the directors of the Fruit
Growers National Bank, this town,
and resides near Massey's, Md.
HARRY w. TUFTS, the champion
bicycle rider, will be the attraction at
the rink on Friday and Saturday
evenings and Saturday afternoon
next. lie performs some wonderfully
astonishing feats to interest the curious
as clever performances always do.
The TINES Office was kindly remem-
bered last week by a liberal supply OF
the bountiful provisions at the silver
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. n. T. Under
woOd-varieties of cake, oranges, ba-
nanas and grapes. There is no better
sampler of such things than printer.
WE call the attention of our patrons
to the advertisement of Banner
Thomas, of Philadelphia, who, as will
be seen, furnishes seines knit to order
for but little more than the cost of the
thread, and far below what a person
can afford to buy the twine and knit
them for.
ISAAC TRUAx has adopted a new
method of dispOsing of his farm pro
duce-butter, eggs, poultry, &c.-by
going to Philadelphia on the TU0er
every Friday himself and disposing oi
1t there in the market, returning OF
the boat the next day. We presume 4
pays, or he would not keep it up.
! POSTMASTER BEwLEY's order tba
was given the department at Washing
ton on the 18th of August for 1000
postal cards was never filed unit
Monday. Mr.. Bewley has kept il
supply during the time when he could
only by borrowing from other post
masters. The difficulty is said to hav
been at the mandatory.
Miss LILLIAN WEsTBROOKE, VIII
exhibited in the Town Hall here ever,
night last week, went TO Milford ol
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