Smyrna times., 1885-10-21

NEXT Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
l will sell in front of the Smyrna
House, my bay mare Nan. This is a
young HambletOnianmare, fine size and
color, sound in every respect. fearless
OF steam, and safe for lady to drive.
Drives single or double, with or with
out blinds. Can trot a mile in $50 and
with little handling can be driven much
| faster. w. G. PIERCE.
Smyrna, Oct. 18, 1885. 4
NEWS was received yesterday by the
friends of the deceased, that the wife OF
Elder RittenhOuse, pastor of Brynzion
Baptist church, between this town and
KentOn, but who resides at State Road
station, on the Delaware railroad, died
on the night previous from lock-iaw,
resulting from a slight injury by stick
ing nail in her foot. Elder Ritten-
house will have the warmest sympathy
Of his Pensioners in this vicinity, in
his sudden bereavement.
THOMAS SHAW, living beyond the
Seven HickOries," in Kenton hun
dred, in addition to his greenhouses
for the culture of house and garden
plants, and a considerable acreage of
strawberries and raspberries, has the
front of his farm enclosed with a Crane
trellis, the supports being wire at
tached to strong chestnut posts. This
road fence in serving its double pur-
pose of a fence and a support for fruit.
will be both useful and ornamental.
GOVERNOR STOCKLEY offers a re-
ward of 5000 for the capture of Charles
Robinson, the colored rufian who COM
mltted an outrage October Sd, on a
white woman living near CaspersOn's
mill. Robinson is very black, weighs
about l6O pounds, and is of medium
size and height. 1t is said that he
lived near MillingtOn, in MARYLAND. he
fore he came to Delaware to work on a
gravel train. 1t will be unfortunate if
this man escapes the just penalty of his
diabOlical deed.
SUCH season for chesttnuts as this
has not been known for years, or at
least the pleasure their gathering ar-
tords has not been so magniiied for n
long while in the way of nutting par
ties. The school boys, who, when
turned loose make pretty good army
OF nut crackers, had a busy day Of il
on Saturday, and returned home most
ly with quantities that ran uD into the
thousands. The mast of the forest
likewise in hickory nuts and acOrns is
said to be unusully heavy.
SAMUEL G. Fisher of Frederick. In
spector of Weights and Measures for
Kent county, started the first of last
week on his biennial inspection and
finished up with Smyrna and Clayton
ON Saturday. He found in the coun-
try something like dozen scales that
gave inadequate weight, some so i'm
perfect as to be seized, and several
yard-sticks that were an inch or two too
short. He found, he says, very few
defective measures in the larger towns.
the difficulty being at the little cross
raOds' stores.
THE Royal Lyceum Comedy Com
pany will appear at the Town Hall ON
next Monday evening, October Goth,
and continue one week. The company
is well spoken of in New England
where they have been playing recently.
Their repertoire consists of Shadow of
u City, ~" London Assurance" -" Esmar-
aida, East Lyme" Camille" etc.
Among the company may be mentioned
Miss Lillian WestbrOok, Miss Edith
Clare, LaPetite Florence, (th6 celebra-
ted child actress), Miss George Crease.
Elwyn Barron and others.
FRANKLIN J. SMITH, near Morton.
has bought farm Of 107 acres, mile
from Harrington, on the Pennington
road, to which he purposes moving in
a few weeks. His object is to devote
1t mainly to small fruits and peaches.
and will put out this Fall and next
Spring about twenty acres in straw
berries, raspberries and blackberries.
In the culture of which he has been so
successful. The fruit farm comprising
his present residence, it will be recol-
lected, he sold two or three months
since to ThOs. J. Mundy, near town.
THE editor of the Record, to make a
point against the TIMES, goes among
our advertisements to find a word
spelled wrong. A note from C. A.
Underhill, of the Underhill. Meiggs
combination, tthe latter four ladies
whose repertoire of music is elegant and
yariedl explains why the editor of the
record has such a quick eye for and
interest in the word "repertoire"-
cause it served him such n valuable
purpose with them as it did in SINH
lar transaction with John B. Coughs
repertoire, whereby each is out of
pocket $3.50 by bogus check. A man
who can make $500 off of single word
in one Winter, ought to bump his head
against a wall, if he couldn't pick out
that word in any language in the uni
verse. Our repertoire" of the doings
of the Record man is large and varied.
and we can give him one or more tunes
a week if he calls for it, as he has this.