Smyrna times., 1886-01-06
Smyrna and Vicinity.
GARDEN ViOlets are in bloom.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
GARDEN violets are in bloom.
THE loudest New Years call-Pay
up.
THE White Rose Minstrels. Of this
town, were greeted at Millington last
night by a full house.
PROF. ERNI, the one-legged skater,
astOnished a large number of specta-
tors at the rink last week.
EMORY LUM is building a new
house adjoining his property at the
corner Of South and East streets.
w, DENNEY WILDs was appointed
postmaster It KentOn last week and is
perhaps by this time at his official du-
ties.
DIR. PARvIs, of Leipsic, intends re-
siding in Dover in the future, leaving
DIR. Chapman the physician of that
town.
AN examination of teachers will be
held at Dover, on Saturday, january
10th. See advertisement in another
column.
THOUGH our citizens are an amuse-
ment-lOving people, they apparently
have more on hand now than they can
attend to.
The sale of Big Giant feed mills on
Saturday afternoon at the Smyrna
House should claim the attention of
our farmers.
THE Chas. Warner Company of Will
mingtOn have a word TO say to our
farmers about lime, which may be
found in their advertisement.
The people of Odessa were so de-
lighted with the Kempa Family that
they had them return and give an en-
tertainment the following week.
Jos. F.. WILLIAMS has reduced the
price of beef to fourteen cents per
pound. 1t has been until recently sell
ing in this town at eighteen cents.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Smyrna Library will be
held tomorrow eye1jng at y O'Clock,
to elect officers for the ensuing year.
]. E. MOwBRAY, Esq, though in
town on Friday night, was too sick to
fill his engagement and so the lecture
had to be postponed to a future even.
ing.
We have received a very neat cal
endar for 1886 from G. J. Hood & Co.,
ap0thecaries and manufacturers of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, Lowell, Massachu
\ sets.
PRESIDING ELDER FRANCE will
preach tomorrow evening for Rev. J.
! Il. Qulgg. He will preach q black.
board sermon, and will be assisted by
the choir Of the church.
AT the last meeting of the Good
| Templars handsome chair and
mar5le-tOp table were presented to w.
Is. Start, Worthy Chief Templar, as a
token of esteem aud respect
THE heavy southern rain that fell on
Monday here was much heavier in
PennsylvaniS and New York, while
out west it was a driving snow-stOrm
that blocked some of the railroads.
ONE of our poultry shippers, it is
said, has yet 10000 pounds of Christ.
mas turkeys in New York unsold
awaiting rise in the market. Ot
course they are kept in a refrigerator
WIN. A. FARES is making important
changes on his residence on Methodist
street by putting on a new roof raising
1t to a higher pitch, and putting a
double bay window and porch on the
front.
Go AND hear the Kempa Family al
tine Town Hall on Friday night. Ae
cording to what is said of them bv the
Wilmington papers. it will prove the
OesL evening of music we have had thi.
season.
The WOman's Christian Temperance
Union Will meet at Mrs. Emma r
halIs, Tuesday, January 18th, at thre,
O'Clock in the afternoon. Would bs
glad to have the attendance of all tn,
members. SEC'Y.
A TEN days fair, which closed las
week at the Centennial Church real
lzed Sl25. 81. which, less the exDenses
S94, left them the net sum Of S71 20
lhls IS the most successful fair thi
church has ever held.
THE Spring-like appearance Of tn,
weather the past week has been mani
Tested in the fish market like it Is II
April --mullets from our creek. muo
shad and pike from the mill ponds ane
yellow neds from the Eastern Shore.
SMYRNA LODGE No. lilo G. r
wishes to to thank all persons who /,
any way contributed to the success q
It's entertainment on the 23rd ult.. an,
also thanks both local papers for thei
liberal notices and printing.
GEORGE CARTER, Sec'y.
At one OF the schools the master II
, general exercise, wrote the wor,
. dozen on the black board. and aske,
, the pupils 10 each write a saptonc,
containing the word. He was some
what taken aback to find on one of M,
papers the following unique sentence
The Harrigan Hibernian Comnan,
y billed for an entertainment AZ NJ,
: lOwn Hall, on Monday evening ~,
nth inst. The company comes bigbI,
recommended BY the press. The en-
Le.tyDment consists Of a coined,
\ called " Fbo Two Barney'su and mn
{ ininated seencR, Qf iomous and inter
ssling places IN ireland. The Hazle
s.sg,n, Pa Standard says Of thens NTb,
I. llluminated scenes, representing IN,
4 many places of interest in Ireland ar,
\ sgs5,ywhefe ,..',yS received with rapturou