Smyrna times., 1886-10-20

meet at Mrs. w. w. Ischudy'S Tues
lay evening, Oct. 26th, at y O'Clock.
J. B. COOPER's store is the author
zed State Depository of School Books
for the town and the adjoining coun-
try. #
J. V. SMITH, Of this town, has calls to
address Temperance Reform meetings
this week at Camden, FELTON, and Frede-
rica.
Ten of our men were in Philadelphia |
night, to hear the Plumed |
Knight, returning mostly on the owl
train.
THE Temperance Reform Club has |
placed large and snowy transparency |
at the window of their club room over |
the pOstOllice.
THIS is the chestnutting season but |
the boys are not having the good time
of last year because the brown nuts
are not near so abundant.
JOHN w. STEPHENSON and Sallie ].
have taken out letters of
upon the estate of the
late Jonathan Stephenson.
WIN. Z. HALL has bought the dwell
ling of Mrs. Katharine II. Douglass, on
upper Main street, for So, ,450. He pur-
poses occupying it this fall.
ARRANGEMENTS are tryingto be made
so that a number of our citizens can go
to Salisbury on the Saturday night ex-
press, returning by the same line on
Sunday night.
GEO. d. COLLINS and John II. HOf-
fecker, were appointed delegates to
represent the NJ. Z. Church, of this
town, at the Kent County Bible Society,
which meets in FELTON, tomorrow.
THE first meeting Ofthe Band of Hope
the juvenile temperance boys and
girls-at the reorganization for the fall
and winter, on Saturday afternoon, was
attended by71, quite good beginning.
"A GRAND Prize Concert" will be
given tomorrow night at the Bethel A.
NJ. +. church. The singers are promi-
nent vocalists from Washington, Will
mingtOn, &C., and the admission will
be 25 cents.
The Rev. DR.. Umsted will deliver on
next Sabbath DIV a discourse on the
Pioneers of the Presbyterian Church
in America, and the causes which led
to their settlement in the wilderness of
this continent.
The steamer 1ygert carried last week
a shipment of some 10000 pounds of
dried fruit billed to Sherman. Marr &
Higgins, of Chicago, from Messrs. A. L.
and VIM. D. Hudson, John w. Graham
and w. F. Clement.
THE pair of twin oxen which John p.
Collins had on exhibition at the State
Fair were sold last week to gentle
man residing below ChestertOwn, Nd,
for $l55. He saw them at the fair and
determined to become their owner.
A CONTEMPORARY heads q communi-
cation with "Spicy Items from Hart
ley" when three of its four items are
in relation to the death of people of
that vicinity. Is this what constitutes
a young journalists idea of the "Spice
of Life?"
THE six weeks of dry weather with
high winds much of the time, is detri-
mental in town and cOuntry--in the first
named because it adds to the danger of
fire, and in the country because it is in
terfering with the seeding and germin-
ating Of wheat.
CARDS are out announcing the we'd
ding of Miss Bella Wood, daughter of
the late VIM. Wood, and Eugene w.
ShugaFt, of Philadelphia, on Wednes-
day, 9th inst, at II o'clock NJ, at the
residence of the mother of the bride.
near this town.
OUR readers will be pleased to learn
that our fellow tOwnsman. Mr. r. S.
| Wilds, has returned to his former con-
nection with A. G. Yates & Co, Phila-
delphia, where he will be glad to re-
celve his numerous friends when in
need of clothing. IA
COMMENCING November 1st, the
Philadelphia and Smyrna Transporta-
ton Company will advance the price of
coal fifteen (l5) cents per ton, on all
sizes. All orders for winter supply re-
ceived prior to that date will be filed
until March lst at present prices. 4
The Experimentation Club will
meet in the room over the postolfice on
| Friday evening. The Club now has 1O7
members and full attendance is re-
quested, as speechos will be delivered
and interesting business discussed.
GEORGE CARTER, sec'y.
TIE Kent County Mutual Insurance
Company is a loser by the Salisbury
fire to the amount of $26,3OO. The in
surlnce men foot up tha losses by the
stock companies at $2l0,OOO and the
Mutual Companies at 100000, or S4OO, :
600 altogether. fhe losses of the Kent
County Company, lessened By adjust
ment. The Cecil Mutual, a new com
pany Of ElktOn, losses SAC, 1000.
The pastor and trustees of the
Bethel \. NJ. E. Church have raised
during the Summer and Fall over $500
for church Improvements. Over half
OF this has been applied towards the
reduction OF the debt for important i'm
| prOvements that were made last Win
ter and the balance in giving a coat
OF paint to the outside of the church
and finishing the basement.
GEO. o. DEVICES, of Kennedvvilie
ND, who has been telegraph operator
at Brenford during the fruit season. has
been appointed station agent also. sue
eeedlDg Jacob p Jackson. who has
been station agent simply, since the
construction Of the road. The post
Office, which has heretofore been under
the management Of the agent. has
been removed to the store of Louis
n. Spruance, who has made applica-
tion for the postmastership.
TRE editor Of the Record. in what
was intended as a criticism on fhe use
OF the word hOFticulture in connection
with fruit culture lets US know thatit Is
hEs impression that p0nOi0ty embraced
fruit culture. Well, since our Young
friend has gone TO coming words and
getting out a vocabulary of his own.
we will not dispute the point with him
on any of these things but he will ex-
cuse us if we stick to Webster and
Worcester as being both reliable and
authoritative.
THE difference between the tempera.
ture Of the town and country marking
difference of two Or three degrees, is
apparent as a result of the tempera.
ture on the first two or three days oi
TINS month, In the country the vines
oi sweet potatoes. tomatoes, &c, were
blackened while in town they remained
as green as leek," until the heavy
frost on Sunday morning, when the
mercury fell to the freezing point