Smyrna times., 1886-04-21


The basket mill of Tschudy & Cats
has started up.
The pear trees have profusiOn of
blossoms this Spring.
REV. Mr.. GORDON has planted 54
rose bushes in the yard at st. Peters
Church.
A. H. HOBBS has bought the store
house.he is occupying on lower Main
street of James M. Waters.
THE churches of the town, nearly or
all of them, will be dressed in Easter
costume, in commemOratiOn Of the
risen Lord.
A GENTLEMAN who has ridden con-
siderably over the country prOnOunces
the field of wheat of Walter o. Hof-
fecker's the best he has seen in his
rides, for stalk ground.
AT the session of the NJ. P. Confer
ence which closed in Baltimore last
week, Rev. B. +. Kindly was sent to
Leipsic, Rev. c. f. Thomson to Clay
ton, and Rev. w. F. Benson to War
wick.
IT is stated to the credit of the
Smyrna Building and Loan Association
that since the issuing of the Second
Series it has never lost a dollar, and
has not questionable investment in
any of its securities.
If YOU take meal out of the barrel
and put none in you will soon see the
bottom. Just so with your land. If
you take off crops and put on no ferti-
lizer, you soon wear out the soil. Use
Planet'or Star Bone Phosphate
A COUPLE of men with wagon who
Nave been taking the towns of the state
from Wilmington down, sold u barrels
of apples here on Friday, ,peddling them
out at 80 cents per basket. At the
first of the Winter apples of the same
kind sold at 60 cents per basket.
AT the meeting of the Board of
School Directors last night B. V. We'll
don was reelected collector for School
taxes, and the Assessment list will be
hung up to-day and court of appeals
held on Monday afternoon next, April
26th, at O'Clock at the school house.
FRANK H. HARPER, of Still Pond,
Md, who was in his usual place in the
Board of Directors of the Fruit Grow
ers Bank yesterday, says "his prospect
for peaches on his farms is between 40,-
600 and $4,000 baskets" Fortunate
man, if there are yet no nipping fr0sts.
AT THE meeting of the Board of
| School Directors on Monday night, the
vacancy Occasioned by the resignation
of VIM. NJ. Bell was filled by the cleo
tion ofGeo. NJ. Stevenson. The session
was prOtracted to IL late hour in going
over and perfecting the assessment list.
THE bible tells of a herd master who
was in the habit of reaping where he
had not sOwn. You can't do that, you
must put on where you hope to take
off. Buy your Phosphate of the PENN
sular Bone Fertilizer Company, and
take off a big yield of corn or fine
crop of peaches.
JOHN p. HUDSON has bought of John
G. Bailey the corner lot of his Metho-
dence of Mrs. Theresa FAIRIES, so feet
front running back 1874 feet for $3.50
1t is understood that Mr.. Hudson in
tends putting up a dwelling on it fol
his own occupancy.
SAMUEL TAYLOR representing the
Town Commissioners went to Whining.
ton last week and contracted with the
! To Hasa g., ~ he, l. o-r
carriage for use in this town. The car
riage is good in every particular, the
Fame Company dispOsing of it only
because they wanted to get one drawn
by horse power. Our fire department
is now fully equipped in all the appli
ances to fight fire.
JOHN w. FORD, brought to our Office
Monday some twigs cut from his peacf
orchard of ZOO trees, very full of live
healthy blossoms. A part of the or
chard is five years old, the others ole
trees. His neighbors in Seversoni
Neck have only what is called {
"sprinkling" of peach blossoms or
their trees, not one quarter what h
has. If he has a crop this year it will
be four in succession.
The School District referred to il
our issue two weeks since, the schoO
house for which is near Severson'
Church, was by vote of the Lev,
Court last week ordered to be divided
the court appointing as commissioner
to effect the same, J. Frank Denney
ThOs. K. Taylor and David Reese VIII
will meet to-day to divide the district
The lower end or new district will b
under the necessity of providing
school house in which to conduct thei
school.
On Friday evening last the G. W.
T., of Delaware, went to Downs
Chapel, gave a lecture on temperance
after which he organized and starte
Hope Lodge, and the following officer
were elected: w. G. T., John Hutton
W. Y. T., Charlotte Hutton; w. r. S
Jas. B. Clark W. F. S., Frank '
Slaughter; w. c., Mary N. Slaughter
, w. T., Anna B. Clark w. NJ, Willar
NJ. Short; 1. G., Sadie Slaughter;
G., John B. Hutton; A. S. Maria HUI
ton; d. NJ, Lizzie d. Slaughter ]
VIC. T., Robert E. Cantwell.
The services in st. Peters Churc
for the rest of this week will be as fo
lows: Thursday at 7.30 p. NJ, LectuI
and Holy Communion Good Frida
at 1870 A. NJ. and P. NJ; Easter Eve
, at 4.30 P. NJ. On Easter day there wi
be full morning prayer at 1870 A. NJ
with Holy Communion; Sunday SchO
4 celebration at 7.30 P. NJ. The publ
9 are invited to attend all these service
= On Easter morning ushers will be pre-
ent to show strangers to seats. 1t
f expected that the Sunday School Gel,
e bratiOn will exceed any ever given
q this Church in its attractions.
AT the session of the Levy Cou
f last week the tax rate was fixed at
g cents, the same as last year. The a.
h gregate, real, personal and poll tax f
the county is as follows Duck Cree
Hundred 81 1893, ,S69; KentOu 81 ,324, SO
u Little Creek, S1008,34O; West Dove
J. S902,028; East Dover, S2,S1S. .28l
). North Murderkill, $1,652,O6 Sou
Murderkill S1.825,28O; Mispilliol
s Sl,714,454; Milford, 81, 4,664 Tots
If Sl4,6l3,012. This shows a decra
e from the aggregate of last year
S2O8, $50, attributable mainly to Il
large delinquent list. Duck Creek
Il the only hundred that shows an /
2 crease.
On Sunday as some boys were wal
ing around the mill near the waite
Y works they saw two very large fish
y the race that had followed the current