Smyrna times., 1886-09-15
SMYRNA and Vicinity.

THE Clayton Savings and Loan Asso.
citation sold $500 yesterday at 80 and
"a per cent.
A JERSEY exchange quotes apples at
eight cents per bushel and cider five
cents a gallon.
POWELL F. JOHNS, has taken the
public school of KentOn and moved his
family from Clayton to that town.
JUST IN.-New Dress Goods with
large and small Buttons to match.
Also, Silk Cord i'll all the Shades. at
/. A. CottOn's. r
THE Bethel A. N. E. Church will
run an excursion to Chestertown on
Sunday next to attend camp meeting
near that town.
A NOTE from Robert Hough, Secre-
tary of the Easton Fair, says: All
departments are filing up rapidly and
we will have a good Fair"
GRAND Worthy Chief Templar
Whelen will address the Good Ten
plars in their lodge room this evening.
if weather permits a drive from Dover.
REV. A. n. KEIGwIN, pastor of the
West Presbyterian Church, Whining
ton, and Rev. DR.. Umsted, of this
town, will exchange pulpits on next
Sabbath.
THE fairs Of both WOrton and Easton
commence next Tuesday, 2lst inst.
They have made large preparations for
exhibits and will doubtless be well
patrOniZed
THOSE farmers who did not get their
fallow plOwed while the other wet
weather continued, can render 10
complaint if they do not seize the
present opportunity
The number Of entries in all deDart-
ments of the State Fair at Dover are
greater than they were at this time
last year. The carriage Department is
full and no more entries can be made
in it.
THE Peninsular Bone Fertilizer
Company have been compelled to en-
gage WarerOOms in Pbiladelphia for
the storage and shipment of their fer
tilizers for their Northern and Western
trade. r
a MEETING of the Temperance Re-
form Club is called for Friday night. at
74 o'clock in the Johnson Building in
the room over the postofice. All
members and those interested are in
vited TO be present.
DAVID /. SPRUANCE. west of Claw
ton continues in the lead in growing
fine cantaleupes. He brought one to
this office on Saturday of the Persian
variety which weighed 1l3ibs. and
measured p by 80 inches.
HARRY RAWLEY, near town, has lost
sixteen head of shOats and pigs from
the disease commonly known as hog
cholera. 1t has, he thinks. about run
out. Similar cases have been reported
from the neighborhood of Moorton.
THE Peninsular Bone Fertilizer
Company are shipping an average of
100 tons Of phosphate a dav-Star Bone
and Planet-and in this capacity fur
nish constant employment to three sail
vessels beside the facilities afforded bv
the Bombay Hook r. L. -
\ FARMER living in the region of
Clayton received last week nineteen
two-cent stamps for nineteen baskets
OF peaches shipped TO Boston, the
gross sale being 80 cents per basket.
while the expenses were SO cents. 1t
IS said the air was rather blue in that
vicinity after he read his returns.
FRIENDSHIP A. NJ. E. CHURCH. near
KentOn, Rev Jos. c. Duffin. pastor.
was dedicated on Sunday last. 4 large
number Of persons were in attendance :
the collection amounted to over 5000.
The church is one of the handsOmest
colored churches in the State. costing
over Sl,8OO, the largest part of which
has been paid.
JOHN SALAwAY, brakeman on the
d. 4 B. Road, had his hand mashed
while coupling cars at Neal Dembev's
Crossing, this town, on last Wednesday
evening. DR.. Collins dressed the
wound. 1t was Occasioned by getting
elnders IN his eyes and thus, while his
sight was obstructed, getting his hand
between the bumpers.
The candidacy for Levy Court Com
missioner for Black bird hundred. which
was so closely contested between Geo.
I. Rothwell, the present member and
JOhn Lockerman, was decided on Sat
urday in favor OF Mr. Rothwell bv a
majority Of eleven in poll of 253 votes.
Richard Ferguson was also nominated
for Inspector, Jos. VanPelt for Assessor
and Jas. L. David for Road Commis-
sioner.
DURING a racket" at one of our
saloons on Monday night. for which
Dr. Frame, of KentOn, is charged as
being responsible, an enemy slipped
around to the stable yard and cut the
harness that attached the horse to his
carriage all to pieces. The afternoon
OF the same day two drunken shoe
makers got into a fight simply be-
cause they were drunk, and one of
them was severely hurt. He would
give no information on the other.
A LITTLE daughter of John w
Start, residing on Glenwood Avenue.
was severely burned yesterday bv her
clothes catching fire, it is supposed
from the stove. Her mother was
standing at the front door when the
child walked into the entry LEADING
thereto with her clothes all ablaze
The Mortified mother rushed to the
child and had her hands burned in
stripping the flaming garments from
her
=. Miss SALLIE SMITH, daughter of
Benz. H. Smith, who moved from this
town to Philadelphia several wears
ago, died there on Friday of consump-
ton. The remains were brought down
on Monday morning and after the
funeral services at st. Peters Church
which were largely attended. were in
tered in st. Peters Cemetery, The
uorIl tributes were beautiful She
was former member Of the choir oftbis
church and as a tribute of respect each
member of the choir presented a floral
token of remembrance.
The following is the closing part of a
conversation between two Democrats
on saturday last
No sir; there are vital issues and
questions Of duty which address them
selves to every true lover of good gov
ernment and mankind, and I shall not
vote the ticket"
Then came, like flash, the "old
whip, the final, orthodox and cutting
which is supposed re
" down the other every time
Then, sir, you're no Democratw
No, sir l have ceased 10 be a DEM
Ocrat and am man.
THERE was a marked contrast be-