Smyrna times., 1886-03-03

THE horse which a young man was
driving while coming from the country
to the town on Monday evening ION
business it is said that interests only
Young people) got so badly frightened
when near the railroad that it jumped
clear out of the shafts, leaving the
carriage and the driver behind. He
came on to town however, and found
his horse we presume the next day,
as we have heard of none astray.
THE high wind emptied the creek of
water on Friday and the 1ygert could
not get out nor again yesterday, but
did get at the mouth of the creek this
morning. 1t has occasionally happen
ed before that a driving North Wester
would so drive out the water that the
boat would miss trip, but it has al
most invariably been the case that the
succeeding tide would lift them over,
but this has lasted six days, circum-
stance that the crew say has, never
happened with them before.
THERE will be an annular eclipse of |
tho Sun on Friday March 9Th, invisible |
here for several reasons, a sufficient |
one being that the Sun will set min |
ute or two before the eclipse begins.
The central path of the eclipse, along
which the whole of the Sun except a
small circumferential ring will be hid
den. begins with the rising Sun tinting
the eastermost cape of New Guinea,
crosses in an E. n. E. direction the
Pacific ocean and the Mexican States
| and ends with the setting Sun.
DAN MACKEY, whose position is that
! of chief electrician on the Delaware
| Division, is the pOssessor of an animal
of the canine species. Although the
dog has been under instructions but
short time, vet it can already distin-
guish the following when being flashed
over the wires "Pay car will be at
ClavtOn on -." The. animal un-
doubtedly caught onto this racket by
the hilarious conduct displayed by the
EMPLOYEES in Dams Office when the
clad tidings clicks on their ear.-NelO-
ark Ledger.
On Monday, Thomas Davis, of the
Alley" drove into town and jumped
out of his carriage to hitch his team,
but just asa he did so his horse got
frightened at some object in the street
and started in a run. Mr.. Davis
caught the back of the carriage as 1t
passed, climbed in, gathered up the
reins and in making the circuit Of a
square, had it under his command
, when the animal was quietly hitched
at the place where he was first stopped
Those who saw it pronounced it 8
l clever.feat.
THE stockholders of the Philadel
q phia & Smyrna Transportation Com
! pany held their annual meeting in thi
town Yesterday. A six per cent. divi
dend was declared payable to stock
u holders on demand and the following
e Board of Directors were elected t
serve the ensuing year: John H. Hot
II fecker, Isaac r. Staats, John r. Ty
! CERT, Capt. A. Scout and w. G.. Pierce
The Directors organized by electin
John f. Tygert, President; w. {
e Pierce, Secretary and Treasurer; A. /
:, Jardne, General Manager.
Mrs. :. p. MASON, while crossin
II from the corner of Mrs. H. Il. CarrOw
ID residence to the Town Hall, OH her wa
n 10 call upon friend, !made mis-stel
which threw her to the ground, hurtin
ic her quite severely about the face an
Ne body, but fortunately, breaking l
IN bones. She managed to get as far
the residence Of Mrs. NJ. Fl. Carte
which was her destination, fro
~ whence she was conveyed 20 her hon
ne on Main street in one of the hot
&c hacks and is now improving as rapid
as her advanced aye will permit
ee ISAAC TTUAx is one of the farme
n who sees after the odds aud ends
of his business and has no occasi
To complain bitterly OF the ha
ill times" The most of our farmers a
Us seeing the benefit in having warm ST
ch bles for their horses and shelter
their cattle and other stock, but
Truax has gone a step further in kee
CTS ing "A coal fire in his hennery all WI
en- ter, the result being that he will be
ne the market with Spring chickens
ny the time some folks get started, and
ale now gathering fifty or sixty eggs
Sc day.
Iian IAN THE Harrington Enterprise in its
Iu- sue of last week contains the fOllOwi
paragraph:
the Rev. T. 0. Ayers has a very strC
to articles on prohibition in the last ISSUE
on the Smyrna TIMES. It's arguments
ok. unanswerable. And by the way, E
zee. Hoffecker of the TINES is very fOrtun
in the high character of many of
correspondents, and the excellence
ON their contributions. He also has
Jay hand large number of fresh and
? 10 teresting locals, and long list of
tne ninsula news. We are always glad
IKE see the TINES"
On Monday morning a little fC
.her year-Old son of John 2. Collins, W
9ses S playing with a chair, fell, carrying
r. chair with him and catching his fin
'eKs between it and the wall. The end of
Oh finger, including the nail, was ne'
torn off, so much SO as to need surg
IUe,.- attention, and DIR. Ashcraft was {
ate for. While he was dressing the wOU
d of which bled prOfusely, Mr.. C's Il
boy, daughter, eleven years old, was stanC
card near by looking att. From the sigl
blood or something, she tainted
- fell against the hot stove, the
!. !. r; Z; coming directly in contact with the
II q surface, burning one side of it dow
! OF her neck, quite severely. The do
iuay thus had two patients both of VI