Smyrna times., 1886-01-13
Smyrna and Vicinity.
THE ice men are delighted.

he coal dealers.
THE Rogers-Staniford Juvenile Com /
,ination will be at the rink tonight S
md tomorrow night.
ONE of our thermometers on the
lorthern side of the town registered %
,elow zero yesterday morning.
THE Hose Company are fortunate in
having so popular a troupe for their
irst benefit as the Kempa family.
WIN. H. MORRISON, of New Castle,
mas bought out the cigar store of r. Y.
Wallen, opposite the Delaware House.
DON'T forget to attend the benefit
for the Hose Company on Tuesday
night next-music by the Kempa
family.
BEAUTIFUL moonlight nights. The
young folks have taken advantage of
them for several pleasant sleighing
parties.
OVER 5000 worth of books, many of !
them works of decided value, have been |
sold this week in the auction rooms of |
J. NJ. Boyd.
WIN. H. BAGGs who has a we'll stock
ed shoe store calls attention to several
makes of shoes for which special merit
are claimed.
ANOTHER Florida letter from A. P.
Griffith, intended for this issue, but
which came to hand to late, will appear
in our next.
THIS is jolly weather for the plum
bers. Two of them were engaged all
day Sunday in adjusting some bursted
water pipes.
THE postmastership of Clayton has
finally been settled by the appointment
of John S. CaspersOn, to succeed Mr..
McConaughy.
THE snow on Saturday only extend
ed as far down the Peninsula as Laurel.
Below that to Charles City the track
has been clear.
THE roads are banked considerably
in exposed places by the driven snow
from the fields, carried by the high
westerly winds.
THOMAS MALoNEY, of New Castle
County has bought the Henry D. Web
ster farm near DeXter's Corner, SO
acres, for 81 800.
]. c. LAssELL & Co. have added
| hOrseshoeing to the smithing depart
ment of their business, having secured
a frst-class workman.
The Baltimore Sun Almanac has
been received. 1t is a valuable COM
pend of information and highly priced
in whatever family it enters.
SAM'L P. TRUAx, who gave up the
farm of Mrs. Susan Daniel, near town
in the Fall has rented the fruit farm oil
Robt H. Cummins, in the " ALLEY"
THE TIMES office has superior ia
cilities for printing vendue and Othe
bills. The attention of those having
printing to do is called to this fact.
DIR. c. HARNIONsoN, successor to B
B. Ferguson at Clayton, gives nOtic
, that he is prepared to fill prescription
, or supply any want in the drug line.
! AT a shooting match held on tn
, Town lot yesterday for purse of $40
Robert Rice broke 25 out of 30 ball
and Jerry GOldsbOrough 19 out of 80.
THE number who will want to hea
? Kempa family at the concert on Tues
Y day night will doubtless crowd tn
r Town Hall-benefit of Hose Company
e The crisp weather ought to freez
f the dampness out of the corn and rel
J. der it marketable. Dampness has bee
, the complaint for the past two month
HARRIGAN's Hibernian Compan
did not put in an appearance on MOI
= day night, not being able to reach hel
?, because of the snow blockade on IL
II Queen Anne's road.
e JEFFERsON & CLAYTON have lease
10 the large BrintOn ice house at the pOr
10 for the season and are having it file
- A considerable quantity of last year
~ crop is carried over.
- The public sale of the Big Gia
~ Feed Mills announced for last Satu
day was postponed on account of Il
us bad weather until next Saturday at
We o'clock at the Smyrna House.
ut Now Is the time to advertise, wht
er people have more leisure to read ~
!
Some people make a mistake in d
nj carding mid-Winter as a good time
of advertise.
Ot F. J. CARTER got from Folly Cree
er Va, some oysters, one barrel of whi
rs. contained only 275 oysters, some
10 which measured 10 inches in leng
70 inches around the butt and 21 inch
81 around the edges.
U THE Rev, w, B. Gordon will deliV
OF four lectures in the interest of o
lts Fellowship to the members of Mo-
al ing Star Lodge No. 6, /. o. o. F.,
al their Hall, commencing with the Ii
oo Friday night in this month.
4, THE thermometer registered on ST
day morning 100, on Monday g.,
Tuesday @ and this morning 4o. 7
de- weather vane still points to the no
la with indications of continued c.
or weather, though less severe.
.he THE keen frosts this week ha
ov- almost brought some of the ladies
tears in the loss Of choice flowers, so
i"i of them rare exOtiCs, while frozen C
IN ned fruit has made others less POT
in their temperament decidedly sad
les, THE "Feast of the Wildernes
yer closed up last night at the Bethel
y at NJ. r. Church, With the gross sum
$17490, netting to the society $107
The reOpening of the improved Chu
cir it is expected will take place Sum
week.
lla- SUNDAY was the lirst decidedly {
it's day of the winter and the effect
ned plainly felt at the churches. The
- side hadn't been so closely hugged
'U0' the season, but it has been col
cry since without the people being SO
lose fuenced by it.
5ess THE extra services at the NJ.
'Op- Church announced for the two
weeks of this month continues, as {
ain also the noOn-day meeting with an
parent increase of interest. Thus
"nu the work of grace has been cOnfine
ef- the cold and luke-warm in the chu
iUiy THE marriages of a merchant
ON Clayton, w. Scott Reynolds and
ally active business man of BrenfOrd,
usi. Milton FarsOn, are recorded elsewh
Though little tardy, we cOngratu
them both on taking the impOr
oD- step in life leading to good citizens
i'0i THERE is some talk among mem
lnce of Smyrna Grange of having a +
liver Exchange at Clayton similar to
the one at Wyoming. This early agita