Smyrna times., 1888-10-17
SMYRNA and Vicinitv-

day.
THE Till Family Friday night at the
Opera House.
MOsT of the farmers have their
wheat seeded.
SENATOR GRAY has our thanks for
valuable pub. docs.
ALEX. H. WILSON had several valu-
able blankets stolen from his stable on
circus day.
J. B. MIFFLIN is putting the neces-
sary apparatus in his house for heating
it by steam.
LEAVES have their time to fall and
flowers to wither," &c. Aud just now
is the time.
AUBREY VANDEvER, of Clayton, has
accepted the agency for the Hammond
Type Writer for Delaware.
THE young peoples meeting of Chris
tian EndeavOr is well attended, and
much interest is manifested.
BASE BALL hangs on wonderfully.
1t Is like the wasp in October-it
swarms out every sunny day.
THE Good Templar delegates on the
arrival of the train this morning,
marched to the Hall in procession.
CHARLES M. NEwLIN, U. S. Marshal
of Delaware District has appointed
Enoch Clark, of Dover, his Deputy.
S. B. RICHARDSON, of Masseys. Md.
paid DIR. Ashcraft last week $3.50 for a
six months old colt, Garibaldi stock.
Mrs. KATHARINE H. DOUGLASS has
bought from Mrs. G. Daniels a house
on Delaware street, at private terms.
THERE is some talk of a drama
shortly on our boards in the interest of
the Athletic Association by local talent.
ONE of our citizens who has a mud
hole IN the street in front of his place
OF business, says he will sell it cheap for
cash.
THE steamer Tygert has been ship
ping nearly or quite all the pack of the
canneries of Smyrna, Clayton and
Brenford.
UNION CASTLE, No. II, Knights of
the Golden Eagle, which was instituted
here in July, has nearly doubled it's
membership.
THE lost bird dog which G. Speak
man advertised a reward for in last
weeks TIMES, has been recovered. It
was found near Middletown.
THERE were several large pumpkins
of the improved kind in Market on
Saturday, the largest, 135 pounds, be-
ing grown by Frank Collins near Col
Inns Beach.
SUPT. L. n. MILLS was injured more
seriously than was first thought by the
explosion of shells at his office recently.
and he will be confined to his home for
a week or ten days.
THERE was considerable COMPLAINT
last week after the game between the
married and single men-composed of
those who had not been players-from
sore arms and hands.
SATURDAY was chestnut day with
school boys, and many brown nut
was gathered. The crop which is an
parently a large one will not be all
gathered for some two weeks yet.
QUITE a number Of people in this
part of the State visited the Hazel Deli
Fair at Wilmington last week. There
were enough people 20 delay the trains
a half hour or more every evening.
THE Messrs. FAIRIES, undertakers.
have removed the remains Of N. Den.
ney Wilds and three children from the
cemetery at Dover to Woodland Gem
etery, where Mrs. Wilds was buried
last week.
CHAs. ii. GRIFFITH delivered to-day
to A. Lee Cummins, from his farm in
the Neck, nearly 5000 heads of cabbage.
the product of an acre of land. Thew
are intended largely for incubator
chicken feed.
The VIM. T. Johnson house. on
South street, now in the occupancy of
DR.. Tullidge, which was recently pur-
chased by VIM. J. Carrow for his future
home, will not come into his posses
sion until March.
WHILE we have had an early vista
ton of cold winds and sharp frosts. the
report from Canada a few davs ago
was, they were having good sleighing
out there. That is kind of snort we
will be satisfied with two months
hence.
&. SIsCo has improved the front of
his property by the removal of two
overgrown trees and the laying of a
full, wide pavement from the iron
fence out VIM. II. Thompson and
others are also improving their pave
ments.
FRANK COLLINS it is stated has this
week sold COllius' Beach to a New
York man for $500. The purchaser
expects to fit it up and run an excur-
sion boat there next summer. Mr..
Collins reserved the land north of the
beach property.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be |
held at the Beading Room, on Monday |
afternoon next, the z2d, at 23O. A |
iull attendance is requested, this being |
the annual election of officers for the |
ensuing year. The meetings hereafter
will be held every alternate Monday |
instead Of Tuesday.
CONGRESS sometime ago appropri.
.ted 100000 to pay the rent, light and |
uel Of the third class postonices. which
las heretofore come out of the pockets
y the postmasters. Commencing with
october, these items will hereafter be
paid BY the Government, as far as the
.bove sum viii cover them, pro rata.
Postmaster Bewley will be one Of the
TIE Wilmington EDeninq Journal
while paying q tribute to "the day of /
est" also in the following pays a trib-
lte to the men who use It as Intended /
Did You ever see the wOrkingmen 60 /
. work on Monday morning2 They /
IRE always a little Bic earlier than on
1ther mornings and seem to walk with /
more alacrity. They carry with them
.he blessings ofrest, renewed hope and /
determination TO 90 better work than
sver."