Smyrna times., 1888-05-16

A FEsTIvAL for the benefit of the
Methodist Sunday school will be held
at the Opera House tonight. Several
new features in its management will be
introduced. Delicious strawberries
from down the road, before ours are
half grown, will be tempting features
of the tables.
THE carriage shop run by Jos. l..
Beckett on lower Main street is exceed
ingly busy now under a pressure of
work that keeps every body stirring. AS |
will be seen by advertisement, the es-
tablishment keeps and makes to order |
the latest styles of carriages, and makes |
an old one look as good as new.
FELL-"Say Billy, what is the mat
ter with Fred" Billy-taking off his
hat and mopping his face with his
handkerchief, "Fellie, Fred is too fat.
l ought to have had more sense than
to come out here to get left by those
Alley plow horses. Never mind if
can find some good condition powders
1 will get even with Dave and Johnny
yet"
FISH commissioner Norney went
down the road yesterday with a hatch
ing of young shad, leaving 10000 with
Wilson T. CaVender, of this town, who
promptly deposited them in the creek
at Smyrna Landing. The little things
not thicker than a stran of cotton struck
out boldly for themselves, to return
doubtless three or four years hence
handsome brOilers.
THE season for shipping country
products to the city is here. j. Il.
HendricksOn & Co., Commission Mer-
chants, 32S n. Front street, Philadel-
phia, whose card has been running in
the TIMES, have established a reputa-
ton in their especial line of business
= that sets them prominently before our
farmers who have live stock, farm pro-
ducts, fruits, &c, for sale.
= AT the Republican primary ON Sat.
urday, John H. HOffecker in the chair
and E. II. Beck, secretary the follow
ing persons were chosen to attend the
/ State Convention to be held in Dover to
p morrow Delegates-JOhn H. HOt1ecker
: VIM. II. Baggs, David II. Smithers, S
= S. Griffin and w. G.. Truax. Alter
: nates-Wm. A. FAIRIES, Jas. E. Baker
: r. w. Cunning, TheO. Mannon ant
e Gamaliel Garrison.
1t THE unusually cold snap that set il
2. here yesterday morning was a visito
. from the West. 4 regular Januar.
y blizzard" ragged Monday at Marquette
Michigan, but the snow melted a
k fast as it fell Snow also fell at Glad
i stone, Grand Haven, East Tawas an
n Alpena, and cold weather prevailed i
le the fruit belt. At Galesburg and Nor
4 mouth, Illinois, the cold was so sever
n on Saturday night that ice formeC
Ii Garden vegetables and small frui
ne were killed.
70 ~, AT a meeting of the Citizens Hos
an Company, No. l, on Monday evenir
-, last the following resolutions we
as adopted by unanimous vote of tt
A. company:
u WHEREAS, 1t having been currently T
eu ported that the Robbins Hose Compan
MS No. l, of Dover, Delaware, were slow
n going into service at the recent fire
us Dover; therefore, be it
d. ResoiUed, That the Citizens Hose Con
.et pany, No. l, of Smyrna, Delaware dc
not give credence to said rumors, havi
as precedent the fine GctiUe appearance
. the Robbins Hose Company, No. !,
the occasion of their visit to this town
our guests on the 4th of July, 1887; the
re. fore, be it
ResoLUed, that we as members of the {
ar izens' Hose Company, of Smyrna, Dc
give our unqualified dissent to whatev
may in any way or sense reflect upon
cts Robbins Hose Company, No. l, Of Dov
Del, as tremen.
ResoLred, That these resolutions be pr
pc lished in both the Smyrna papers and a
spread upon the minutes of this compal