Smyrna times., 1888-04-25

THE Norfolk express train has been
again dropped from the road. The |
branch train left our depot to connect |
with the north bound train at {. 3.56P.M.
GEORGE, a son of John p. Collins last
evening while playing fell against the |
curbing with such force as require the |
services of doctor to sew the cut on |
his head.
THE committee in charge of the Op- |
era House had seven or eight large |
bill boards made for Hi Henry's post
ers. which will hereafter be used for
similar shows.
THE CARROLL & RYAN Minstrel
Company arrived in town this morn
ing and attracted considerable atten-
tiOn in their parade. They will show
at the Opera House to night.
The pinkeye in horses and measles
in children are both having run Just
now in this community. Neither are
dangerous, but require keeping in and
care, and of the two, the children re-
quire the most watching.
A LITERARY and Musical Concert
and Entertainment will be given at the
Bethel A. NJ. E. Church, Dover, on to-
morrow, Thursday evening, by the
young cOlored people connected with
the Bethel church of this town.
THE appropriations for the improve
ments in Blackbird Hundred have
been, in a freak of economy of the
Levy Court, reduced to only about one
tenth OF former appropriations for i'm
prOVements, $500. There will be no
stone and iron bridges built this year.
THE Democratic primaries for Kent
county will be held on May 5th to
select delegates to the State Conven-
tiOn where the delegates to the Nation
al Convention will be named. The
State Convention win be held in Dover
May the 8th, and the National Conven-
tiOn in st. Louis June 5th.
ONE day last week as Mrs. T. NJ.
Hartup, of ThorOughfare Neck was re-
turning from Middletown, the bolt of
the single tree broke when near Black
bird, causing the horse to run, upset
ting the carriage and throwing her out.
When found she was unconscious but
fortunately, not seriously hurt,
A SUCCESSION of cold north winds
have prevailed since the first week in
April making fires constantly necessary
and keeping back vegetation. Frost
has been prevalent and two or three
mornings of each week we have had ice.
Weather to burst the buds and expand
the leaves would now be in order.
The Presbyterian church is having a
run just now, and satisfactory by the
way, on theological students. Rev. G.
,. Sweezey two Sundays was followed
on Sunday last by g. S. Duncan, of the
same institution, Princeton, J. K. Kill
burn, of the Divinity department of
Yale College, to preach next Sunday.
Miss LAYTON, of Calcutta, formerly
one of the teachers in the WESLEYAN
College, but who has spent a number
of years in India, will speak from the
NJ. f. pulpit on Sunday morning next.
Miss Layton has been making similar
addresses in different parts Of the State.
She will be accompanied by Mrs. E. B.
Stevens.
The Hi Henry Company which
comprises nearly thirty persons, travel
in special car, with many ofthe con-
Veniences OF a home. When they were
here before, remaining over Sunday.
their car was visited by a number of
our citizens. Their performance will
be at the Opera House on Monday
night next the Both inst
Miss MARY ARMSTRONG, daughter of
K. H. Armstrong near Taylor's Bridge.
who was so severely gOred in the side
by pet COW she was milking on
Thursday last, we learn from the phv-
sician in attendance, DIR. Moore, is fast
recovering. 1t was an unusual event.
and alarming not only to Miss Arm
strong but her friends the narrow risk
she ran, the COW coming to her a
second time.
JOS. E. CARTER has just finished for
Mrs. Geo. H. Raymond her dining
room in the highest stvle of the decora.
| tive art in this town. The walls are of
blue Carthage paper with wide frize to
match, the dadO of venitian leather.
bronzed, decorated with antique oak
moulding the ceiling is of cortexa,
gilt mOuldings bronzed in different
shades. The whole gives the room a
decidedly rich effect
The 29th semi-annual meeting of the
| Local Preachers and ExhOrters Asso-
citation Of the Wilmington Conference
will be held at Greensborough. Md.
commencing on Friday evening, Nav
18th and holding till Sunday night
The programme gives ten topics for dis
cussiOn at the Saturday meeting. For
the Sunday preaching, DIR. T.. Dawson
is set down for the morning sermon
and Jas. G. Lassell for the evening.
CAREY FRAZIER was in town Mon.
day with a headless lamb, as it had
been dropped the night before. Where
the head ought to be there was a fab
by, bOneless extension of the neck from
the point Of which turned out two ears
very much like the petals would omen
from flower. The body was other.
wise we'll formed and natural size. onIv
it was covered with hair like q dog and
had tail like the latter, but the feet
were those of the lamb.
THE PEACH trees fully bloomed out
like they are from lower Kent on down
the Peninsula, the heavy frost and ice
of Sunday morning was anything but
promOtive of good peach crop. In
this section the trees were not more
than half bloomed out. The weather
was dry at the time but a heavy frost
on the full face of newly opened bios.
som is always hazardous. The frost
and ice Of yesterday morning following
the rain Of the day before, was per.
haps even worse.
THE fire which occurred in Middle
last week whereby the stock Of goods
of q. w. w. Maudain and J. @. Stewart
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