Smyrna times., 1888-03-21
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
1T will not be long before we shall
see her in a new Easter bonnet.
THERE have been four taps made to
the water main this week, for private
families.
WHITE ROSE MINsTRELs at the
Opera House Wednesday evening,
March 28th.
REV. JAMES Conway, of Port De-
pOsit, will preach next Sabbath in the
Presbyterian Church.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. e. J. Colts, Tuesday even
ing, March 9th, at 7.3O o'clock.
TO-DAY, the 2lst., the day and night
are of equal length. We ought to get
some spring like weather now.
H. R. MUSTARD & Co., shipped 25.-
600 peach baskets to Philadelphia on
Monday, riG the steamer, j. E. Tgqert.
WILL WRIGHT has taken the agency
of r. G. Chase & Co., nurservmen of
Philadelphia, advertised in these col
umns.
LECTURE, Grip Sack" by Herman
Roe at Clayton tomorrow night. Pro
ceeds for the benefit of the Good
Templars.
The Clayton Savings and Loan AS
sociatiOn sold yesterday $2,3OO, the re-
spective purchasers paying 33, 85 and
80 per cent.
The Quarterly meeting for the Cir
cult will be held at Bethel on Sunday
morning next. Preaching by Presid-
ing Elder France
The snow has disappeared except
where it banked along the fence rows
and in the rOad-in many places as
high as the fence tops.
AN article on our first page gives an
interesting account of the Educated
Horses advertised elsewhere to be in
Wilmington next week.
THE Smyrna Building and Loan As
sOciatiOn will issue a new series of
stock in April. Parties wanting stock
can call upon J. B. Cooper.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HARRY F. DIXIE. in
the interest of the Musical Association
OF Smyrna, will be at the Opera House
on Tuesday evening April 3rd.
c. H. REGISTERS beef shambles has
been adorned the past week bv a Wig.
OrOus and very handsome red Iillv baY.
ing SIX blooms, the property of his
wife.
IHE Town Commissioners are going
to have the hose carriages and hook
and ladder truck of the Citizens Hose
Company, repainted and repaired gen
orally.
A PARTY visited the hen-roost of
John SeversOn, of Brenford, one night
last week and took about a dozen of
his finest chickens. There is no clue
to the thieves.
WE have received from Owen c.
Spear, Ph. g., of Wilmington, very
handsome invitation cards to the Com
mencement of the College of Pharmacy
in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
March goth.
The Annual Anniversary and Ban
quet of the Good TempIars will be
held at the Opera House, on Tuesday
evening next, March 9th, to be pre.
ceded by literary entertainment, com
mencing at 7.3O O'clock.
Two colored chicken thieves named
Whitaker and Laws, of Dover, were
arrested on Saturday night for making
quite a haul on the stock of chickens of
John Hutton, who recently moved to
that vicinity from near Downs Chanel.
POLK CUMMINs' farm bell at four
and a half o'clock this morning calling
up his hands, stirred one of our fire.
men with the impression there was
another fire, and he was dressed in a
jify' and ready for action. to find
ont it was another kind of call.
WHITE ROSE MINsTRELs at the
Opera House Wednesday evening
March 28th.
THE Annual Concert and Exhibition
of the COlored School of this town. II
Z. Robinson, teacher, will be held on
Friday night next. The object is to
raise money to continue the school. as
the appropriation has been used IN.
Inc programme includes recitations,
solos, Duets, dialogues, &c.
VIM. H. HAYWARD, late examiner of
the U. S. Pension Office and Pension
Attorney. accompanied by Commander
VIM. s. McNair, of Wilmington, is Wis
ltlng the different towns of the State
in the interest of the claims of the 9Th
Delaware Regiment, and will be at the
Delaware House, this town, on Friday
evening next, 23d inst.
The following is the time-card of the
steamer 1ygert for April