Smyrna times., 1888-10-17

Rev. y. a. Is. WILSON Will speak in
the Opera House tomorrow evening
on Temperance, presumably Ia the in
terest OF the Third Party.
TEE residences of JOS. Smithers. Jas.
d. Wilds, Jas. P Hoh6ecker, L. M.
Price and Office of DR.. T. G. Moore
have been attractively painted.
Mr.. BoYNToN preached again in the
streets on Sunday afternoon and even
ing. The meeting announced for the
Town Hall was not held for want of
an audience.
SOME of the peach money is still
hanging by the banks as would appear
by their last Reports or statements, the
amount remaining on deposit last week
subject to check being $367, ,764.O9.
REV. E. E. WHITE, the pastor is
holding protracted meeting at Sever
sons church. Rev. w. W. Sharp of
Kenton is likewise holding one at Cen
tral church, and several conversions
are reported.
THE Grand Lodge of the Good Tenn
plars which meets here in annual ses.
sion to-day, will be addressed at the
M. Il. church tonight by Rev. T. E.
Terry. The meeting will be doubtless
we'll attended.
CLAYTON and BrenfOrd not to be too
far behind Smyrna in the matrimonial
line, united in a church wedding on
wednesday that called out large part
OF the citizens, the parties being II. W.
| Wooltord, conductor, and Miss Mary
! A. Wilcutt, of BrenfOrd.
RoBBINs's circus did not reach here
until noon Thursday. The elephant
car jumped' the track twice between
ChestertOwn and Masseys. At the lat
ter place it was sent to Townsend and
down the main track to Clayton. For
circus day" it was very quiet.
REV. FATHER GRAF, rector of Holy
Cross r. G. Church, Dover, will ID. W
lecture in st. POlycarps Church, this
town, next Sunday evening, at 7.3O
O'Clock. Subject, FOrgivness of Sin
according to the Bible" The public is
cordially invited to be present.
JOHN V. SPRUANCE has sold out his
store on upper Commerce street near
the depot to Lewis H. Peeky who now
has it in charge. Mr.. Peeky has been
in the carpentering business here the
past twenty-five years, but had some
experience in the mercantile business
in his earlier life.
THE ladies of the Benevolent Society
who so generously in time and means
see after the interest of the helpless and
needy in the season of vigorous winter
weather, want our citizens to bear their
festival in mind which will come off
October 31st. There will be tableaux,
charades or something of the kind to
add to the interest of the occasion.
LAST evening with its bright moon
light and pleasant temperature was one
OF the most delightful of the season for
promenading. This morning, between
four and FIVE o'clock, before the most
OF people had awakened from their
slumbers, there was quite fusilade of
thunder and lightning in a small cloud
little way of, that was kept up for
twenty minutes or more. There seems
to be such an abundance of electricity
in the atmosphere this fall, that light
ming and thunder can be produced on
the least atmospheric disturbance.
THE adjourned meeting of the Inter-
state commission which was held in
Washington last week, concluded its
| testimony for the railroad. Among
tnem were ID. j. Cummins and VIM,
| Geo. Hill, fthis town whose evidence
was that the railroad services in shin
ping the fruit was satisfactory and
that the freight charges were reasona-
bic and proper. In this Mr.. Cummins
differs very widely from the Grangers
and other shippers on the road who
brought the charges against the rail-
road because they thought the Penin-
sula shippers were Disseminated
against to the extent of making the
growing of fruit Improbable.
WHAT are called the melancholy
days" have put in an appearance. The
sky gets cloudy, the wind comes from
the north and is raw and chilly. and
things generally have a gloomy look.
such days have their uses, they make
indoors pleasanter, a cheerful fire de-
cldedly comfortable, and reconcile one
70 the poets lament that "some davs
must be dark and dreary." The long
evenings of such days are conducive to
reading and study, to social converse.
TO entertainments in the lecture halls
or theatre, and in a number of Wavs
that have no attractions during the hot
season. We ought to be thankful for
such days, for by their contrast thew
enhance the pleasure and make us an
preciate the bright and beautiful daGs
OF which we in this latitude have sucb
an abundance.
A CORRESPONDENT of the EUeru EUen-
fag thus states the condition of onr
baseball club at the close of the sea- |
son: Now that the ball season is over.
those most directly interested find the |
experiment of maintaining a club to |
nave been costly one. The associa- !
tlon IS about $3.50 on the venture, but
Is not at all discouraged at the amount
OF Its Indebtedness or the showing of
It's club at the end of the season
twenty-five games were PLAYED. OF
this number IL were won, 10 lost and
one drawn, the latter with Camden
Smyrna has beaten Camden twice a
feat no other club in the State has heen
able to accomplish. During the early
part of the year the club was without a
regular battery. Day and McCaffertv
were secured, and in their FIRST ganoe
dOwned the invincible Camden. Stock
at once went above par. This famous
battery, however, was unable TO per-
manently reside here. Several expert
mental players were tried. greatly to
the clubs disadvantage. Finally Car.
ter and Grawley of the Hazelton. Pa.
team were secured, and new life was
infused into the club, which held its
own until the season ended"
THE managers of the Delaware State
Fair have secured the famous Wild
West Indian Show for five davs enter
tainment on the State Fair Grounds at
Dover, on October 16, II, IS, 19 and
~. This is the world renowned and
famous Wild West that has been draw
ing such immense crowds in Philadel-
phia, Gloucester, Easton, New York
and other large cities this summer.
The troupe is composed Of cowboys.
Mexican Vacqueros, Scouts, and In
dian warriors, Squaws and children.
A full programme of desperate com.
bats, sharp-shooting, reckless riding.
in the most realistic man
ner, the Indian fights, captures, rob
berries, haiTbreadth escapes, and wild
life ON the plains, forests and deserts
Of the far West.
The wonderful Iar;ot th.o...f =