Smyrna times., 1888-01-18

Is HE happiest and most conpratu
n Iated man at Clayton Monday wa
r. Harvey F. Smith. W"
to BOTH the down trains on Monda,
" were detained an hour or more bevon;;
"A tne regular time. The cause was q,
- the road above Wilmington. u
- The store that I now ocounv bo
" peen rented over my head, CONSEQUENT
50 ~ my entire stock of boots and shoe
d. VIII De sold at cost till March. z
d T. D. PIERCE.
ut =, A =, week or so ago the friends of Jobr
a. '. weldon received intelligence of hi,
marriage in New York, where he re-
= sides. The lady IS name was Miss sal
r Kennedy. '7'''ii'
THERE has not been SUNDAY entirely
. Unattended by rain since November
= III TACT, the rainfall has been as con.
q stant this winter and almost as heavy
9s ChaC OF last summer which was so
= damaging to agriculture.
MANLovE JONES fell from the cars
on saturday afternoon at Kirkwood
. receiving in the fall severe injuries
: ne was taken to MiddletOwn for medi-
? caI treatment, and coming down on
tne evening train, was conveyed to the
residence of TheO. Carrow residino,
near town. We have had no intnIIie
} gence from him since.
The trial noted in our last issue 90
} ing on in Baltimore, John E. Tvgert
q Co., VS.. Capt. RObt. S. Emory. to re-.
cover GOV nine promissary notes involving
$ZO,936.II, did not come to a decision
because OF an equally divided iurv.
AFTER being out twenty-five hours and
no signs OF agreement, the Judge dis
charged them. The Messrs. Tvgert we
understand intend, to renew the suit.
); HARVEY SPRUANCE, who has been
IN IN the drug store of DIR. Harmonson aft
dayton, for the past three years left
smyrna on Monday to take a place in
drug store in Baltimore. cor. Park
ave. and Mulberry streets. Mr. Snrn-
ance IS one of our popular Young men
VINO while his departure from the
friends OF his youth is a cause of regret
carries with him their best wishes for
his future success in life.
ONE day last week John B. Cooner
mad sWeetpotatOes for dinner that were
| grown last summer was a wear bevino
Kept through the winter and summeT |
OF 1887. This is longer period than
we ever knew sWeetpOtatoes kent he !
lore, though Mr.. Cooper most ALWAYS
mas some kept over till the next cron |
Ihese, about a dozen in number were |
IN basket that was overloaded |
1hey mad the taste of the sweetpOtato
Out age had notimproved their quality
IF full supply of ice is not bousod
Delore tne hrst of February, the
Gnahces are that our ice dealers will
nave to get their supply from the East.
aa.lCnough DeVOe, the weather prognOs-
tlcator, says large home crop will be
gaIhered the latter part of this month.
DuC Cne same prophet predicted also
CnaC sunday last would give us a bio
snow storm. There is time however,
between now and February for the
elements to give us some wonderful
weather. --0'0i iuI
AT the regular annual stockholders
meeting of the Philadelphia & Smvrna
transportation Company. held Tnas'
uay' January 18th, dividend of eight ,
loJ per cent. was declared PAYABLE
on demand out of net earnin0s
Inc following named persons were ,
eIecVed as Board of Directors for the
ensuing year: John E. Tygert. John :
H. n. aoHecker, /. r. Stats. b, F Trnav
W. u. Pierce. John E. Tygert was re- 7
elected President; A. E. Jardine Score
tary and Treasurer ~ ''0''o !,
Why shouldn't we be in favor &c C
new industries being started in orr
THERE'S nothing makes b
goou times like giving the WORKING n
~, plenty to do with fair wages
4 men tne butcher and the grocer and !;
.Ie DaKer are happy, for nearly ali
wno laOOr nave good appetites. and n
IKE and will have good things A "
3a.mlly OF working people, with GOOD
AlgesCon, are of more VaIue To tbo b
butcher and the grocer than the samo h
LUMBER OF people who live on the in ST
crest of their money. =" tt
The question of when a Mo cooso. . q
le pig and becomes a sboet rs "
leve has never been settled os - IT, u
xact date, nor has that when a nnlIef
S,aIo u 70 De puilet and became a hen.
Wo OF our elderly citizens tried to SET.
= ,,o oio isIIer question on Monday over Sc
par OF young chickens that were in W
lITIAeI' one cOntending that thew were la
;.n''C anu The other hens, and thew ar
the matter until thew both nc
" lnUO warm words, neither able to We
onV i the other. lift were possible ex
solVe the question we think The hest cl,
iace would be at the dinner table. ed
On Monday as Edward Hart of a
0O1Wn;send, was coming from the sh
TecH 10 smyrna accompanied bv IN
.uy' riding in york carriage drawn OF
Two young horses, while passinT Tn
1iyrha Landing the strap holding the sol
'ie up broke, letting the latter fall Ella
IA IN catching into the ground. was TIN
tapped OIL. This caused the ca-riooo thi
run up on the mettlesOme borses acl
~ very naturally frightened them cal
III MADE them run away. Tn tbis TIC
condition thew ran int ant
me obstruction, smashing the front OF
neeIs and otherwise iniurinp the cor by
lge, the occupants fOrfnnateII, o O''I- Vir
g unhurt. ''y oS0aP- jar
NJ. of !
WI gave an account last summer of sig
financial exploits of VIM n we;
IIchell Jr., in Chicago "futuresi; onJ dir,
u OF MS stepping "down and ont;; rem
Ine way of his creditors notw;tb to |
.hulng he had in his possession The not
ospectlve gift of a farm that in the tina
lrse OF human events could NOT bo the
y IN consultation. His bother n dea
y Mitchell, likewise similarly sitn' the
a, and what most any young farmer Sew
uia consider a gOd-send, has like tifu
sc stepped out" as far as his cr reai Rev
are concerned, taking a ionrnev ingl
Friday night by the light of tbs mai
rs with his effects across Mason friel
Dlxons line. last
WEN the English sparrow has ito
nds and defenders. At the Horti9
JuTaI meeting held last week Of
yer an interesting paper in defense SOM
ne English sparrow by J. w. Hog@
View York, a horticultural scienfiisSf'
note, was read by the secretarv III
Hogg met the various charges at IN
lght against the sparrow o., GJ"aIges Rail-
,ed them among others the charge weel
the sparrow drove awav soSo
Is, which he proved without fon1o9 From From
on, because England, the home Of From
sparrow, is filed with birds of sonC ra,.
also stated that while the f1ll ero15 Opera TSa