Smyrna times., 1888-10-10

REV. J. A. B. Wilson, Of Dover, win
deliver an address at the Opera House
Smyrna, October 18th, in the interest
of the National Prohibition Party. He
comes fully prepared to present the
subject in an intelligent and forcible
manner. All are invited to come out
and hear this issue discussed in a wav
which you doubtless have never heard
it before. Meeting will be called at
7.30 o'clock. COMMITTEE.
THE Kent County, Md, Agricultural
Fair held this week, began yesterday
and continues four days. The list of
entries for the trials of speed include
many good horses and they will no
doubt make things lively. Tomorrow
the East Baltimore Business Mems
Association will make an excursion to
ChestertOwn on the steamer Emma A.
Ford and special train will take them
out to the fair grounds, where they
will be the guests of the association.
THE TIL Family Concert which is to
come off at the Opera House on Friday
evening of next week, 10Th inst, prom
ises to be one of the most delightful
entertainments of the season. They
are from the Crystal Palace, London,
England. They come with the high
est recommendations, having been tray
cling in this country for the past three
years. As an entertainment it will be
fthe highest class. They sing in con-
nection with the M. E. Church organ
fund.
Now is a good time to buy flour. It
has advanced in price, and is likely to
go higher. Those who profess to
know say that it may possible reach
ten dollars barrel. There is a great
demand in Europe for American wheat
as the crop over there has been par
tial failure, and it has not been abun-
dant On this side, and when two Gus
toners are bidding for an article that
is of vital Importance for both to have,
there is always spirited bidding and
prices go up rapidly.
THE Harrington Enterprise has been
going through some of the experience
of the editorial fraternity. Here is
what the editor says in his last issue
Last week we sent out about $50 bills
to subscribers owing for this paper,
costing alone for postage stamps $500
say nothing of envelopes and bill
paper, and trouble making out that
many seperate bills, and only few
have noticed them. Do you want the
paper? if so we are glad to have you.
If you do not want it, settle up and
send us a lock of your hair"
CHARLEY JORDAN was in town on
Saturday, as good natured as ever, but
he got his supply of bug juice unus-
ually early, falling by the middle of
the afternoon on basket of glass Jars
at COOper's corner and breaking them.
Late at night he was brutally assaulted
by an unknown person in the yard ad-
jacent to the Smyrna House. He wan
dered in dazed condition to the mill
pond where he was found the next
morning by friends and cared for. He
claims to have been shot, but his iniur-
les were inflicted by either stone or a
knife.
WHAT promises to be the most sue
cessful of the annual agricultural dis
play will be opened at Wilmington,
commenced yesterday and continues
five days. This will be "The great
four state meet, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Delaware and Maryland, side bv-
side" Premiums are offered in the
different departments, amounting to
$4,000 and each days programme will
be varied and interesting, consisting ofa
tournament, match game of base ball
for 500, steeple-chase, trotting, pacing
and bicycle races, a dress parade bV
State militia and a review by the
Governor and staff. Advertisement
will be found in this issue.
THE Grand Lodge of the Indepen-
dent Order of Good Templars of the
State of Delaware will meet here on
Wednesday next, to continue in session
two days. The sessions will be held in
the Odd Fellows Hall. The BODY con-
sists of delegates from all the Lodges
in the State, Grand and Past Grand
officers, workers and visitors from other
sections; the total number being about
40. Our citizens, friends of the Order.
will be solicited to provide entertain
ment for the members for the two davs
of the meeting. A public meeting will
be held in the NJ. E. Church on We'd
nesday evening, the 18th, to be ad-
dressed by Rev. T. E. Terry, of Dover.
THE indications of an early Autumn
and probably of an early Winter are
plain and numerous. The chilly
winds, the brief hours of sunshine and
the fast-fading foliage of the trees all
point to this conclusion. The Spring
was unusually late and cold, and the
Summer short and lacking any pro-
longed period of heat such as made the
July of 1887 memorable. If long and
severe Winter should follow. 1888
would be known in meteorological an
nails as year of unusually low tenn
perature. But an early Fall is not al
ways the forerunner of cold Winter.
and chilly September and October
have not infrequently been the precur-
sors of fine and mild November and
December.
The Miles River Farmers Club. of
Maryland had an interesting session at
their last meeting. In a discussion
about Fairs and their benefit the fol-
lowing position was taken: Gambling
OF any and every sort should be ex-
cluded from the fair grounds. Chill
dren are too numerous therei their
tender minds too easily influenced and
the result of evil influences too disas-
trous to expose them to the temptation
to try their luck on the wheel of for
tune or any other game of chance.
such things are only bad and phOILV
bad and should never find a place in
an agriculture exhibition. 1t would be
an excellent thing to have competition
for the largest crop, or the best cult
waited field of the main farm products.
but no practical way of doing this was
suggested"
In a Bad Plight.
On Saturday evening woman Of the
class usually denominated Bohemian