Smyrna times., 1888-04-11
Smyrna and Vicinity


putting in large Fairbanks scales as
the first requisite of his new coal ward
at the depot.
! WIN. b. DUNWOODY, representative OF
the well known clothing house of ]. r
Mullen & Son, of Wilmington, visited
Smyrna last week.
CARROLL & RYAN's Musical Comedy
in " Irish AristOcracy," composed OF
thirteen performers, are booked for the
Opera House tomorrow evening.
REV. G. S. SwEEzEY will fill the pul.
pit at the Presbyterian church again
next Sunday. Rev. J. F. Stoncipher,
OF Dover, preached on Sunday last.
SEE Megear's Menu for specialties in
groceries, which will be changed from
time to time, as per the reception of
new articles. Regular advertisement
next week.
The 1ygert hack came from the shop
OF Beckett & Mackey on Monday in a
bright new spring coat, and went down
to the boat with a crowded load of
passengers.
MUCH sympathy is felt for Mr.. and
Mrs. /. NJ. Price for the loss of their
oldest child, Smithers, at the age of
two years, being the second one thew
have lost within a year.
JOHN II. HoFFECKER and Geo M
Stevenson, whose terms expired os
members OF the Board of School Direc-
tors, were reelected on Saturday for
the term of three years.
THE two days of soft spring like
weather of Friday and Saturday were
followed by sinking of the mercury
on Sunday and Monday mornings to
the ice point with radiant sunlight the
intervening days.
The farmers are getting ready for
planting strawberry, grapes. black
berry and raspberry plants. A large
number Of young peach trees were set
out last fall, but many more will be
planted this spring.
JAS. G. ROBINSON wishes to give
notice to the public that he is ready to
deliver coal in any quantaties to suit
purchasers, at the shortest possible
notice. Office on Main strees next
door to Willumsen's store.
The accounts from all parts of the
PENINSULA report the peach buds in a
good healthy condition. They are not
Lkei y to be in full bloom until the last
OF the month, and the later the bios
somlng the more assurance of a crop.
A SPECIAL meeting of w. F. M. So.
clety will be held on Thursday evening
at the NJ. E. Church, Immediately after
Prayer meeting. A full attendance is
requested. Business of Importance.
BY ORDER OF THE PRES.
VIM. G. SPRUANcE, ESQ, of Whining.
ton, will sell as Trustee on Saturday
2oth inst, eight lots of land in his
town, the property of the late Mary
Ellason. A plot of the lands can be
seen at any time prior to the sale at
the TINES Office.
If some Sunday school teachers piv.
en- to missionary work will 90 on a
sunday afternoon to the rear of the
grlst mill, enough boys can be found to
make respectable Sunday school
boys whose parents no doubt think
they are going to one of our SUNDAY
schools regularly.
WE HAVE received from the Secre-
tary, Wesley Webb, Dover. Del a
copy of the Transactions of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society. its
Organization and Proceedings" a book
OF ninety pages, which will be of inter-
est TO persons engaged in fruit culture.
A copy will be sent post paid to anv
address on receipt of 13 cents to nav
postage, &c. F"'
ATTENTION is called to the adver-
tisement of the old, strong and reliable
house of Jacob Reeds Sons 9I8. 900
w Chestnut Street, PhiladelDbia
Ihey keep an immense stock of cloth.
ing or anything wanted by the male
sex, and ask the inspection of our Deo-
pie visiting Philadelphia. OIin I
Hough, well-knOwn to our neonle
represents Smyrna at this house.
Mr.. MCGAw, of McGaw g. Bro con-
concluded a number of contracts with
farmers OF the vicinity on Saturday to
furnish tomatoes for their new can.
merry. Saturday being school election
DAY, a number who expected to sign
their agreements, were called else
where, but there is assurance that the
acreage will fall little if any below the
desired number of 200.
TWENTY-FIVE more acres will make
the 200 acres required by McGaw &
Bro. They wish to get their complete-
ment OF 200 acres and when this is
secured they will stop contracting.
EZEKIEL COOPER, teaching the
school at Walkers school house. near
town, received a postal card with tbe
following, which explains itself:
n. a.. April /, '8s.
Mr. Cooper :-Get yogr hair cut short
and oblige the community at large
I ours Respectfully,
YOUNG LADY.
Mr.. Cooper might have taken the
little missive for an April fool Joke. bnt
admits there is too much fact in the
case, where a young lady objects 20 n
young man wearing long hair. Mar
ried men prematurely bald have some
times been charged with reaching such
q result by domestic infelicities If Mr..
CooperseriOusly objects TO the BARRIERS |
shears and has as much interest IN the
the young lady as she seems to have in |
MIN, he might, after a certain kindly |
act which any parson is ready to per-
form, give her a chance to try her |
hand on reducing his locks.
SOMEBODY within hailooing distance
of Marketstreet must have a chantieieer
with a wonderfully clear tenor voice.
On Sunday morning while heralding
IN advance the coming day, ere the
nrst gray streak Of dawn had stretch.
ed itself across the eastern horizon, his
notes were 50 clarion-like as to be
mistaken for the cry Of " fire." and a
Nn9ie family Of femiliGes were disturb
ed by the narrowing annoupeen,ent.
and wanting to know where ar how near
e was, one Of them protesting after the
rooster had again crowed, that IL was
IN alarm Of fire.