Smyrna times., 1888-03-28

Miss MARY SAvIN has returned from
the city with new stock of goods. Il
WE will publish in our next issue a
letter from Miss DR.. Ella F. Swinney.
Ten cents will be paid for copy of
the TIMES bearing the date of April
28th, 1886.
THE time of early gardening has
come, and what is needed is a few DAYS !
Ofsun and warmth.
THE Dixie's will give you an even
ing brim full of fun and unexception-
able in every respect.
MosT all the farmers have been post
pOned on account of the weather-ex-
cept those having notes due in Bank.
SCHOOL ELECTIONS in the public
school districts in Delaware will be
held generally on Saturday, April 7th.
MONDAY was moving day in New
Castle county, and in the sleet and
cold rain they had dismal day Of it.
SEVERAL of the scholars off to school
have arrived and the most of them are
expected home for the Easter Holiday.
RoBT. L. CUIMINs, has built a black
smith shop corner of Main and North
streets for Miller Reed, late of Duck
Creek.
JAMES B. CLARK, of Kenton, has ac-
cepted a position as clerk ON the steam
er Iygert, which runs from Smyrna to
Philadelphia.
THE NJ. E. Sunday school. of Ken
noon, will be held in the morning after
next Sunday.
JERRY GOLDSBOROUGH, not satisfied
with the present month, promises the
weather for us in April very much after
the order of that of March.
WE are nearing the last of March
and not plOw stuck into the ground
yet. 1t looks as if Oat seeding as we'll as
potato planting will be late.
THE WHITE ROSE MINsTRELs whose
entertainments have been so uniformly
successful in drawing good audiences
will be at the Opera House tonight.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HARRY F. DIXIE,
judging from expressions heard on
every side, will be greeted by a good
| audience at the Opera House on Tues
day evening next.
THE robin came this morning, with
song, though everything was gloomy
with the four days of humid, rainy
weather. The robin and spring wealth
er usually come together.
/ DIR. T. R. WOLF, State Chemist, was
in Smyrna on Friday procuring sam
pies of the spring manufacture of phos-
phate of the Peninsular Bone, Lewis
y Price and Delmarvia companies.
AT Deakyneville school, for the
month ending March 23d, the follow
ing students have led in their respec.
tive classes Sallie L.Deakyne, Walter
E. Donovan, Charles Wolf, William
Walker, BERTHE Keiser.
J. PARSONS, ESQ, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, who has been making tour in
the Southern States in the interest o.
the Sons Of Temperance was listened
to by very attentive audience in thi:
town on Thursday night.
CHAs WHALEY, son of JOSEPH
Whaley, has manifested a great deal o.
ingenuity in the construction of a min
ature steamboat. that seems to be per
feet in all its parts. 1t has been on ex
hibitiOn in the post Office window.
REV. w. w. SHARP, the new preach
er for the new charge of which KentOr
is the centre, was at his post on Sun
day, preaching in Kenton both morn
ing and night. He gave general salts
faction both as a preacher and a man
and the people are delighted with tn
new order of things.
BISHOP ADAMS of the Diocese of tn,
Eastern Shore, in the absence of
Bishop in Delaware to perform th
duties of the office, will preach in 81
Peters church, this town, to-mOrroy
evening after which he will administe
the rite of confirmation to a class {
eight or ton candidates.
, WE have received from the America
Public Health Association, Concord
N. H., copies of the "LOmb Priz
Essays" which are of great practica
use in every family in the country
. The object Of the philanthrophic orig
5 natOr is to better the condition of tn
= home, and make happier the famil
circle.
C THERE is said to be an end to a
, things, and to-day signalizes an end t
the Walkers in our town. Mrs. Mar
Ann Walker took the boat this mOrr
ing for Philadelphia with the larp
. quantity of goods that belonged to tn
= united company. Miss Maggie Wall
, er, who came on from her father, We
permitted to take out her piano, orga
and box or two. which, we presum
0 will in due time follow her.
On Saturday last st. Peters Sew
ing School," which through the enc
= getic efforts of Miss MahOn, was Orgal
: lied week from tho above date, WI
the attraction of quite a number
our little ones as well as the large
girls; which much encouraged th
ladies most interested. The object
n this Sewing School is TO teach the chi
= drep how to sew, and to obtain none
by the selling Of all articles sewed, [
2 use for the benefit Of the Sunda
+, School.
It Every Saturday afternoon it NEE
in st. Peters Chapel at two o'cloc
dismisses at three, the teachers suppl
ing the scholars with work.
q LAST Sunday was Palm Sunday, Il
IS beginning of Passion Week, endii
Ie with Easter, next Sunday. The Sc
# vices at the Episcopal church hi
especial reference to this event, aud
u the Methodist church the Rev. N
le Robinson directed his discourse to
" presentation and elucidation Of q
4 biblical history Of the several days pr
4 ceding the crueifxion, expressing &
= opinion that it was well for all chr
'e tians once a year to turn their minds
a. a Especial manner TO the deeds and
lv cidents connected with the Saviol
! humiliation and subsequent at9neme
for the sins Of the human race. II
AZ siding Elder France preached at mig
oo / ~ The retaaoN o. &c AFo Etors r.F Cad