Smyrna times., 1889-11-06
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
I.B. VICKERs will have for sale lot
of very fine Apples, just received. i
A NEW timetable went into effect on
the Baltimore and Delaware Bay road |
Nov. 1st.
A "GRAND Milk Maids Drill" will |
be given at the Centennial Hall, to-
morrow night.
CHAs. H. JONES, of this town, has
organized a singing class of twenty
persons in Clayton.
The steamer Ella on the approach
of cold weather has dropped from three
to two trips week.
w. L. COLLINS, moulder, and John
Mannering, paper-hanger, of this town,
have found employment at Dover.
Jos. ROBINSON now rides in a new
milk wagon in serving his customers
made for him by }. c. Lassell & Co.
IT is expected that foot ball game
will be played by the clubs of the pub
lie schools of Smyrna and Dover on
Saturday, at Smyrna.
KENT COUNTY DISTRICT LODGE I.
o. G. T., meets in Smyrna next We'd
nesday, Nov. 18th, at 10 A. NJ. All
members are invited to attend. Mr..
Niver is expected to be present.
SUSAN AYREs, otherwise known as
Susan Ross, who was taken to Will
mingtOn on a charge of sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails, after
the hearing was reprimanded and
discharged.
REESE JONES, a well known colored
man and popular waiter here thirty
and more years ago, but who has been
for some time a resident of Philadel-
phia, brought his daughter Martha
aged As years, who had died after a
long illness, down to Smyrna on
Thursday for interment.
A CARD OF THANKS. We, the under
signed wish to express our thanks to
the citizens of Smyrna for their interest
manifested in offering a reward for the
apprehension of the burglars who rob-
bed our stores on Friday night, NOvem-
| Der 1st, 1889. EDWARD G. WALLS,
GEO. w. TILGHMAN.
Our neighbor, the Record, has given
expression in "They Say" that Smyrna
ought to have Board of Trade. We
do not know what possibilities there
might be in such an association. Here
is a fine field for the editor to develop
and it would be gratifying to see him
roll up his sleeves and go to work
Give US the Board of Trade.
THE annual meeting of the Ken
County Bible Society will be held il
the NJ. E. Church at Dover on Tuesday
November 18th, at II o'clock. The day
will be spent in business meetings, anC
in the evening addresses will be mad,
. by prominent men. Rev. DIR. Mclean
! of the American Bible Society, will b
present and address the meeting.
AN exchange which has been laiC
q down, gives an account of the artificia
e growing of ducks latter the same mar
@ ner of that Mr.. Anthony uses in raisin
spring chickens) and says they can b
BE- raised by the ton, and at greater prof
o than chickens. Here is an idea for som
o one who wants a new and prOftabl
s occupation in our town. But he mus
understand the demands of the occU
} patton on his personal attention.
5 isn't every man who is cut out for th
e business.
} JAMES Cook died suddenly at h
l., home in Wilmington on Saturday. H
arose at the usual hour to do som
work, and when his wife came dow
1s ~ stairs at 40 o'clock, she found hir
u stretched out on the floor dead. H
ie H drew pension of 81 per month. whit
~ was granted to him on October l, 1876
~ He had applied for an increase and WI
: daily expecting to hear from it. III
- cause of death is not known. The d
=, ceased was a rag picker in Lea Pusey
~ mill. He was born in Smyrna ar
" was a brother of Robert Cook. +
- was a soldier in the late war and
% member of the First Delaware Re
10 iment.
a JOHN j. PHILLIPS, recently in &
=" clothing business in this town, is nc
IN travelling salesman for clothii
,st honse in Philadelphia, Vendig & {
in speaking" said he day or two a.
ey about encouraging manufacturers
he settle and develop their business
1ss this town, 81 saw an evidence of ent,
he prise in a visit to Blairsville, Pa,
lpt week or two ago that would surpri
of the men of means of Smyrna in tl
Ow particular" They lacked in manufi
w, lures, or at least more 80 than the ca
no italists thought should be the case, a
rty they determined It should be 9th
,he wise. The great desideratum for t
YER past two or three years out there
He manufacturing is natural gas. T
nee was not commodity of their own, |
nst they determined to have it at any CO
ear so they combined to bring it there
pils distance of thirty miles by laying pil
ule through that rocky country, and
.ra- work has been completed. The f
nap to take hold was a glass manufactu
the who not only in addition to the n
but ural gas, was furnished the grou
Ar and relieved of taxes for seven yes
can Contracts are now being made "
np four other parties TO locate there
ntil the first of the year with similar
nee yantages. The point is, the unity
of the people in fostering enterpr
.esi- With such a spirit, what might
! be have been the condition of our TOW