Smyrna times., 1889-01-02
Letter from Kenton.

| CHRISTMAS was uneventful here. with
! the exception of little noise causecd
/ by the carousal of intoxicated man
| Two negroes were arrested and fined
Tor disorder. While resisting arrest
/ one OF the negroes severely bit Con-
| stable Alexander Frazicr's hand
The NJ. =. Sunday School held its
annual Christmas entertainment Tburs.
day evening. A full house was in a.
tendance and the we'll rendered 49,.
gramme was highly appreciated. The
church was tastefully decorated. Manv
presents were distributed. and every
enid went home with a pound of can
ay ana consequentl% Il gladstone
| heart. Christmas brought the college
students, the = school-marms" and tba
young men who have positions in dif-
ierent cities to home" and notbing
less than a social gathering would sat
isfy them.
las. Friday evening So of John
Nlids' friends took him hv sunrise
the largest social ofthe season. everyone
having good time. On Saturday
evening the same company gave A do
nation party TO w. W. Sharp it being
the l4th anniversary of his marriage,
Chas. W. Clark, Jr., Of PHILADELPHIA.
and W b. Clark, Of Dover, spent a dav
with their parents.
viii Cantwell, of Philadelpbia snent
part Of a week with his narents
William Ford and Miss Hammond
oI ChesWold, were married last Thurs.
day evening at the parsonage.
The dwelling Of J H. Taylor is bav-
ing me finishing touches put on it.
The Wallace Bruce INceum of
Downs Chapel, re-organized last Sat
urday evening and will meet every
Friday evening until about the first Of
April ''' u
a watch meeting will be held this
evening at the NJ. e. Church. and the
extra series of meetings will baoin
while good resolutions are formed
great revival is expected.
John IarburtOn went 10 Wilmington
TO spend Christmas with his tlncle1
opiimus fila. >'0'J
W. D. BOWMAN, our popular carpen-
Ter ana fellow tOwnsmau who has re-
sided here for 35 years contemnlaies
moving to his farm near Milford on
wednesday. May success attend him
in his new calling.
Mrs. II. b. Husbands will occnn,,
the house left vacant by w. B. Bowman
Our town has its quota of Scbnoi
Marms and some of our vonng rno"
would not care if Christmas came tz,ioa
a month. ~" 'O0
Misses Addie Clark, Edible Griffin
ana Linda Shortess, spent the past
week with Miss Clio Cooper.
Miss Lizzie Dunlap and John Dunlon
OF oxford, Pa, are visiting Mrs. B. +.
Graham.
John D. Hawkins, Esq, principal of
camden public schools, spent portion
OF the week with his parents.
William G. Hawkins, who has made
michigan his home since 1869, is spend.
ing Christmas with his parents Mr.
II. Is one ct the most popular drum
mers III Michigan, and has sold q half
million dollars worth of groceries in a
year. lie will spend two weeks East
WIlllam II. Cook, who has been
cierKing IN a large grocery store for
the last year at Pylmira, n. J. is
spending Christmas with his parents
hiram ID. Griffin is home restin,,
rom his labors at the Normal ScboGj
at West Chester.
p, ihomas K. Graham is home from the
University of Pennsylvania, where he he
n"9 9 1eeh struggling with Blackstone.
Joh1 >; Wllds is home from Della
ware ware OOliege:g He says that the school
uas an excellent corps of instructors
ana should be patronized more bv tbe
people of Delaware. NGR1coyA VI"
heaton, DeJ., Dec. 81, 1888.