Smyrna times., 1889-02-27
LExT begins March 9Th. Then the
dancers become piOus.

EHAELES MOOEE who rented a house
and lot for q marble yard here, finally 4
decided not % c0me-
TOwS election Will Be the next er-
element, after that not a blizzard let (
u hope, ike it was last March.
IT won't take many more shOzs ike 4
that Of Yankee Moore 10 lay minstrel 4
- out for a. least nine months.
TIE leaves on q number Of vigorous 1
rose bushes IN our gardens remained /
green al through the winter until the !
zero weather Of lhis, the last week Of
It.
A SPECIAL train for the Inzugurz-
tiOn at Washington viii run over the
Delaware road on Sunday next, pass
ing Clayton at ll-56 A u. The eEcur-
sion rate will Be $3.50.
AN entertainment will Be given AT
Centennial Hall for the benefit Of the
church, called the Bergen CODcerr, On
Monday evening next, March Alb
The program Is . varied and good one.
A RAINBOW TEA" will be given al
the Opera House next Thursday and
Friday evenings. for the benefit Of the
Presbyterian church organ fund
Thursday night there will be musical
selections by Mrs. Newton and Miss
Clark, Of St Georges; J. Z. Hofecker,
Of this town, and others. On Friday
night the attraction viii be the Peak
sisters from "Aiasky."
TIE Philadelphia and Smyrna
Transportation Cos. advertisement for
March appears IN this issue. One triD
each week from Leipsic Is q new de-
partuTe and brought about at request
Of parties 10 Leipsic and vicinity coup
led witb the business Of the company
In handbag white corn. Arrange
ments are also being made 10 deliver
goods and passengers in Dover.
THE superinteudenis az the Band of
Hope and the wee folk" y 10 number
about l25 ranging in years frCm thir-
teen down 20 the lisping age, wish to
extend their thanks TO the accompanies.
Mics Clara Wilson. the orchestra, the
Hose Company and all who 30 kindly
| contributed their aid 10 the success Of
the entertainment on Friday night
The gross receipts we're s6j.79.
THOSE who got only a partial sup
! ply Of ice a week or 80 ago were eua-
/ hled By the cold snap Of this week 10
/ GIL up with ice three inches thick and
/ more. The houses that were intended
are nearly all filed, Charley Smith ex-
/ cepted, who does not care TO fool with
/ ice less than from six 10 ten inches
thick. aud Is making arrangements to
I .rsar
The eagle as il rises in the air goes
round and round and makes a very
nice circular soar YOukers StQfesmaa.
And the chimpanzee at the park goes
round and round his bar and when he
slips he makes a bad monkey wrench.
-HOtd Nail
And the delinquent subscriber who
comes round now and pays mp the
printer will make a good Spring
balance.
TIE Smyrna correspondent Of the
| ECeTy Erening 10 the issue Of Saturday
makes the following statement:
A cOmmendable feature Of the
Higgins reception was that no liquor
was sold at the Smyrna House. where
the banquet was held, from Y o'clock
noon on the day Of the reception until
Friday"
Was there ever a political meeting
in our State before that liquor paid
such Difference to?
| WILLIAM z. WILSON who was a sue.
cessful miller near this town a quarter
Of century ago but for twenty years
has been disqualified for business by
mental troubles, died at the Insane
asylum in Baltimore on the 14th inst
and was buried at EastOn. He was in
Smyrna last summer whether by per.
mission Of the authorities or be had
escaped was not known He went
from here 70 EastOn bat in the pursuit
Of some Of his hallucinatiOns got into
the hands Of the officers OF the law
and was ordered by the court to be
returned to the asylum.
FASHION has decreed that muskrat
fur shall be fashionable, and conse.
quently muskrat skins have been on
the jump for a month or so. Last fall
they were only fifteen cents. Otter
they are lower, but they now sell a,
high as p cents. Not unfreduentlv Z
trapper takes several hundred in one
season, and the aggregate revenue L
the State from the skins and flesh o
these animals from our marshes. Is sew
eral thousand dollars per year. Tn,
fur Of the muskrat is dyed and make.
a good imitation Of seal. Experts sal
I that many seal skin coats come off thi
backs Of muskrats.
Mrs. LYDIA GoLDsBoRoUoB. widow
= Of the late John GOldsborough, died OF
the lIth, at the residence Of her sOr
Jerry Z. G0ldsborough near the Irol
Bridge and was buried on WEDNESDAY
5 last. She had reached her fOur-scor,
and had lived from the date Of he
I early marriage. on the property wher
] | she died. Her maiden name wa
Fleetwood. She was the mother O
nine children, six Of whom are nOy
! living. Her descendants, who resid
mostly in this section made a goo,
sized funeral, 70 say nothing Of the at
+ tendance Of friends. Besides her si'
+ children she left 81 grand children an,
and p great grand children.
WASHINGTON BUTLER, who came Z
this town eight or ten years ago fror
Dover to pursue his trade as boot an
a shoe maker, gathered up bis awl an
: returned 70 that place last week
good wagon load. "Wash" is a ma
Of quick sense, takes the world az h
i finds it and has the credit Of drawing
y tight waZed end. It would hav
i been agreeable all round If he had cor
cluded TO remain, but be though
4 Dover a little nearer Heaven than an
n other spot on earth, and as he sar
= three score and ten but a little wa,
beyond the hill top. and in the cours
Of" human events" it could not be
:, great while before the summons woul
7. come to "cOme up higher" he wante
3 to be in position when the call Is mad
" TO take short cut.
= OUR town commissioners who wer
= invited to the Newark celebration an
- partOOk Of the banquet, had a nov
= experience. They wanted water an
could not get it without unusual din
Guilty and delay and some gave it u
sr and went it on the dry" Wate
e that was given by the Creator,
y greater abundance than anything els
10 was supplanted for this occasion b
wine, and it seemed 10 reign suprem
10 Our commissioners do not touch q
= "critter," and 90 far as we know NJ
= one Of them was seduced inte folloS