Smyrna times., 1889-03-13

letters relate chiefly to Offices.
Smyrna and Vicinity.
GARDENING for early vegetables has
commenced.
The Delaware Fruit Exchange will
hold an important meeting in Dover
to-day,
HENRY S. ANTHONY is receiving
100 and upwards per pair for his
broilers.
We are indebted to Speaker Hof-
fecNer for copies of several bills now
pending in the Legislature.
SEE E. Beck's advertisement for q
variety of articles he has now on sale.
Also other new advertisements.
THE Peoples Ideal Fantomine Minis
trel Novelty Company will be at the
Opera House tonight and tomorrow
night.
A FISH train was put on the Della
ware road Monday morning, the prin-
cipal product being shad from Southern
waters.
STEAMER TYGERT's trip from
Smyrna on Mondays is omitted and
steamer leaves Leipsic every Monday
at 2P.M.
J. B. COOPER, T. B. Megear and E.
Beck each keep full stock ofall kinds
OF garden seed, as also seed and roots
for ;he field.
The house occupied by G. A. Wick.
barber, and Hen Lee. laundrvman
have been carried through a course of
painting, the latter in decided colors.
DURING Lent, services are held at
St. Peters Chapel, MONDAYS. Tues.
days and Thursdays at II O'Clock. and
Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 O'Clock.
THE citizens of Cheswold are press
ing an act through the Legislature to
enable them to enlarge their pnb]ic
school. They also want the town in
corporated.
ALL the winter we have had has
been since Ground Hog day-the past
six weeks. Now let US have sunshine
ctroaking frogs, singing birds and
bursting flowers.
The high winds of last week soon
rendered the very miserable roads
into good ones. They have been al
most as dusty for several davs as in
the summer time.
A FRINGED. white damask napkin
was wa lost from one of the tables at the
Presbyterian festival. The finder will
confer a great favor by leaving the
same at the pOstOffice.
A NEAT fence SPANS the place made
vacant by the removal of the sbon
that stood near the Fruit Grower5,
Bank, and the ground inside has been
prepared for grass plot.
The new shelves for the new books
as well as the new tables to sit around,
nave been put into active use at the
smyrna Library, and the new volumes
are greatly enjoyed by the patrons.
JOSEPH STEPHENSON has finished
painting and papering the dwelling of
Chas II. Register on Commerce street
which has otherwise been considerable
improved preparatory to his occ1-
pancy.
CAPT REYBOLD and several other
gentlemen interested in the Collins
Beach property as a river resort. were
down Monday, and accompanied by
Geo G. ROthwell, visited that place in
the afternoon.
The Office of Insurance Commission
er Pratt becomes vacant March 81. of
the present year. The two candidates
for the position are DR.. Edward d.
Fowler OF Laurel, and Isaac n. Fooks
Of Georgetown.
IHIRTY-sIx Of the Knights of the
Golden Eagle were at the EpisconaI
church on Sunday night to hear The
sermon Of Rev. Mr.. Dame for their
1eneut. lhe occasion attracted others
beside the regular congregation.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet
Friday evening. March 18th. at the |
residence Of Mrs. John Hofecker.
Member are requested to be present
at half-past seven O'Clock.
j. J. HoFFECKER, Sec.
Rev. W. W. SHARP, Of Kenton. will
go to conference with every apportion.
ment Of KentOn circuit fully paid mn
something unusual for that church ~ |
nave everything ready to report to the |
conference clear The new circnit
starts out well.
WM. GEO. HILL, secretary Of the |
Protective Game Association has dis
trlbuted several hundred PARTRIDGE
from tennessee in the vicinity of |
smyrna to re-stOck our fields and |
woods. 1t is desired that the law shall |
be enforced against all unlicensed |
gunners.
CAPT. DAvY RICHARDS, smyrna's |
notable fisherman, caught three her |
ring on Friday in Robert Dennev's |
hsnlery. This is very early for herring |
TO be making their way to the head If |
Smyrna river, but il there are anv |
there and uncle Davy Is about. thew |
are sure to find their way into bis net |
The students below Of Van Dvke,s |
School, district 8O,-New Gastle |
county, Jas. w. Lattomus teacber
nave averaged for the winter term in
fecitations and department as fol- |
lows! Elya Naylor, 100; Lizzie Carter
anu Bertha Naylor, 95; Ida Davis.
sadie Davis. Fannie Guessford, Rich
ara Gonce, Willie Gonce, Wesley Du-
hallway, Joseph Thompson. willie
Ahern and Charlie Hamilton. so. Ont
Of an enrolment Of % for Jan. there
was an average daily attendance Of 20.
ISAAC VIcKERs, for the past fifteen
years or 50 connected with j. d.
Iygert & Co, and the Philadelphia
and smYrna TRANSFORMATION Co. sincn