Smyrna times., 1889-04-03

APRIL 10th, will be arbor day, a dav
{ throughout the nation for the girls and
; boys to plant a fruit or ornamental
tree.
The yard of Edward Farrell shows
the evidence of early spring in the
pest growth of grass perhaps, of any
other yard in town.
THE Transportation Company sent
north last week seven car loads of
whlte sheep tooth corn, and will shin
this week two barges, 10000 bushels.
APRIL has been characterized thus
lar with showery weather. It was
very natural this morning to hear the
0ld almanac saying repeated by boy:
: april showers bring forth May
REV. W. S. ROBINSON is expected
home, with his family this week. and
Will fill his pulpit next Sunday. Pre-
siding Elder France preached last
Sunday, morning and nj ght, practical
earnest discOurses.
G. B. TAYLOR in purchasing the lot
at recent Trustees sale that ioined
up closely to his dwelling, has had
chance to greatly improve his premises
oy removing the half finished stable
thereon that was so long an eve sore.
ard turning the front part of the lot.
some seventy feet wide, into beauti
tul grass plot. A neat fence marks the
division lines.
MRS. BELVA ANN LOCKWOOD is one
OF the noted women of the dav. and
the autographs of her which have been
hung up in our store windows DISPLAY
a handsome and intellectual face. Her
lecture in the Opera House on April
II, will give the people of Smyrna and !
vicinity an opportunity to see and hear |
her.
MRS. J. L. TEMPLEMAN calls atten-
tiOn to her new confectionery and fruit
store recently opened on Market street
of the choicest candies and fruits in
the market. Also ice cream and wafer
ices. Mr.. Templeman moved to
smyrna from near Middetown the
past month, and will devote his atten-
ton mostly to the sale of phosphates.
The Odd Fellows cemetery is re-
ceiVlng lts usual spring attention, the
chlet thing among which at this time
Is Ihe cutting down of the high mound
erected at considerable cost towards
the rear of the lot, opposite the main
entrance. This is to be leveled suf-
hclently to adapt it to a flower garden
which will be an attractive feature of
the premises.
KEVs. r. r. WHITE and r. X. Ste
phenson swap residences to-day. mov.
ing their effects in Wagons. Mr.. White
Went to MillingtOn for his initial work
last Sunday, and met with a most cor
DIAL reception. Mr.. Stephenson will
enter on his duties on Smyrna circuit
on Sunday next, and is assured of a ;
warm greeting, as he was the choice of {
the several congregations.
The lecture which Mrs. BeIva Ann
Lockwood will deliver in Smvrna :
opera House on April 11th, is one of ,,
the last lectures she will deliver this !
season. On the first of May she ex- :
poets to sail for Paris to attend the
meeting of the international Peace
Congress" to which she has been sent
as a representative of American neace
societies. 1t is hard to keep a deter. t
mined woman down. Sister Lock y
WOOD failed to get the Presidency. but Y
she ala get to Congress, it seems. t
JOSEPH L. LAVENDER, who moved Q
from this town to Wilmington some =
lnlng over year ago, was Yesterday a
appointed by Gov. Biggs Notary .
uOllc ior a term of seven years. to =
succeed Thos. R. Lally. He is also in y
the real estate business in that citv :,
all of the factional fight J0. =
seph was an unwavering supporter of 4
the Saulsbury-Biggs party. u =
John Z. GoOden of Dover. was also =
re-appolnted State Librarian. This is =,
Dne OF the few if not the only re.an. II
of Gov. Biggs. - -
A WEATHER prognosticator 6gures II Il
out that from the ID to the 8tb Of W
April will be period of active storm T
orces from the west to the east. From iJ
he llth to the 24th, the same antbor- W
" says the period will receive the h
llrect force Of the Venus Disturbance e;
The regular period is from the 25tb tn b
Way lst, with the new moon as an al it
iitional factor on the 29th. Floods Of HI
aln' Win nan storms and tornadoes. a.
re very probable about the danger al
lays-irom the 26th to the Both. OF
teaVy frosts may be expected. in ali vi
the first days of MAY to
he nOrthward." ~
IHE Smyrna Lodge No. 5 Good
emplars, under the lead of DR.. G. O 81
'wlnney and Herman Roe, had a 81
'leasant time in celebrating their
ourth anniversary on Wednesday NJ
vening. The orchestra fnrniebe1 fr
lusic and readings were given nv
Kisses Maggie SiscO, Annie Mcdowell, Sa
race Swlnney, Emma Weldon aud r to
!. I. Mason. Solos were sung by Misses
lsco and Mcdowell and a Guartette Dr
y wallace and John Wood. Miss Sisco da
nd Miss Carrie Beck, Miss Nan We
ioy!e at the organ. This was followed
3 repast, the ice cream being fur oil,
lsned Dy Mr.. Stevenson and the cake w
y the ladies of the lodge. It was an hi
time to the participants.
CONSIDERABLE complaint has been SIC
Iade OF lots by the lot owners of tbe me
I'd Fellows Cemetery, of depreda. pm
ons having been committed bv dogs
c. This should not be. and tbe Se
ustees through this medium wish 70 -
ate that 1t shall not be. They are VI,
Ow having their fences tboro1ObIv ue
'palred and the grounds otherwise lot
nproved, and they hope persons in OF
sitting the cemetery will not he So =
ioughtless as to allow dogs to accom- OF
my them. This warning. NAV we Sm
ust, be sufficient, as It certa,niv ant
iould be to all well meaning people 10
1t Is not, we will be compelled bv RE
'fsh means to adopt some plan. sucb ma
placing poison on the grounds or no.
mething of the kind to enforce r. es Inc
cemetery of all places should be kent
cred, and we do not propose to have
ese, grounds encroached upon if If
n be avoided. Ry order of the
1stees. +. M FovvrTp G. issl
Smyrna, Apru 3d, 1889. to
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Wedding Anniversary. nin