Smyrna times., 1889-02-06

our third page where E. G. Walls
gives information about buying cloth
ing.
THE Rev. James Moore of Princeton
Seminary, preached at the |
church Sunday, morning |
and night.
OVER a dozen laborers left this town
yesterday to work at Collins Beach. |
Their first work is cutting brush from |
Isenburg's woods to use in making the
EN- bankment.
THE Tuesday club will meet on
Tuesday night of next week in the
parlOrs of Mrs. L. +. Anthony, at the
Western extension of Mount Vernon
street. The diversion on this evening
will be an angling party.
THERE was a game of base ball
played last Saturday between the Red
Ribbon nine, of Raymond's Neck, and
the Delaware Star nine, of Severson's
Neck, the score standing 26 to II in
favor of the Red Ribbon. ]. Edgar
Jerman acted as umpire.
THE papers of yesterday recorded
extreme cold weather throughout the
North, the thermometer registering
from 200 to 400 below zero. The cold
wave struck US last night, the mercury
this morning standing at 18', the low
est notch since the week before Christ
mas.
SUPT. HANDY has the endorsement
of President Raub of Delaware College
in favor of the Hundred or Township
method of school direction instead of
the single district system as at present.
By making the hundred the unit, all
the schools located in the hundred will
be under one Board of direction.
THE protracted meeting commenced
Sunday in the NJ. E. Church. There
is no special manifestation yet, but the
| indications are said to be good. Rev
| Mr.. Robinson preached a sermon on
Sunday morning calculated to arouse
the membership, and at night his dis
course was of a character to arouse the
serious attention of the thoughtful
ATTENTION is called to the adver-
tsement of Walter G. Jones, practical
/ plumber, who has recently moved to
this town from Wilmington and has
his residence and store on Market
street. Mr.. Jones has had thorough
training at the business and under
stands it in all its details. He also fits
up wind mills, hydraulic rams, gas
machines &c.
A DOCUMENT prepared by Mr.. Frank
E. Herbert, member of the Board o
Trustees of the Poor from New Castle
showed that Delaware pays the follow
ing out of her school fund to othel
States: to the Pennsylvania Institu
ton for the instruction of the deaf anC
dumb, 81, ,10666; to the Columbia in
stiUution for the blind, $96OOO and t
the same for feeble minded children
$454.5O. Total, $3421.16.
No ICEy yet in this part of the coun
try. The farmers say they will hav,
to market their butter as they did be
fore ice came into fashion, but thi
won't suit the creamery. This ma,
be loss to them, but the mild weathe
has had its cOmpensating features il
reduced doctors bills, and what the
save in this particular will help then
} to pay for Yankee ice or an ice ma
} chine if they must have the frOze
cubes.
f IF there be any truth in the old say
/ ing that if Candlemas Day be brigh
and sunshiny and the Ground Ho
sees his shadow bad weather will con
tinue for six weeks, we may expeC
; some severe weather for t1e next 81
weeks, as Saturday was beautiful
day. It may be said, however, tina
t the Ground Hog has been out gambo
e ing all winter, so far; and there coul
r be little significance in his seeing h
ugly shadow on Saturday.
Q DIR. G. o. SwINNEY, Grand Templa
= and Herman Roe went to Dover O
y Monday evening and visited OliV
Lodge of Good Templars of that tow
This is Lodge of recent organizatio
Z and is very earnest and active in i
e work. The exercises of the evenin
included an initiation of new men
Der, installation of officers, speeches
L the visiting officers, and closed with
g bOuntiful spread of ice cream and cak
y There are now two Lodges of the Goo
Templars in Dover.
e AT the special meeting held by Il
n Citizens Hose Company last Thursda
l. evening it was decided to accept Il
invitation of the Volunteer Hose Cor
I, pany, of Middletown, to be present
= the dedication of their new Ho.
~ House next Tuesday, 18th inst. n
, less than thirty members will go euuil
ped either with fatigue caps or be
r NETS and belts. No apparatus will
le taken along, and each member will D,
g. his expenses for the trip. A speci
l. meeting will be held again tonight
7.3O o'clock at the cOmpany's rooms
k perfect final arrangements.
y, THERE is a glut of eggs in New Yo
p and commission merchants are at the
IN wits ends to devise means to dispo
of the enormous and constantly i
at creasing stock. The mild wealth
n that has prevailed over all the count
n since January has persuaded the he
q. to lay their eggs in abundance. T
of hens in the South generally begin la
ing in January, but this year they a
laying in larger quantities than usu
Ia at this time, and the hens in the We
e have begun production already. r
g, average daily receipts during t
OF month of January were 100000 doz
eggs, and the prices of fresh eggs ha
tumbled down to 153 and 152 cents T
to dozen, while lined eggs go begging
w II to 13 cents per dozen with hard
e. any buyers.
ie WHILE we were running off our e
IN ton last week the members of Morni
Star Lodge l. o. o. F., to the numl
ed of between forty and fifty marched
D. Commerce street to the depot to ia
NJ the cars for a visit to Fairfax lodge
ar Wilmington. They all had on hi
as hats and most of them carried canes
glOVed hands and while thev we
, laughed at for their novel posti
VI they were universally compliment
80 for the fine appearance they made.
20 special car was at their disposal, I'll
Ut were feasted by their hosts and treat
eIr to rich music; speeches were made
is- members of Fairfax Lodge and resp
ded to by a-half dozen of Morning ST
,ar and they returned on the midni
ng train feeling good with themselves
he the universal order of the broth
of hood.
I'D For he Smyrna Timt
en- Death Trap on Market Street.
le- What were at first simply privat
expressed opinions, have develol
into outspOken protests against {