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Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
BrieAets.

The banks take Thanksgiving day
and so do notes falling due that are
not attended to the day before.
The voice of the pork squealer is
now heard in the land.
One of our near farmers says he has
not in eighteen years hUsked any corn
in November. The rains and the mud
did not thus disturb his equanimity.
Encourage our merchants by getting
your Christmas supplies from them in,
stead of the city dealers.
A novelty or an event is necessary
to good many people to get them out
to church.
Our streams and marshes were again
visited last week with unusual high
tides.
Ifyou are prepared for Thanksgiv-
ing, have the right spirit as we'll as the
right appetite.
Hides are now tanned by electricity.
A small electric plant should be set up
near each school-hOuse.
Luminous paint absorbs light during
the day and gives it forth during the
night. 1t would be a good idea to
paint the houses of our town inside
and outside) with this paint. 1t might
take the place of the electric light.
No attention is paid to the cigarette
law in this state.
No girl is utterly "swell" unless she
has two kinds of fur in her cape.
The deplOrable condition which
some of the public roads are now in is
the cause Of considerable comment
among the taxpayers Of the hundred.
1t is to be furry winter, if the fur
men are good prophets.
More men would shave themselves
says barber, if they could strop q
/ razor.
The trains have been carrying q
large number of gUnners with dogs
the past week. Every man who owns
a gun and dog is taking at least one
day of.
The new twO-eenL postage STAMP
will be more attractive in appearance
than the delicate greens. 1t will be &
bright carmine in color and somewhat
smaller than the old stamp.
The girls and boys of our public
school promise great proficiency in cal
isthenics, and thus strengthen the mus
cles while they are expanding The
mind. They are quite adopts either
in swinging the Indian club, or skin
ming the cat.
Hi there. you editor Of the Smyrnl
Record can't you put a muzzle on tn,
writer who goes down in the sink
where old church stinks have beer
thrown to pass into other substance
by chemical change, and maladroitly
bring them to the surface for an airing
Why bring up the dead when all thl
forces Of mind, heart, purpose and viii
are needed to sustain and vitalize liv
ing issues?
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

THE space in the Geo rgetown papers
was well taken up on Saturday as was
the attention of the people of the county
during the week, with what was going
on in the town. 1t was more than an
usual event for two such bodies as the
Teachers Institute and the Farmers
Institute made up as they were by peo-
pie from all parts of the county, to be
held at the same time in their county
town. People who live so isolated from
each other cannot but be benefited by
such aggregations in the consideration
of q common subject for the public
COOP. The SUSSEX Journal thus speaks
of these meetings editorially:
A great deal of our space this week
is devoted to the proceedings of the
Farmers and Teachers Institutes.
Farming and teaching are noble occu-
patiOns, and the things that have been
said and done by the teachers and
farmers in Georgetown this week, de-
serve all the space that we can possibly
give them. Teachers Institutes have
been talked about and written about
before. They are well established.
Their usefulness is acknowledged, and
further editorial comment thereon is
unnecessary and superhuous this week.
in view of the fact that the full pro-
ceedings are published elsewhere, and,
that a new thing has appeared in our
county which commands our immediate
attention. This new thing is the Farm
ers' Institute to which we have lust
alluded. Judging from the proceedings
of the first Farmers Institute of Sussex
| county we are of the opinion that it is
! impossible to Over-estimate its import
| ance. The good that can be made to
| flow from such anInstitute is incalcu-
liable. The money that can be realized
| from its teachings cannot be counted.
! The attendance at the first Farmers
Institute was not large, and yet it is
not too much to say that it was worth
| thousands of dollars TO our county.
| We mean, of course, that it is worth all
this provided the seed sown fell upon
| good soil. And we believe it did. The
audiences were intelligent and fully
| appreciated the importance of the
weighty words there spoken. DR..
Roberts has all farming at his tongues
end. We went into the Court House
Tuesday afternoon a raw newspaper
man and we believe we came away
Tuesday night a pretty good farmer.
The farmers who missed all this missed
much they ought to know. We give
part of it in this paper but necessarily
only small part. The same principles
that underlie and make the Teachers
Institute a success will make the Farm
ers' Institute a success also. 1t is good
for men to get together and talk,
especially when a Roberts is among
them. We commend the Institute and
its proceedings to the farmers of Sussex
We invite their attention to Col
Martin's:suggestiOn that the mill dams
be cut. 1t is worthy of serious consid
Grafton. In the language of DR.. Rob.
erts, if the rain continues we have got
to drain or move out.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
To Build ! New EFidge.

Bridge Builder Al1an R. Morrison
will shortly begin the work of remOv-
ing the railroad bridge at the end of
the pier of the Baltimore & Delaware
Bay railroad at Bombay Hook, which
was so damaged by the September storm.
This bridge is double tracked but
swings on hinges at the inner end sim
liar to the ferry slips but it was found
not only was it totally useless in rough
weather, but that the force of the
waves wrecked it about and seriously
damaged and weakened the remainder
of the structure. The bridge will be
replaced this winter with single
track iron structure whose outer end
can be raised or lowered at will. The
New Jersey terminus at Bayside will
also be changed to conform to the al
teratiOns made on the Delaware side.
The present bridge will be taken to
Jersey City.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
Mad Oxen.

The mad dog which it was stated
started from Clayton and ranged
through Thoroughfare Neck "a month
or SO ago, got in his work before be
was killed. Last Saturday an OK be-
longing to 1. r. Stats, and also one to
George Ennis had to be killed because
they were found to have the rabies.
When Mr.. Ennis OK was taken sick a
day or two before, he did not think of
its having been bitten by a maddog.
and was doctoring it for other diseases.
first, for a lost cud," and James
Hughes had his hand in its mouth in
administering a salt herring. Subse-
quently John P. Carey, haymaker, of
the iron bridge, came along and he
thought there might be a worm at the
root of the tongue and he was finger
ing some time down its throat, the an
imal's head being strapped up. The
next morning on going out il was
1ounq that the OK had broken its
strong fastening and took after Enns's
boy, who narrowly made his escape
IL then turned upon Mr.. Ennis stumb-
ling and falling over large chicken
coop, when it was Drained with an axe
before it could get up. Mr.. Hughes
and Carey had each bare sores on their
hands when working IN the slobber in
the ox's mouth, and they are neces.
sarlly very much concerned about the
result. Mr.. Ennis had also a slight
wound on his hand, but thinks it was
covered with new skin.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
Fatal Accident.

Joseph Bruton came to a sudden end
this morning. His chimney top he
thought needed fixing and he pro-
ceeded to do it himself He had pla-
ced a ladder to the porch top and
while ascending a ladder from it to the
house roof one of the sides gave way,
the ladder in turning precipitating him
to the porch and thence to the pave
ment below, falling on his head and
breaking his neck. Dr. Dwight was
Immediately sent for, but life was
extinct before the messenger reached
him. The doctor on examination
found the neck disloeated. He was in
his 63rd year. He was born in Penn
sylvania but came to Delaware between
thirty and forty years ago, first living
in Kenton Hundred, but for the last
twenty-five years or more resident
of this town. He has for several years
been running grocery store near the
depot. He leaves widow but no
children.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

CONGRESS will meet next Tuesday.
The first business it will have to dis
pose of will be the election of Speaker
If all the members are present the
Republicans will have a majority of
six or seven and a Republican will
therefore be Speaker.
1t is now reasonably certain that the
successful man will be either Mr.. Reed,
of Maine, or Major Mckinley, of Ohio.
They stand to-day neck and neck in
the race-which is about the way they
stand before the country. Whoever
fails in this contest will naturally take
the leadership of the House upon the
floor, and the country is to be congrat-
ulated upon the fact that the work of
the session will be directed by two
such able men. 1t will be an important
session and a big responsibility will
rest upon the party in power.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
sovereign

WHEN the EUery EUening insists on
Tariff Reform it only urges a condition
that a very large class wish to attain
in our political economy, but when it
charges that not only the shutting
down of an iron or cotton mill or the
suspension of a mercantile firm but
that a street riot is a legitimate result
of the tariff, the editors argument
becomes a reductio ad a6surdum. The
argument thus to charge the race riot
at New Castle last September to the
credit of the tariff has called out Wash
ing Hastings to say that such a position
is not only infamous but its position is
disOrganizing, and tends directly to.
wards disregard of law and violations
of the peace. There is a way to reach
needed reforms,:but it can hardly be
done through absurdities.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

The conviction of three young men
Of one of the many clubs that infest
Wilmington of the grossest immorali-
ties, was an important step for the law
officers to take for the good name Of
the city. There were others of the
same club who escaped through the
meshes of the law through a technical
ity, that may yet be brought to justice.
These clubs of which there are said
o be a number in that city, COM
posed of lads and young men without
any definite object other than to idle
away time, can and do often become
the worst schools of vice. There are
societies and reading rooms where they
could be benefited mentally and NOR
ally in passing their spare time,
and if not, where there should be a
demand for libraries and reading rooms
they doubtless would be readily fur
nished by the people.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
TOR SAMPLES OF
AHKIndS SOfDryG0OdS
WRITE TO
SfraWbridge & CI0thier,
Eighth and Market Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
Business Locals.

44OCdlEs
A LOT of Z breed Chester Co. pigs
for sale by JOS. r. Jefferson.
Window Shades and Spring Fixtures
at J. B. Coopers. Loops and Fringes.
Rupture cure guaranteed. Ease atonce. No op-
Grafton or business delay. Thousands cured. For
Keystone Hotel, Reading, Pa. ID Sat. Ofeach month
For the BEST Lemons in Smyrna, 90
to Geo. NJ. Stevenson's, Main Street.
Table and Pocket Cutlery at J.B.
Cooper's.
A few Carpets and Mattings left at
J. B. COoper's will be sold at very low
figures.
Pulpit and Family Bibles, at J. B.
COoper's.
Use Marvellous Cough Syrup.
A sure cure tor Coughs, WhOOping Cough BrOn-
chial or throat objections of any kind
States, Pencils, Pens, Ink, Tablets,
Erasers. Blank Books, CrayOn, and ali
other School Stationery, and all the
School Books, at J. B. Cooper's Book
Store.
DevOe Brilliant Oil, the best and SAT-
est oil made, at J. Is. Cooper's..
Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes and
Qualities, at J. B. Cooper's.
Granite and Porcelain Tea and
Chamber Sets, plain and decorated, at
J. 3. Cooner's.
Order any Book yoa want, a. ]. &.
CoOper's.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
MAmonp tha Massaa. =

The calls for Col. Balm last season
far exceeded the days of the year. It
is seldom that a lecturer, is recalled
more than two successive seasons at
any place, but Col. Balm is an exoep.
tion to that rule, having been recalled
to Ocean Grove nine years in success
sion, giving two lectures each year !;
to Silver Lake, N Y, nine years the
great annual Quaker meeting at
Quakertown, Ind, for eight years, and
many other places from four to eight
years in succession. In his native
city, Lexington, KY, where he has
lectured so many times, to announce
his name is a guarantee Of a crowded
house.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

THE news from Brazil is all favorable
to the peaceful establishment of a re-
publican government for that great
country. Among the other items de-
clared by the provisional government
is that of universal suffrage, but it
couples with il the provisO that only
those who can read and write will be
considered entitled to the privilep e.
This is as it should be, and ought to be
the standard of qualifcatici. in any
country whose maintainance d,ptndz
on the vote of the people. In that
country as in this there are a great
many foreigners who know nothing Of
he language or republican institutions
as well as Indians and negroes who are
yet too ignorant to comprehend the
sacred obligations of citizenship, and
these as a matter of course should 20
through the necessary tutelage.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
A new Society in SMYRNA.

Mr.. l.. T. Dryden, of Princess Anne,
Md, who has been in Smyrna the past
two weeks for the purpose of organic
ing a lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, succeeded in get
ting twenty charter members. the
requisite number, and instituted Miz-
pah Lodge No 16, A. o. U. w, of
Smyrna, on Thursday night, with the
following officers: Past Master Work
man, e. M. Fowler; Master Workman,
o. B. Voshell; Foreman. A. N. Nc
Cav; Overseer, e. G. FAIRIES Recor
der, H. G. VanBuskirk Financier,
Clarence Prettyman Guide, NJ. F.
Reed Receiver, Jos. Stephenson /,
Inside Watch, w. +. Clement; Outside
Watch w. M. Lewis; Grand Medical
Examiners, Drs. I. Q. Moore and II.
Vaughan Trustees, Eugene Davis,
Jos. E. Carter, and Jos. B. HUM.
They will hold their meetings semi
monthly in Odd Fellows Hall, on
Thursday nights. This order is frater-
nal as we'll as beneficial. The latter
in case Of death is $4,000, no more and
no less.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

TOMORROW will be Thanksgiving
Day, set apart as such by the procla-
nation of both the President and Gov
ernor. Besides, it has grown into a
custom to observe the last Thursday
in November, after gathering of the
last harvest of the year, as a day to
return thanks to the Great Giver of all
good things, almost as we'll established
as the day a month later that commem-
crates the gift of Saviour to the world.
These days should be observed rever-
emily, as becomes subjects in recognizing
the good will and kind deed of a great
sovereign.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
Severely GOred BY a Cow.

Henry Slaughter, prominent farmer
Of Raymond's Neck, was badly gored
by COW Friday, and was in q critical
condition at the home of DR.. Richard
son in Leipsic. He had sold the COW
to his sOn-in-law, who was driving her
on the road, when she became vicious.
Mr.. Slaughter went up to the COW and
kicked at her, when she rushed at him
and gored him in the back part of the
thigh above the knee, tearing a cash
three inches long, the cows horn
almost penetrating through his leg.
1t was thought he would die through
the loss Of blood, and he was 50 badly ly
hurt that he could not be removed
from the doctors Office. He has since
been moved to his home and will soon
be about, with care.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

THE annual report of First Assistan4
Post-General J. S. Clarkson show that's
20,020 new postmasters have been ap-
pointed, 1858 of whom were in conse-
quence of removals. The total number
of post offices in the country is $500.
The annual report of Second Assistant
Postmaster-G General Whitfield shows
that the number of star mail routes in
operation is 1907, upon which the
total cost of the service is $5,177, 1876.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. 81, 1889.

THE times is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT. D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor. at Smyrna, Del.
TERMS-SUBsCRIPTIoN- year, strictly in ad-
vance, sl.5O; if not paid in advance, $500. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
OF Seven Cents line for the firstinsertion sub
sequent insertions Threeanda-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
per line
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

In an article on Building Associa-
tions in the December Lippincotts
Thomas Gaffney describes the benefits
that accrue to the members of these
institutions, tells how to form and run
such associations, and points out their
influence for good upon the nation at
large. Fiddler Rakes's Fiddle" is a
very entertaining sketch Of country
life in Virginia, by Roosevelt Page.
Charles Morris contributes an article
entitled ''The Power Of the Future, y
in which he tells of the wonderful solar
motor, the storage of electricity0fh 81
other methods of utilizing pow3 EIpHiA
may come into play In the futufss'ro' =
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
THE MARKETS,
GRAIN.
PRODUCE.
FOR SALE.
MANUFACTURING PROPERTY.

-, We offer for sale the entire property of the Geo
W, q ;. Iayior CO.. smyrna, tel, at a bargain;
consists OF four buildings mainly of brick. 6ccu.
pyl'g a, a Hoor space Of more than 25O0O square
ieet. lhiS property has been used for the manu-
thcture of agricultural implements. There is a
IlrSe 81 OK ui patterns connected with the ,uD-
dFy, ~ morse power steam engine and boiler.
iron work, saws, lathes drills boring and ~ ortis
ing machines, Sc., necessary for complete bnsi-
ness establishment of this kind. This property
WI. VII oe S9I IN the whole OF any part The prop
erty would be well suited for acanninciesta6IiSb
meht. For further information apply to
II. b. BOYER
JNO. NANGASKEN
''N! Il"' bel' hZf ASsignees
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

WHEN Chief Justice Comegys in
making his charge to the jury in the
case Of Williams, Monday in Whining
ton, said that during the 13 years.
service upon the bench he remembered
no injustice that had ever been done a
negro prisoner because Of race preju-
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27


The season has again arrived when in obedience
TO n time e-honored custom and State usage, a day
should be set apart in which to render especial
thanks to the Giver of Every Good and Perfect
Gift for the manifold blessings vOuchsafed to us
during the year.
Now therefore, I, Benjamin 7. Bggs, Governor
of the State of Delaware in accordance with said
long established custom in this State and in con-
formity tothe proclamation Of the President of the
United States, do hereby recommend to the peO
pie of Delaware that they observe
Thursday, 26th day of November, inst,
as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise, and that
they do abstain from their usual secular avOca-
tiOns and appropriately observe said day in re-
turning thanks to Almighty God for the benefits
received and the blessings enjoyed during the
past year.
Given Ellder my hand and the great
----- - seal of the said State, at Dover, the 9th
" day of November, in the year of our
L.. S. Lord one thousand eight hundred and
N0~ eighty nine, and of the independence
of the said State the one hundred and
fourteenth.
BENJAMIN T. BIGGS.
By the Governor,
JOHN F. SALISBURY, Secretary Of State.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
MARRIAGES.

the 25th inst In pbi.5ai
phla, by the Rev. J. France, William P. Kemn
R32iIherIy OF TINS town but now of that city 10
MISS Annie e. Guier, of Philadelphia. W
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
DEATHS

RASH.-On the 2lss inst near pearso,,,s Co.,o.,
Noses Rash, in his s5th year No'iier
Bruton, in.t tile esd year of his age. - ''9epn
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

When baby WAS sick we gave her Castoria
When she was a Child, She cried for CastoriA.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria
Nnen she had children, she gave them Cas,Cila
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
For the FINE GROCERY TRADE,

We have Hecker's Self Raising Buck.
wheat and the Gleneola New Process Rncr
wheat, the finest goods on the marie,
A fresh lot of New Hominy just received
All the different brands and varieties 0f
Prunes and Preserved Plums. Have von
tried or seen the Condensed Minee Meat j
specially OF ours that is becoming famous
we have all the different kinds of Cakes
and Crackers but our Orange Drop is awov
ahead Of anything in the way Of Cakes
Evaporated Fruit, Groceries Cigars So
Eggs always on hand. Your trade iny;to5
|, B. VICKERS.
opp, Nat Bank, Main St., smyrna. De-,
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

Side Bracket and Extension Lamps.
at j. i. Cooper's.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

The President has appointed Thomas
J. Powers to be naval officer and John
). Ridgway to be surveyor of customs
in the district of Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1889-11-27

JOHN F. SALISBURY, Secretary Of State.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-19
CHAPTER XXXVI.
SISTER AGNES.

Ten days had passed. The tragedy of which the foregoing Is record had echoed through all the land. Numberless articles and paragraphs had been written in number less papers, and numberless theories had been built upon them. But the echoes were already commencing to die away. Both actors in the dim event were dead, and there was no pending trial to keep the public in. teresu alive.
 The two bodies, still linked in that fierce, dying grip, had been picked up upon mud bank. An inquest had been held, at which an open verdict was returned, and they had been buried. Other tragedies had occurred, the papers were filled with the reports of noted and remarkably full favored divorce case, and the affair of the country lawyer who committed bigamy and together with his lawful wifo came to a tragic and myste rious end began to be forgotten
 In Boisingham and its neighborhood much sympathy was shown with Belle, whom peo- pie still called Mrs. Quest, though she had no title to that name, but she received it coldly and kept herself secluded.
 As soon as her supposed husbands death was proved beyond doubt, Belle had opened his safe, for be had left his keys on his dressing table, and found therein his will and other papers, including the mortgage deeds, to which, as MT. Quests memorandum ad- vised her, she had no claim. Nor indeed, had her right to them been good in law, would she have retained them, seeing that they were price wrung from her late lover under threat of an action that could not be brought.
 So she made them into parcel and sent them to Edward Cossey, together with a formal note of explanation, greatly wonder ing.in her heart what course he would take with reference to them. She was not left long in doubt The receipt of the deeds was acknowledged. and three days afterward she heard that notice calling in the borrowed money had been served upon MT. de Ia Molle on behalf of Edward Cossey.
 So he had evidently made up his mind not to forego this new advantage which chance threw in his way. Pressure and pressure alone could enable him to attain his end, and he was applying it unmercifully. We'll, she had done with him now, it did not matter to her, but she could not help faintly wondering at the extraordinary tenacity and hardness of purpose which his action showed. Then she turned her mind to the consideration of
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-19

Very quietly he rose aud climbed ouer ment from that in which the woman was. She was seated in the corner, her head back, so that the feeble ight from the lamp fell on it, and her eyes were closed.
 He slid himself along the seat till he was opposite her, and then he paused and looked at the fierce, wicked face on which drink and paint and years of evil thinking and living had left their marks, looked at the talon like hands, the long, yellowish teeth, and the half dyed hair hanging in tags beneath the gaudy bonnet of peacock feathers, and looking, shuddered. There was his bad genius, there was the creature who had driven him from evil to evil, and finally destroyed him. Had it not been for her he might have been good