Smyrna times., 1890-05-07
SMYRNA and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
W.H.CARR has opened his ice cream
saloon for the summer.
MICHAEL GRESiNIINGER's defence will
appearin in our next issue.
DANIEL BURTON, collector of Internal
Revenue, is booked for Smyrna on the
IA inst.
BERNARD SWEENEY has rented and
moved to the George Boyer farm near
CheswOld.
The firm of w. S. Reynolds & Co., at
Clayton has dissolved, Franklin Pratt,
retiring.
Jos. STAATs, of this town has bought
the John Jarrel farm in Thoroughfare
neck for $500 and moved on it.
FISH stories may be large this sea-
son, but the size of the fish now being
caught is really extraordinary.
GEO. NJ. STEVENSON commenced to
make strawberry ice cream last week.
and will have it through the season.
A NUMBER of the Odd Fellows of
Morning Star Lodge, attended the 25th
anniversary of National Lodge at st.
Georges on Monday evening.
IN order not to conflict with the
Good Templars the Knights of the Col
den Eagle have changed their meet
ing nights from Wednesday to Thurs
day.
A BELGIAN has invented a musical
shirt, so as to carry on his person the
scores of particular pieces. Here is an
idea for the members Of the Choral
Society.
The lst of May has passed and we
have had no strikes or socialist dem.
onstratiOns. And yet everybody is
not happy. But wouldn't it be better
for us if we had little more social in
tercOurse?
STRAWBERRIES that gave promise at
first of only half a crop are doing
finely, and with continued favorable
weather may meet the expectations of
the growers. They will be ripening in
two weeks.
The attendants of the Landing Sun
day School are fixing up" the Chapel
by renovating the fence that encloses
1t, putting new curtains on the win
dows and other features to add to the
attraction and comfort.
The frequent showers" which the
Weather Bureau at Washington has
been giving US for the past several
days have not been appreciated by the
farmers who want to finish planting
corn, as much as they would be in Au-
gust.
The friends of Col. Geo. w. Cummins
were glad to see him out on SUNDAY
morning, the first time since his
sickness last Fall. He made miss-step
on going out of st. Peters Church and
fell, but fortunately, without any ser
iOus injury.
The floral vase that graced the table
IN front of the pulpit at the NJ. E.
Church, Sunday, was composed of
wild fOwers-ferns, dogwood blossoms
and sumac. Ine Sunday previous
re-opening day-the vase was entirely
OF white lilacs.
JAMES PORTS, whose appointment
was announced a week ago as messenger
IN the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, left on Thursday to take his
place. He succeeded Joshua Parker
at $40 per month, the latter having
been advanced.
REV. CLARENCE T. WILSON filled the
pulpit of Rev II. K. Stevenson at Claw
ton on Sunday morning and evening.
the latter with his children, being on
a visit to relatives. in Port Deposit.
Rev. w. F. Talbot, of Dover, supplied
his place at Bethel Church.
THE Society of Christian Endeavor
resumed their evening services in the
lecture room of the NJ. T.. Church on
Sunday evening-the hour lust pre-
ceding that for preaching-with a good
attendance and interesting meeting.
This Is an important arm of the church
militant, recruited as it is, with young
and vigorous blood.
VIM. GEORGE HILL placed on Mon
day several hundred brook front in the
head waters of several of our streams
These fish belong to more northern
and mountain streams, but the attempt
to propagate them in our streams is
worth the experiment. 1t is certainly
desirable that it shall prove success
full.
A RASH with much the characteris-
tics of measles made its appearance
here a month or so ago, and seems to
be on the increase. The first bad
feeling" is followed by an eruption of
the skin, swelled glands of the neck
etc. and the patient as a rule is dis
abled for several days sometimes for a
week or two. 1t isn't liked bit.
The usually large shad, herring and
sea trout supply of Saturday was fur
ther augmented by a large sturgeon
and forty pound drum fish. The lat
ter is more common in towns down
the bay. 1t was too large for apy one
purchaser, even a hotel proprietor, and
was cut in slices and sold by the pound,
cents, the same as shad was selling
for.