Smyrna times., 1890-03-05
SMYRNA and Vicinity.

SmVrna and Vicinity.
The Rev. James Heaney will again
fill the Presbyterian pulpit next Sun
day.
DIR. T. 9. MOORE is having an Office
fixed up at his residence opposite the
Town Hall.
JOHN H. HOFFECKER has shipped a
considerable quantity of canned toma-
toes to Philadelphia the past week.
HARRY BREvooR, merchandising on
lower Main street, has re sold his stock
of goods to Titus 1. Hobbs, and gone
to the city.
THE belted or yellow perch from the
Chesapeake, were in market Saturday
in considerable numbers, supplement-
ed by few dozen herring.
THE revival at the NJ. E. Church is
now on its 9th week, but is not likely
to continue longer. The number of
persons protesting conversion foot up
over 40.
THE Primary Department of the
Smyrna Public Schools will receive
new pupils at any time during the
present week. Six years is the mini
mum school age.
THE gas company is replacing the
pipe on Market street with a larger
Que, so as to give a more ready flow
with the one connecting with the
Methodist church.
TODAY is Duck Creek Hundreds
day for taXables not put on by the
assessor to appear before the Levy
Court with their vouchers; tomorrow
for KentOn Hundred.
THE growers of tomatoes of this
vicinity are invited to meet with the
prOprietors of the canneries tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock to fix on prices
for the coming season.
WILLIAM NAILoR, of Green Spring.
visited the NJ. E. Parsonage on Thurs
day evening with young lady and
returned home with a blushing bride.
Congratulations have followed.
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Brush
Electric Light Company was in Smyrna
last week prospecting in the interest
can light our town much cheaper than
what it now costs.
THE new twO-cent stamps are red
aud bear a portrait of Washington.
They appropriately made their first
| appearance on Great Georges birshday
anniversary. The new one-cent stamps
are blue and bear portrait of
Franklin.
THE society of Christian Endeavor
at their semiannual election of officers
last evening, chose the following
President, Miss Hester Rutledge; Vice
| President, Miss Lizzie Turner: Rec.
Secretary, Miss Lillian Pratt; Treas
urer, Charles E. Porter.
IN November last the average yield
at the MiddletOwn creamery was 4.66
pounds of butter to the hundred
pounds of milk; in January it was
3.S9 pounds to the hundred, a differ.
ence of more than three-quarters ofa
pound of butter to every hundred
pounds of milk.
ROBERT BAILEY struck his uncle
who had raised him, ]. Robert Sulli-
van, a severe blow on Monday with
! steel knuckles, and afterwards with a
board, for which he was yesterday
fined by Esquire Cooper $5 and costs
-S7.32, and placed under a bond of
S1OO to keep the peace.
WE have received from Rev. G. r.
Blades for this issue a lengthy reioin-
Ger to Rev. A. Green, but since both
! have been heard, and a continuance of
the controversy will simply be thrash
ing over old straw" that the mass of
our readers have no interest in. we
deem it best for all to let the matter
drop.
OUR Cheswold correspondent or
those the writer represents, are COM
| pared in reference to the horse sheds.
to the boy who went to mill with a
| peck of corn inOne end of the bag and
a stone in the other to balance il on
the horses back-because his father
and grandfather had gone to mill in
that way.
SAYS the EastOn Gazette "a CLAW.
ton man who is strong on figures, tells
a remarkable story about his chicken
department; he claims that out of a
setting of IA eggs he obtained I5
chickens. He can prove it to be a
fact. Guess he didn't see that old
feather legged dominick when she laid
an extra egg to that setting hen"
GEO. c. ROTHwELL, the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff of New Castle
county, while driving through Smyrna
to catch the 8.2S train Monday morn
ing, was thrown from the carriage by
the breaking of the king bolt, alighting
on his head and severely cutting his
face and bruising his left knee and
shoulder. Mr.. ROthwell brushed the
dust off his clothes and went on his
way eIectiOneering.
The low temperature Of Sunday and
Monday, the mercury in the country
on the latter morning dropping to 16'
was calculated to scare the peach men.
Hardly one quarter of the blossoms
had opened their petals, however, and
the opinion of the farmers that
we have talked with is that only the
latter were injured, perhaps not all of
them, a fact that will be no material
damage, unless future disasters come.
ONE of our elderly ladies remarked
at the breakfast table on Saturday
morning, we'll this is the first day of
March, and we can watch the signs for
the spring temperature, quoting a saw
ing Of old Father Sharp, which ran in
| this wise:
AS many fogs in March you see.
That many frOsts in May there will be-
II there is anything in it, the peach
growers would prefer the fOgs to keep
out Of the way.
The Norma Glee Club" of Dover. a
double quartette, are booked for Smyr-
ma, Tuesday, February 18th. They
have been in several other towns and
come y US highly recommended, and
| people who are fond Of music NAV ex-
pect rich treat. The singing will be
varied in a most pleasing way with
elocutiOnary readings by George b.
Hynson, Esq. Mr. Hynson is said to
have rare gifts as a reader, and never
fails when he appears in Milford and
other places where he Is known. to
have large audience.
THE report of the Board Of Town
Commissioners, which we publish else
where, makes an excellent financial
showing. twill be seen that it has no
outstanding indebtedness ofharu,fea