Smyrna times., 1890-12-17

SAMUEL G. ANDERSON died at Leip.
sic last Saturday, aged 55 years.
CALL at Waller's and see his verv
fine line of solid gold watches and Jew
elry. II
The furious storm and heavy rain of
last night and to-day is to be followed
by cold wave.
THE snow and cold of the past week
made business brisk with the clothing
and shoe merchants.
HOLIDAY supper Thursday night.
Roast turkey and chicken crOquettes
speciality. 5 to IL o'clock. Opera
House.
OUR coats, clothing, underwer, fur
nIshing goods, hats, ETC., the best goods
for the least money at Edward G.
Walls.
For a fine line of Diamond, Emer-
aid, Garnet, MOOnstOne, Ruby, Sap
phire, Topaz and Roseline stones call
on L o. Waller. 4
SOMEBODY has said that the man
who pays his rent must hustle. and
the man who doesn't pay his rent is OBJ.
liged to keep moving.
The Quarterly Communion service
will be observed next Sunday morning
at the Methodist Church.
NM fNHTNA DnT1D, e II
two story house built on Monrovia
Street. The builder, S. G. Stinson, has
it nearly finished.
PROF John G. Robinson. of Balti.
more, a well-knOwn dealer in pianos
and organs (sec advertisement else
where, was in Smyrna yesterday.
NEVER mind the weather, Go to
the Japanese wedding anyhow. To-
night, s o'clock. 10 cents; children
cents Opera House
THURSDAY sec the Log College, Act
l, $3.50: Act ,, 10-1O.3O. Local Jokes.
Good fun to make you laugh. Opera
House, 10 tents, children cents.
The B. NJ. S. X, Society of young
ladies' intend holding a formal recep-
ton on Monday evening, 29th inst.
from to II o'clock, and have sent out
over hundred invitations.
For Fur Caps, driving and dress
gloves, silk and wool muGlers. Umbrel.
las, canes and many other useful things
for Christmas presents at moderate pri-
ces, go to Edward G. Walls. +
A SINGING school has been organ
lied at Clayton, with J. Ed. Hoffecker
as teacher. Prof Zimmerman, of Phil
adel lphia has a singing class of over 20
In this town, which he meets weekly.
The Y.P. 5. c. will meet Friday ev-
ening. Dec. l9, instead of Thursday.
Dec is, the regular club night, at the
residence of Salle d. Pratt,
By order of the president.
MIR. and Mrs. J. f. Cats, residing on
the state road near Backbird. will
have Miscellaneous wedding at their
residence the day after Christmas, to
which number Of friends have been
invited.
GEO. +. BATsFORD, of Mclean n. Y.
timer and rOOfer, engaged III the en-
pIcy of VIM. FAIRIES, has moved his ia.
mIly to this town, Delaware street.
tie takes the place of Goe. Bange, who
has gone to Bangor, Pa.
WIN. G. HILL, grain dealer at Clay
ton adveItises for $4,000 bushels of
corn. See also advertisements of VIM.
FAIRIES, Hudson & Moore. Prof Ascher.
field, John H. Bewley, Transportation
Company, James Wilds, Jr., & Co., and
others.
). w. DENNEY, Druggist, invites the
public to examine his fine collection of
Holiday Goods, consisting of fancy
Chinaware, Bisque Figures. plush
goods of all kinds, Photograph Albums
ETC. etc. Also a choice collection of |
fancy lamps. - T
JOHN II HOFFECKER killed on his
Alley" farm on Saturday eight hogs
with the following weights: 378. 429. |
3673, 3974, 361!, 968I, 327, 367, the |
whole aggregating 1896 pounds, the |
average weight being 3744. There was
IN addition a pig weighing 16O pounds. |
JAMES Y. Stewart, .aged so wears.
died on Monday night in Dover, the |
result ola stroke of paralysis. He was
at one time member of the firm of |
Hohecker Il Stewart, and William |
Dyer e. Co. Deceased leaves a wife |
and three children.
THE PersimmOn pond, usually the |
first to close up, had two inches and |
over OF ice on Saturday morning and of |
cOure the boys have been out with their
skates, though the mild sunny DAYS Of |
Sunday and Monday somewhat soften |
ed it, and arrested what promised to |
be general freeze on the larger ponds.
On January 5th, proposals will be
opened for removing tie wreck of the
Mary A. Rhoads, which sank
in the Smyrna river last fall, with a
cargo of phosphate. On January 18th
will also be opened for dred-
gIng in ApOquinimink river, Smyrna
river and Manokin river, Md.
G. W. HURD, living near town,
knows how to cultivate tomatoes for
proht--the proper soil to select aud the
best method of fertilizing. He led the
growers last year in this vicinity and
this year too. His yield this year was
983tons from y acres, which at
1913 a ton made his returns about $40
an acre.
IHE evenings reached their longest
the past two weeks and the sun has
commenced its backward course. The
evenings have already shortened two