Smyrna times., 1890-02-19
NEW moon to-day.

NEW moon to-day.
LENT begins to-day-Ash Wednes-
day.
GEO. W. TAYLOR, as administrator.
sold the household goods of the late
James Taylor on Saturday.
SPECIAL services were announced
for this morning and evening at St.
Peters Church-the first day of Lent.
THE wheat fields have been making
a slow growth all winter and look as
forward as they usually do the first of
May.
MEssRs. Wanamaker & Brown. lead
ing clothiers of philadelphia, announce
discount of twenty per cent upon
their entire stock.
VALENTINES were not much in
dulged In last week, nevertheless some
OF the comic denomination served the
purpose of fun with those thus in
eliEed.
The Century leads considerably the
other magazines, w. B. Start selling
twenty of them monthly at his news
stand, in addition to those which come
by mail. 0O'-'o
Mrs. L. A. COTTON's glass front
door was smashed by the violence of
the wind on Friday afternoon. and
there were other minor damages in the
way of fences, &c.
PERSONS in want of articles in the
gentlemen's furnishing line, will find
them cheap for few evenings yet by
calling on p. M. Fowler, the late stand
of c. W. Willumsen.
IN noting the number of graves that
have been opened in the Odd Fellows'
cemetery in our last issue there was
an error in the figures instead of lO2
it should have been 1872.
THE Ladies' Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. T. B. Megear's Tuesday
evening, February 25th. A full attend
dance is desired as business of impor.
tance will be transacted.
CARDS are out announcing the mar.
rage OF Albert B. Stephenson, of Green
Spring, and Miss Halle M. Strahorn.
near Centreville, Del, on Thursday
March 9Th, at II o'clock m.
Two boxes of partridges from Ten
nessee, about 40 birds, were received
and distributed on Monday, John R.
Robinson who had them in charge.
taking them down the Neck.
W. E. RIGGS, collector for this
Duck Creek Hundred, in settling his
accounts with the Levy Court last
week also presented them with a hand !
some cake, which was very much en-
jOyed.
IHE Town Commissioners have de-
clded to publish the names of those
taxables who do not pay the collector
their taxes in the proper time. Col.
iector Jones is ready to attend 10 this
little matter whenever convenient.
SIXTEEN barrels of fish perch and
rock, were sent up on the steamer Ella
on Monday from Bombay Hook. The
fish are running freely and of fine size
over sixty large rock were caught in
front of the lighthouse in a seine at
one drift of the tide Monday morning.
OUR young friend of the Record
shows Juvenile surprise at our quot
ing the summing up of the CLAYTON
Cdtt'on It's specimens of Typography,
quite forgetting that its dash was as
much at the TIMES as the ClIL If he |
mad better memory he would "Eor- |
give the faithful ignorance" It was
only quoting to Sisyphus the boulders
he was attempting to roll on others.
The TRIBUNE ALMANAC.-Tbe New
YORK Tribune Almanac for 1890 has |
been received. AS usual, it is very |
complete in its election statistics, ma |
tional and State, which are supple
mented by party platforms and i'm
portant State legislation. A LARGE |
quantity of popular information is also |
provided, and the sole aim has been
accuracy and usefulness. Hon. Ed
ward Mcpherson clerk of the House of
representatives, is the editor of the
Tribune Almanac.
IHE sale at Chas. H. Grifith's ven.
que on Thursday was very satIsfac-
tory IN prices. This was so especially
OF the stock, which was in good condi-
ton. Twelve of his milch cows were
bought by A. Lee Cummins at an av-
erage of $4012, the highest REACHING
S5l. His % sheep were also bougbf
oy nr' Cummins at an average of
So'OO per head. The above stock is to
remain on the place, Mr.. c. intending
10 carry 1t on next year. A family
morse, 70 years old, which Mr.. Griffith
declared be had had $1,000 worth frid-
ing from, was also bought to remain
on the place. Mr.. Griffith will
remove to the vicinity of vii.
mlngton next week. The moving
time there is the 25th of March. but he
IS generously offered a house there for
himself and family free, until that