Smyrna times., 1890-10-22

THE Ladies' Benevolent Society will |
meet October %, 1890, at the residence |
of Mrs. T. B. Megear.
Mr.. STEVENSON the ice cream maker,
Leinberger and HOffecker, meat deal
eTs, and the hotels are getting ice from
the city manufactured at So per ton,
against $16 what they had formerly
been paying, -
JOHN PEEKER secured a good fat
OpOssum in the garden of Mr.. Shelton
on Union Street at noon to-day that
had by some means taken shelter there.
John looked happy as he swung it
along to his home.
JAMES WILEY, a young man living
in Dutch Neck, fell from a tree on Sat
urday last distance of thirty or forty
feet. His collar bone was fractured
and he sustained some internal injury.
pr. COnOway, of Leipsic, attended him,
and he is doing well.
The Loyal Legion reOpened last
Monday by electing the following Off
GERS President, Nellie FAIRIES Vice
President, Howard Jones Secretary,
Adele Beck Treasurer, Annie Steven
son and Organist, Edith Beck. The
meeting then adjourned, after having
a very pleasant time.
A CHURCH wedding is always AN en-
jOyable feature for the young to look
forward tO-an event that will take
place on the 5th prOx., when Jas. r. Nc
Causand, a young druggist of Phil
adelphia, will lead one of our pretty
and popular young ladies to the mar
riage altar. This wedding will have
the distinction of being the first since
the enlarging and beautifying of the
church.
THE New England Tea" that has
been talked of for some time, will
come off Friday Evening Oct. Oath in
the Good Templar's rooms. The fol-
lowing tempting dishes will be served /:
Boston baked beans. brown bread,
pOne, biscuit. wafles, chicken, Goldfish
balls, fried oysters, chicken Salad,
pickles, pumpkin pie, and milk. Stewed
chicken and waffles will not be served
after half past sir. During the even
ing some fine music will be rendered
by Miss Vennie Lynch, of Mt Pleasant,
and Messrs. J. Ed. HOfeCker and L. NJ
Price, of Smyrna. The ladies request
that as many as can, will not take sup
per at home but be served in New
England style-Good Templars' rooms,
Cooper building, admission cents
AT meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of The Kent County Mutual In
surance Company last week, Walter o.
Hofiecker was unanimously elected
Agent for Smyrna in the place of J. r.
Jerman, who resigned on account of i'll
health, being now in Colorado. Mr..
II. who has been in the insurance bust
ness to a considerable extent for the
past several years, is thus given a
much wider field, the Kent County
Mutual having a large amount of in
surance in this vicinity to look after.
A special Agent of the American
Fire Insurance Company, of Philadel-
phia, was in town last week looking
over their business in this community
and took occasion to compliment Mr..
Hotiecker, their agent here on the
good judgement he had exercised in
placing risks for them. The Fire AS
sOciation of Philadelphia, which is also
represented here by Mr.. HOGecker
have paid him like compliment.
To OUR SUBSCRIBERS In ARREARS
A number of subscribers residing in
the surrounding country are in arrears
some of them largely So We have
been patient and fOrbearing, as they
will testify, more so than can be justi
fed perhaps for both their and our owl
good, and the time has come when We
must insist on a change. We canno
go along this way indefinitely. Tn,
most of them, we are assured, coulC
have paid up long ago, with an effort
All such should need no more prompt
ing. All can at least come and see us anC
pay part or give assurance wha
they can do. The waste of time il
going over a delinquent list and cos
in postage is a heavy tax on an edi
tors time and purse, which his sub
scribers should avoid so as to Civ
him that much more time to devote t.
getting news for his paper. Subscrib
ers by consulting the figures at the en-,
of their name on the paper-montI
and year-can see readily how the