Smyrna times., 1890-03-12
Smvrna and Vicinity.

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OUR first page is taken up largely by
the Farmers Report.
SECURE your seats at Hoffecker's
for the Norma Glee Clubs concert.
IF you have use for pair of mules
don't be too long making up your mind
about them. T
Go TO NJ. L. Aliens and get an ele-
CANT absolute stainless black hose for
25 cents, extra quality.
The price fixed on for raising toma-
toes for the canneries this year is $3.50
per ton. Contracts are now in order.
You can't afford to miss the Norma
Glee Clubs concert Tuesday evening,
March 18th. Tickets 25 and 35 cents
at HOflecker's drug store.
w. ]. CARROW is having a cellar
heater put in his dwelling on South
street, called the SyphOn, an improve.
ment on those which have heretofore
been in use.
PROF. CLOwARD's choral society has
passed through the simply rudimental
to some of the finer strains of the mas
ters. The Professor is engaged in a
most cOmmendable work.
JOHN P. COLLINS shipped a pair of
steers to Philadelphia by the steamer
Ella, that was supposed to weigh 300
or $500 pounds. He got them when
calves from New York State, to grow
and fatten for market.
The loss of the peach crop is another
blow to our manufacturing industries,
on the back of the stunning blow we
received last summer. Our men of
means and enterprise must look
around for new means of development
THE editor of the Record in correct
ing US about the month of the Norma
Glee Club entertainment, couldn't even
/ get the name right. He is respectfully
/ informed that the name is Norma and
not Normal" as he enormously wrote
/ it.
Presiding ELDER FRANCE took the
place of Rev Mr.. Wilson in the SER
vices of the NJ. f. Church on Sunday,
the latter being engaged in Missionary
work in Wilmington. He is engaged for
an address at Gd'ena, Md, tomorrow
night.
The robins came with the first OF
March, the calendar advent of spring.
but so did the winter, which by the
same calendar had passed. The birds
we're worsted, and retreated to the
swamps to wait until the frigid wave
had passed.
THE mill pond did not CONCEAL dur.
ing the cold weather last week, though
the mercury was down to 1Oo one
morning and below 2Oo several morn.
ings last week. Such a week two
months ago would have given us fine
ice for skating and housing.
A NOTE from DIR. U. J. Swain, Chi
cago, enclosing postal order for sub.
scriptiOn to the TIMES until Jan. 1891
says it is Fair, Fair-evertyhing is
Worlds Fair in Chicago, now, and
wants to know if the Smyrna people
are not coming out to it in 1892 I
They expect to have a big thing Il
present.
/ OODIh btleeb Is 70 nave dnObner new
stylish residence-bay windows front
and side, those on the front running
up into tower. the building to con
tain eight rooms with the modern inn
provements. Mr.. and Mrs. Samue
Reynolds have contracted for its build.
ing right away Mrs. Reynolds has
just retired from the mercantile bust
ness after some years of active life, anC
has we'll earned the comforts of a new
and elegant hope.
IT is little singular how far people
in this community wander away from
their places of nativity. Delaware
though small in territory, has repre-
sentauves in most every section of oul
national domain. Thus, the other day
we received a money order for sub
scrlption to the TIMES, dated from
Soldiers Home" Santa Monica, Loi
Angeles county, Cal, signed w. II
Naclary. Mr.. Marclary, it seems. 4
an old soldier, who is nov no Longer
able for the active duties Of life, anC
wants to know in his Soldiers Home
what is going on in his native Stat,
among his old friends.