Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
Smvrna and Vicinity.

Smvrna and Vicinity.
DAYS and nights are nearly of equal
length.
The weather has no reason to COM
plain of being short of change.
SHAD will soon be coming along
freely enough for the general purse.
MI. ALLEN has nice line of India
linen, plaid muslin, &C., very cheap. t
JOSEPH STEPHENSON took seven or
ders for papering rooms in one day last
week.
YOUNG March is tough one, and
hasn't had all the wind knocked out
of him yet.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will |
meet Tuesday evening, March %, at |
the residence of Mrs. I. B. .Megear.
WHILE fishing near Collins Beach a
few days ago, fisherman caught a
catfish which weighed seven and a
half pounds.
EITHER st. Patrick or the Almanac
makers must have made mistake of a
day in calculating the time for the
annual appearance of the patron saint.
Young men it is now the right
thing to carry your canes ferrule end
up under your arm. Another evil
dence that fashion is a queer institu-
tiOn.
To. MORROW will be he Vernal
Equinox, when the sun is supposed to
''cross the line" and spring begins.
1t will also give us the first new moon
of the spring.
Ice from Maine or New York will
cost about 50 ton to land in Della
ware. A West Chester frm, which
manufactures the article, offers to sell
it for $3.50 a ton at the factory.
LOOK out for imitation plow points
and other extras. The genuine points
and other repairs are made only by the
Oliver Chilled Plows Works, and have
the name "Oliver" cast on them. All
others are spurious. At H. D. BOyer's. I
THE pier of the Bait. & Del. Bay
railroad at Bombay Hook is receiving
q good deal of work to prepare it for
peach transportation. Mr.. Morrison
finished the driving of piles last week,
and the cribbing will be begun this
week.
PROF. CLOwARD, with his choral
society intends giving a public enter.
tainment at the close of the school
term. The following committee was
appointed to take charge of arrange
ments: Miss Thompson, Mrs. POstles
Mrs. Wilds, Rev. Mr.. Dame, ]. E
HOfiecker, L. NJ. Price, W. II. Janney
n. Z. Clark.
IT won't pay to raise tomatoes fol
$3.50 per ton if you are going to let thC
frost strike your crop before it is hal
marketed. Use only the best ferti
lizers on your vines and rush them
Norman Brand Phosphate is mad,
, especially FOR potatoes and tomatoes
and will cost you less money thar
many inferior grades.
f AT a meeting of the Duck Creel
Hundred Republican Club held MOnda.
r evening, the following officers wer
] elected for the year 1890: President
t Sam. Cats; Vice-Presidents, w. A
r FAIRIES, WIG. Truax Secretary, ]. L
: HOhecker; Treasurer, John B. Cooper
r Executive Committee, w. o. Hot
s fecker, W. H. Baggs, A. E. Jardine, +
y y. POstles, JnO. p. Hudson.
/. SAYS an exchange "The blackbird
= are singing in the eVeTgreens and tn
. pesky sparrows are busy as nailOI
e building nests in every hole an
, Granny they oAn find. Those VIII
= have martin boxes should tear out tn
= sparrows' nests and drive the sparrow
- away, by firing few shots at them, g
= that the martins will not be aBnOye
~ uy inding numerous sparrOws in po
- session Oftheir summer residence whe
e they arrive, which will be early i
i April.
le The Board Of Town COMMISSIONS
ly with the two new members, Jas.
At Robinson and VIM. M. Lewis presen
1t held their first meeting on Wednesda
es night with the following organization
TO John Fl. HOfiecker, president; John
Cooper, secretary. H. G.. Budd, Aide
man, by virtue of his election. Sire
Committee, ]. ii. Hoffecker, w.
ct FAIRIES, Jas. c. Robinson, VIM.
g Lewis. Lamps, J. b. Cooper, VIM.
~ FAIRIES, Jas. q. Robinson. Fire app
ra ratus, Samuel Taylor. o. B. VOshe
= VIM. NJ. Lewis. Town Hall, VIM.
'eS FAIRIES, o. B. Voshell, Samuel Tayl'
I'd, Water, Samuel Taylor, j. b. Coop
he o. b. Voshell. Town lot, SAINT
We Taylor. Supt and Engineer, A. ia
- lor. Treasurer, Jas. p. Hofeck
,n' Assessor, Z. J. Colt. High Constab
Tor W. B. Grant.
i0 RoBERT w. MALONEY was fou
nd dead in his bed on Monday morniI
q. He was in poor health, but as W
ast when he went to bed, shortly after
Il. O'Clock Sunday night at the resideI
ave of John A. Logan down the Ne
Cd, where he made his home, as usu
md When found st 5 o'clock on Mond
.e's morning, he was on the edge of
nd bed, partly in and partly out, in sor
what of reclining position, but de
y CoroOer Jacobs was notified, and y
terday, with hack load Of men y
led this town he went dORu and hein
,ost inquest, with a verdict IN aceoroa
with the above. Mr.. Maloney wal
- ship carpenter by trade. he wa,
and man of strong characteristics. DC,
,ad- the war broke out he was an ara
o,ss Democrat, but when Sumpter
fred on he took a decided stand
ana the maintenance of the Union, ana
vent tanned his relation with the poUI
the association then formed through
-.., He was in his SD year.