Smyrna times., 1891-01-28

THIS time last year our fishermen
were catching shad.
SOMETHING like the grippe" has
again visited US. At any rate, neural
gic pains are unpleasantly plentiful.
FRESH fish from our streams has very
much the appearance of Spring.
Among the lot was 300 caught in Leip-
sic creek by Noble Jerman.
THE sale of Messrs Lewis s. Price
was largely attended on Saturday, and
with the exception of the horses, the
articles brought satifactOry prices.
The children of John Bedford, on
East Street, in playing, upset a lamp,
burning the mothers cloths and endan-
gcring the house before it was put out.
SAMUEL FAIRIES, of Thoroughfare
Neck, while trimming peach trees on
Monday, received a severe cut in the
neck by his axe getting entangled in
some limbs.
]. H. JEFFERSON received ycrterday
from his son Harry, Memphis, Tenn,
box of Tangerine oranges, better
known ps the kid Glove, orange.
They are rare and very superior.
A. N. MONTGOMERY who deals in
auction articles and notions, finds his
store too contracted for his business,
and carpenters are now at work to en-
able him to enlarge his operations.
Ice permitting, the Steamer Ella
will leave ROthwell's Landing on Tues
day, February 3rd at 2! P. NJ, return
will leave Philadelphia Thursday Feb,
9th at 104 A. NJ. Freight will be re-
ceived in Philadelphia on Wednesday
all day and on Thursday until leaving
time.
A NEW use has been found for old
bottles and other pieces of glass, viz {:
feed for chickens. The glass is pound
ed into a condition OF gravel and in
this way much used in the hatcheries
for the chickens to pick up and mix
with their food to aid in the digestion
of the latter.
SEE advertisements of Charles 1.
Munday, John H. Bishop, E. H. Beck,
and Mrs. NJ. A. Mccoy. The Philadel-
phia merchants, Granville B. Haynes
& Co., Strawbridge & Clothier,
Wanamaker & Brown and John Wan
amaker have special announcements
for the season.
MEssRs McGaw & Bro. have com
pleted the arrangements, and will COM
mence the manufacture of cans for use
in their tomato pack in two or three
weeks. We are pleased to note this
fact, as it gives that much more labor
to the town. They have heretofore
bought their cans ready made.
E. +. James, of Wilmington spent
Thursday evening in Smyrna, and
| initiated the officers of cOnclave No
As, Independent Order of Heptasophs
This was followed by neat and in
structve speech showing this to be one
of the best as it is the cheapest in Sc
curing life insurance investment.
JAMES VANWINKLE who took hii
family to Chester several months ago
has moved back to Smyrna. Peter
Robinson has moved from Smyrni
Landing to the Stubbs property nea
Duck Creek. Samuel HirOns ha
moved to a farm near New Castle
Edward Currey has moved from Soutl
to upper Commerce Street.
LAST year there were g, 3,166, III case
of tomatoes packed in this country
The average pack of the preceding
eight years had been 1888. .2O6 cases, S,
that last years pack was 532,971 case
above the average, equal to nearly 13,
100000 cans. Maryland packed tn
most, 949, ,l57 cases. New Jersey cam,
next with S15, ,485, an increase of nearl,
SOO,O cases over the preceding year
The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders in the Philadelphia
Smyrna transportation Company wa
held Tuesday JAN, Goth, 1891. The fol
lowing named directors were elected fo
the year 1891: John H. Hofeck er
Geo. H. Raymond, B. F. Truax, A. L
Hudson and A. E. Jardine. Officer
elected for year 1891, John H. Hof
fecker, President and A. E. Jardine
Secretary and Treasurer.
ONE of the most interesting places il
the town at this time is the brOoderI
of H. s. Anthony. There are chicks
in all grades Of size from broilers dOwr
to those out of the shell last week
There are altogether about $500 o
them. as clipper as they can be, re
quiring good supply of rations. Every
department is as full as it should bC
for comfort, and Mr.. Anthony has nc
more eggs in the incubatOFs. The
work of marketing will commence in 6
week or so, the consumers being the
epicures of the cities.
THE heavy rain of Thursday was
supplemented by another heavier one
on Saturday night, turning to snow
after midnight, having for several
hours much of the characteristics OIL
the Wizard Of three years ago, which
came IN the same way. The morning
however brought a better state OF
things the sun came out, the wind
cAlmed through the day, and the two
inches of slush mostly disappeared.
The morning however was two slushy
for most of the ladies to go out tC
Church, but they made up for it in the
evening.
ISAAC TRUAX has taken out letters
Of administration on the estate of the