Smyrna times., 1891-04-22

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WHEAT has grown in the past ten
days FIVE or six inches. The most of
the fields look very thrifty.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the residence of Mrs. I. B.
Megear, Tuesday, April 2Sth.
The peach, pear and cherry trees
came out the past week in full bloom
and present beautiful appearance.
John Inman has been granted PEN
sion by the Government of $12 per
month and back pay since last June.
Col. JOHN WAINWRIGHT, of Will
mington, advertises his agency to Sc
cure pensions under the new pension
law.
1. N. MILLS, late superintendent of
the Delaware Division, was presented
with a gold watch by the employees of
the division on Monday.
THE main has been tapped this week
to introduce water into the Hosiery
Mill and the store of Buchanan &
Collins, half square below.
THE ten acres of land belonging to
B. F. G. ROthwell, in Kenton hundred,
sold at Sheriff sale on Saturday was
bought by ]. G. Bailey for $40.
THIRTY-FoUR of the members of
Harmony Lodge, No. 13, of this town,
went to Dover last evening. in a spec
ial train, guests of Union Lodge No. z,
l. o. OF.
FIVE hundred barrels of shad were
sent from the Delaware in one day last
week to New York, after supplying
Philadelphia and the other places on
the river.
THE remains of Miss Allie Smith,
daughter of ]. V. Smith, who removed
from Smyrna to Philadelphia, over
year ago, were brought to Smyrna at
noon to-day, for interment.
REV. R. K. STEPHENSON was assist
ing Rev. w. w. Sharp, Kent Island
last Sunday receiving probatiOners, and
his appointment at Bethel at o'clock
P. NJ, was filled by Rev. w. w. w.
Wilson.
THE sailing days of the steamer Ella,
have been changed from Wednesdays
to Thursdays. There will be no boat
from the 1st to the third of May, the
boat being off for its spring overhaul
ing and painting.
THE horse stolen from the stable at
"WOodlawn, Preferred to in our last
issue, was found on Thursday hitched
to tree near CheswOld. Supposing
the thief had gone north, search was
made in the direction of Wilmington.
VIM. H. CARE has blooming peach
tree in his yard that looks like fame
of fire in its thick clusters of double
blossoms and has attracted a great deal
of attention. 1t also bears fruit in ad-
ditiOn to being such a beautiful tree.
FROM common report, it would ap-
pear that some of our citizens, who
have preferred Western investments
with promises of large per cents, to
contribute to the encouragement of
local enterprise, have been "bit'-the
inevitable result.
The next meeting of the Easton
District Preachers Association, will be
held at KentOn, May 11th, 18th and
18th. This will be the first time, we
think, that such meeting has ever
been held in KentOn, and will doubt
less be enjoyed by the citizens of the
town.
WE are indebted to the Rev. W. w.
w. Wilson for a copy of the last min
utes of the Wilmington Conference.
1t is larger than usual, from the press
of the Peninsuldr Methodist, and con-
tains great deal of information.
HAVE been more than gratified
with the number of my friends who
call upon me at the store of Buchanan
& Collins, since / severed my eOnnec
tion with W. W. TsGhuday. J shall
always try and please all nay friends
who call
t w. GEORGE LEES.
Miss MARY SPRUANCE has substitu-
ted the old porch of her residence on
lower Commerce street, which was a
substantial one in its day, with a new
one. Mrs. S. E. Pratt has changed
her summer kitchen into a close one,
introduced water into the house and
made other minor improvements.
q. G. Crow, Commission merchant,
of Philadelphia, (whose advertisement
will be found on another page) was in
Smyrna last week on other business
but while here took a ride out to some
of his old peach shippers and found
them in good spirits with trees open
ing into a blooming prospect of
fine fruit crop.
ANN JANE DEMBY, a cOlored woman
of an old Smyrna family, died at the
residence of her brother, Capt. Perry
Demby, on Sunday, at the advanced
age of 104 years.
Joseph Wiley, for some time driver
of the hack that runs to the depot.
died in Philadelphia last week in his
2lst year. His remains were brought
down on Saturday.
4 NOTE from a man in the country
says: 'The weather is good and every
body is hard at work. The day yester-
day was grand. The delightful
atmosphere, the songs of birds in our
lawn, and all nature smiling with new
life was enough to make one feel
poetic, but the composition of verse is
as foreign to me as blood is to the tur-
nip.
The following is the time table for
the Steamer Ella for May;
Bothi1eles Landing. Philadelphia.
Monday T. No Boat Friday l. No Boat
Thursday Z, at y noon Tuesday S, at pm
Monday IL. IL AN Friday g. PM
Thursday Il, '' Pm Tuesday - AZ
Monday 49, 81 :" FFiSay 49, 4" 10 AN
THURSDAY q, y noon Tuesday 49, ] Pm
Monday %, " 10 AN Friday ~ IL"
a' - noon FFiSsS FFsisSSaPy 8 8. :: N%
Goods received in Philadelphia
Tuesdays and Fridays until leaving