Smyrna times., 1891-03-04

House has moved to Market Street.
THE talk about new industries for
Smyrna continues to keep a number of
our people busy with their tongues.
WIN. II. CARR has bought of VIM. P.
Wright, of Clayton his crop of ice
gathered in January when a number of
persons housed ice here, about 60 tons,
$11O.
A HOUSE on Pearl Street belonging
to Mcclure & Mayhood was sold at
Sheriff's Sale on Saturday for $1O7, sub
ject to widows dover, John G. Bailey,
purchaser.
IT does not pay to stop and kick
every dog that barks at you. 1t inter-
ests the dog. but it destroys your sweet
temper, and life is too brief to waste
strength on dog.
JUST as our streets begin to dry and
we are cOngratulating ourselves on
having a comparatively smooth road
ing along comes a dOwnpOur of rain, or
worse still a snow.
Says an exchange: Don't expect. an
advertisement to bear fruit in one
night. You can't eat enough in a week
to last year, and we don't believe you
can advertise on that plan either.
MONDAY was moving day and Bit
ing cold day it was to tear up and
move out, but infinitely better than
the following day which was not only
cold, but brought a snow storm.
THE time for setting out strawberry
plants will soon be here. John P. JEFF
ferson at Cheswold has the choice new
as we'll as the standard old varieties,
which are named in his advertisement
in another column.
JOHN w. TUCKER has been admitted
to an interest in the business of H. w.
Hirnhe!mer' and the firm is now
Hirnheimer & Co. Mr.. Tucker has
charge of the business and is getting
in a stock of new goods.
MRS. LYDIA A. COTTON's tastefully
dressed window of ladies dress goods
does not fail to catch the eye of the
passer-by. She makes spring an
nOuncement in regard to these goods
on another page of this paper.
IT is stated that some $4,000 have
been sent from this town for Western
investments. These are the persons, it
is said, who are the hardest to make
an impression on in working up safer
investments to encourage local enter
prises.
A FEW persons planted lettuce peas
and onion sets last week before the
cold snap, but between the wet and
freezing weather there has been little
opportunity for gardening. The gen.
general planting of potatoes only
awaits the advent of proper weather.
The dwelling of Mrs. Mary F. Boyer
at Clayton which was built during the
boom" q year or two ago, and adVer.
tised for Sheriff Sale last Saturday, was
estOpped by an injunction secured by
John c. Bailey, who intends carving
his claim into the Court of Chancery
for settlement.
G. BOGGs, at CheswOld has been
granted a pension under the disability
act of last June, of Sl2 per month. Mr.
BOggs served as q soldier in the late
war after which he lost an arm by
getting it caught in a threshing ma
chine. He will probably get pay from
the time the act was passed.
The rope attached to the alarm bell
at the Hose room which parted at two
or three jerks on Saturday night was
replaced Monday by a new and stron
ger one. The bell will be rung the
first Monday night in each month for
meeting of the members of the com.
pany, and we make this announcement
so it need occasion no alarm.
THERE was quite a merry iingling
OF sleigh bells yesterday morning fol
an hour or two, but the drizZle and
sottening that set in after dinner put q
stop to it. If the temperature had
kept down there would have been
some fine sleighing. The only other
other snow this winter was the firsl
week in December-for day or so.
THERE was an error in the notice
given us of the missionary anniversary
Of the Methodist Sunday School and
the address of Mrs. e. W. Green. re
turned missionary from Japan-thC
time being next Monday evening, 9tE
inst, and not the Monday evening Just
passed. 1t will doubtless be an inter
esting occasion.
MARCH has brought US the winter
weather that should have come &
month ago. The mercury that had
been up in the sixties dropped Satur.
day morning the 1st inst, to 2Oo and
Sunday morning to l5o, down to the
lowest notch of the winter, and yester.
day morning several inches of snow
the deepestOf the winter. The fruit
men hope it will continue "for a spell. p
The windows Ofthe store of Buch.
anan & Collins at elements Corner. d
has attracted the attention of the pas.
ser Oy IN its tasteful folds of dress
goods. 1t is changed every few days.
Ihey are very much pleased at their
patronage on their opening week which
VIII doubtless grow as the days pass
0y. Also note their announcement in
this weeks TIMES,
A NUMBER Of tomato growers met
Messrs. McGaw & Bro, at their factory
on Saturday afternoon, but not all that
were expected. They will be at their
factory every day this week and would
ike to conclude at once their
contracts. They desire to know the
acreage they will have before coInman-
cling the work of manufacturing the
necessary cans. See announcement
elsewhere. -
AN exchange is responsible for the
following: A man who was afraid of
the thunder once craWled into a hol.
'''" log as place Of safety during a
under storm. The thunder rolled.
the rain poured down in torrents and
the log began to swell till the poor fell
low was wedged 30 tight he could not
get out. Then he began to review his
past life, suddenly ne remembered that
ne hadn't paid his newspaper subscrip-
ton and he felt so small that he was
able to back right out.
ON Saturday night after the family
OF Mr.. Speakman at Belmont had
gone 70 bed some one with O club or
SUCK ~ broke out two of the large glasses