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Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
The Dead of 1891.

The death roll for the year 1891 in
SMYRNA is a notable one, not only in
its numbers, but in the characters
more than usually prominent in one
WaV or another, whose faces will be no
more seen, nor good deeds to family
and society reenacted. Some of them
were busy actors in Snyrna's palmy
days of business and social influence.
full of strength and influence, and
making their personalities felt wher-
ever they moved. 1t is a sad thought
where many Ofour strong oaks have fall
len, the younger trees give no promise of
reaching the same VigOr or attaining
anything like the altitude of the par
ent:stock, though the opportunities of
the present are so far ahead of the
| generations of the past.
The losses to Smyrna during the
year that closes day have been as
before said, so great as to be notable,
fact more felt outside their homes,
because of their advanced ages, in the
churches than anywhere else. The
sicle of the great reaper however gath
cred in others whose time apparently
had not come, who gave promise of a
life of virtue and usefulness.
The following are comprised in the
list:
Geo. w. Cummins,
Ezekiel J. Colt,
VIM. p. Smithers,
VIM. w. Nelson,
John H. Bewley,
VIM. Sharp,
G. c. Boehmler,
John COsden,
Isaac H. FAIRIES,
John Young,
John 5. Gearhart,
Amos H. Hobbs,
Ephrahim Start,
VIM. P. Legg, Jr.,
Joseph H. Pratt,
Lewes Hamilton.
In the list of females we have;
Mrs. Maria L. Collins,
Miss Flo Gootee,
Mrs Eliza Il. Maberry,
Mrs. Jane w. Thompson,
Mrs. Jane Hunter,
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Riggs,
, Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter,
, Mrs. Susan G.. McGaw,
, Mrs. Annie A. Buchanan,
Miss Theresa FAIRIES.
Miss Carrie A. Cathcart.
/, In the vicinity of Smyrna person
: we'll known in social or business circle
: have been:
:, Dir. J. A. Goodwin,
: james GuessfOrd,
= Alex. Frazier,
h X. l.. Thompson,
!. John H. Colt,
John FARRELL,
:, Jas. E. Stewart,
: Thomas Middleton,
!, VIM. Stevens,
= Mrs. Maggie A. Stats,
Mrs. Eliza Maclary.
4 With each of these names, in a ma
rover or wider sphere, there are ci
Giles of memories that the passil
= years cannot dim from the living.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

the guests some idea of the persohnel
of the Club, aud how it divided up for
business:
Receiving Committee.-Misses Nettie
Tschudy, Beulah jefferson, Carrie Beck,
Sara Yocum, Alice Spruance, Lizzie Dem
ney.
Introducing Committee Misses Rena
Williams and Margaret Blackiston.
Ushers-Misses Ethel Cooper and Nan
Hoff'ecker.
Diningroom Committee. - Misses Maia
Farrell, Mary Hail. Alverta 1ocum'
Name Heitshu, Bertha HOtfecker ~
Entertaining Committee. -Misses Nan
Wood, Ella Smithers, Nora Cotton, Edith
| Collins.
Music. Misses Farrell, Cooper, Tschudy,
| Nan Hoffecker, Cotton, Collins, Williams,
jefferson, Bertha HOfecker.
Trimmings-Holly, Mistletoe.
Spencer at the door, Richard Brown and
| Lewis Thomas walters.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

The West is nearly solid for a change
in the system of electing a President
and Vice President of the United
States. They brand the present cleo
toral college as cumbrous and unnes-
sary. A direct vote of the people is
the favorite plan out there. The
clamor has become so loud that likely
Western Congressman will make a
great effort to have the electoral col
lege wiped out.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

The indications are that the advO-
Gates of free silver coinage may not
have the plain sailing in the present
Congress as they anticipated. Repre-
sentative Rayner expresses the belief
that free silver measure cannot pass
the present Congress, though it may
secure a majority vote in the House.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
THE
PHILADELPHIA PRESS
DAILY, SUNDAY, WEEKLY.
A FAMILY PAPER
WHICH IS
Clean, UlS0nSatiOlal and Just the Paper
FOR THE
American Home.

THE Press has the best possible organization 70
secure news from the most important sources
and with nearly 400 correspondents i'll PennSyl.
vania. New Jersey and Delaware, the State and
near at-hOme news is covered With a routine
carefulnesS and attention to detail not even at
tempted by any other paper.
THE PRESS has also the best of correspondents
in all the great cities OF the United states as well
as financial and railroad experts III Chicago and
the West, who keep the paper more than abreast
with events.
The columns of the SUNDAY PRESS are enriched
by contributions from those whose names are
written high in our lists of great authors novel,
lists, eSSayists as well as from men of high rank
in public life. The best authors know that their
best audiences are the readers of the Daily Sun.
day, and Weekly Press
In politics the PRESS knows no other mast
than the people and the past year has seen, as
has been seen before the marked fact that it
is subservient to no political boss Il has no pO-
liueal ambitions to foster, but looks after the in.
terests of its readers and delivers itself upon the
issues OF the in manner both frank and fearless
letting the facts speak for themselves and evad-
i ing no issues but meeting them all on the basis
! OF fair play to all men at all times It's pages
know no distinctions and the rights of one class
| over another are neither recognized nor supper
| ted.
Advertisements Of Help Wanted, Business Op.
Portunliies Real Estate, etc, may be inserted in
| The PRESS for one CENT A WoRD.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
MARRIAGES

HOFFECKER-BURNHAM. the oath inst
by the Rev. n. NJ. Browne, James K. HOffecker
and Miss Caroline X. Burnham, all of Middle
town.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 23rd 1891, at the
brides residence in Sussex county, by Elder E.
RittenhOuse, Mr., Robert l.. James and Miss
Martha K. Lambden, both of Sussex county.
JONES-DEHNEY.-O the 23rd inst, by Rev. R
K. Stephenson, Edwin S. Jones, of Wilmington
and Miss Matilda NJ, DEM y, of Cheswold.
DANIS-HURD On the 27lh inst, by Rev.
W. Norris at Downs Chapel, EnOch F. Davi,
and Miss Lucy Hurd. both Of Hartley.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

GENERAL Buffers forthcoming
book will be one of the largest histOr.
ical autObiOgraphies ever published.
1t will contain one thousand large
pages, printed upon high grade paper
and illustrated with several hundred
wood engravings. Il will be published
in English, German and French. The
best artists are now employed on the
work. The Dickinson Type Foundry
is casting type especially for It. The
Typography and press-work will be by
the Barta Press, of Boston, the first
edition to be not less than 100000, pro.
badly double that number. The gen
eral and exclusive agent for Delaware
is John q. Bryant, SOC King street,
w.. tn.,otoh nal
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

Immigration will engage cOnsidera-
bic attention, it is thought, in the fifty
second Congress. Senators PETER and
Chandler have already introduced
bills the which will amend, and in
some response, supply deficiencies in
the Owen act, passed at the last Con-
press.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE controversy in the Democratic
party over the election of Speaker
Crisp, and his formation of committees
still continues to attract attention.
The EUery EUening, that, like most
Democrats in Delaware, wanted Mills
and a vigorous ''tariff reform" move
ment after the idea of Mr.. Cleveland.
thus states the position of affairs
The makeup of Speaker Crisp's
committees is criticized more generally
BY the press Of AL shades of political
affiliations than is customarily the case.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

Gov. REYNOLDS has been very free
in the use of tie pardOning power in
liberating criminals. The last one
showed what material he was made of
by violating the law again in Whining
ton in less than a week, causing his
re-arrest.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

SOME of the great dailies are trying
to make it appear that war between
the United States and Chill is very i'm
minent, but the news from Washington
is that the trouble is in a fair way to be
settled amicably.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

WHAT THE SALOONS DID.-The
injury which the saloon infiicts on the
home life of the people was painfully
manifest yesterday. The streets were
full of drunken men, and the sacred
character of the holiday was marred
by frequent fights, and by the prOfane
and obscene oaths of men whose brains
were inflamed and whose sense of self
respect was destroyed by an Over-indul-
geuce in whiskey drinking.
This was clearly the result of the
presence of many licensed alOOns, and
of the utter disregard which the saloon
keepers manifested tor the character of
the Christmas holiday. They alone OF
all the business men of the city failed
to acknowledge the sacred character of
the day by at least partial suspension
of their business. The great shops,
where the mass of the working people
Of the city are employed, were closed
not TO give the saloons an opportunity
to mar the peace of the city by encOur-
aging disorder and lawlessless, but TO
give to their homes pleasure with wives
and children and parents. The saloon
/ keepers alone kept up an unbrOken
] tuOIb ~ kCl llOuCy IL buAS OH OPPOA
tunity was given to weak and wicked
men to mar the peace of the day that
should be the hottest of all holidays
They kept husbands and parents from
the Society of their wives and the car
esses of their children they kept sons
from loving ministratiOns of mothers
and sisters.
At one saloon reporter of this papel
saw the bar-roOm crowded will
drunken men, while on the pavemen
outside its door were five or six wOmeT
who were inquiring for their husbands
who were in the saloon. At the doc
of this same saloon was little boy
only or years old-whO was knock
ing on the door and crying for hi
papa"
The most casual observance of tn
proofs afforded by the days disorde
ought to convince any one that tn
saloon is the enemy of the home
Wilmington Morning NelUs.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

Act on new principle--re regulating the
liver, stomach and bowels through the
nerUes a new discovery. DIR. Miles
Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad taste
torpid liver, piles constipation. URequaled
for men, women, children. Smallest, mild
est, surest 80 doses, 25 cts. Samples free
at j. Wesley Denney's drugstore
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 80, 1891.

THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT. D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor. at Smyrna, Del
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. year, strictly in ad-
vance, $3.50; if not paid in advance $500. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents a line for the irstinsertiOn sub
sequent insertions Three-and-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NO TICEs will be charged Five Cen
per line
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

The Chicago Fair Commission wants
$1,000 600 from Congress. 1t doesn't
want it as loan, to be paid back some
time, but as free gift, all for its own,
to do with just as it pleases Congress
has already promised to contribute a
million and half toward making the
thing go, and Chicago said it would not
ask for more. The IllinOisians prom
ised to bear all expenses if Congress
would only vote Chicago the privilege
of holding the Fair.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
NOTICE.

l hereby caution any one from purohas-
ing note given by me in November last,
to Mr.. Stewart, residing in Kent county,
Md, for the sum of $50 as l did not have
value received,
GEORGE REED,
It Near Delaneys, Del.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
The Holidays.
AND HOW THEY WERE SPENT.


The weather of the past week WAS
far from typical Christmas weather,
with its bracing air, snow, ice &c. The
three days proceeding Christmas Eve
were like April days, that had come
with the breath of spring, bringing with
them rain and mugginess that filled
out the three remaining days of the
week. The day before Christmas, that
was especially desired to be good, was
much Of it subject to Il very heavy
rain thereby interfering with many
who had put off their purchases, and
to that extent detrimental TO the mer-
chants. The rain in no sense inter
fered with the whiskey drinkers, and
it is presumable that the mass of ladies
at distance took advantage of the
several good preceding days. Last
year was in this particular more salts
factory. Christmas 'eve was itself moi
characterized by the usual hustle anC
disorder, the most of the people being
out of town aud the stores closed by
! eleven o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

News comes from Millington that a
colored man was killed there Friday.
A man named McWhorter keeps an
oyster saloon. and report says, sells
whiskey, illicitly. A colored man
weat there in the night and asked for
whlskey and was told he could get
noIe. He returned later with two
OtHer men and swore he would have
It. A fight ensued, resulting in his
being killed, the two other negroes
escaplng.
HE prices Of corn and wheat have
fail considerably below the ideas OF
ths farmers.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
Buoklen's Arnica alive

The best Salve IN the world for Cuts, Bruise
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains COrns and all Skin
EruptiOns and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. II is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by James p. HOffeeker, Smyrna
G. HarmOnsOn, CLAYTON.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
SUNDAY.

Sunday brought charming day of
sunshine and pleasant breeZes, a most
welcome change from the weather of
the proceeding six days. The pastors
had prepared discOurses calculating
some feature of the great gift of God of
a sovereign whose throne is in the in
diVidual hearts of his subjects. and the
chOirs had prepared peans of praise in
choice anthems, but for some reason,
perhaps the prevailing influenza, the
seats were not as full as might have
been expected.
St. PETERS looked bright in Its fes.
tOOns and banks of evergreen. The
choir repeated its excellent selections oil
Christmas music, and Rev. G. w.
Dame discOursed on the cOgnate lines
of thought.
The Methodist choir had prepared
two special anthems for the morning
and two others for the evening service
which were rendered with more than
usual accuracy and fullness, enough in
themselves to inspire an audience
Rev. Mr. Wilson discourses on the his
torical correctness of Christ's lineage
born, giving, ruling, and at night Rev
Harry G.. Budd did himself credit in a
discourse on vain glory, having for hi
subject the example of Nebuchadnez
Ear, King of Babylon.
REV. G. G. ADAMS, pastor of tn,
Presbyterian Church, whose ministra
tons are more and more appreciated
by his congregation, did not make
special day OfSunday.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
TERMS OF THE PRESS.

TERMS OF THE PRESS.
By mail, postage free in the United states
and Canada.
Daily Except Sunday, one year, $500
Z" one month, 80
Including Sunday, one year, $50
- one month, .65
Sunday, one year, 200
Weekly Pres. one year, 100
Drafts, Checks and other Remittances should
be made payable to the order of
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE Grippe has struck in on our
citizens the past week much stronger,
and a number of them are suffering
from it, some of them disabled.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE TIMES wishes all its readers q
happy New Year.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

TIE interchange of presents is a
marked feature of the Christmas tide.
This custom is used as a mark of affec-
ton or esteem outside the family or
social circle, notably between teachers
and their classes in the Sunday schools.
At the NJ. E. church Sunday afternoon
the officers and teachers manifested their
regard for the superintendent, John
H. Hoffecker, by the formal presenta-
ton of handsomely bound hymnal.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

HERMAN Roe will deliver lecture
"Here we are Again, the Old and the
New" at Fair View Hall, north of
Newark, Thursday evening, Jan. 7th.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE Smyrna creamery paid cents
per quart or IL cents per gallon for
milk for October and November being
from 3 to 8 cents per gallon more than
was paid by other creameries. The
butter made by the Smyrna creamery
being of superior quality, commands
the highest market price.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE following officers have been
elected to serve in the Loyal Temper
ance Legion of Smyrna, Company &c"
Captain, Kate Beckett; Ensign, Her
bert Farrell Secretary, Samuel HOf-
fecker; Treasurer, Herbert Farrell
Organist, Edith Beck Recruiting com
mittee, Hetty Richards, Laura Lassell;
Lookout Committee, Annie Stevenson,
Edith Beck Committee on Entertain
ment, Mamie Stevenson and Inez Phil
lips. Hour of meeting 7 o'clock in
the temperance room.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

J. w. JONES and other local purchas.
ers of the vicinity shipped 26 tons of
turkeys to the cities before Christmas,
and to, day, though number are wan
ted, there is hardly turkey in the
market for New Years dinner.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE next meeting of the Kent county
Pomona Grange will be held in the
hall of Trophy Grange at FELTON,, on
Thursday, January 7th, 1892.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THERE came pretty near being one
person from Clayton at the Dixie en-
tertainment on Friday night for the
benefit of the Athletic Association.
The receipts of the Association should
have been larger.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

ONE of the men kept most cOntinu-
ously on the move during the holidays
was expressman Reynolds.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

WHILE we had murky weather dur
ing the holidays London had fog for
a week so dense that the people could
not see six feet ahead.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

A MAN who ran a newspaper with
out offending any one, has just pub
lished a recipe for making an omelet
without breaking eggs. They say it is
rather taseless, hOwever.-EG.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE open winter has made rock and
perch fishing good at Bombay Hook,
and some fine fish have been taken.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

NEW resolutions are now in order,
and it will be we'll to recall how the
old ones have been kept before max
ing new ones.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

DON'T forget the ladies lunch room
on Saturday of this week. Chicken
salad, fried oysters, mince pies &c.
Cars ice cream parlors.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

IF emigration continues as it is doing
now, with the natural increase among
our own people, it will not be long
before America will contain more peO-
pie than Europe. While there is room
for all, we should like to have some
choice in the kind that come here.
There are some desirable, and some
very much the other way.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

SUCCESSFUL Christmas entertain
ments were held by St. Paul M. f.
Church, the Ewell NJ. P. Church and
Trinity Episcopal Church at Clayton.
Geo. c. Heinhold had a number of
Christmas presents stolen from his
carriage in the yard of the Bingham
House. R. H. Darrah found watch
that had been lost by Miss Annie Jones
and returned it to the owner A.
McCOnaughy of Philadelphia, is visit
ing his father.-Wm. M. Todd has
opened -four and feed store opposite
the pOst-Office.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

QUININE has become a necessary
article with our people and is very
effective in keeping off the grip"
You should not wait until the malady
has you in its clutches, but try it
as a preventative.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

On Monday afternoon Jan. 4th the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will hold their monthly Bible reading
in the temperance room at half past
two o'clock. AS a greeting of the New
Year, a special invitation is extended
to mothers. SECRETARY.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE fact that green Christmas
makes fat grave yard" is being real
lied all over the country this year
whereve" the grass is green. The death
rate beats all previous records.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

"I'll tell you what it is" said man
who had touch of it, ''the grip is not
a thing to be sneezed at"
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE Department of Agriculture an
uounces that after the LIST of January
there will be some changes which it is
hoped will be improvements in the
matter of making predictions Of the
weather. The prognOstications will
cover the time from midnight until
midnight the next day. The public
will be informed on the evening before
of the expected weather and will be
given an improved forecast the next
morning, il Improvement ia needed
The most important change, however,
will be an effort to successfully predict
for the second or third day in advance
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

WATCH NIGHT services will be held
at the NJ. E. Church tomorrow night,
commencing at II O'Clock, to welcome
in the new year.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

The time of Walter o. HOffecker
and his assistant is fully occupied by
his increasing insurance business, and
specially has this been so the past
week in receiving the premiums of the
Kent County Mutual. Mr.. Denney,
the Secretary of this company, at
Dover, has recently made calculation
in an insurance which has run twenty
years in the company, and he finds
that taking the amount paid and to his
credit as dividends, that his insurance
has been at lower rate than would be
taken by any stock company in the
country.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

The people of the vicinity of Wal
ker's schOol-house renewed their pop
ular literary society with great inter
est. Emory Marvel, Jr., now a student
in Delaware College, who was, we
think, the originator three winters ago
has been spending the past week
among his early literary cO-laborers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-02
THE AUGUSTA EXPOSITION
The Glory of Augusta and the Pride
Of Two States-A Booming Town
and Patriotic Citizens.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. 81, lSe

AUGUSTA. GA, Aug. 81, 1891.
| Augusta, Ga, with its broad and shady
streets and It's many beautiful residences Rno
splendid business houses and It's magnificent
schools and churches, located as IT is on the
banks of Savannah River at the head o
steam boat navigation, together with lts eX
cellent railroad advantages. has made within
the past twelve montS steady ana rapid pro
| gress.
During this period hundreds of residences
and business houses have been erected and
many others are In course OF construction
Within the past few months the expensive
and unsatisfactory street railway system has
been superseded by less costly and nearer
perfect mode OF transportation-the poor, old
| tired worn-out horse has been turned out to
Craze and rest, and Benjamin Frank lin's
electricity has been harnessed by MIR. Edison
and is now doing here In Augusta the Work
of more than five hundred fleet and able
bodied horses.
| The Augusta street railway company, un-
der the successful management OF Mr.. Il. \
Roberts, recensly of Kansas City, Mo-, Will
when the Augusta Exposition opens the End
of November next, keep constantly employ.
ed thirty. five cars in carrying persons TO aad
| from the Exposition Grounds.
Augusta already has upwards Of twenty
miles of electric street railroad with bright
prospects OF several miles more Wltnln lne
next two months.
This wide.awake city with population OF
5000 has seven direct railroads and nine
branch roads, also several projected ROADS
future. Besides her railroad advantages, Au-
gusta has nine miles Of canal, furnishing
power enough for the manufacturing OF
sG0OO,0OO worth of cotton goods IN iSO
Her citizens are energetic, intelligent, pa
trotic. In lS6. when the 81 eat contest be-
tween the North and the South began, her
noble sons, encouraged by her fair lighters,
were among tile first to offer their services,
and their lives, If necessary, for the defence OF
their country's honor and right.
AS an evidence Of her pluck, the Augusta
Exposition, two years ago, notwithstanding
the many difficulties with which its man.
ages had 10 contend, was, in the matter OF eX-
hibts, marked success.
The coming Exposition wish Mr.. Patrick
Walsh, President; Mr.. julie Rival, Secretary;
Mr.. Thomas F. Henry, Solicitor. bids fair 10
be one among the best Expositions OF the
South.
Every county in South Carolina and Geor-
gia and in adjoining states should have an
exhibit next November in the Augusta EX-
position building. n. .. Pyles.