Smyrna times., 1891-04-01


dOrses them highly.
HARVEY STUART is preparing to open
grocery store in the room recently
occupied by ]. B. FAIRIES.
A CITIZEN thinks this ought to be q
good watermelon year - there has
been so much water fallen.
CHEswOLD held town Election last
Saturday under her charter as amended
by this Legislature. The five who SER
we'd last year were reelected.
]. e. CARTER has contracted for pa
pering large hotel in Charleston, w.
Va, and will commence the work next
week.
EVERYONE who feels interested in
mems, boys or children's clothing
should see the new spring stock at
Edward G. Walls. I
AT the annual election at St. Peters
Church, Monday, d. J. Cummins was
elected Senior Warden, E. A. Evans,
Junior Warden, and w. H. Janney,
VIM. Polk Cummins, VIM. F. Dunn,
VIM. G. Mitchell and John b. Webb,
Yestrymen.
Four persons, Philip Archie and
Susanna Clifton, and Walter Clifton
and Gracey Macy, all of New Castle
county, vent to the parsonage of Cen
tennial church Wednesday night to
have the matrimonial knot tied by
Rev. S, Hammond.
1T looks now as Is no oats would be
sOwn in this section, what few farmers
intended to being prevented by the
frequent and excessive rains. Farm
ing and trucking are at stand-still {;
several crops ought to be in the ground
but it keeps too wet to plant.
IT looks now as if much of the ice
gathered in the winter woqld be of no
avail. The immense rainfall of the
past three months has so raised the
springs as to fill many cellars and ice
houses with water and the ice will in
consequence be melted and lost.
j. I. EDDENFIELD moved from the
farm of A. Lee Cummins to this place
a month ago. A chicken that was
brought disappeared and was almost
forgotten until the other day when re-
moving a board at the side of the
house revealed the hen imprisoned.
1t was alive and is recovering from its
twenty-fOur days of fasting.
WILLIAM D., son of ]. a. Bishop,
near CheswOld was kicked by a mule
on Friday last and received an ugly
cut just above the temple. The blow
knocked him iasensible but after time
while yet partially unconscious he
alone managed to reach the house from
the stable frightful object from loss
of blood. DIR. Smith was imme-
diately called and dressed the wound.
The water was still up in the furnace
heater at Bethel Church, Smyrna, Cir
cult, last Sunday so there could be no
service. The morning was bright
also being Easter many were disap-
pointed. The trustees propose putting
stoves in the lecture room this week
and start a fire to make it comfortable
for Sunday. Rev. Alfred Smith, the
new presiding elder, will hold the love
feast at 2 P. NJ. and preach at 3 O'Clock.
The bright syn and drying air that
followed Easter was a gcd-sen to the
belated gardeners, and Monday found
many persons at work in their flowers
and at seed planting. There were a
few who took advantage of the very
few good days in the early part of
March who have peas and lettuce COM
ing up. 1t was only for day however.
for yesterday heavy rain set in again.
AT a festival beld in Centennial
Hall on Monday night, an animated
''Srussion sprung up on the subject of
education, when Geo. COff told Walter
I"hnson he didn't know his alphabet.
- was au imputatiOn that johnson
.,'H tn't stand hot words followed and
J"HGs9n ineited COf out into the ward
to settle IL. The latter drew a pistol.
and Johnson in the effort 10 get il
away irom him twisted and broke a
bone in his ankle aud had to be car
ried to his home. COfP has skipped.
The peculiar circumstances eur.
rounding the illness and death of DR..
J. A. Goodwin, Of KentOn, caused his
son, DIR. r. b. Goodwin, and the fam
ily desire TO know the specific cause.
An autopsy was accordingly performed
on Wednesday by DIR. WIN. II. Cooper
who found in the small bowels two
substances as hard as wood. one as
i largo q hntNaI =
an obstruction that could not be re-
moved by medical remedies, II was q
case rarely met with in the practice of
medicine.
The new presiding elder, Rev. Al
fred Smith, who moves here from Mid
dletown this week, at the successor of
Rev. JOHN France, who goes 70 Scott
Church, Wilmington, will hold hia
6rst Qarterly Meeting next Sunday
and preach bis FIRST eermon as presid-
ing elder In the NJ. Il. Church Ia this
town, at 1880 o'clock. He will preaoh
at Bethel on the Circuit 10 the after
noon and at Kenton at night. Rev.
Mr.. Wilson will preach for him at
Friendship op Apoquinimink circuit,
Sunday morning.
The Moss family came as per an
nouncement on Saturday. Things
were against them-the evening Of
two days Of storm, it was Lent, and
above all Saturday night-when most
everybody was busy, and they hadn't
the full house desired, but those
there were highly entertained. They
nave more devices for making music
and can get more music out Of them
tnan any troupe that comes along,
all OF which ends with q laughahle
comedy, "A Quick Match, F" the old
man playing the trump card