Smyrna times., 1891-04-22
HARVEY STEWART will have fresh
tomatoes for sale tomorrow.


THE personal property of the late
DIR. ]. A. Goodwin, of Kenton will be
sold at public sale by the administra-
tors on Saturday, May End.
YESTERDAY w. A. FAIRIES and Clar-
ence Prettyman received from the
United Order of fraternal Cooperation
of Phila., a check each of SIS. so, in
of their certificates Just
matured. Their certificates cost them
$2O.50; they clearing just $55 each.
This will do very we'll for the beginning
but those who have investigated the
business, say that in the end some
other unfortunates will be chiseled out
of Just this much.
WIN. M. BOYER on the State Road,
commenced planting corn on Friday,
18th. Some of his neighbors think
him little previous, but he says one
of the best crops he ever raised was
planted on the 18th of April. G. H.
Mattiford, farming for w. o. Hoffecker
also commenced on Friday, but he
made a mistake of a week, thinking
the Kent County Court commenced
last Monday instead of the coming
Monday. Mr.. Lower, near Brenford,
who has usually led in planting did not
commence until yesterday.
The weather of the past week has
been good for everybody. 1t makes
the ice man smile. The outdoor man
can catch up for the idle days of win
ter, and the contractor and builder
push forward the new buildings to
completion which only inclement
weather has retarded. The farmer
and gardener are happy on account of
it, and thoughts of spring house clean
ing fills the bosom of the thrifty house
wife. The boys and girls and the
young men and maidens are full of
pleasant anticipations of what is in
store for them. Spring is a joyous sea-
sou, and it is all the more so this year
because of its tardiness in getting here
RoBT. S. BRADLEY, shoemaker.
working with E. G. FAIRIES, is about
again after his serious accident of last
Wednesday afternoon, but not able to
work yet from the burnt condition of
his hands. 1t was singular eircum-
stance, entirely unlocked for. He had
emptied some cement, used in patch.
ing Observation-Disclosures of sulphur
into a small bottle, from a larger one,
and while standing on the floor, struck
on the cork of the larger bottle, which
caused it to explode, the contents fly
ing over his bare arms and on his
clothes. The infamable gases ignited
from the heat of the stove or the lamp
it is supposed, both of which
were two or three feet away, and in an
instant he was in a light blaze. 1t took
the united effort of two or three men
to suppress the flames, the sulphurous
fumes becoming suffocating, and both
they and Mr.. Bradley were alarmed
for a minute or two lest he be burnt to
death.
The case of Russell COe vs.. Chas.
Z. Green, WHICH was postponed from
Monday of last week to Monday of this
and which occupied the day in Squire
TESTERS office in Dover, from eleven
O'Clock to well on to FIVE o'clock, was
decided in favor of the defendent, by
the referees John d. Burton and John
W. Cassons, the majority, decided the
case for Green, T. o. Culbreth being
for Coe.
The ease was complicated one, the
phosphate being obtained from John
R. Wilson, paid tor in part by trans
ferred judgment of Mr.. Clement, who
at that time was merchandising in this
town, Russell Coe claiming that the
phosphate was his and not Wilson's,
brought suit to recover its value. j.
Alex. Fulton, Esq, represented Mr..
COe, and Jas. /. Walcott, Esq, Mr..
Green.
Mr.. Walcott maintained with a great
deal of earnestness that the relation
between COe and Wilson was one in
which the latter was protected in frau
dulent ransactiOns-the phosphate
was Wilson's or it was Goes, as they
chose to make it suit circumstances.
Mr. COe, it is stated, intends to appeal
the case to the higher court, The
lawyers state that the acknowledge
ment of COe on the witness stand that
Wilson was his agent, will make him
responsible for number Of unsettled
accounts.