Smyrna times., 1891-01-07

bly, absent. The weather the week
past has been against progress toward
repairing the broken dam and Mr.. Gar
rison has not been able to do much
more than make plans for active work
in good weather if it should come. The
break at this season of the year is BAD
one and it is unfortunate for Mr.. G.,
because of the cost involved and to
the public on account Ofg great incOnven-
fence to travel.
The following are the grand and
petit jurors called from Kent Comfy
to the q. S. District Court which con-
venes Jan. 18th The grand jurors:
Milford, Robert G. Watson Duck
Greek, Alex. G. C1mmins, Jacob P.
Dickson; North Murderkill, James
Sapp. Petit Jurors: Milford, Thomas
F. Hammersley; Duck Greek, Clar-
ence Prettyman, John Mustard; South
Murderkill, Peter NJ. Meredith, An
drew Holden; Mispillion, John F.
Thawley; East Dover, Cove S. Wilson.
John P. Collins was drawn for Black
bird Hundred but he removed to this
town and County Several years ago.
He therefore escapes. The Court has
a number of knOtty cases this session.
THE difficulty which Messrs Lewis
E Price have recently unexpectedly
found themselves in, is in the way of
satisfactory adjustment An extension
has been granted by their creditors, by
which they expect to settle up the bus
mess by the 1st of March and be able
to pay dollar for dollar of their indebt.
edness. The future of the business is
not now definitely known, only that
it will not be by the present firm. The
firm has only had the difficulties ex.
perienced by all busin ess establishments
dealing with the agricultural public
the past two or three years, having
ample assets to meet all their
liabilities. and it is unfortunate that
the tailings of others should bring
them to the determination to quit bus.
iness just as there is every assurance of
entering on a period of better times.
AS the old year is entering upon the
new let us look back over the past and
SEQ ubat obonuoS b.,o boo., 1 Z.
whether it has been for the good or the
evil and try to make the present and
future better. There have been many
changes made both in human and ma
terial things, many voices have been
hushed in the still quiet of eternal
sleep. Yet while we regret the many
losses we still live in brighter hopes of
a more glorious future. So let US try
to make the year 1891, one that shall
not be surpassed by any preceding
year and better because we live in it.
Let by cones be by cones, let the old
mistakes be recti6ed by putting better
resolves into action. Let us hail the
coming of the new year with ioy and
gladness, looking for better things in
the oncOming time than in the past.
WHAT might have been a confagra-
ton Sunday morning, about Church
time was luckily prevented by the one
who was the incipient cause. 1t SEEM
ed that the drug clerk of Ashcraft g.
Clifton was emptying some ashes, in
which there happened to be some Goals
of fire, into barrel ofwhich there were
three in number IN the alley between
their store and that of William A. Win.
ford's and not thinking any more
about it he went back in the house.
lie was quietly reposing in a chair
about half asleep when he was awak.
ened by roaring sound like that of fire.
Jumping to his feet he went to see
what it might be. He found that the
ashes he had dumped in the barrel had
ignited to some shaving and that all
the barrels were ablaze and the fire
had already caught to Winford's win.
dow. He, frightened, ian quickly after
water and by Herculean efforts
managed to put it out without ringing
the fire bell, and causing q general
alarm. 1t it said by those who saw
him handling the buckets of water
with such CELEBRITY that he would make
capital fireman.