Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-11-18

A FINE grade of natural wool under
wear for $1.25 per garment, at Edward
G.. Walls T
MRS. L. A. COTTON was in in the
city Monday and Tuesday, buying a
large assortment of Ladies' Coats.
AsEL B. NUDGE moved down from
Chester Saturday to take the farm of
his father, the latter moving to Clay
ton, -
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ments of Eugene Crow, f. o. ThOmp-
son, Deestrict Skule, Strawbridge &
ClOthier's and others.
PERSONS in need of lumber for build
ing or repairs, and wanting to buy at low
figures, would do we'll to call at the
yard of Frank Bailey.
L. T. DAVIS, residing in the Alley,
had a valuable young horse badly
damaged last week, by getting caught
in barbed wire fence.
FRANK BAILEY, as is more fully
set forth in longer article in these
columns, has laid in large lot of lum-
Der which he is selling at very small
profit.
A BIG assortment of working gloves
as we'll as a fine line of driving and
dress gloves, at Edward G. Walls. 4
PRESIDENT HARRISON and Governor
Reynolds issued their annual Thanks.
giving messages on the same day
Governor Reynolds is brief, but wholly
to the point, and Mr.. HarrisOn's will
take rank with the best that have ever
been issued from the White House.
SOMEBODY of statistical turn has
discovered that there is more money
invested in the dry goods business
than in any one business in all this
broad land. He is specific enough to
give figures. There are twenty thOus-
and millions engaged in the business
Railroads come next. There are be.
tween ten and twelve thousand millions
interested in railroads.
ANOTHER large invoice of Ladies'
Coats received this week latest STYLES
lowest prices. Call at L. A. Cot
toms.
ADVANCE IN BROOMs.-The broom.
corn market is excited by reports oil
an effort, of a combination in the West
to get control of the market. In its
object the combination is said to be
greatly aided by the crop being short
and the fact that very little stock was
left over from last year. Reports say
the new crop is estimated at not over
one-third of the usual amount. BroOms
have advanced twenty-five cents per
dozen at wholesale.
WE published an item about the
great loss of hogs about Leipsic and
in other places, last week. Mr.. An
drew Sisco tells us he read a recipe
that was tried out West few years
ago with good results, and several
weeks ago cured hog in his pen with
the same remedy. 1t is simply fine
cut tobacco. He gave his hog a table
spoon full once a day for a week in its
food and in about two weeks it was
well. He thinks spoon full once a
week on well hogs would be a
good preventive.
GENERAL BUTLER's 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. 1t 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 hy
the Barta Press, of Boston, the first
edition to be not less than one hun
dred thousand, probably double that
number. The general and exclusive
agent for Delaware is John c. Bryant.
SOC King street, Wilmington, Del.
THE Mite Society of the II. E.
Church has for some years presemptied
the Opera House on THANKSGIVING
night for an entertainment of some
kind, mostly festival. 1t will likely
prove festival this year, but of an en-
tlrely different kind, a festival of mer-
rimeIt end laughter rather than cakes.
ice cream and CHICKEN salad. The
boards will be occupied by an cid fash
Toned 'DeestriCt Skule" in which our
old people will turn the dial back ffty
or sixty years and appear as scholars
again dressed as they did then, read.
write, spell, speak and play, as they
did in the olden time with probably
many liberties the teacher will not
allow, There will doubtless be some
scenes in which the rod will take a
conspicuous part.
SHERIFF Cole was in SMYRNA yes.
terday to meet the Messrs. McCIaw and
some OF their creditors prior to the sale
OF personal property which is soon to
take place. The Messrs. McGaw saw
they contracted for $4,000 worth of to.
matoes, the greater part of which. DOS
sibly $4,000, has been paid. Phe un-
fortunate thing with those who failed
to get in the above list, is that thew
are entirely left, the payments stop.
ping abruptly when the sheFif's levy
was made. They also paid out over
PV'VOO lot laOOr, nquldatlng all the
claims We believe, in this particular.
There will be come heavy claims, it is
thought, unsatisRed, but thew are
mostly for material from other places.
There is regret for the embarrassment
that has Overtakel them, both for
themselves and the industry they rep
resent.
THE Local preachers Meeting in
this town, commencing Friday evening
and ending Sunday evening, promises
to Methodist circles the usual interest
offered by such occasions. It has been
several years since the Association has
met here. The Local Preachers are
opponents of faith that both sings
and speaks from personal knowledge.
and hence have the glow of warmth in
thelr religious exercises. According
to tee programme they will commence
with sermon by Rev. John B. Roberts.
OF MiddletOwn, Friday evening; all dav
Saturday will be OccQpied bY discuss.
ing question furnished by the curators;
Sunday there will be lovefeast at Q
O'Clock, children's meeting at Q O'Clock
and Rev. F. G. Pearson, d. d., of
Philadelphia, is announced to preach