Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-11-11
CH1LDREN's long coats 4, 6, 8, 10, IL
years sizes at L. A. CottOn's. 4

years sizes at L. A. CottOR's. 4
DENNEY's Linden Flour 50 and 20
cents at Buchanan & Collins. I
Mrs. L. A. COTTON calls especial
attention to her stock of ladies, chill
drens and infants coats, as we'll as her
large stock of ladies dress goods.
THE work of putting in steam at the
Smyrna Public School is progressing
rapidly, and Mr.. Miller, the contractor
expects to have steam up on Friday.
THE Smyrna Depot was broken into
last night by prying one of the doors.
SOME small change was taken and a
telescope of drummer broken into
and the samples scattered in all direc-
tiOns.
ABEL S. RIGGS lost one OF his wagon
horses day or two ago from getting
its leg broken at night in the stable.
Chas. Armstrong had horse badly in
jured last week by running into a
barbed wire fence.
THE prOtracted meeting at Sever.
sons Church has been going along
with considerable spirit the past two
weeks, and some 20 conversions are
reported. The meeting at Friendship
has also been a success.
THE GOrtOn Minstrels had a full
audience at the Opera House on Mon
day night, which seemed to be
highly entertained. They have been
here before and left a good impression
with the laughter-loving people.
THERE will be a. total eclipse of the
moon on the fifteenth of the present
month, visible more or less to Europe,
Asia, Africa, North and South Amer
lea. In this section it will enter the
shadow at GA p. m, and will leave it
at 9.O2, lasting nearly three hours and
half. The middle of the eclipse will
be us p. m.
Two or three stacks of straw were
burned yesterday evening just before
dark at the residence of Edward
Streets, on the Middle Alley Road,
caused by matches in the hands of a
little boy. Fortunately the wind was
in the opposite direction from the farm
buildings, which enabled them to save
the latter.
AN amusing scene happened on Com
merce street last Sunday night, the
principal actors being cOlOred man
and three cOlOred women, two of them
arraigning him for deserving them and
the other one trying to keep him as an
escort. They fairly made the air ring
with the epithets they applied to each
other. 1t is not known which woman
played the winning card.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, unmarried,
died at the residence of Franklin Col
Inns, near Collins Beach, yesterday,
aged 70 years. He was raised by the
late George Deakyne, and has been
living with Mr. Collins the past
twenty three years. The funeral will
be tomorrow, to meet at the residence
of Mr.. Collins at l o'clock, interment
at Friendship church.
MRS. JENNIE A. GEARHART received
on Monday a draft for $4,000, from the
Ancient Order of United WOrkmen.
through Mizpah Lodge No. Is, this
town. This is one of the cheapest In
surance Association in the country.
Her husband went into the order about
a year and half before he was taken
sick, one of the healthiest men in
town. He had paid about $50 to the
Association.
The following are the officers of
Lodge No. 8, I. o. G. T., for the ensu-
ing quarter:
G. T., Maggie sisco; V. r., G. Bats
ford R. S. Herman Roe; F. s., C. o.
Swinney; Treasurer, H. MattifOrd :;
Chaplain, Mrs. NJ. E. Wells; Marshal,
Miss Annie r. lamar; g., Mr.. Bed
well Sentinel, John Mattiford P. C.
T., Mrs. Roe; Sec, Miss Nan HOyle :;
d. M Isaac Jones.
LEIPsIC NJ. P. Church, Rev. John A.
Wright, pastor, which for the past few
months has been undergoing needed
repairs, was reOpened last Sunday.
Rev. [. ]. Smith preached at 1920
a. IN, Rev. H. w. D. Johnson at $3.50
p. m, and Rev. J. NJ. Yingling at 700
p. IN. The collection during the day
amounted to $565.37, the total amount
of the repairs, and the church is free
from debt.
Personal.
Rev. Fred E. McKinsy, of Port Penn
filled the pulpit of the NJ. f. Church,
Sunday morning. In the afternoon he
preached at the landing at the close of
the Sunday School. In the evening he
preached for Rev. r. K. Stephenson at
Clayton. He made favorable impress
siOns at each place.