Smyrna times., 1892-10-05

ues to be low.
THE demand for ice cream is gradu-
ally but surely dwindling.
THE weather seems to be reaching
down after the frost point.
E. G. WALLS is giving his clothing
store a dressing of very light cOlOred
paint.
THE CLARENCE BENNETT Company
will be at the Opera House Friday
night.
JAS. P. HoFFECKER's drug store is
being papered with new and attractive
designs.
STATE Auditor Dulaney gives notice
to School committees in another col
umn, of settlement days.
B. A. HAZEL bought the real estate
of the Davs's heirs in Black bird at
public sale on Saturday for $500.
CHEsTNUTs are getting ripe. The
crop promises to be a good one. 1t is
the reverse of this with walnuts.
Mrs William Lurty last Sunday fell
out of the door and injured her elbow
and shoulder. She is improving at |
present. -
No matter where else you look be
sure to see our line of Ladies Coats
before purchasing. 1t is to your ad-
vantage. l.. A. Cotton. #
THE third quarterly conference of |
Asbury NJ. E. Church will be held on
Friday night, and Presiding Elder
Smith will preach on Sunday night.
WALTER SHELTON has opened an
oyster saloon next door to the store of !
J. G. Rrinton, on COmmerse street.
Oysters for family use will be deliv-
cred on order.
IN olden times not many barns were
struck by lightning. Nowadays almost
every electric storm fires one or more
barns in some part of the country.
What is the cause ?
GEO w. TURNER, who has been
assisting e. H. Register the past four
years in the butcher business, has gone
in business for himself. John c. Barnes
takes his place with Mr.. Register.
REV. WIN. NJ. WARNER will COM
mence protracted meeting at Blackis-
| ton Church, KentOn Circuit next Sun
day Rev. Il. K. Stephenson is now
conducting one at Bethel Church,
near CheswOld.
THOSE persons who are not already
registered will have an opportunity to
get registered on Saturday Oct 18th,
or Saturday, Oct 22d, or Saturday,
Oct. 29th, before the Board of Regis
tration. If you do not get registered
you cannot vote.
JOHN B. COOPER has moved from his
residence on upper Commerce street
(recentlV sold to VIM. A. Stevens, of
the Alley to the Carrow property on
| Main street Mr.. Stevens will not
more in until the latter part of the
month, intending to first give the house
a new painting.
SUNDAY, Oct. 10th will be observed
by the NJ. E. Sabbath School as COlum-
bian Day. Music will be the attractive
feature of each service singing by the
choir, and by the school, assisted By
some of our best talent. The cOntri-
buttons made during the day will be
for the purpose of making improve
ments in the lecture room ofthe church.
FARMERS generally are done or
nearly so seeding wheat. 1t IS earlier
than seeding is usually done, but farm
ers are further ahead with their fall
work than usual, and corn being better
matured than usual at this season
farmers generally are seeding their
corn ground wheat first. This gives it
an opportunity to get a start, and
ought materially promote the growth
and yield of that grain. IffallOw seed
ing is done by the 10th or 18th of OCtO-
ber it is regarded as sufficient, and
: avoids the hot weather and fly, but
most prefer seeding the first of October.
f Four or five of our citizens went out
, to Clayton on Sunday evening, to hear
the Rev. S. J. Morris, ID. D., of St
Michaels, who had preached the ded-
icatory sermon of the CheswOld
: Church in the morning. The seats
: were filed, with the further necessity
, of placing chairs in the aisles, the rev.
erend gentleman claiming the close
and earnest attention of the audience
: throughout the discourse. He take;
a strong grasp of his subject, freshened
with new and vigorous thought, has
p that action and accentuatiOn which
characterizes a preacher who is master
of his subject, the whole being warmed
f and mellOwed by that impress that
comes with a pure exposition of the
gospel, intended to benefit and elevate
0 the heareF.
On Monday evening at the Presby
I terian Church, q Christian EndeavO
4 Local Union was formed of the sOcie
ties of the Methodist and Presby
Churches of Smyrna, and the M. P
Church. of Clayton, to be called the
II "Smyrna and Clayton Local Union.
The object is to promote greater in
spiratiOn aud fellowship among the
members. There were about 40 pres
e ent, seven of whom were from Clayton
n There was good spirit manifested
and each society was inspired with yea
for better work. The officers electe
i for the ensuing year were, President
2 Rev. G. G. Adams; Vice President
3 Rev. G. r. Earring; Secretary, Mis-
E. Emma Weldon Treasurer, Miss Flor
ence Clayton.
n BIDS For DREDGING.-Bids wer
,r opened in the United States Engineer
a. ing Office, Monday, for dredging i
Apoquinimink, Smyrna, Murderki
Rivers. The sum of $1,000 is to b
d expended in the Murderkill, an
er $4,000 in the MispilliOn near thei
Is mouths; $1,000 in the ApOquiniminl
ID and $4,000 in Smyrna, inside.