Smyrna times., 1892-01-27
Smyrna and Vicinity.

DAYLIGHT is fast increasing.
THIS is weather to suit the plumber.
THERE is no concern about peach
buds swelling this January.
SOME one has made the discovery
that 1892 will have So Sundays.
IMITATION whalebone is a FegulSF
staple now, especially in umbrellas.
OUR correspondent, "P," writes of a
matter of vital Importance to parents
WE are indebted to @. J. Rice, 323-5
N. Water street, Philadelphia. for a
very pretty calendar.
The grip epidemic in 1889 reached
its climax in sixty days. The present
one bids fair to last as long.
THE increased attendance on the
church congregations, show a mater
ial improvement from the grippe.
JUST now is the dull season. Were
it not for the newspapers you would
think ''the country was going to the
dogs"
The ordinance relating to cleaning
sBOw from sidewalks is not as much
forgotten by citizens as it is forgotten
to be enforced by officials.
The George farm" near the "Big
Oak" which was sold at public sale on
Saturday. was purchased by ThOs. r.
George, one Of the heirs. for $17 an
acre-$1 ITO.
THE next political plum, for which
a scramble has already commenced is
the Office of Clerk of the Peace, which
will be vacated by A. Cahall, next Sep.
tember. Besides B. B. Allen, there are
already five other Applicants in the
field. ---
A REPORT which reached this town
on Monday evening, that Blaine was
dead, caught at Clayton from a mes
sage tSat was passing over the wire
doubtless some nonsense between
Operators at distant pOints) caused a
good deal of sensation during the even
ing.
The ice has prevented the steamer
Ella from making one her OF scheduled
trips. She went up Monday afternoon
and will return to-day. This will be
the last trip for the present. Due
notice will be given when the regular
schedule will be resumed.
WIN. MORRIS, son of the late "DOc,"
Morris, of Smyrna Landing. was Sc
verelv hurt by being run into by Sam
uel Hobbs on the sleighing track on
Thursday. He got in the way by
jumping on the back of a preceding
sleigh. Besides being stunned his face
was cut by the horses foot. There
were fortunately no broken limbs and
he was s0On Carried home.
DR.. HARMoNsoE, of Clayton, has
sold his drug store to g. G. Jacobs, of
Laurel The Clayton Creamery has
put up and filed a ffty-ton ice-honse.
john e. Banks, residing near
Delaney,s, died Sunday, aged rs years.
WIN. p. Wright has lost horse
with the grippe.-The Christian
EndeavOr Society of Ewell's M. p.
Church, will give Pink Tea on the
11th, 18th and 18th of February.
THERE have been several calls made
for a meeting of the Board of Trade,
but the members have failed to come.
There are q number Of matters of
much concern to be attended to, and
action has been postponed from time
to time. IL is hoped that a meeting
can be held this Wednesday night,
January q, at 2 p M, at the Office of
the Philadelphia & Smyrna TranspOr-
tation Co. If the Board of Trade Is to
exist and be of use, it becomes your
duty to attend.
WE are indebted to VIM. f. Baggs,
of Stevensville, Montana, son of Wa.
f. Baggs, of this town, for an illustrat-
ed copy descriptive of Missouli county,
folio in size and containing thirty-five
pages, all the chief interests of the
county, towns and persons being pre-
sented in pictures. IL he's rarely been
excelled in cost and execution by any
town further to the eastward. AS on
evidence of progress 10 the new state,
the town Of Missouli, which in 81 bad
1900 population. in '92, FIVE years
later, has population OF 10000 and
assesaible property to the value Of
1905. 900.