Smyrna times., 1892-09-14

pounds OF butter the past month from
81 ,645 pounds of milk.
THE best and choicest line of Cloth
ing ever in Smyrna, opened this week
at Edward &. Walls. T
The coal shovel is not so musical as
some things, but a harbinger of COM
fort in the heat by and by.
HARMONY LODGE, A. F. A. NJ, will
have their first meeting after the
heated term, tomorrow night.
RoBT. H. CUNILINs, of Philadelphia,
is having the burnt buildings on his
farm near Clayton replaced.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
open for the year Monday evening
September 10Th at 7 o'clock sharp.
New style Hats at Edward G..
Walls. T
THE Ladies' Benevolent Society will
hold their annual Festival in the
Opera House the last of October.
Signed, SEC.
The Registrars of both Duck Creek
(Western District) and Kenton Hun
dreds will sit in Clayton Saturday.
THE fair on the 1915 train to Dover.
tomorrow to attend the Democratic
Club Convention will be only % cents.
G. E. Jacobs & Co.'S specialist on the
eye will be at Oscar Fishers iewelry
store, Wednesday, Sept. 21st. See ad.
in another column.
HAPPY and content is a bride with
"The Rochester," she lives in the
light of the morning. To learn more,
aCrite Rochester Lamp Co., New York.
DIR. ]. r. MCCAUsLAND has con-
tracted with A. L. Hudson, Jr., to
build his house on Main street. The
stable, at the rear of the lot is nearly
completed, large and we'll arranged
one.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold Memorial Service, in
honor of Miss Frances Willard s
mother, on Monday evening, Septem-
ber 10Th, at the home of Mrs. l.. NJ.
Price, 7.3O o'clock.
THE Third Quarterly Conference for
Smyrna Circuit will be held on Mon
day evening, September 10Th, at
the parsonage at Z! o'clock. All
official members are urged to be pres
ent. r. X. Stephenson, Pastor.
THE long looked for rain came last
night in some good showers, that will
bring life and heart to everything. 1t
is too late to benefit corn, but will the
pasture fields and root crops, and
enable the farmers to prepare for the
wheat seeding.
THE Orphans Court, New Castle
county, on Monday last, assigned the
residue of David Halls estate to f. H. .
Beck who was the purchaser at public
sale. This completes the title of the
Samuel McClary farm recently pur-
chased by said Beck.
A COPY of the Marion, Ind, Dailu
Chronicle has been received, the main
features ofits makeup being an account
of the visit of the Delaware and Mary
land editors, with numerous illustra
tiOns of the important places of the
city. Another excursion will be run
to Marion, September 9th.
The letter explaining and setting
the KentOn Base Ball Club right on
the collection" question signed B. p,
is not accompanied by the name of the
writer. This is necessary, not for pub
lication, but as a guarantee to the pub
Usher, and the article will be published
as soon as this is received.
THE colored Odd Fellows of this
town and those of Mt. Friendship had
a parade on Thursday afternoon in
in their new regalia, headed by the
Independent Cornet Band. In the
evening they were Joined by a Will
mingtOn lodge, when a District Con-
ference was held. 1t was quite an
event with the colored people.
LEVI SYLVESTER has succeeded John
R. Cameron as janitor of the public
schools. The School Board wanted
the exclusive service which Mr.. c..
could not give because of other duties,
and hence the change. By thus being
in charge the entire time it is hoped
and believed that AIr. Sylvester will
be able to avoid the lost days that have
been experienced for some winters.
Mr.. GEO. w. SCOTT, of Philadelphia.
who has purchased the Barnet" farm,
near Blackbird, has rented the dwell.
ling of Willard F. Weldon, of this
town for the ensuing year. Mr.. Scott
purposes erecting comfortable build
ings on the farm in the coming year,
and will make his home in this town
during the period he is having the
work done.
For a considerable while past the
flag of the school house (which was
made present to the school by the
publishers of the Youths Companion for
Miss Mary Budd's essay giving the
best reasons for hosting our national
colors over school hOuses) has not
floated from the flag staff. This was
because the halyards parted and could
not be used. The staff was taken down
last week, new halyards placed on it,
and the flag now proudly waves in
the breeze.
SATURDAY was the second day of
registration, the work running along
smoothly as on the previous Saturday.
On the Eastern District 1876 names
were registered, and the Western, 1876.
This makes 548 for the two days, or
more than half of the voters of the
Hundred. There is said to be consid-
erable lethargy among some of the old
voters to being registered, not liking
these new tangled" political methods
to enable them to cast their franchise
and there is a noticeable activity
among an old class of workers to
have full list.
CHAs. S. CLEMENT, who died near
Clayton on Wednesday last, in his Goth
year, had until three or four wears ago
life in Little Creek Hundred below
Leipsic. He grew up in the family of
his uncle, the late VIM. DuHamel.
went to farming after reaching man
hood, and followed it all his life.
He was genial and affable, aud liked
wherever known. Two of his sons are