Smyrna times., 1892-12-14

n
., oo o totsIIv.d estroyed by fire Monday
,'igbt The FIRE W as discovered about
10 o,clocll midnight, and by one o'clock
the whole building lay in ashes. Mr..
calhoun places his loss at about $4,000
with an insurance of $4,000.
ROMANCE OF A MARRIAGE.-There is
a tinqe of romance in the marriage at
Norristown, Pa, on Thursday, of State
insurance Commissioner Isaac N.
Fooks and Miss Jennie M. Harpie, of
Wilmington. Besides being State
official Mr. Fooks is engaged in the
manufacture of hosiery. Some time
ago he started a factory at Georgetown,
and Miss Harpie was sent there by the
company furnishing the machinery to
see that it was properly adjusted.
Being familiar with the manufacture of
hosiery, as well, Mr.. Fooks engaged
her as fOrewoman in his factory, and it
was not long before they were engaged.
THE NEEELE-WORK GUILD.-The
Wilmington branch of the Needle
work Guild of America is charitable
| institution of which very little has been
said, but which has been doing effective
work in quiet way. 1t was organ
lied about one year ago and includes
in its membership a number OF the
most prominent women charitable
workers of the city. The guild is
purely unsectari an and its object is to
collect garments and distribute them
to needy people and charitable institu-
tions. The guild consists of a central
branch with a corps of officers and
sixteen sections, each of which Is con-
trolled by president.
BISHOP COLEMAN's BLINDNESS. -
The sore trial through which Rt. Rev
Bishop Coleman has passed during the
past two weeks has brought hundreds
of sympathetic messages to him, and
the kindly words have added not
little to his buOyancy of spirits.
Bishop Coleman caught cold in his
left eye while on the way to Concord
N. AS result of this the mem
brane has been destroyed and he will
not be able to see out of the eye again
His physical conditiOH imyrover daily
and in the course of two or three week
the physicians hope he will be able t.
leave his bed, but they will advise res
and quiet for at least two months there
after.
A DECISION ON GAME LAWS
case of interest to sportsman was de
cided in the County Court Whining
ton, Saturday. 1t involved the righ
: of the wife of John Burger of AppO
| quinimink, to expose for sale gam
e | killed by her husband on his property
j Mrs. Burger was arrested at the in
stance Of the Game Protective AssOcia
5 ton. charged with a violation of tn
4 game laws in this regard. and Magis
; trate MoDahan fined the defendant
/ The case was appealed to the Superio
Court and the judgement below wa
reversed. the Court holding that
> was not unlawf full for an agent to Offe
for sale game killed on the propert
of another. -
The mistakes of the printer" ar
proverbial, and the aggravating thin
to the editor is that they often Occu
in correcting the proof after it ha
: been marked by him. The editor {
: the Conference Herald gives the follow
ing bit of experience: ThanksgiVin
sermon LOT THANKSGIVING supper
= our last issue is a striking specimen
;. 1t afforded the lady we wot of II
amusement that the ladies of Del;
ware City had given Thanksgivin
sermon, and that 120 0people had helpe
them eat it; that the sermon had bee
repeated and eaten over again at
y cents per head. aud this time utterl
: devoured by the hungry crowd, an
: that they had cleared ever.so. o.much G
n it.
For affections of the throat and chest, Dr. Bul
Couph Syrup is ne plus ultra Mr Chas. W. Ale
l. ander I'LL ist Street. Washington. d. c., write
= Il have used DR.. Bills Cough Syrup i'll my ta
Ia lily for some years past, and have found II We
le effective in breaking up coughs colds, hOarsent
r etc. and it does all that is claimed for 1t. l
r. ways keep bottle on hand"