Smyrna times., 1893-12-06


above water of Smiths Island, in the
Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, will
be removed
People on the Peninsula complain
that they cannot ship poultry to the
large cities on account of the high
freight and commission charges.
William w. Wilson and Mrs. Avis
Donovan were married THANKSGIVING
Day at Georgetown. The groom is 79
years old and the bride II.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Leila Jester of near Camden to Luir
Lee Sargent of Wilmington. The cere-
mOny will be performed at noon to-
day at the home of the brides
parents.
Game has been so scarce and gun
ners so plentiful this fall that the latter
have often been at their wits ends to
ind some means of not returning home
empty handed, because of the fear of
the ridicule of their friends.
Judge Ball fined A. G. B. Anderson.
of the Twelfth ward of Wilmington $50
aud costs for planting blow upon the
nose of James f. Farley. In case of a
much worse assault the assailant is de.
tended and the law ignored by a Kent
County Grand Jury.
Cards are out announcing the wed.
ding of Lizzie Whiteley;of Frederick, to
William Whiteley Baker, of Baltimore,
on December IA. The ceremony will
take place in the NJ. E. Church, Fred
erica.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Susie L. Wright to Will
liam A. Dawson. The ceremony will
take place at the residence of Harry
Frazier, west of Milford, on the 18th
inst, at 7.SO p. m.
Mary A. Emerson, relict of John
Emerson, died at the residence of her
sOn-in-law, Robert w. REYNOLDS. in
Frederick, on Tuesday week. Inter.
ment at Barrett's Chapel Thursday.
A few days ago E. c. Reese, living
near Harrington, bought 1900 live
turkeys in Philadelphia at cents per
pound. he has turned them loose on
his farm and will fatten them. They
were Western turkeys in too poor con-
dition to sell to consumers.
The SaxtOn's NJ. E. Church having
been moved to Bowers Beach, repaired.
improved and painted, was reopened
Sunday, Dec. g. DR.. w. L. S. Murray
preached at 10 o'clock Rev. Robert
Watt at 2 and Rev. S. R. Maxwell at 7.
Jerry Cannon was accidentally shot
and killed about noon on Thursday by
William Macklin, both cOlOred, of Mil
ford. They were gunning for rabbits
In Cedar Neck. The lads are about Is
years old.
-Four weeks of special revival efforts,
at Asbury NJ. E. Church, an appoint.
ment on Wyoming charge, Rev G.
W. Bowman, pastor, closed on Friday
night, oath inst. The visible results of
these efforts, are seen in a quickened
church, and fOrty-three added to the
membership.
Free wool will drive the farmers of
Kent and Sussex counties out of sheep
raising. Mr.. John J. Rosa will fatten
bis flock Of Merinos for mutton and
raise the Dorset sheep for stock pur-
poses, and several farmers near here
who embarked in tie business under
the Mckinley Tariff will dispose of
their hOcks in event of the present
tariff bill becoming a law.-MiLfOrd
Chronicle.
The Delta Phi Literary Society of
Delaware College will present the
comedy. "The Deacon and the Net
tie" in Caskey Hall, on December 10.
The service of Rodney Burton, a for
mer member of the society, and a
select company of artists from the
Girard Avenue Theatre have been
secured for the performance. The
people will remember Mr.. Burton as a
student at Delaware College where he
displayed considerable ability as an
ameteur performer.
The biggest social event Of the sea
son At Milford took place on Thursday,
when George w. Holliwell and DR.
Sallie NJ. Davis both of Bethlehem,
Pa, were married. The ceremony was
performed at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j.
Davis, by the brides brothers, Rev. r.
H. Davis, of North Conway, N. H.,
and Rev. w. p. Davis, of Camden, n.
J. At the conclusion of the pretty
ceremony the parents of the bride cele-
drafted the 9th anniversary of their
marriage.
Two young people strOIIed down the
street in Bridgeville Thanksgiving
Day. She had Just finished covering
an umbrella. The man was carrying
that self same umbrella, while In the
same hand was a lighted cigar. The
hre had dropped from the cigar into
the umbrella, and before the couple
we're aware the umbrella was ablaze.
Hs held the burning article before
him. trying to subdue the fire, and
ahoagh a member Of q volunteer fire
company, he was unsuccessful. The
heat became so intense that he drop.
ped the umbralla in the gutter and
stood bewildered on the sidewalk
watching the smoke curl upward
while the blushing young lady stood
oy his side with tear-bedimmed eye
oewailing the loss of her newly-coyeree
nmbrella. A crowd collected and
%hey moved on.
New Castles organization for tn'
poor aud suffering has begun opera
~ons IN earnest with the excellent star
et $500 In cash subscriptions and Z
mouse full of the choicest vegetable
1nat can 90 raised. Notwithstanding
pae iact that this little manufacturing