Smyrna times., 1893-03-01

finances, will be found in another col
umn.
MANY people have the tired feeling
now, and its anything but springlike
weather.
MCCOY & BROWN, merchant tailors.
have received a superior line of spring
woOlens.
The old-fashioned winters will
eventually come to mean the winters
when there is but little snow.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet Tuesday evening March 7th, at
the residence of Mrs. 7. B. Megear
w. G. PIERCE left yesterday for
Kentucky and will be back in week
or ten days with a drove of so young
mules.
BLACK Satines and skirting goods at
SUBSCRIBERS of the TIMES who
change residence should notify us at
this office or direct their postmaster
to do it.
The ladies of Leipsic NJ. E. Church,
Rev. F. f. Carpenter, pastor, will give
an oyster supper on next Friday and
Saturday evenings, Feb. "a.
The prOtracted meeting that has
been going on at the VI. F.. Church
since the first of the past month, has
made no headway in altar work.
AMONG the many things sold at Geo.
ID. Armstrong; sale, was a novelty in
the way OF rOOsters, 28 in number,
ranging from 9j to rs cents apiece.
They were of the Plymouth Rock
stock.
THE Rev. =. Snowden Thomas, edi-
tor Of the Peninsula Methodist, will
spend next Sunday 9th with Rev. w.
n. Warner, in KentOn. He will preach
morning and night. All are invited to
hear him.
TODAY is the annual moving day
for this section, including the three
upper hundreds of Kent county, quite
a number in lower New Castle county
making it convenient to move at the
same time.
OUR butchers are anxiously looking
for beeves that will supply srloin
stake at every cut, aud calves com
posed entirely Of liver, so as to fill the
orders of customers. When found we
hope to make Il note of it..
THE effort of the farmers in the vi
cinity of Brenford, as noted in these
columns two or three weeks since, to
secure a cannery at that place has re-
suited in success, terms having been
made with E. 0. Bayles, of Aberdeen,
Nd.
THE dwelling of VIM. Glanden at
Duck Greek, sold at sheriff sale on
saturday, was bought by the Clayton
Building an Loan Association for $475.
Geo. Hamilton retained his property
by securing a loan in a Wilmington
Association.
SOMEBODY who pretends to know,
says that all the gold in the world
could be stored in room "A feet square
and "A feet deep. For a thing that
takes up no more room in the world
than this, there is great deal of fuss
made over it,
The building lot adjoining his own
on Mt. Vernon street, 40 feet front,
which John COsgrif sold to J. E. De-
Ford for $780, report says is not to 90
unOccupied, but that some
time in the future Mr. DeFord is to put
a dwelling on it, etc.
BOYER &CO. make their spring an.
nOuncement. The contemplated
changes in the property which we
noted after the purchase last fall, have |
given them the most ample property
for business of their kind than any |
place in the state and perhaps the |
Peninsula.
ARMOUR & Co. will give a free ex-
libit of their "White Label" Soups |
and other goods at the Fancy Grocery
Store of Megear & Son, Main street. /
March 2. 10and IL. Don't fail to be |
present and test the superior quality of |
hese goods. Their style of serving
yoH will delight the eye, as their goods |
will the palate. - -
A. LEE CUAMINs, manufacturer eff |
Cummins' Celebrated Phosphates, has |
been down to Snow Hill, and secured |
as his agents there Messrs. Hurlock e /
HurlOck, who no doubt will sell large
quantities of this excellent fertilizer. |
On the same trip he visited his sister.
Mrs. DiricksOn, wife of DR.. James C. !
of Berlin.
GEO. f. Brown, recently represent !
ing the Herring, Hall & Marvin Safe !
Co., has severed his connection with |
that firm and connected himself with |
George J.. Remington, of 1927 Market |
Street, Philadelphia, late of the firm of |
Farrel G Co., and now the manufac.
turer of the old, reliable Herring Safe.
with all its recent improvements.
IVm. E. RIGGS, JR., was given the
appointment yesterday by Gov. Rey-
nolds of Clerk of the Orphans Court /
and Court of Chancery. He received
warm congratulations ca his return
from Dover at securing the appoint
nent. The term of Office is five years. /
He will move his family to Dover as
soon as he can conveniently do so.
SUNDAY was "big Missi onary day.
10 the u. i. Sunday School, the |
amount raised as that days contribu-
ton being $10G, or for the year 1855.
This was $50 short of last year. The !
amount raised by the school and con
2regation has for several years been
$500 and it is expected to bring the |
aggregate up to these figures by Con
ference time,
THE famous McGibeny family, son
slsting Of sixteen people, will appear !
at the Opera House, Saturday evening
March 3D.. They range from the old |
eat son, % years of age, down to a
little tot Of seven, who plays the bass
drum. There j. string quartette
male and female quartette, full brass
and string orchestras, and solos on var
lOus instruments, not to mention SONGS
and marches by the small fry.
WE thought we had enough snow a
week and ten days ago, but it was
nothing to what fell in Pennsylsania
and the states farther north and east
Many of the railroads were not opened
to travel for several days, in some cases
not until Friday, the blizzard there
being accompanied by snow on what
was already a heavy fall, making 10 to
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