Smyrna times., 1893-07-05

THE Services at the Methodist church
lext Sunday will be devoted to admin
stratien of the Lords Supper.
To Kenton belongs the credit of fur
lishing the first ton of bone for the
Phosphate mill at Smyrna Landing.
QUITE a number of colOred people !
were in town on Sunday, in atten dance |
on the Church Camp at Centennial
Church.
The making of presents is an impOr-
tant feature of graduation. One of our
sweet girl graduates it is stated re-
ceived sixty. -
A copy of the Twentieth Annual
Catalogue of the Conference Academy
has been received at this Office. 1t is
neat pamphlet of S5 pages.
B.F.C. RoTHWELL announces the
grand opening of Collins Beach for to-
morrow night, to be followed with
hop every Thursday evening.
ANDREW WALLEN died at Clayton
on Friday, aged n years, and was
buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,
this town, Sunday afternoon.
THE "4th of July" Festival of Bethel
Church held at Brenford last evening
was decided success, realizing some
$50. gross, and from $40 20 SIS clear.
THE personal property of the late
Owen c. Crowley near the Tent"
which was sold Friday, brought good
prices, the young horse bringing 500.
BESIDES number of attractive
plants in the spacious yard or lawn of
VIM. NJ. Bell, is a Yucca plant of eight
blooming stalks. They usually have
one and seldom get above three.
The funny paragrapher of the Phila-
delphia Ledger rises to remark, that
the time appears to be at hand, when
man who is referred to as silver
haired, will regard it as an attempt to
depreciate him.
The clayey part of the road at
Smyrna Landing is being shelled by
the Transportation Company-several
hundred feet-which will be a great
advantage to hauling when bad
weather comes.
The talk about the peach crop run
ming out seems all bosh when the rail
/ To lya N
life year on the Peninsula-5,6 100000,
against that other phenomenal yeal
the great crop of 1875, which was
4,9S9,OOO.
THE Christian Endeavor societies o
the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches will hold a union service a
the latter church Sunday evening a
$50 o'clock, in cOmmemoratiOn OF thu
twelfth International Convention iu
Montreal.
Hepburn Benson in letter last weel
TO his father said that VIM. Turner, for
merlv of Smyrna, while working on
house in Camden, n. ]. feel distance G
90 feet hurting himself very badly, an
was taken to hospital. He is recOv
ering and will soon be about.
THE question now before our citi
zens is Sewerage and Electric Lights
as will be seen by advertisement OF tn
Town Commissioners elsewhere, for a
election by the property holders o
f Monday 18th inst This vote will dt
eide the Commissioners as to the pre-
priety of issueing bonds &c.
: ONE hundred aud seventeen yeaI
I had passed away yesterday since tn
great document, the Declaration OF IN
dependence, was signed by our patri'
I tic forefathers, and through their Ill
+ exampled heroism we enjoy the bles
+ ings of civil and religious liberty.
t GEO. w. TAYLOR, who has charge
# the work, will this week run line
e water pipe from the standpipe to NJ
= Vernon street somewhere near Il
d residence of Mrs. Lillian Cloak whiC
0 will give the water a complete -circu
o of the town, leaving as we understan
l. no dead ends" as they are called.
II REV. E. E. FRANKE, Seventh d.
II Adventist. who has been making a ST
: at Kenton on certain lines, and who
'e aims and purposes were set forth in
o communication in our last issue, hi
D. written reply for these column
r. which, from the intervention of "
e terday as a holiday and other work
1f cidental to it, had to be deferred un
our next issue.
70 On Friday night the barracks on t
81 E. ]. Colt farm near town tenanted
n John w. Deakyne was destroyed
n FIRE, together with II tons of hay
=, longing to Mr.. Deakyne and a whC
~ thFesheF belonging to Elmer Re-
e Everything on the place was insur
q but just the property destroyed.
n CLARENCE PREITYMAN has bou(
1d the johnson Building" in which
nd has his shoe store in this town,
nv Richard NJ. Johnson, of Milford, for
sum of $5,5 800. Mr.. Prettyman is {
se of the men who has "come to stay
ct is evidenced in an ownership of b.
m. his home and place of business, &
is deserves that recognition that belol
MS to a citizen who invests to build
he town up. -
ct, ARRANGEMENTS will be made by
ed Philadelphia and Smyrna Transpor
ton company to run a daily line d
- ing the month of August and as i