Smyrna times., 1893-06-07

mousse, lawn ana garden.
HERMAN JEFFRIEs, representing the
Wm. Deering Co. of the West, for
whom Messrs. Lewes & Wheatman are
agents, is here for the purpose of put
ting up the wheat binders they have
sold and putting them in complete or
der for wOrk-some % in number.
GEO. w. TILGHMAN, recently in
saving a good sized log ran into
piece of steel something like wedge
used with an old fashioned scythe aud
cradle, and damaged the saw consid-
erably. II was near the centre of the
log, and the wood was sound around it,
THE Sunday school of the Presbyter-
ian church will have its Children's
Day next Sunday morning. Server
sons church, Smyrna Circuit, will also
have a similar service next Sunday
morning. Centennial and Bethel
churches, this town will also hold
Children's Day services next Sunday.
THROUGH the soliciting of Mrs. S.
Z. Anthony, the ladies of Smyrna and
vicinity have very cordially responded
with their contributions to aid in pur-
chasing books, As in number. to do
nate to the Y. NJ. C. A, and are now
ready to be placed on the book shelves
prepared for them.
ALEXANDER CARSON left Monday to
take charge of a restaurant and the
bath rooms at Claiborne, the northern
terminus of the Eastern Shore railroad
in Talbot CO., where he expects to be
occupied for the summer. The object
OF certain capitalists is to open a water.
ing place, which will be patronized by
BaltimOreans, at this new resort.
THE barefooted boy is in style again.
and the poor lad who is compelled to
wear his shoes all the year round is
envying his cOmrade the pleasure that
is so cheap. In race the bOv in shoes
is distanced by his barefooted compan-
ion and while the one is nursing his
everlasting cOrns, the other Sits sand
through his toes.
SATURDAY was essentially straw ber-
ry day, judging from the number of
quarts that found their way to con.
sumers. At one place alone, Bell &
Whites, 329 quarts were sold, and
they were out of berries three different
times during the day, notably from 5
to O'Clock in the evening, a crate
coming into the store after the last
named hour being sold before closing.
JOHN B. COOPER one of the State
Trustees, attended the usual monthly
meeting at Farnhurst Thursday. He
says there are 20S inmates of the hos.
Pital, filling all the rooms, and addi
tiOnal inmates can only be admitted bv
crOwding the wards. 1t was hoped bv
the Board that the late session of the
Legislature would relieve this pressure
byan appropriation for an OUTLYING
ward in which to place the more noisV
and violent patients.
MONDAY while turning into Della
ware street with large log for Tilgh-
mans saw mill, the ground under the
front wheel suddenly gave awav. let
ting it down into the ground to the
hub. The water pipe had leaked at
the joint softening it below, leaving
the top hard like the shell of an egg
but which gave away under the pres
sure. The wagon was skillfully extri-
Gated from its position by Emory
Lumm, the owner, and the leak men.
ded the next day.
CHAs. II. REGISTER has erected a
porch spanning the larger part of his
dwelling with ballustrated front. the
ascent being from either end, that has
very decidedly relieved the plainess of
the house and made it a noticeable fea-
ture of Commerce street.-the princiDal
line of travel. In addition, windows
with glasses filling the whole sash. have
taken the place of the smaller ones. a
new dressing of paint for the whole.
and new dining room in the rear.
has given him very much the same as
new home.
The scafolding to the top of the
standpipe was completed last week,
made necessary TO repair the damage
to the cover caused by the ice in the
long freeze in January forcing the iron
ladder inside, through it. The latter
was twisted in all shapes and broken
by the cOngeaiibg mass, a part of it
having become detached and lodged in
the man-hOle. Geo. w. Taylor, while
at the work let the water out for a day
or two to give it thorough cleaning.
The pipe will be repRinted while the
scaiold is in position.
OWEN q. CROWLEY, a resident near
the "Tent" IN ThOrOughfare Neck died
on Saturday, suddenly, aged 9l years.
he was known as one of the most
sturdy men in the Neck, of robust
health and muscle who had never
been sick in his life. He was in
Smyrna on Wednesday and again on
Friday, looking the picture of health.
On Saturday he ate mess of strawber
ries and afterwards drank lot of but
termilk which resulted in cholera NOR
bus that terminated in death before re.
lief could be administered. The re.
mains will lie inferred in the Catholic
cemetery at Warwick, to day.
FRANK REAyIFF, JR., son of the late
Frank w. Heavitt, Of BALTIMORE, fell
from tree near West Huntington
Ave, Baltimore, last Thursday even.
ing and in short time died from the
effects Of the fall. He went TO Union
Park to witness game of base ball
and, in order to see it better, climbed
a tree, the limb broke and precipitated
him to the ground. He was taken
home u1eonciOus, where he died in a
few hours. he was half grown boy.
q frequent visitor 70 this town to see
his aunts, his mother being well
known to our older citizens as Miss
Lizzie Davis, daughter Of the late Col.
George Davis. Mrs. Neavitt lost her
husband and sister Annie both only a
few months ago and now she has the
additional grief Of losing a son.
We referred two weeks ago TO the
2erious illness of Miss Ella Buckgou
from lock jaw caused by her clothes 7
taking fire from some burning liter in
the garden, near New Castle. She
was sister Of Jos. 4. Ruckson, near
this town, formerly of Thorouehfare
neck. The funeral took place from |
her mothers residence on Tuesday of |
last week, moving from thence to |
Union church, near BlackbiEd, where |
the services were conducted by Rev. |
w. P. Townsend, of Red Lion, who |
preached from Philippians, 1st chapter.
part of 2lst verse. Rev. L. g. Els |