Smyrna times., 1894-02-14

community at this time is auctioneel
Weldon-a sale to call every day the
remainder of the month. Cattle are
bringing good prices. from $50 to $50
but horses are low, the very best hardl,
reaching $100. Farm machinery aIsC
is not up TO former prices.
The MalcOmb mill, near Brenford
winch has been run several years by j
V. Malcomb, has been sold through
the agency of Beck & Hazell to James
Smith, Of Chester, for $4,000. Also,th
tract OF 70 acres near Rothwell's Land.
ing, formerly part of VIM. Windle's
estate, belonging to Mrs. Annie e.
Kitchens, of Dover, to Jas. T. Truax.
IT is now a decided question that
Lawrence's is the place to go for neatly
hnished photographs. The very fact
Is shown by the grade of work he turns
out and at such moderate prices. He
has been busy continually since he has
oeen here, which goes to show the
benefit of good advertising, both in ex.
cellent work and the medium of our
town 8 local paper. His group pictures
cap the climax.
"A FEW days ago two men went into
one OF our restaurants and asked the
price OF oysters and on being told said
they would take a quart each. In replv
to.the inquiry what they had to take
them in, said nothing, that thew would
eat them there, and sitting down to a
taoie, each had his quart OF raw oysters
goOOled up In less than ten minutes.
This was in the morning. in the after
noon one of them returned and went
through the same operation. Thew
were presumably from the Chesapea ke
oyster region.
The ColOred Teachers Institute
held at Bethel A. NJ. E. Church in This
town, on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday last, was an interesting time to
the teachers and the colored citizans
who had time to attend. There were
from htty to seventy-ive in attendance
among which are said to have been
some ready and apt scholars. Stunt
Tlndall and President Webb of the
colOred college were with them a good
part of the time. The evening enter
tainments of Wednesday and Thursday
were not what was expected DR.. .Grandi
son failing to be present. Friday night
was better, ex-U. :. Minister Bassett.
gave them a f1ne address followed bv
some good elOcutionary efforts from
some of the teachers.
BENZ. F. JACOBS, whose new and ex.
perimental hot house for plants. near
the depot, has been alluded to before
IN these columns, has passed thus far
through the winter to his entire salts.
faction, though not without some suo-
gestions gained by experience that NAV
be turned to account another season
de has some 800 heads of lettuce now
In nice condition for the table, the first
being cut on Friday, radishes coming
on timely, cabbage plants for earlV
spring planting &c. As Dreviousiv
stated, his chief object is to have good
supply of early tomato plants. that will
be started in the beds now occuDied nv
the lettuce. In fact he mas soma earIy
varieties now through the ground, that
will be transplanted to cold frames.
The members of SMYRNA GRANGE
No. 2l, have taken hold of their WORK
In dead earnest. They have manned
out vigorous educational camDaign
that scarcely farmer who wants To he
up with the times can afford to miss
On Saturday next the Hon. John q
Higgins, who is the Master of the Stata
Grange, will deliver public address
in the Grange Hall, third floor of the
cooper building, to which all farmers
are urged to be present. Mr.. Higgins
Will present not only good, substantial
reasons why farmers should belong to
the grange but will also talk on some
subject OF immediate interest to the
farmer. On the following Saturdav
DIR. A. I. Neale, of the Delaware Col.
lege Experiment Station will be here
ana on the Saturday following that,
some other celebrity.
FEBRUARY COSMOPOLITAN. - The
secret of the great success of the Gas.
nlOpotltan is not so hard to find. if one
looks carefully over the number for
FEBRUARY. A story of Valdes, the fa. |
NOUS Spanish novelist, the first from
his pen to appear in any American |
magazlne,sis begun in this number
arthur Sherburne Hardy's story. "a |
Rejected Manuscript" is cbarminylv
illustrated by l.. MarOld, who we he
lieve makes his first appearance in the
on this side of the water /
proiusely illustrated article on the de.
signing and building of war-ship an. |
peais 10 the interest taken by all in the |
new navy, and a thrilling description
OF naval combat under the significant |
Title The MelOban and the Pentbe. |
roy" describes, after the manner of the |
Battle of DOrking, a possible sea.fgbt
the outcome of which is watched hv
the entire naval world. "Glidiny
rhght" Is an interesting contribution
20 Cne problem OF aerial navigation by
ohe VINO mas studied the fight of soar
ing NJ Dlrds In the East for twenty years.
Inc departments, 'In the World of art
ana letters" and the Progress of
Science" continue to have as contribu-
tors men famous in both continents.
ELECTRICITY AT SALIsBURY.-R M
and w. L. Johnson, formerly of this
town, who moved from Milford to
the first of the year. are thus
referred to by the Advertiser of that
town: The Messrs. johnson are mak.
ing an enOrt to tnrn on the electric cur-
rent next Wednesday night. The
motive power is all completed and the
lynamos already to set Ia position and
gear. The company closed a contract
with the city council last Monday ni0bt
ior the lighting Of the city, the price 10
pc cents per night for 16 C. D., and 5
,ents Tor "A C. p., Division street will
% supplied with "a candle power lights
1inemen have been busy the past ten
lays hitting up the line and putting on
lew lamps. The whole line will ne
ltted out with new lamps; many busi-
less houses and residences have been
wired this week. The Messrs. Jobnson
IRE very much pleased with their snc.
'ess IN making contracts for the Iiobtg
ng with persons that have never taken
t before. " ''i
Mr. Heger, the president of the old
'ompany has been here this week az.
lsting in placing the dynamos and
making abe connection
They purchased the Wioomico FalIe
dills and have nearly completed their
iiew electric light station. The large
lour mills have been supplied with i'm.
proved new wheels aud the frm has
eeuilt the wharves around the PROC
rty at large expense. They have
probably put SEC, 900 in the improve