Smyrna times., 1894-05-09
THE amount of money on deposit in
nnr hanks is $233. .3O3.64.

The amount OF money on uepOsiG III
'ur banks is $233, ,30364.
A hanesome line of Negligee shirts,
10Th laundied and unlaundried, at
Gdw. G. Walls. i
THE mosquito is on the warpath |
Ifter a season of rest. He is exceed
ngly aggressive and his implement OF |
warfare is rather finished to the point. |
JOHN P. COLLINS had his hand sew
,rely but not seriously hurt Saturday |
while dehorning a steer. He has clip
bed seventy pairs of horns this spring.
JOHN PRICE, in charge of Mrs. Smiths
ce business, sold 213 tons of ice one
iay last week. 1t was not however all
for delivery on that day.
THE Crab has taken the place Of the
1yster with Mr.. Pratt, by the quart
40 cents) or dozen, and this morning
Capt. Gale Jones is peddling carp.
JOHN H. HOFFECKER has procured
from Geo. E. Gaskill, of Philadelphia,
io-horse-power horizontal boiler to be
used in connection with his cannery.
JOHN p. HUDSON, iD addition to a
new stock of lumber at his yard on Mt.
Vernon street, has also erected an Of
fee for business accommodations at the
same place.
H. F. HEPBURN, residing west of
Kenton lett at the TIMES Office last
week a sample of wheat from his field
that only lacked a few inches in meas
uring four feet in height.
MEssRs. LEWIS & WHEATMAN have
erected a windmill for S. G. Wilds on
his farm near BrenfOrd, and yesterday
erected a wire fence on the farm of DIR.
Mitchell on the Light House road.
B.F. JACOBS has a cabbage set out
this spring already forming a head.
He has also nearly an acre set out in
early tomatoes eight to twelve inches
in height, number of which are in
blossom.
THE attachment of steam by Mr..
Corbit to his mill here and the capacity
of -four therefrom was Overstated in
our last issue from misinformatiOn-a
half a barrel instead of ba rrel of -four
in 35 minutes.
AMONG a variety of choice toilet
soaps, Jas. P. Hotfecker has at his drug
store kind stamped in the soap, "The
Belle of Smyrna" The name if moth
ing else, ought to give it a send off
with the ladies.
L. NJ. Price finds an unusual demand
for kainit this spring. He got early
in the season what he thought would
be a sufficient quantity for spring use,
but had to order another vessel load
last week from Baltimore.
Prof. w. H. Beck kweth, of the Della
ware College Experimental Station,
was in town last Friday looking after
the insects which have been destroying
the grapes in this vicinity. He will
experiment and try to find a remedy
for the evil.
GEO. w. TAYLOR finds himself busy
at his new machine shop near the
depot. A chief item just at this time
is putting in gas stoves, to take the
place of wood and coal fires in cooking
the fire and heat ceasing the moment
the cooking is done. He is doing the
piping for several of them this week.
The officers of the Presbyterian
Christian Endeavor Society were ap
pointed at their last business meeting
as follows: President, Mrs S. B. Reyn
Oids; Vice-President, E. Harry Beck
Recording Secretary, Wm. g. An
thOny; Corresponding Secretary, Har
vey B. Stewart; Treasurer, Elizabeth
Denney; Chorister, Edward NJ. Boyd
THE absence of rain for more thai
three weeks following the three day
storm of rain, hail and snow made tn
showers that came on Saturday an,
Sunday nights very desirable. Whea
which is very luxurant and ready t
head out, t,and especially the grass field
were greatly benefited. 1t was ais
very OppOrtune for truckers Monda,
in putting out tomato, sweetpOta t
and other plants. The first week il
May rarely finds growth so forward.
THE people of Still Pond, Md, wer
thrown into a ferment last week owe
some disclosures that seriously affeC
the moral character of Rev. John
Kemp, one of the leading preachers c
Easton District. and who has hithert
sustained an unblemished reputation
Presiding Elder Smith has cited hir
to hearing before a committee of hi
peers in the ministry in Smyrna tC
mOrrow,-seveni in number-who wi
carefully investigate the charges.
Miss MARIA F. SMITH has had place
on her husbands grave, (the late Cha
les Smith, a handsome memorial stOn
made after the style of the Grecia
SarcOphagus. At the head is carve
the mosonic badge in bas-relief,
which society he was loyal nembe
An the foot was carved likewise crOl
running through a crown. The Epitap
composed the rest of the carvinl
The memorial was made and prepare
in Wilmington at cost of 5000.
1t looked, last fall, when the ele
tricians were slashing the trees alou
our principal thoroughfares, that "
would be obliged to go in the countr
for shade this summer, but mother nj
ture never designed it that way an
this spring we find it not so bad as W,
contemplated. It is hardly nOticeab
except on Delaware street where not
ing was left except the trunks. viii
on Main and Commerce streets Il
foliage is coming out better and vi
probably not be so noticeable to pede
! frio a.