Smyrna times., 1894-09-19

J0 SATURDAY morning u mB6bluR was
eld in Harrison Chapel for prayer for
be defeat of Colonel Breckinridge.
ixty women and about 20 men were
Prof. J. F. McGarvey offered
rayer and explained the object of the
Meeting. Rev. E. H. Ward, of Christ
Episcopal Church, read a lesson. Rev.
)r. W. F. V. Bartlett, who conducted
he services at John @. Breckinridge's
uneral, next offered prayer. Other
prayers and addresses were made.
Smyrna and Vicinity.
PANTS made to order for $500 up at
Mccoy & Brown. 4
THE large quantity of nuts is said to
Indicate a cold winter.
THE scare leaves of autumn are rapid |
y leaving the parent stem.
SOMETIMES a man keeps his word
because no one else will take it.
LOOK at Farrell's cash store 'ad"
this week. He calls your attention.
IT is about time to lay in your sweet
potatoes. The fall will be short one
and an early winter is predicted.
SOMEBODY offers prize of $40 for a
perfect mother-in-law. He might make
It $4,000 and not have to pay it.
The sudden and great changes in
the weather makes people think of
coal, stoves, heaters and such like.
FRANK RIEMAN has extracted 3100
pounds of honey, this year, one of the
best years for honey of the last ten.
Miss Lou CLAYTON advertises dress
making at her house-corner of Mt.
Vernon and Delaware streets extended.
TIE Transportation Company was
awarded the contract for the coal for
the public school, being the lowest
bidder. -
A MERRY GO-ROUND or carousel was
put in place yesterday on Commerce
street.-the same place where one was
run a month last spring.
Now that base ball is being brought
to close, the organization of foot
ball team is being agitated. This will
be pleasant sport for the cool days in
fall.
OUR 25-cent Scissors are guaranteed
to be as good as any 5O-cent ones on
the market. We exchange all scissors
that do not give satisfaction. L. A
Cotton. 2T
AN oyster supper and festival will be
given in Leipsic next Friday and Satur
day evening by the ladies Aid Society of
the NJ. Z. Church. There will also be
a festival at Downs Chapel the same
evening.
THE annual Sunday School convention
of the A. NJ. E. Churches of this State
will be held in Bethel Church of this
town on September the 26th and 9th.
An interesting program will be ar
ranged.
Miss Mary Deakyne daughter of Mr..
Alexander Deakyne, of Thoroughfare
Neck, died on Monday of typo-malarial
fever, after a weeks illness. He also
has son and a daughter down with
the same disease.
One hundred shares of Smyrna
National Rank slock were sold in Will
mington Monday to Joseph L. Carpen-
ter, Jr., for $40 per share. and 20 shares
of Kentmere Land Company stock, at
SIS per share.
OUR Phosphate men are not able to
get hold of cars just when desired be-
cause of their being in use, at least the
transportation Company wanted four
or five yesterday, and many have to
wait for several days.
LEvELLING and paving the cutters
to the curb was completed last week
on Commerce street from the carpet
factory to the rectOry, but some dam
age has been occasioned by the heavy
rains of this week.
Do you have trouble to get whit,
shirts to fit you? If so try Mccoy &
Brown. They fit big men, little men
long arms, short arms; they can Fl
you. Orders by mail will receive care
ful and prompt attention.
1t has just been wired from castor
that Romeo and Juliet" given by tn,
Sadia Whiteford Company last night
was superb, aud the people are run
ming wild over it. 1t plays here to
morrow night. Admission 35 and so
B. F. RICHARDS, of the J. B. Farie
farm, has grown the largest tomatoes O
the vicinity, weighing from one to tw,
and a half pounds. OF the tow
patches, in yield, that of Jacob Lein
berger was pronounced we'll in tn,
lead.
T. ]. LAwRENCE's photograph gal
lery is now open and all persons want
ing photograph, crayon or pastel por
traits, either from life or copied from
any kind of pictures, will find it t,
their advantage to visit him while tn
opportunity affords.
THE Quarterly Conference of Smyr
ma NJ. +. Church will be held next Fri
day evening. The Lovefeast will
commence at $50 o'clock, followed b,
a sermon from Presiding Elder Smith
The latter will also on the Circuit il
the afternoon and at Smyrna Landing
at night.
REGISTRAR SPEAR sat for Eastern
Blackbird hundred at Walkers on Sat
urday, will cit at Deakynsville on Sat
urday next, the following Saturday a
TaylOr's Bridge, closing with Black
bird On October 9th. But 15 person
registered at Walkers, which woulC
AuhiSdbC buhg INC ldEAucf5 Ol buhJ SbctlOl
were busy on that day. Jos. VanPel
is Registrar for the Western side.
WE have had a return of the warn
weather with heavy rain, or rather
succession of showers, on Sunday nigh
and showers again Monday afternoon
The congregation of the two uppe
churches had heavy shower to e,
home in but the congregation of thl
Methodist church was more fortunate
the pastor cutting short the services t,
enable them to reach home ahead O
the rain,as they bad not come prepared
Tor 1t. Sunday was very warm, thl
mercury climbing up to 90o. Durinj