Smyrna times., 1895-10-23

A choice line of neckwear, collars and
cuffs, all the new styles at Edw. G.. Walls. 4
Dennison's Crepe Tissue Paper for lamp
shades and fancy decorations. All colOrs
at Clifton & Raymond's Il
The delegates from Smyrna to the State
Convention of the Christian Endeavor So
cieties to be held at Wilmington Friday and
Saturday, have been instructed to extend an
invitation to the Association to hold their
next convention here-a year hence.
Rev. J. L. Estlin pastor of the Presbyter
ian Church will give a sermon to the young
men of this town next Sunday night His
topic will be: 1.-The Turning Points in a
young Mans Life and he gives a cordial in
vitation for the young men to be present.
BY prying open back shutter, burglars
made entrance to the residence of Andrew
Faulkner, on east South street, Sunday
morning and stole a watch and chain and
other valuables. Mr.. Faulkner was awak
ened by the noise but the burglars escaped
before he could get downstairs.
Mrs. H. 7. Batchelder, formerly of Low
ell, Mass, but now of Wilmington, will de
liver a lecture in the w. c. Il. U. Temper
ance room on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
The lecture will be for women only. The
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graceful, eloquent and magnetic.
Robert Hill has a sample of Keifer pears
grown from his orchard, one weighing 70
and the other 13 ounces, which are samples
of his crop. He will realize about 1900
baskets from 1-3 acres Thos. E. Bailey,
KentOn, has picked 5000 baskets from 500
trees, the low price only aggregating from
so to 60 cents per tree.
Keep i'll Mind" you can get all the choice
varieties OF frlit trees, healthy and true to
name of Alex. Pullen, Milford, Del. Milford
Nurseries, peach, pear, plum, apple, cherry,
ounce, chestnut, &c. Good stock at low
prices. Shade Trees: Norway and Sugar
Maple and Hybrid Catalpa. Also Asparagus
roots one, two and three years. T.
The ice houses are showing the effects of
the cooler weather. The soda fountains are
almost deserted. Parties now, who want to
hit upon something for treat" and who
eschew alcoholic fluids, are almost compelled
to select oysters. Ice cream is at a discount.
The young ladies are said to be easily led
past the ice cream saloons, circumstance
that indicates, more clearly than the ther
how the weather stands.
The occasion of festival OF the Independ-
ent Band (colOred) Thursday evening made
it lively time with the colored people, the
most of them in the town and surrounding
country being in the streets. The delay of
the Dover band in getting here to join the In
dependent Cornet Band, of this town. in
street parade-half past nine-somewhat
merred the full effect to the expectants of
the evening The net results of the festival
was $27.
The goose bone is nearly all white this year
and the result will be that SHOW will lie ON
the ground from early in December until
late in April. A long. cold winter filed
with clustering storms, is ahead. There are
other signs that confirm this. Corn husks
are unusually thick. and chipmunks and
woodchucks are already fat enough to kill.
The price Of coal is going up. We haven't
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he says about the weather.
At the last business meeting of the Christ
ion EndeavOr Society of the NJ. E. Church
unanimous invitation was extended to the
State Convention to hold their annual Con-
vention here next year. Miss Emma FAIRIES.
delegate and Misses Hester Rutledge, Ella
Smithers, Lizzie Turner and Emma Weldon
will in all probability represent the Methodist
society and Miss Eunice Anthony, delegate
and Misses Lucy Taylor, Eva Swinney. Mr..
VIM. g. AnthoAy The presbyteriars at the
to be held there this week.
The members of the Peninsula Press Asso-
citation, who have been spending a week in
the South, returned home last week. At
business meeting held in Atlanta the follow
ing officers were elected to serve the ensuing
year: b. S. Highley, president; c. A. Grise.
first vice-president: NJ V. Brewington. see
ond vice-president; c. J. Freeman, secretary
and treasurer; Col. Z. T. Cooper, Levi X.
Bowen, Colonel Stevens, g. W. NJ. Stengle
and W. N. Taylor, executive committee.
The association includes newspaper editors
Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and of
Delaware.
White Hall Neck" that half century
ago because of its great fertility was owned
and occupied by representative farmers of
old families with well kept premises. but
now almost entirely rented out, has been
this year above many sections in
this county in its corn crop. The corn fields
show an excellent growth generally, but the
ears were doubtless shortened somewhat by
the prevailing drought. The wheat, to
which the land is well adapted. was not
seeded in the main until after the rains of
the 18th and 18th inst. The high, drying
winds have made the farmers wish for more
rain,
Early Saturday morning about 7 O'Clock a |
fracas occurred in ''Irishtown" at the resi- |
dence of John Fisher, (colored) Steve Brisco |
who has been boarding with Fisher was a |
bad character end had been ordered to leave
the house several times bat he refused to go. |
The matter reached q termines Saturday !
morning when Brisco and the Fisher family !
had QUARREL. Soon melee ensued. Bris- |
co struck Harriette Fisher with brick and |
while the latter went before Esquire Cooper |
to enter complaint, he turned upon her hus- |
bang John, and beat him terribly with pair |
Of brass knuckles until he was PROSTATE.
Brisco was caught and arrested b. Constable
Goldsboro and brought before Squire Cooper
for trial, He was fined S15.79 and to give
bond of Sl99 for his appearance at court.
In default Of this he was taken to Dover
Jail that afternoon.
. Several weeks had elapsed without a visit
from the Single Tax men, and it was thought
that like our summer songsters, they had
gone South for more congenial cline.
Two Of them were however here on Satur-
day night and grated from a box in the
street. One of our citizens, il is stated. who
IS well up in tax manipulations, essaved to