Smyrna times., 1895-11-13


stood manfully by his machine IN the
dense escaping steam, and in due time
had the screw i'll place and power again
connected with the baler.
Z. G. Walls, whose capaciOus and
neatly fitted out store, to equip man
or boy in all that is needed for wear
except the leather on his feet, is now
in full stock, and takes a clever space
in these columns to tell the people from
week to week what he has for sale. The
advantages he offers are already known
or can be easily found out: there is one
thing manifest to all, that such Il store
is a pride to any community.
At meeting of the WOman's For
eign Missionary Society last Thursday
the following officers were reelected
for the ensuing year: president, Mrs.
Isaac Pennewill; vice-presidents, Mrs.
lydia Mcdowell, Mrs. II. q. HOugh
and Mrs. Adam Stengle; recording
secretary, Mrs. W. w. Tschudy; cor
responding secretary, Miss Annie SUIT
ton; treasurer, Mrs. j. II. HOt1ecker.
The annual convention of the Kent
County Bible Society will convene i'll
the Baptist Church, Dover, at 1870
Friday morning, Nov. 15; afternoon
session at 1 30. Addresses will be de-
livered by Rev. II. J.. Bunstein, of
Milford; Rev H. G.. FIrbay, of Ty-
rome, Pa, on "The Bible as the work
of God, " and by DR.. MOtfet, superin
tendent of the American Bible Society
for Delaware and New Jersey.
The attention of persons needing
building or repairing done is called to
the advertisement of ThOs. NJ. HOyle.
GIr. HOyle learned his trade and worked
for some years with our leading builders
here, but for the last decade or two he
has been working with a leading car
penter and builder in Philadelphia.
His family has been residing here i'll
the meantime, and he now has decided
to remain here permanently and is
ready to serve the public i'll his line.
The ladies of The Church Aid and
RectOry Society of ST. Peters Epis-
cOpal Church, will give a festival and
and turkey supper in the Opera House
on the 2Oth and 21st insts. The special
attraction will be known as The
Country Store" in which Will be
everything Imaginable, even to 4 live
pic. Another amusing feature will be
known as "The Post Office" where
billet-doux can be received at all hours
of the entertainment. Special arrange
ments are being made so that every
body can ''eat, drink and be merry. "
Il
The warm temperature Of last week,
with fOggy weather several days, fol-
lowed by light rain on Sunday, was
inst what the belated wheat needed.
1t germinated and grew immensely
under the favorable conditions. In
fact the last half of the week was like
summer, the mercury ranging between.
20 and 50 degrees. In some cases
leather-winged bats were out and frogs
| croaking like the early spring A
change came with the cold wind and
| ! ain of Sunday, the thermometer mark
ing the freezing point Monday morn
| ing.
Frank Bailey has purchased what has
! been known for years as Evans Mill
! of Blackbird, better known as the
] 'hecOfUS MIL. II WdS owned DN lut
heirs of Jessie Taylor, of West Chester
The mill is probably the oldest one il
that section of the country, being be
tween - and 100 years a land mark. Il
is situated on Silver Lake, q tributary
of Blackbird Greek, and has a fall of 1!
feet OF water Mr.. Bailey will tear the
old mill down and put an entirely new
one in its place. Besides adding tn,
latest roller machinery, he is going tC
put in a 1G-fOOt steel Over-shOt wheel
This old mill has the largest territor!
Of any mill in App0quinimink hundred
DR.. E. S. Dwight has in his office al
EsquimO violin, a crude looking in
strument which was brought thither 10y
DR.. John b. briggs of Point Hope
Alaska The body is made of driftwoo,
and the one solitary string is mad
of whalebOne. With the highly cultiva
ted ear which DR.. Dwight has for musi
it Is needless to say that he could play
tune on it the first time he picked it up
Besides the violin DIR. briggs brough
over a number of other EsquimO curl
osities, including a number of bear an
seal skins which he will uso in cOnnec
tiOn with his lectures 1t is said h.
will give a talk on the life and custom
of Alaska at ST. Peters Episcopa
Church soon. He lectured in VII
mington last week
Howard Richardson, who Was she
by Constable Goldsborough, nearl
three weeks ago (it was supposed for
week or more fatally for breakin
loose and fleeing from the officer whil
under arrest on the charge of burglary
is said to be on fair way to recovery
The bullet that entered his lung as wa
!, stated and could not be found, ha
: worked its way out of the hole wit
the suppuratiOn, and with q stron
constitution to rely on, is expected I
soon be about again. The charge, {
will be recollected, was for enterin
. the dwelling of Alex. H. Wilson at til
second-stOry by means of ladder. A
( soon as he is sufficiently recovered
will have 10 face the legal investigation
e / Of this and iarhaus Ofhop burplorias