Smyrna times., 1895-11-06
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Extract of Vanilla. The best can be had
at Clifton & Raymond's. Il
For Sale Charles Raughlcy farm Pos
session March 1st S. w. Hall, Dover, Del.
81
The thing most to rejoice over next to the
rain by Delawareans is, that we have no
election this year.
r. Y. Wallen has bought the pear crop Of
David J. Cummins on his farm now in ten
ure Of J. Frank Denney.
Why use tablets when we can sell you
good writing paper for -, Is and % cents a
pound: Clifton q Raymond +
The regular communication of Harmony
Lodge No.13 A. f. and A. N. will be held
Oh Thursday evening at O'Clock.
At the administrators sale in Dover yes
terday, the farm of the late Benz Donoho,
q miles from Smyrna, containing 100 acres
more or less, was bid in by Elijah Stevens
for 81 ,G05.
Mrs Hannah James has had put over the
grave of her husband in Odd Fellows ceme-
terry handsome monument of Sweede
granite feet inches high. The monument
came from Dover
The mill-ponds were filled up by the
storm of Thursday, the best evidence of
good rainfall. The use of steam is conse-
quentiy no longer needed, and most prob
ably will not be for number of months.
All persons desiring to entertain teachers
or to take them as boarders, during the
Teachers Institute, to be held the first week
in December, are requested to inform Prof.
G. H. LeFeyre, who has the matter in
charge.
The Rev. J. L. Estlin, pastor If the LIST
Presbyterian Church, Will preach Sunday
night from 2 Tim. 4 10. WAS Demas
sincere Christian once? Or was he only a
false professor who never had been con-
verted?"
A writer in the Farm journal" asks the
following question: IF porkers of less than
l4O pounds pay best in result from a given
quantity Of food, why do we persist in max
ing from 200 to 300 Founders? Lets cater
to the consumers demands.
Al special meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil yesterday afternoon, Charles Boyer was
elected High Constable of the Town of
Smyrna at a salary Of $50 a month. term
commencing with November the first of this
year. All extra help employed to be paid
by the Town.
A business meeting of the Presbyterian
Christian EndeayOr Society was held Monday
evening at the residence of Mrs. HID. Boyer
when the following officers were elected
to serve for the ensuing six months: presi-
dent, Mrs. H. d. Boyer; yice-president,
Mrs. Samuel Reynolds; secretary, William
Anthony; treasurer, Miss Lucy Taylor.
Keep IN Mind" yon can get all the choice
varieties Of fruit 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.
II. and r. II. Denney, our progressive
millers, have recently added to their works
at Duck Creek, hominy mill, which de-
parturc they will run in connection with
their milling business. This is an enterprise
that bids promise Of making decided sue
cess, as the Messrs. Denney have the only
hominy mill in this section,
Don't forget the Kings Daughters Sup
per tonight. BY doing away with the home
supper and going to the Opera House you
will not only be getting good meal cheap,
but you will be helping good cause. The
Kings Daughters is one of the most COM
mendable organizations in town, ard it well
deserves the patronage of the citizens of the
town. Twenty-Five cents viii buy you
course,
Supt. Tindal has arranged an excellent
program for the Kent County Teachers In
stitlte TO be held here December 4th to 7th
inclusive, His list Of day speakers en-
brace the ablest educators. We have in
hand list which unfortunately is crowded
out Of this issue. Our citizens and the peo.
pie of the community should keep in mind
the date. 1t gives promise of being the fin
est Institute ever held in the county.
Yesterday morning in Alderman Budd's
Office there was referee trial as the result ofa
suit brought by Frank Bailey against Alex.G
Cummins. The suit grew ont of q refusal
on the part of the plaintiff TO pay wharfage
at the Brick Store Landing owned by the
defendant. The wharfagewas made a set
off by the defendant of a claim upon him.
The referees found in favor of the defend
ant.
Sunday was typical aHtpmp day and the
churches about town had excellent eopgre-
cations. At the Methodist church Rev.
Adam Stengle took a departure from his
usual selections of text by preaching an
interesting and practical sermon taken from
part of the 9Th verse of the 64th chapter
of Isaiah And we all do fade as a leaf"
This text was suggested to him by the beau