Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

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teacher, Clayton, Del. Terms mod
crate. 2T
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the residence of Mrs. Lydia
Tuesday evening Feb. 2nd,
1897. SEC.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Chicken thieves early Sunday morn
ing visited the roost of David Hurd,
near Townsend, and stole fifty of the
farmers finest fowls.
Vanilla and chocolate cream, frozen
custard and cherry ice, at Stevenson's,
Main street, by the plate, quart are gall
Ian. Harlequin cream a speciality.
Messrs. G. H. Register, Mrs.
Behmler & Bro, Geo. NJ. Stevenson
andJ. G. Blizzard are getting ice to-
day. 1t is clear and about 4t inches
thick.
This has been called the coldest
weather of the winter, but two young
men who took midnight ride up
from Dover Sunday night facing a
fierce nOrthwester and dropping ther-
mometer, declared the next morning
the ride wasn't very cold one.
At the sale of the stock and farming
implements of the Russell Coe proper
ty in 'the Alley yesterday, there was
a good attendance Notwithstanding the
cold weather. 1t was a cash sale, but
prices brought more than the figures
estimated. The cows sold for $35
each.
The fourth Biennial Report of the
Board of Trustees of the Delaware
State Hospital has reached our table.
1t shows that legislative approyria-
ton of nearly $91, 900 is needed to pay
the expenses of the institution for the
next two years. The last appropria-
ton was $4,000.
1t is not an easy thing to get new
names for the assessment list accurate,
especially the middle letter. This is
important to the poll-tax voter, for
thereby may hang his right to cast a
ballot. Where wrong, the assessor
will make the proper correction next
Friday.
We are having winter this week in
earnest. The cold wave that struck
the West Saturday did not reach here
until Sunday evening, coming with q
high wind and furry of snow. Mon
day morning the thermometer regis
tered from 8 to 10 degrees, and yester-
day morning from to 8 degrees.
This morning II degrees. 1t looks
like breaking up of the past good
weather.
Telegraph news came yesterday
while the fire was in progress in Phila
delphia, and excited deep interest. L
proved a terrible confagration, the
whole block on Market Street on tn,
opposite side from Wanamakers, des
trOying sixty buildings and entailing
loss of about 100000. There wer,
fifteen fires during the day. Wana
maker suffered the loss of the towe
and the glass front
The Smyrna Steamboat Co. will, a
soon as good weather sets in, bull,
warehouse at their wharf a
Smyrna Landing and also on
at Fleming Landing. Besides thi
considerable grading WILDE don
and everything gotten in orde
for their new Steamer which they ex
pect to put in service the first of tn
Spring between these wharves an,
Pier No. 8, Race Street Philadelphia
The rain on Wednesday night las
was more than has fallen all the rest 0
the month. The small rain falls of tn
autumn and winter has had tn
effect to greatly lower the springs q
the streams and wells. A gentlema
from Kenton remarked last week, il
speaking of the low springs, that if
fire had broken out there the pas
month, enough water could not hav
been found in their wells to extinguis
it.
Navigation has been completely su,
pended on Smyrna River by tho pre-
sent cold spell. The Mary U. Citizen
which was to have have begun trips fo
the Transportation Company on Nor
day could not get in the river and a
hopes of giving service was abandoned
The Steamer Ella ofthe Smyrna Steam
boat Company is now lying at thei
wharf, Smyrna Landing. The creek
frozen tight and navigation will doubt
less, be suspended for the rest of Janr
ary.
The committee on Fire Apparatus an
the Hose Company will meet with tn
Town Council tomorrow, Thursda
evening at 7.30 o'clock for the purpos
of recognizing. This move is an o.
cellent one. The present condition
the Company is almost without an Of
, ganization and should fire break OIL
there would not be half enough volur
teers to fill the suits. Every effol
, should be made to establish a stron
fire department with regularly electe
officers. Let there be a large attent
ance.