Smyrna times., 1897-01-20

A few holiday books left over, J
B. Cooper. 4
DR.. F. L. Grier, Dentist, Prettymai
Building, Smyrna Del. 4
The Atlantic Telephone Company
is putting up new poles on their line
through town.
Vanilla and chocolate cream, frozen
custard and cherry ice, at Stevenson's 8,
Main street, by the plate, quart are gal.
Ian. Harlequin cream a speciality.
The Sunday School of Friendship
NJ. E. Church, Thoroughfare Neck,
has printed catalogue of books in its
library numbering over 1870 volumns.
CONVINCING STATISTICS. The whistle
OF lomotive can be heard $500 yards,
the noise of a train $500 yards, the re-
port of musket and a bark of dog
1,SOO yards, the roll of a drum 1000
yards, the crOak of frog 900 yards,
a cricket chirp 800 yards, dinner bell
two miles, and a call to get up in the
morning three feet and seven inches.
Cosgrif, Beck & HAZEL, agents for
Benjamin Page, administrator of Rus
sci Coe, deceased, will sci at public
sale on the Russell Coe farm, on the
road leading from Kenton to Blackis-
tons Cross Roads: four good horses,
g handsome cows and lot of farming
implements. The date of the sale is
Tuesday, January the Goth, 1897.
The public sale of A. E. Jardine. of
farm stock, at the Transportation
stables on Saturday afternoon, was
well attended and fair prices were OBJ
tanned, though it was noticed at this as
all other sales, that horses fall much
below the prices of some years back.
Mr.. Jardine, who ran small farm
near town last year has discontinued
farming, and this sale was to dispose
of the stock.
The most successful meeting of the
Diamond Social Club meet at the resi-
dence of Miss Susie Cooper, Wednes-
day evening, Jan. 18th. The club
seems to be improving every week and
the members are beginning to take
more interest in the work The princi-
pal feature of the evening was debate.
ResOlVed, That the U. S. should as
sist Cuba in her struggle for Indspen-
dence. After a very hard fight the
neg. won. After the debate the club
adjourned, to meet Wednesday even
ing, Jan. Goth, at the residence of Miss
Sadie Serverson's, Brenford.
Protracted meetings have been in
progress for two weeks, in Cheswold
Church. Great interest is manifested,
not only by the church, but by the en-
tire community. One of the most
interesting meetings was last Saturday
night. Aunty King the Wilmington
evangelist, who is loved by all the
CheswOld people, is assisting pastor
FOgle. Last Sunday, childrens dav,
the afternoon session was conducted
by Aunty King. A number of young
persons have professed conversion.
DIR. f. l.. Grier has had placed in
his office powerful galvanis battery
which furnishes him electric power
for running his dental engine. 1t is a
neat arrangement and works like a
charm. In the summer months he can
connect this current with an electric
fan and keep his office at cool temper
ature. Besides this he has an electric
light apparatus which he uses in his
dental work. This addition adds verv
much to the splendid appliances of his
office
While the W. G. 7. U. society were
meeting in their room in the Cooper
building, Monday afternoon, a carpen-
ter who had been working in the build
ing locked the lower hall door leading
up the stairway. The meeting had
adjourned and the ladies were i'm
prisOned there about an hour. 1t was
not until they had raised the window
and succeeded in getting the attention
OF some one on the street that thev
were given their liberty. An incidence
connected with this pitable plight was
that the president of the organization
had invited number of friends to dine
at her home, to be present at four
O'Clock. There was evidently some
surprise at the hostess not being there
to receive them, and when she walked in
five o'clock and made known her ex-
perience, there was hearty laughter
over the joke, which occasioned much
mirth and pleasure throughout the
evening.
As an experiment Supt. F. L. Wright
is placing in a number of incandescent
lamps on the Street circuit and taking
off the arc lamps. Already Eve
arc lamps out of the twenty have
been taken out and it is thougt in the
course of few weeks only the four on
the all-night circuit will remain. The
idea is to enconomize says Supt.
Wright, both in labor and coal. Five
incandesceEt lamps can be put in place
Of each arc light, enabling a better
distribution of light, less expense on
the part of the town, besides, he said,
allowing enough amperes to be used for
new takers without an unnecessary
strain on the dynamos. The brilliant
arc lights will be greatly missed but
our Superintendent thinks that in the
long run, the people will get much bet
ter service at an expense far less than
the town has had to bear. However, as
it is an experiment, we hope that Supt.
Wright and our town authorities will