Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1897-12-22

Sterling Silver Teaspoons for $500
per dozen at Allee's, Dover.
Our stock of lamps the best ever seen
in Smyrna. Clifton & RaymOnd's. I
= Holiday books at the lowest prices
for the next few days at W. F. Dunn.
The largest line of jewelers. goods
in the country at Allee's, Dover.
Post Office will be open Christmas
Day until ~ o'clock noon, and from 6
to Z P. NJ.
Fancy atomizers cheaper than ever,
we have them from 25c. to $1.75. Cliff
ton & RaymOnds. i
Hardcastle & Jones have shipped
$4,000 pounds of poultry to the Phila-
delphia markets.
l shall close out what guns have on
hand at cost, as [ do not want to carry
them over. Alfred Tilghman. i
LowNEY's BEST CHOCOLATES, at Ste
venson's, Main Street. Price so cents
pound. Other Candies from lOc up
Bower & Co. almost make you a
present of a set of horse shoes for
Christmas only charge you 90 cts. i
Holiday goods at prices lower than
in years previous. Clifton Il Raymond
ask you to call and see for yourself. 4
Buckwheat cakes and Jersey sausa-
&c cannot be beat for a breakfast
dish, as the farmer who has gone into
winter quarters can testify.
Keiffers, 20, 900 left of the finest trees
and lowest prices in Delaware. Free
from all disease and San Jose Scale.
Call or write to G. w. Lord, Camden,
Del.
J. Frank Alice, the Jeweler, Dover,
invites you to call and see his large and
beautiful line of goods for the Holidays.
His goods are the best and his prices
are the lowest.
Already L. NJ. Price is getting ready
for his spring trade of phosphate. Re
Gently he received by the Steamer
Van Solver $40 tons of acid phosphate
for his works.
Owing to damage to Iron Bridge,
Jennings Landing, Str. Van Solver
will receive freight from patrons on
Kent county side, at warehouse of Geo.
| Mckay, Shorts Landing. 4
"Shut your MOUTH is a very rough
and impOlite command, too often
heard. But it is a command that
| should be generally Obeyed, especially
during damp or foggy weather.
The Rev. G. A. Tindley, of Whining
ton, will deliver lecture in the Cen
tennial Nj. E. Church tomorrow even
ing under the auspices of that church.
His subject will be: ''These Dry
Bones" Admission 10 cents
The Philadelphia RecOyd is in ad
vance of all its contemporaries in pre-
senting to the public its Almanac fol
1898. 1t is a most valuable little man
ual, and must be a most acceptable con
tribution to the many readers of tn,
paper that issues it.
G. H. Stats, of this town, is can
wasting for Mrs. LivermOre's new bool
entitled "The Story of My Life, >" {
work of 73O pages. 1872 Manifestations
This is a fine work, as our citizens viii
find on examinations.
| Messrs. Jos. +. Carter and E. Harr1
Beck returned from their cunning tril
last week with over sixty cartridges
They did not gun all the time owing t,
the bad weather. They report gam
very plentiful in the vicinity of Snow
Hill, Md.
Andrew Davis caught a pole cat in
muskrat trap at Smyrna Landing on
| To-, 4 1
This is the second animal of this kind
we think, caught in this vicinity, tn
other being down the creek near til
bay.
Through the generosity of DIR. J. 1
Estlin, pastor of the Presbyteria
Church, of Smyrna, the Smyrna Hig
School has been presented with Wei
sters Unabridged Dictionary. TIL
School receives DIR. Estlin's preser
with thanks to the giver.
Otis & Mott are having five ne
cottages erected at Woodland Beac
for the coming season. Mr.. L. 1
S Campbell will run the hotel as hereto
fore. There will be a number of in
, prOvements made to make this we
known resort better than ever.
The planet Mercury is'at its create
angular distance from the sun. 1t ca
be seen in the evening about half O
hour after sunset, should the night
= clear, near the horizon in the sOutl
= west. This advantageous placing
the planet for observation will col
tinue only for a few days
, THE NJ. E. Sunday School of Lei
sic, will give their annual Chris
mas entertainment and treat on Chris
% mas night at o'clock. A varied pre-
gram of Rotations and songs will |
rendered. The ''Hutchins Family
= of Dover, will render fine music durin
r the evening on mandolin, guitar
I. violin and banjo. Admission free"
a A very handsome memorial windo
:, was put in ST. Peters Church yeste
i day-the first window on the sou
side, on entering the church. The d.
sign represents Faith" and is
I memory of one of our elect ladies Mr.
= Martha Ann Cummins-placed the
} by her daughter, Mrs. Eliza BlackstC
Cummins DiricksOn, of Berlin, NJ
g The work was executed in New YOr
= The best evidence of Christmas
candy. Years ago, when our old
people were young, it was found on
r In the confectionery stores, or shops
II they were called then, but now v
d have candy galore! 1t is in every stor
There are candies and candies, but Il
real toOthsOme quality, that sells for
D good price because it is good, is {
: sale at the store of Geo. M. Stevenso
w. o. Hoffecker as insurance agen
has thought the rates too high on mu,
II of the property in the stock companie
s He has persisted in an effort for a +
It adjustment of insurance here and fins
ly succeeded. Yesterday the Unde
!. writers sent a member of the RatiI
I, Committee down here, and he and NJ
HOffecker spentall yesterday afternoC
% viewing property, with favorable result
Mr.. HIS efforts promise a consider
BILE benefit to property holders.
IS The Episcopal Diocesan Conventic
it met at Smyrna on Monday. There W
10 a good attendance. Bishop Colem
addressed the Convention. Milo
HerdId.
Ia There was no Diocesan Conventit
n held in Smyrna as stated above; il
?. held but once year-in June. It W
a meeting of the Missionary Commit
g. two clergymen and a layman frC
each county, nine, when they 9
all in attendance. OF courre Bish,
70 Coleman was with them, as he sc
u close after the details of his Diocese.