Smyrna times., 1898-09-14

| The festival OF the Frances II. Will
lard Temple, No. 8, u. X. G.. E. held in q
tent on Friday and Saturday evenings
was Il success, netting the ladies' $40.
The excursion of Seyerson's church
on the steamer Brady, Thursday, was
one of the largest of the season. 1t
proved q pleasant event socially, and
cleared them some $75.
The Smyrna School Commissioners
are laying nice gutter along the en-
tire front of the Public School property.
The work is being done by Mr.. w. f..
G. Bell.
1t is said that N ore money passed over
our mercantile counters Saturday than
for number of Saturdays. This is at
tributable to the starting up of the
canneries.
Smyrna Landing Sabbath School
will resume its regular sessions for the
fall and winter next Sunday afternoon.
Sunday School meets Mt 2 o'clock
followed by preaching at 3 O'Clock.
Rev. f. III. Hynson is the superintend-
ent.
Mrs. Eben Alfree, daughter of Mr.
Samuel Peachy, died suddenly YES
terday morning at her fathers home
near Smyrna, in her goth year. Fu-
neral services will take place from her
late residence Friday morning, at 10
O'Clock, interment at Townsend
DR.. G. o. Swinney's home which is
supposed was struck by lighting a few
weeks ago and left the chimney in a
very dangerous condition is being re-
paired this week by the masons. w.
d. White and VIM. Frees: many from
the ground are gazing upwards at the
dizzy heig hts at the workmen.
Our police force is now armed with
seven shooter revolvers, nippers and
whistles. The town is giving them
every protection and means to preserve
order. Now if they will Law out the
cheats of the three policemen and have
the residence portion of the town bet
ter covered, instead of huddling them
about the "Four Corners" the people
would feel safer and would be more in
sympathy with the system.
Joseph H. Primrose met with what
might have been a serious accident YES
day. He had been pitching hay from
his stable loft and when he had pro-
cured sufficient amount, he threw the
pltchfOrk back to the loft again. Look
lug up to see that it had landed properly
the fork slipped, came down fork end
and struck Mr.. Primrose Just to the
left of his eye, barely escaping the ball.
1t was close call to losing the sight
of that eye for life.
The Office on the main floor of the
Bitter Hosiery Factory has been
torn down and will be moved up stairs
to place built especially for it in the
| operating room. This will give more
room below which heretofore has been
much crowded. This industry is now
IN prosperous condition and is eniov-
ing a splendid seasons run. They are
turning out more stock than they have
ever done and it is probable that the
company will make considerable
changes toward enlarging the business
in the near future.
Geo. G. Rothwell, who lives in New
Castle county, but resides near this
town, has been nominated as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Coroner of New
Castle county. George is clever fell
low, and is receiving congratulations
on all sides, irrespective of party. from
those who wish him well, for his sue
ces in getting the nomination. 1t
speaks well for him that he got all the
votes cast for coroner in both Ammo
quiminmink and Blackbird hundreds.
but five in each. 1t was the rural part
of the county that pulled him through.
The Masquerade Dance and Cake
Walk given at Dewey Park on Friday
night last was attended with much sue
cess. There were over five hundred
people present. The Cake Walk was
an enjoyable feature of the occasion,
and so close was the contest that the
judges had considerable trouble to de-
eide the winner. They finally com
promised by giving one-half to the
most attractive and the other half to
the most cOmically dressed couples.
The honor fell to the lot of Mr.. Bertie
Ireland and Miss Taylor, Mr.. Robert
Cochran and Miss McCaullev all of
Galena, Nd. The dance was held in
the pavilion and the music was never
to look after the pleasures and wants
of the guests and the evening passed
off most pleasantly with expressions
from every body of good time.
While we understand that a re-
monstrance was being circulated and
signed against the action of the Town
Council for cutting down the trees at
the standpipe, we are glad the mem
bers OF that body acceded to the wishes
OF the people by resembling the act at
their meeting on Friday night without
a remonstrance. Councilman Fowler
made the motion to cut them down,
and at the last meeting he made a
motion to resclnd it. It speaks well
for this member or any other when he
gives away to his own feelings to
please his constituents. In fact it was
not the desire so much to have the
trees cut down as it was to prevent the
nuisance of the roots to the sewer pipe.
and 1t was in the interests of the latter
that the majority took the stand they
did. The Council could make the ap-
peareance of things around the stand
pipe much better if they would take
the matter in hand. By placing an
iron picket fence around the entire
circle of trees, they could prevent
much of the loafing there, and at the
same time make the appearance more
beautiful than it has ever been.
A Sudden Death.
Miss Olive X. Lane, daughter of
Frederick Lame. near town 1V1s sbot