Smyrna times., 1898-04-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Gum camphor, insect powder and
moth balls at Clifton & Raymond's 70
The Smyrna Creamery last month
received 81, $40 pounds of milk and
paid the farmers 20 cents per hundred.
Shade trees have been placed in
front of the residence of Mrs. M. J.
Bewley, w. A. FAIRIES and DIR. d. T.
Smithers.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
The eleventh annual convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of New Castle county will be
held at Townsend to-day.
+. E. Postles has about disposed of
his carload of ten miles of wire fence,
and has had to send an order in the
meantime for special fence, gates, &c.
Last Sunday We'd with Easter Day
in the blooming out of the Easter
bonnet" A spring outfit is ching
of beauty" and sometimes gorgeous.
John G. Blizzard, proprietor of the
Delaware House, has sold his two seal
brown mares TO Vim. Luke, of Will
mingtOn. They make a spanking
team.
The delivery of white corn, to both
boat and cars, was a feature of last
weeks teaming through our streets.
1t was bought at from 80 to 40 cents
per bushel.
The time is near at hand for the bay
trout, in fact they were caught off
Bowers Beach last week. They take
the place of the toOthsome shad with
many people.
Strawberries are beginning to bloom
and if these blossoms are not disturbed
by irosts, the prospect is that the last
week In May will give us good sup
ply of this favorite berry.
We are indebted to Rev. G.. A. Hill
for a COPY of the minutes of the last
session of the Wilmington Conference
"a book of 1876 pages. 1t is of consid-
cradle value as book of reference.
Why pay dollar to a fortune teller
to learn your fortune when the expert
ence of others show that yous will
have little Joy, much trouble, and
die without attaining all your desires.
The Delaware Railroad is a recog-
nized short means of travel to the
Naval rendezous at Norfolk, two car
loads of marines going down on Sat
urday for one of the ships of the ''hy-
ing Squadron.
Of course, the war preparations
being made by the governments of the
United States and Spain give our peo-
pie much to talk about. Everybody
hopes for continued peace, but all are
ready for war, should just cause for it
be the result of our present strained
conditions.
The communication in our last issue
signed stranger" has caused a good
deal of talk down the "Neck," where
they say it hit the nail on the head ex-
actly in relation to the condition of
the public roads. 1t is told of one
road, that the women filed up the
holes in it, to make it possible for
them to drive over it in safety.
A pulverizing harrow, clod crusher
and leveler adapted to all soils and
work, is what the farmer is looking
| for. The Acme Harrow crushes, cuts,
lifts, pulveriZes, turns, levels, all in
one operation. Daniel Turner, Jr.. at
the Smyrna Station can interest YOU.
See his advertisement and give him q
call.
At a meeting of the Vestry of st.
Peters Episcopal Church on Monday
the following were elected delegates to
to the DiOcean Convention which
meets in Georgetown the first We'd
nesday in June: G. H. Raymond and
Joseph b. HUM. The alternates were
j. b. Webb and w. H. Janney.
An event with the colored people
will be what is denominated ''Pov-
ertie Partie," to come off at Bethel A.
M. E. Meeting House on Thursday.
ye fifth day of We fifth month, located
on ye streete called Commerce streete. -
There are fines for women and fines
for men of from to 10 cents for each
article which differs from the plain,
ancient attire. Those who appear in
suitable garments, shall partake of We
supper free of compensation.
VIM. M. Lewis is hustling business
with his Ideal Wind Mill. He has re-
Gently put them in on the farms of E.
Lower, Brenford; Gardner Ford and
Timothy Slaughter, Woodland Beach,
and has now under contract, the plac-
ing in of one at the Colored College at
Dover and several other orders. Wher-
ever he has put them they work like q
charm and it has gotten to be that nc
farm, in this day and generation, is
complete without one.
The Smyrna Building and Loan As.
sociation have elected thefollowing Of
ficers for the ensuing year: President,
Mr.. John II. Hoffecker; Vice-presi
dent, Mr.. E. M. Fowler; Secretary,
Mr.. John B. Cooper; Treasurer, Mr..
James p. HoffeckeF; Directors for
three years. Messrs. VIM. f. Hall, Jo-
seph Wright, and Edw. M. Boyd
Auditors, Messrs. H. p. Hall, J. W.
Tucker; and John p Hudson. Reso-
lutions were passed authorizing that 9
new series, the eighteenth, be issued.
An attempted house breaking and
robbery was made upon the residence
of Mr.. w. ID. LeFevre last Sunday
evening, while the family was attend,
ing divine worship at the Presbyterian
church. Under cover of darkness,
two young men mounted the FROM
porch and began to pry the front win.
dow up with chisel. Not succeeding
In this, they were attempting to cuI
window pane, when Mr.. H. s. An.
thony, living next door, heard the
noise and started to see what the trou,
BILE could be. The men made good
their escape on his approach. Mr.. An.
! thony could not detect them.