Smyrna times., 1898-03-02


meet at the home of the President, |
Monday evening, March :, at seven
o'clock. SEC.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished |
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
Don't take cold, but get your feet
protected at Pixies. His rubber goods
are Just the thing for these damp,
frosty days.
The Kings Daughters will meet at
the home of Mrs. Lloyd on lower
Commerce street, Thursday evening,
March Sd, at 7.30 o'clock. SEC'Y.
W. McCauley died near Hallett's
Corner on the SD inst, and was bur
led in the Catholic Cemetery near
Galena, Friday. Aged about 20 years.
Keiffers, 10000 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.
The son of Frederick Lane residing
at Bayview. Is years old, while using
a cOrnsheller Wednesday, had a finger
so severely injured as to need amputa-
tion.
Jerman Chapel had Sunday morn
ing, so at the class meeting, 100 schOl-
ars at the Sunday School in the after
noon, and the attendance Overran the
o. l,N
L. NJ. Price resumes the manufacture
of phosphate at his factory at Smyrna
Landing for the year '98 with the big
impetus the wheat demand gave 1897.
Besides, he has the confidence of his
customers.
Yesterday was moving day. 1t was
bright and clear, but cold, the ther-
mOmeter registering from % to "a de-
grees, which degree of low temperature
but beautiful otherwise had prevailed
for nearly a week.
The DeIdJC0FCdH revives the rumOr
of commencing work on the cOnstruc-
tiOn of the electric railway between
Woodland Beach and Milford. We
hope our cotemporary will set def
mite day. We await the event.
There are still enough, but we think
there are a less number of unemployed
lads and young men in our midst than
at any time for the past two years. A
number of them have found situations
at one employment or another.
Those of our subscribers who
changed residences in the three upper
Hundreds of Kent county yesterday,
or will on the 25th of March in New
Castle county, should properly notify
us of their change of post office.
The "Big Missionary Day" Sunday
at the NJ. E. Sunday School was short
of last year some S12.00-the collection
amounting to $120. 1t is expected the
supplemental collections will bring the
amount up to the amount of last year.
The Morning NeiOs, as per adver-
tisement on our first page has fallen
in line with the great army of daily
papers and reduced its price from two
to one cent per copy The Ne,Cs is
one of WilmingtOn's substantial papers.
''Page Woven wire Fence" is pre-
sented to the attention of our farmers
by F. Z. POstles, in our advertising
columns. Mr.. POstles advertised last
year in the TIMES with very satisfactory
results, and he starts out with the very
beginning of spring this year and has
every reason to expect a largely in
creased demand.
Tho roo1 ~, fbo4 caoficr,
leading from Smyrna in the direction
Of Dover, might get some points by
taking a ride over the roads of Sever.
sons Neck. There is great uneven
ness in the road-bed Not only this,
but all the roads would be helped now
by a road scraper in filling up the
holes.
In the removals this year some
neighbOrhoods are hardly touched
while in others there are sweeping
changes. The latter applies to Bay
view, down near Bombay Hook. A
note from there referring to this fact
says: "Some of the old residents say
the moving this season beats a Kansas
cyclone for stirring things"
The copy Of the ulster GdzeHe pub
lished 80 years ago at the time of tn,
death of Gen. Washington, and whicl
was in the ''Loan Exhibition" and re
published in part in our last issue, wa
not it seems the only one extant, as wa
thought. Mrs. l.. w. Layfeld has on
that a relative got in cleaning out TIN
rubbish of a room, in clerking in
Government Department at Washing
ton 40 years ago.
Rev. L. w. Layfeld took the mis-
sionary collection at Friendship churcl
Sunday, realizing nearly $780,, whicl
puts the church above its apportion
ment. A pleasing feature of the oc
casion was that five young men on tn
same seat contributed $500. The col
lection at Severson's was beyond tina
of last year, but not yet fully up to tn
amount he desires. The Sunda
School collections are yet to be taken
The Mems Parochial Union he'll
their regular monthly meeting Sunda
evening and had up for discussion
''Christian Service. . The initia
speech was made by Crawford Steven
and he was followed by A. G.. Cum
minis, Prof. @. H. LeFevre, w. II
Janney, Dr. q. y. Swlnney, w. X
Waters and Rev. G.. w. Dame. Tn
subject for the next monthly meetin
was left in charge of DIR. @. o. Swim
ney, who will select same and give th
Introductory address.
The White Rose Minstrels h ave dc
cided to give their show on Thursday
March 18th, in the Opera House
Rehearsals are going on nightly
This show is to be given for the benef
of the Smyrna band, and should b
we'll patronized. Everyone should g
and hear the local ''hits" and songs
Some good music is promised, both b
the quartette and orchestra. Johi
Mannering, the old Smyrna favorite
has charge of the rehearsals, and ha
secured the best talent in the town t
assist him.