Smyrna times., 1898-12-14

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year, Thanksgiving week, certainly
came with December, as last weei
would bear full testimony.
The WeltOn entertainment to-mor
row. evening at the Opera House will
doubtless prove an enjoyment to youns
and old, and from the price the ticket.
are sold at, there should be a crowded
house.
The past week has given evidence
that the Christmas buyers are about
Several of our dealers have advertised
large stock of goods, and very natur.
all 1t has put the people in motion.
VIM. M. Lewis has put in a drive we'll
for David Keen, near Blackbird, with
water tank whereby he will have hot
and cold water all through his house.
This will be followed in week with a
wind mill.
The bad weather of the past two or
three weeks, caught a number of the
farmers with their work unfinished.
and there is considerable corn vet in
the fields, subject to the weather.
The Misses Miriam Sheppard and
Maize Townsend, of Camden. contem-
plate giving concert in SMYRNA some
time after the holidays. They are both
very fine singers and will doubtless
draw large audience.
Policemen Jones and Turner ar
rested .IQn0nc VTnnxv o.
urday night for drunkenness on the
streets. He was kept in the Lookup
over Sunday night to sober up, and on
Monday Alderman Collins heard his
case and fined him So. so.
Public Documents by the score.
bearing the frank of Senator George
Gray, came to our post office last week.
The subject is "Animal Industry"
and 1T contains much information that
might be CLEANED by the farmers dur
ing the long winter evenings.
Jacob Stein has certificate showing
that he was member in good stand
ing of the Patriotic Cuban Club.
General Gorilla" 1t might be
interesting to know that considerable
money was contributed from Smvrna
on the quiet for filibustering SER
vices.
The surest way to success is to push
your business and advertise II The
LINES is good medium, one of the
very best IN Kent county and lower
New Castle. Live merchants adver-
Use IN the LINES, and they can attrib-
ute their success to the enterprise
they show through the medium of the
press.
For RENT.-A nice room in the
ZINES Building, directly adjoining the
Fruit Growers National Bank. Can
De fitted up for store or office upon
short notice. Has water, gas and
electric light. One of the best loca-
ions In town, and will be rented on
Easy terms. For particulars, apply at
i HE SMYRNA Times OFFICE.
As the time for the assembling of the
legislature draws near, scores of an |
'llcants for the half dozen or so an
continents to be made by the two
1ouses, are springing their boomlets |
n nope OF catching the seemingly |
much coveted plums. Where there |
re so few places and so many exDec-
ants, there must of necessity be MANY
lssappointments.
Inc shock or concussion caused bv
he explosion of Dupont's powder
nils, near Wilmington, shortly after
en o'clock Friday morning, was plain
7 felt IN Smyrna. 1t was generally
1ought to be from an earth0uake.
null the afternoon papers told what it
as. Three men were killed at the
nils and two have since died.
We are pleased to inform the people
Smyrna and vicinity, that we think
e have at last secured a good, honest.
llthtul and reliable man, George F.
chwaar, of Middletown, who will trv
nd not only serve all our old custo-
lers, but new as well. Any trade will
OF only be appreciated by him, but NV
le manager also. r. r. ANDREWS.
~ hlng Street, Wilmington, Del
rand Union Tea Company. 4
The course of lectures of Rev. Chas.
. Hill on Pilgrims Progress is draw {
lg to the Wednesday night meetings
rye audiences. Last "Wednesday '
ght was no exception, the DISCOURSE
eng on the revelations to the Pill
I'm at the house of the Interpreter '
J, the Good Man of the house. The I
lbJect OF the discourse tonight will
Before the Cross or the Peni-
Mt Converted"
Weather Prophet Devoe. the pride '
Hackensack, says that an awful
lizard will prevail in this part of the .
untry between December 10 and Is.
ne thermometer, he prophesies, will {
down to zero and stay there several q
ys. AS all OF this time but one dav
IS passed without the zero weather, l
shows that Prof. Devoe, like ali =
ner weather prophets, can guess con- I
lera0ly wide of the mark. The New Q
rsey professor has scheduled twenty \
e cold days for December, including =
flve snow storms and one dav Of
ro weather, the Gath. a
10 teachers and scholars fifty years
o Sucn state of things as is set forth
the Following item in a city paper. !,
IS never dreamed of: cit is another
e OF the attempts that are contin- a
lily oelng made to reform the unsan- d
ry conditions that menace school u
lldren. New York has gone even d
'ther than Philadelphia in the slate Is
estlon, for its Board of Health has N
'ently recommended that the use of IL
tes, slate pencils, and sponges be tC
ne away with, lead-pencils and W
per TO be substituted in the schools ca
IL seems that one of the landmarks u
education is on the fair road to OIL
.ng abolished. A school without ST
tes Is to be the ideal of the present OF
toADs IN THoRoUGHFARE NECK ~ ~
nave a communication from S. p -,
OF Deakyneville, compIainino ~
,ut the bad condition of the roads ~ ~
IhorOughfare Neck. The roads to o.
yrna,. to the Deakyneville post-of. ~
, and to the Iron Bridge. are tbe u D'
St travelled and need the most at. ~ ~,
ton, but our contributor saws tbev ~
sadly neglected. He saws the ne ne
ney has been drawn, and the people IL, LD
n nne clothes, but some roads have ~,
been worked for eight years. and a.
IAN take his oath to that effect and e.; e.
what has become of the money o.,
,re are many bridges that need planks U1 'u,
mem, that the Commissioners must wt
II tney are not blind: He proposes