Smyrna times., 1898-05-18

Two ladies Bicycles for rent or sell
cheap, $40 and $15. Inquire of DIR. G.
o. SwINNFY. 70
The painters as we'll as the farmers
have been very much hindered by the
rains of the past month.
The rose, the queen of flowers, is in
bloom. The pink dahlias bloomed out
last week in many gardens.
The Ladies' Aid of Leipsic NJ. E.
Church, will give a strawberry festival
Friday and Saturday night in the Hall.
John H. Hoffecker received from
Baltimore on Saturday, 400, 900 cans,
for putting up tomatoes.
We are indebted to the Public
Ledger, Philadelphia, for war map
of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phlli-
pines.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
The Ladies' of the Church Aid and
Rectory Society of st. Peters Church,
will have a strawberry festival on the
evening of May oath, at the chapel.
Notices have been served by the
Town Commissioners on the large
number of property holders whose gut
ters and pavements they think need
attention.
The statement is made that Mr..
George Wright, at Brenford, is con-
templating important changes in his
property there, among other things to
have a store with eighty feet front
The D. W. Rryan referred to in our
last issue as the complainant in an as
sault case, is not the W. I. Ryan, vet
erinary surgeon, as some persons con-
founded the names.
Strawberry checks are cheap this
year, if cereals are on the rise. Do
not wait until your crop is ripe, but
order them now, for a natural change
in the weather is likely to push them
fast when they begin to ripen.
Our Fourth of July Celebration last
wear was such a roaring success that
the unanimous expression of opinion
was to repeat it again this year. II
this feeling still remains, it is about
time a move was being made in that
direction.
Julius Hines & Son of Baltimore,
| IN "A
in this issue to unusual bargains which
they are offering. The reliability o.
the above firm is unquestiOned, and
they stand ready to back any guarantee
they make.
The weather has been exceedingly
Dewey ever since the annihilation o.
the Spanish feet at Manila. The peo
pie like that kind of spring planting
but the farmers want different weathel
to enable them to get their corn croI
started.
2 The Cuban war has had marked ef
feet in the market on the manufactur
, and sale of shirts, and our Shirt fac
tory has entered on a contract for max
ing flags, that will occupy thei
attention until the middle c
e July.
J. H. Jamison, of the commissio
house of G. w. JamisOn & Co., Ne
= York, who was visiting the fruit grow
: ers of our section, was called HON
= Saturday by the death of a member {
his family. He has recently succeede
the above named firm, at Al Jay stree
Il
n The talk generally is that except fo
. the stirring war news there is fla
!, ness in trade, or in other words thi
u business is dull, but the fact that in
d single trip last week one of our boa
I the Van Sciver-brought down som
= twenty wagon loads of merchandise
different kinds, hardly bears out tI
q statement of business dullness as al
II piled to the whole community.
1t is a rare incident for a photogr
, pher to have four generations of I'll
o same family looking in the camera fC
Y the same picture, but such was Il
. luck of Cummings, the artist, wee
or so ago, the four being Mrs. Rach
HOffecker, (nOw in her Goth year, Sc
ex-Speaker John H. Hoffecker, recel
candidate for governor, and Mrs. H.
Is Hall (nee Nan G. HOffecker) and lit
{ John HOffecker Hail.
The most of the farmers sold the
3 wheat last year and consequently on
r a few will be benefited Immediately
b the great advance in price. 1t hoy
% ever makes them feel good, because
pOrtends a better condition than Il
past several years. The rise last wet
Is TO S1.5O per bushel was a moveme
he among spectators, that only very p
le culiar conditions can sustain. Neve
n theless, the indications are that ever
Ds thing to the farmer is on the advan
ne ing grade.
re Edwin FAIRIES, son of E. G. FAIRIES
70 this town, who has been conducting
er drug store in Odessa for the past tV
Is years, has decided to discontinue bu
s. mess there and will move to Smyrl
ne the latter part of next week and 90
y business with his father, at his we
r known hardware store. Mr.. e.
D, FAIRIES has built up a large busine
be and it seems fitting that his son Edw
en- should assist him in his older yea
It, and be his natural successor. Edw
n FAIRIES and family will occupy {
Cosden residents, corner of Delawa
en- and South streets.
AZ Many farmers are having an exp,
~ fence this year they have never had
lls planting corn--from continued and {
et cessive wet weather. They were mos
=. ready the last week in April and sol
os planted them on high ground, but M
up to the present has been too wet, 1
nIo fields in many cases miry. The L
~ week has been attended by hea
. thunder showers-Thursday afternoC
y Saturday night, Sunday morniI
y Monday morning and Monday ey,
" ing. Water was everywhere, and
atmosphere thick with moisture. Y
terday the wind came ont from {
west and with a sunshine that broue
de a hope for better things.
ng
in At a meeting of the Ladies' Aid
he ciety of Friendship church, held at
= residence of r. Deakyne, the comm
WI tee appointed to collect money 70
m church carpet, reported enough coll
lily ted. A committee composed of M
,ut Woodkeeper and Mrs. Serverson v
= appointed to purchase the same.
ue, carpet will beput down after Childre
led Day service. Mrs. Hartup is pre-
&C. dent of this wide awake society, b