Smyrna times., 1898-04-13

Go to Cummings, photographer,
'ost Office building, for finely finished
abr cts, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
The town of Smyrna has contracted
or another 5000 bushel lot of oyster
hells. They will be brought on the
teamer Van Solver.
The dwelling on west Mt. Vernon
treet owned by Mrs. Margaret A. Roe,
las been sold through the agency of
JOsgriff & Beck to Mr.. Geo. d. Col
ins for $105000.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. - The most
profitable early, medium and late va
rites at S1.OO per 1000, loose as dug;
81. 80 when cleaned and tied in punches
and packed for shipment
P. EMERSON. T
E. NJ. Fowler has presented the |
Town Council with a new hat rack.
This will be much used article In the |
Council Chamber when our ''fathers"
take off their coats for vigorous work. |
There will be few or none of the
beautiful Wisteria this year, the cold
weather of the first of the month
blighting the buds, those of most other
plants standing the freezing weather.
Easter day brought a remarkable
change in the weather, the mercury
rising to 60 degrees and above, devel-
oping light showers, RaymOnd's Neck
having a thunder storm like those IN
the summer.
E. G. FAIRIES, on our first page, an
nounces that if war is declared we
have ammunition to fight the Spani-
ards and a full supply of hardware
for building material, and tools for all
purposes.
The Legislature need complain no
longer of having nothing to do, when
there are three bills in hand which re-
quire careful and intelligent consider
alton. They are the school bill, the
registration acts and the general cor
poration law.
L. P. Campbell, proprietor of Wood
land Beach, is building a substantial
nine room dwelling including the
kitchen, on the farm occupied by Jas.
H. Frazier, adjoing the beach property.
It is now ready for the plastering.
Messrs. Megear and Hayden are doing
the carpenter work.
There are 1862 American mission
aries in foreign lands, of whom 2,O57
/ D,oaHr4nrTnnC nnTn hnr
862, Baptists, 512; COngregationalists,
453; MethOdists, 1856; Episcopallans,
III, the others have been sent out by
mission boards of about twenty demon
nations Christian Herald.
The street committee of the TOwI
Council are raising the crossing a.
Benson and Commerce street and max
ing it level with the grade of the pave
ment. This act is greeted with pleas
ure by those who live on Herring
Hill. 8" When the next move is mad'
to grade the pavement from the Pres
byterian manse on down to Delaware
street, citizens in that part of the tow
will have a nice, level sidewalk.
The Central Roller Mills problem
was solved by Mr.. Arthur Cooper, Q
Cheswold, and is as fOllOws: 'Th
-four was packed in five days, begin
ming on Thursday. Pack IS sack
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, countin
Sunday as one of the five days, an
: finishod Monday by packing rs sacks
, There you are five days packing tn
{ flour and pack an odd number eac
day."
Mrs. Thos. H. Haynes and Mli
Mary w. Thompson were elected del,
D gates by Asbury M. E. Sunday Schoo
: Sunday. to the State Convention
4 which meets in Dover the 2Sth and 29t
inst. Miss Annie w. Sutton and Mi
;, Lizzie Mcdowell were elected alte
d mates. Rev. G. A. Hill is a member
V the Association by virtue of his Otfic
q and John H. Hoffecker and W.
Hoffacker also hold official relation
the organization.
er The Town Assessor, Geo. Nj. Ste
ir enson, reported his assessment at t
: last meeting of the Town Counc
III It's thoroughness and impartiality
s. attested in the fact that it contains
s. more names than any previous asses
y ment that has been made in the tow
| According to the new Town Chart'
L two lists have to be made, and this b
~ been done in a very neat and legll
b. manner.
April broke the record this year sa
B. f. Jacobs, for continued freezi
ils weather. He let the fire go out in
az | -, Aha E4h of March a
he did not have need to build it up agi
ra until the 1st of April. From the
to the~10th, the plants needed a &C
De fire to keep them from being damag
" On the 5th it showed nearly all di
ON and icicles formed in some pla,
- nearly q foot long. The position
:, April and March was reversed.
5II
IN We. Hall & Son are having I'll
all store improved by the placing in
:. deepersbulk windows for window
GO play. It will not only be a con
Id nience to the store, but an impro
ro- ment to the street. In fact the ste
itb on that side of the street are gett
awav from that rough appearance
n- assuming the style of modern sto
ay. with the Improvement to Halls st
on il will doubtless be more inviting
as convenient to his large trade.
M What portended to be an excit
ent election in the Vestry of st. Pet
to Episcopal Church, passed OIL
the quietly on Monday afternoon
80 No other nominations were made
ioh the following we're elected: Se
Warden, David J. Cummins; Ju'
, of Warden, Robert Hill; Il. w. Cour
no man, w. H.. Janney, j. b: W.
kJoseph HUM, W.eF. Dunn. The
~ try will meet and organize on MOI
next. There were over fiifty-nve '
and cast.
,sod District Deputy Grand Master
'0oU f.. Pierce, of Dover, installed the
lowing officers of Morning Star Lo
q of No. g., 1. o. o. F., of this town
for Friday evening last: N. G., Jane
-, Lloyd; V. g., Chas. HI. Register; !
'oo M. v. Ford; c., J. Fletcher Tr
ms W., John p. Patterson; o. g., Jal
ions Carter; /. g., VIM. II. Scout; X. !
.aal- N. G.. John r. Cameron; L. s. to !
III. b. Grieves; Chaplain, E. M. FoN
only r. s. S., H. G. Blent; l.. s. s., !
Iem- Workman; r. s. to V. g., 10
Evans; L. S. to v. g., William n
min dith'