Smyrna times., 1898-10-26

The circle of Kings Daughters viii
meet at the home of Mrs. Samuel Rev
nolds, Thursday, Oct. 9th at 7.3O.
SEC.
The Kent County Court commenced
Monday at Dover, with Judges Lore
Spruance and Boyce ON the bench.
The Oriental degree of the Junior
o. U. A. M. will be given a. the Stars
and Stripes Council tomorrow even.
ing.
The revival services announced to be
held at Severson's church for this week
has been postponed on account of Ju.
bilee in Philadelphia.
Crisfeld, Md, had a $40, 900 fire.
Monday night, burning for an hour,
and destroying eight or ten houses.
The town has no water works.
The persons who had desired and
planned to go to the "Peace Jubilee
in Philadelphia this week, aggregated
a considerable number from this yicin-
ity.
| The dam over Garrison's millpond
has been much improved by siren 9Th
enlng the road-bed with several loads
of oyster shells. This ought to make
driving much better.
Charles j. COlbOurne, representing
the Columbia Graphophone Co., will
be IN town this week. He is making
a speciality of $15 ordinary and $50
penny-slot machines. Address q card
to Smyrna, Del. II
Lafayette Day" was observed Fri
day in our public school, but the
amount contributed for the desired
monument to be raised to his memory
In Paris, was small
The Church Aid and Rectorv society
OF st. Peters church, purpose holding
festival the third week in next month
the proceeds of which will be devoted
to putting a new roof on the church.
Oscar Fisher has a souvenir of the
late war in his window-a watch, the
steel part of the case of which was
made of material that was taken from
the ill-fated Maine, blown up in the
harbor of Havana.
The pastor will give an address at
Jerman Chapel this evening in connec-
ton with the prayer service. Subject.
"Why [ am a Methodist. " All mem
bers of the Chapel especially are invi-
ted to be present. Ali are welcome.
FIhn metal Cr,14.oo
sued an order which provides that an
indemnity shall be paid to the owners
OF tlrst-class registered mail matters
Tor losses IN the mails. the indemnity
to be paid out of the postal revenues
ana III no case to exceed $40 for any
one registered piece.
A meeting is announced for to-mor-
row evening at the Opera House of the
Young Democrats of Duck Creek Hun
dred, which will parade the streets
headed by band of music, and after
wards be addressed by Hon. Willard
Salisbury, and A. S. Goldsborough,
of Maryland.
At business meeting called by the
M: e. Christian Endeavor Society for
this evening at the close of the
prayer service, delegates will be cleo
ted to represent the society at the
State G. E. Convention, which meets
ON November the 10Th and 18th. A
full attendance is requested.
A soldier when home on a f1rlough
does not wear his uniform for show
He IS compelled to keep it on all the
time and the minute he removes it and
dons citizens clothing he becomes a
deserter and is liable to be arrested bv
any constable or officer and returned
to camp, a reward of $40 being offered
for such arrests.
The last fruit crop of the season
the Keiffer pear-has been the most
satisfactory of any, where not cut by
the hail. The last shipment were last
week. Whole crops were sold at 25
cent and 30 cents per baskets, and
many that were shipped to the city
markets, from 40 to so cents per bas-
ket.
The war scare abroad caused a small
boom IN wheat and little excitement
at the Produce Exchange. Advances
OF 23d at Liverpool carried the price
there to 26 cents above the Chicago
price. The buying for foreign account
continued up to the close of the mark
ct, and extended to all food stuffs
Grain men say that, war or no war
Europe must depend on America dur-
ing the next two months for its wheat
supply.
Wheat seeding was q week or two
late this year because of the damage
by the Fly last year, but the unexpec-
tedly warm October has been against
them, as we hear the early sown wheat
which terminates in a week. has been
already affected. The rain last week
lntertered with some who were belated |
and In being thrown over into this |
week, they have the satisfaction of es-
Gaping the Fly by cooler weather.
Rev. Geo. W. Dame has started a |
mission at BrenfOrd-at the dwelling |
OF George Wright-the initial service |
OF which was well attended. These |
meetings are to be held every other |
sunday afternoon, the next one being |
next Sunday. The most of the people |
ot this vicinity go to Bethel church. |
Two or three miles distant, a few COM |
ing to this town, but there are several
families who haven't the conveyances.
who would like to have their services
come to them.
This is the season of the "sere and
yellow leaf, sent to the ground bv the
1lpplng frost. There is a feature in
his our attention has been called to
hey are not needed in the streets
They are usually swept from the pave
nent to the middle of the street. and
rs pressed down by the passing wheels
become part and parcel of an accumu-
alton OF mud to bother travelling in
he winter. If these leaves are mot
gathered up and put on the garden or
,arted away, they should be burned
They should not be allowed to add To
mud accumulations of the winter.
Rev. G. A. Hill gave the second of
us series of lectures on "Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress" at the Methodist
'hurch wednesday evening. The lee
ure room was well filed, the first half
lour being devoted to the PRAYER meet
ng. service. The lecture was of alb
'orblng interest to his hearers. The
nlrd OF the series will be given to-
llght. The sermons of Rev. Mr..
iii by the way, on Sunday morning
ma evening In the auditorium of the
'hurch, were discou1 ses of more than
is1ai comprehensiveness, pungency