Smyrna times., 1899-02-01
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Try our home made mincemeat W.
H. Davis, Clayton, Del.
j. Edw. DeFord calls attention to
his February sale of carpets and va
rious other articles.
Mrs. Mary Alexander, wife of
George Alexander, of Blackbird, died
on Monday of consumption, aged 4S
years.
The circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Miss Mary Spru-
ance, Thursday evening, Feb. end at
$50 o'clock. SEC'Y.
Go to Cummings, photographer
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
Cosgriff & Beck are offering a
175 acre farm five miles from SMYRNA
for $170O. See their offer in advertise
ment elsewhere.
January went out yesterday under a
mantle of snow, and very cold, but
taken as a whole it was a remarkably
fine mid-winter month.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society will
hold their regular meeting on Mon
day evening, Feb 9th at 7.3O O'Clock,
at the home of Mrs. Lydia Mcdowell.
Scc'Y.
The S tate Colored Institute, like tie
Peninsula Horticultural Society, had
the misfortune to strike the time of a
cold wave in visiting Smyrna, but they
nevertheless came this morning in
force. The delegates number some so
or 30 persons.
Tho Economic Insurance Company
of America, located in Wilmington.
has an advertisement elsewhere that
ought to interest persons looking for
Life Insurance. John G. Hustled, who
has been ennaged in the life insurance
business for year or more, is their
agent here.
Rev. Mr.. Lord, who has been hold
ing meetings the most of the winter in
the basement of the Odd Fellows Hall
is being assisted by lady evangelist.
Sunday night there was hardly
standing room. Meetings are held
every night. The denomination Mr..
Lord is acting with, call themselves the
Holiness Christian Church.
The fourth Quarterly Conference of
Centennial NJ. E. Church will be held
Friday night, Feb. Sd, at 8 o'clock
Quarterly Meeting, Sunday, Feb. 5th.
Lovefeast $50 a. m. Preaching at II
O'Clock by Pastor J. H. Mason. At
7.3O O'Clock the preaching will be by
the Presiding Elder, Rev. J. r.
Waters.
The double snow storm-a fall of
some two or three inches both Mon
day and Tuesday nights brought out
few of the sleighs this morning, and
1t sounded like winter. The mercury
was down to eight and five degrees,
and some were even lower than this.
The temperature is moderating under
the bright sun.
Cosgriff & Beck have sold the farm
belonging to Walter Money near Duck
Greek, Blackbird hundred, containing
81 acres, to Mr.. Henry ID. Hartman of
Pennsylvania, formerly of this COM
nifty for $245O. Though Pennsylvania
is Mr.. Hartman's native State, he pre-
ferred Delaware for farming, and
comes back again among his Delaware
friends with the prospects of staying.
j. Eldridge Butler, of Kentuckey,
will deliver an address next Tuesday
evening, Feb. 7th, for the benefit Of
Mizpah Lodge, No. 16, in the Opera
House. He made an address to the
Workmen Monday evening, that was
highly entertaining and instructive.
The entertainment will be free, but
persons must get a card from one of
the members.
While George H. Dick and family
were sitting in the room in the rear OF
their store on Market street about
10 O'Clock on Saturday night, a
sneak thief opened the door quietly,
and relieved the showcase of q
seven or eight pound jar of
candy. Mr.. Dick heard the door shut
and he went immediately to the store.
The theft had made good his escape
and nothing has been heard from him
since.