Smyrna times., 1932-04-27
DOINGS SO YEARS
AGO IN SMYRNA
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL 26, 1882

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weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
IL will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
70 the present generation. We hope
our readers will find 1t interesting and
that 1t will make the Times more eag-
ely sought and read-Editor1
Deaths.-Attix. Near Kenton
April 10th, Edward Attix, in hi.
47th year.
The Milford M. e. Church ha:
increased the salary of its pastor
Rev. J. S. Willis, to $1,000 per an.
mum.
Joshua H. Marvel, the basket
and crate manufacturer of Laurel
pays his hands weekly in cash
$500.
j. III. Primrose is selling out his
stock of fancy leather goods at
cost to make room for his more
staple goods.
Mrs. Sarah Grifhth's grist mill
two miles from Milford, was burn
ed on Saturday night last. The
loss is not known.
There has been very little rain
fall for month and those not done
plowing are finding the ground
cloddy and hard to turn.
T. G. Smith has been appointed
mail route agent between Phila-
delphia and Dover in place of
Thomas Harper, deceased.
James Mcdowell lost a valuable
horse one day last week His death
is supposed to have resulted from
over feeding at Millington, Md.
William Harigon has been ap-
pointed second assistant lighthouse
keeper at Cross Ledge Rocks, Del
aware Bay, vice Isaac T. Yorke, re-
signed.
E. H. Beck, real estate agent in
this town, has sold the farm of ].
t. Robinson, near Millington, Md, |
to j. T. McWhorter, of Millington,
for $1,000.
The wheat fields of Gamaliel |
Garrison. Samuel S.Griffin, Samuel |
Wheatman and t. w. Bleakley on /
the State road, are making a fine
appearance.
Marriages - Ford Prettyman.
April goth, at Chester, Pa, by Rev.
E. Pickerskill, John w. Ford and
Miss Ida P. Prettyman, both from
near Smyrna.
A new freight and telegraph Of
fee for the Delaawre and Chesa-
peake railroad has been built at
Clayton. 1t will be used mainly by
the train dispatcher.
Thomas Shaw, florist and land
scape gardener from near the Sew
en- Hickories is terracing and grad
ing the yard of J. E. Tygert's new !
residence on South street.
Thomas c. Oakley on Oakdale
farm, near town, has greatly i'm
proved the appearance Of his prop ,
erty by relaying the hedge on the
South front and cleaning the road
ways.
a son Of William Simpkins about
six or seven years old. residing on +,
the home farm of the late William :
j. Griffith near Sassafras, Kent
County. was drowned Sunday af- !
ternoon in gully.
John z. Phillips windows attract 7
a great deal of attention from the 9
young men, his stock of spring g
furnishing goods just received
from the city it is said, being one /
of the finest ever brought from the
city. I
An ingenious Cecil county man, :
N. T. Nesbett, has invented green
corn cutter for the use of Gamers.
The machine is designed for either !
hand. horse. or steam power, and
will by hand cut the grain Of 2000 /,
ears per day.
The butchers have raised the /
price of beef, it is said, because of t
the scarcity of fat cattle. The
cause will be removed in a few
weeks when the grass fields rem c
cry the difficulty and then we will f
see how 1t is.
The dwelling of Mrs. E. w.
Thompson, Joseph Smithers, Mrs.
s. r. Parrott, William H. Baggs,
and the residences of Robert Scout
and William Fl. Hazel, owned by :.
Miss Margaret Denney, have re-
ceived new dressing of paint.
The old M. E. Cemetery is being J
kept in better condition by those !
who have it in care, than is the
new, 'tGlenwood Cemetery" which Z
has the trustees for its custodians. I
The former is kept nicely cleaned /
and shade trees are being planted
this spring where needed and the !
fence is to have new coloring. I