Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28

A. H. Hobbs, recently of Odessa
has opened store in Camden il
Clark's store house.
w. G. Pierce has sold the schoon-
err "Nettie," bought last fall, to j
E. Tygert Company.
William Walker has partitioned
off a. part of his shoe store to give
more room for the family apart
ments.
Delaware loses another of its
most prominent and responsible
citizens in the death of John D.
Rodney of Georgetown.
A nice chain will be given to the
person drawing the last watch in
any of the Baynard Watch Clubs.
The last series will start about
April LIST.
MARRIAGES - Pratt-Hawkins
In the M. E. Church, this town,
March 10, by Rev. ]. d. Rigg, Will
liam HI. Pratt, of Easton, Md, and
Miss Beulah Hawkins of Smyrna.
Aaron Willis, residing the past
year at Hoffecker's Mill, has rent
ed a store house at the corner of
New and Division Streets, Dover,
for the purpose of opening a groc-
cry store.
Joseph B. FAIRIES has given his
two store houses on Commerce
Street a handsome coat of paint,
and the house occupied by Thos
Mccoy is also being FURNISHED up
by the painters brush.
The report of the Commissioner
of Agriculture shows that 600, OOO,-
600 bushels of last years crop of
corn were understandable and
that the stock on hand March /
was about 5OO,O0O,OOO bushels.
The new building erected on
Market street by w. w. Tschudy
for two stores with dwellings at
tached, is approaching completion
Each will have a glass front for
the stores, and the dwelling parts
on either side of the partitions will
contain seven roms and cellar.
The first shad which usually
come to US from the tributaries of
the Chesapeake and in small guam
titles for two or three weeks, came
yesterday with bounce, the num-
Der received by our two fish deal
ers numbering 80 which were sold
at II cents per pound. Herring
are now selling at 80 cents per
dozen.
During the last few days the
mill race at Sharp's mill has been
deepened about two feet which will
be quite an addition to the power
of the mill when the works are
again in order. The heavy timbers
that remained after the break of
the old gates are being removed
preparatory to the work of put
ting down the new.
Messrs. Lewis & Price have been
considerably impeded by the bad
weather in the construction of
their new phosphate factory at
Smyrna Landing, but they sue
ceeded yesterday in getting the
frame raised and well advanced.
It is 40 by 80 feet in size. The
necessary machinery will be put in
the building as soon as ready to
meet the wants of a partial Spring
trade.
r. M. Johnson has removed the
frame part of the school house rec
emily purchased on South Street to
Cummins Street, adjoining the
property Of I. Pennewill and will
fix it up for a dwelling. The brick
portion of the school house which
remains has been converted into a
very comfortable dwelling for his
own residence, which is to be
further improved by a large front
porch.
The Odd Fellows have COM
menced to clear away the bricks
of the burnt house in the Peterson
lot over the mill pond with the
view of laying it out in cemetery
dots. Among the other things vot-
ed to go is the venerable sycamore
tree near the old mansion site, a
decision which we could hope may
be reversed. The beech tree on
which Jacob swung is to remain
anmolested.
DEATHS Boone-In Frederick.
March II, Capt. James Perry
Boone, aged So years.
Davis - At Smyrna Landing,
March rs, Mrs. Hannah Davis,
aged 81 years. Funeral services
will be held at the Landing to-
morrow, Thursday, at / o'clock.
Interment at Glenwood cemetery.
Evans Leipsic, March rs,
John Evans, aged 81 years.
Ford-Near Smyrna. March 25,