Smyrna times., 1939-04-27

]. B. Mifflin is using Port De
post stone screenings tons
for his yard walks.
G. @. Armstrong of Clayton, as
sumed the proprietorship of the
Smyrna House on Saturday.
Rev. G. w. Dame will deliver a
lecture at Harmony Lodge A. F..
and A. M, tomorrow evening.
c. G. Armstrong of Clayton, pur-
chased at the sale last week, the
furniture of the Smyrna House.
The garden park recently con-
structed by I. N. Mills, at Clayton,
has been enclosed by woven wire
fence.
The effects of the recent storm
way down the Peninsula appear to
be more disastrous than the bliz-
zard Of March, 1888.
Harmony Lodge, No. Is, A. F.
and A. M, of this town, has pur-
chased a cabinet organ, and will
have it in place this week.
S. B. Freeland, of Baltimore, has
taken exclusive charge of the
painting department of Joseph
Stephenson's business. Mr.. Free
land comes well recommended as
sign painter, frescoer, etc.
THE t,iob tapopara+,,ra of xyaStar
day was very naturally followed
by correspondingly low one, frost
being reported both yesterday and
Monday. Yesterday morning the
mercury registered 40 at sunrise,
but some parties from the country
report ice.
An old shoemaker living near
Clayton is now in Dover jail for in
discriminate use of his revolver at
Clayton on Thursday last. He
first fired into a crowd of small
boys, but fortunately none of them
were hurt. He continued to -four
ish the pistol in and around the
railroad station and was arrested
for it.
Daniel 3. Cummins of Philadel-
phia, formerly of this town, as
friend and executor of the late /.
". Williamson of that city, will
have one of the largest fees on
record. At the legal rate of Penn
sylvania, five percent, his execu-
tors fees on settling the estate Of
S10,0OO,00O will be nearly a half
million of dollars.
Trinity Episcopal Chapel will be
the name Of church to be erected
at Clayton at once. The lot has
been donated by /. N. Mills, near
St Paul NJ. Z. Church, and the
frame for the same by A. E. Flem-
ing Of Harrington, and William
Taylor of Middletown. The enter
prise is under the charge of Rev.
G. w. Dame of Smyrna.
George G. Rothwell, Levy Court
man of Blackbird Hundred, is
shaking more hands and distribut-
ing more cards bearing on it For
Sheriff - Democratic nomination
1890" than any other man in the
county. George knows what he is
about, and that he has the encour-
agement of large number Of the
leading men Of his party.
The lower part of Main street is
keeping up with the procession"
in local Improvements, and as the
Boulevard" of the town, demands
recognition in the way Of well
graded streets. There are said to
be some uneven spots five by ac-
tual count-that the committee or.
streets have not been able, with
their natural optics, to see.
w. S. Smith has built a porch at
the residence Of J. F. Clements,
covering the front of the house.
Joseph Stephenson has painted and
repapered the house of ]. V. Smith.
The Delaware House has been un-
dergoing a repainting. The an
cient dwelling on lower Main
street, tn residence Of Mrs. George
Williams, is undergoing some inn
portant changes.
Cats are reported as bringing
three dollars apiece in Dakota, ow-
ing to the presence Of myriads of
mice around the grain bins, and a
dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says
that two carloads of Tables have
been shipped from that city, where
they were bought at wholesale for
fifty cents and one dollar each
Here is a chance for some enter
prising citizens TO make a "speck'
on Smyrna cats. There may not
be millions in it," but it would
be light work, and give the town 9
happy riddance.
GRAIN
New Long Berry Wheat -. S1.0s
New Fultz Wheat ......... LOO