Smyrna times., 1939-11-02

SOOu pIlStS last WEN.
John B. Golf, until recently in
charge of the Smyrna Creamery,
has been engaged by the Dairy As
sociation of Odessa.
AS the first snow storm fell on
the 23rd of the month some people
predict that there will be twenty
three snow storms this winter.
Norris Bull, the engineer Of Jam
es Saxton's wheat thresher, had
two of his fingers cut off by being
caught in the machinery week or
50 ago.
S. c. Long, supervisor Of the
Pennsylvania Division, P. r. r.,
headquarters at West Philadelphia
is to succeed L. w. Allibone of
Clayton on the Delaware Division.
Abel S. Riggs sold lot Of brick
making implements on Saturday
with a view of quitting the busi-
ness. This has been bad drying
and consequently bad brickmak-
ing year.
John Chatham while handling
small rifle on oMnday accidentally
fired it off, the bullet passing be-
tween the homes of his forearm.
DR.. Dwight dressed the wound and
the patient is doing well.
Henry S. Anthonys incubators
matched out their first setting of
eggs on Saturday-1250. Mr.. An
thony has the best appliances to
take the place of the mother hen
for this little army Of orphans.
At the sale of the real estate of
the late Thomas E. Humphreys, on
Saturday, the farm four miles from
Smyrna, Of 176 acres, was bought
BY Theodore Mannon for S2400, and
the dwelling on lower Main street
by John Q. Bailey for SAT- 80.
Some eight or ten Of the young
men of Dover, came to Smyrna on
Sunday evening. On their way
here, two of them ran into car
riage opposite "Woodlawn", broke
their carriage and bad to foot it
through the mud to this town.
Governor Jackson, Of Maryland,
finds, for example, that two rail-
roads that have about fifty miles
only of mileage in Delaware, pay
that state taxes to the amount ex-
ceeding the whole amount the state
of Maryland receives from all the
hundreds Of miles Of railroads in
its border.
The protracted meeting at Bethel
Church under the management Of
Rev. r. X Stevenson, referred to
in our last issue, is still going on
with unabated interest. Nearly
twenty have been at the altar
every night and forty-nine have
professed conversion, forty of them
heads of families.
The farm and mill property of
what is known as the Alley Mills
was sold at Sheriff's sale on Friday
and knocked off to Senator Hig-
gins for a trust company of Viii
mington that held a large mort
gage against it, for S11,040. This
is considered a very low price for
this valuable property.
Charley swiggett, well known
colored man, big and strong, died
in this town on Thursday last of
consumption, the last disease that
ten years ago it was thought him
possible to have. He was employ
ed by the Messrs. Tygert as hack
and wagon driver to the landing Of
the steamer, John E. Tygert.
Smyrna is well represented to-
day at the Caesar Rodney monu-
ment ceremonies at Dover and the
grand ball tonight. Last night
and oMnday night the ladies gave
their carnival of all nations in the
State House for the benefit of the
Dover library. The three days
mark a momentaus event for the
capital.
According to the Delawarear
they only had "spurt Of snow
about three o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon last in Dover, whereas
here it showed from about IL
o'clock in the morning until night
part of the time interminglec
with rain. In Philadelphia, anc
other place to the north, they
found it showing when awaking in
the morning.
A hog Of Thomas Holidays al
Clayton was taken with the hydro.
phobia yesterday and snapped al
everything, like dog with the
rabies. 1t Is supposed to have beer
bitten by a dog Of Nathaniel Sew.
erson-the same that was killed or
the farm of DIR. Lambdin in Thor.
oughfare Neck on Saturday, or 9
more probable suposition is that II
was bit by the dog that passed
through this town in a mad state
three or four weeks ago, and was