Smyrna times., 1877-06-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THE cherry crop is almost a total failure.
Fortunately, however, not much is eX-
pected of it in this section.
NEHEMIAH STAYToN, a Constable of this
town for the past twelve or fifteen years,
died on Saturday evening last.
THE steamer Aricl is to commence her
regular daily excursions to Collins Beach
and Bombay Hook next Wednesday.
THE Kent County r. r. is to make
Thursday excursions to Bombay Hook, re-
gularly, we are informed, after this week.
EVANS & Co., of the Clayton Basket
Factory have sent o fine display of peach
baskets to the Permanent Exhibition in
Philadelphia.
SAMUEL W1LDs, son of ex-Sherif Wilds of |
this town, has taken a clerkship at the |
Atlantic Hotel, at Ocean City, the popular |
summer resort near Berlin, Worcester CO.,
Md.
THE Del. R. r. will make an excursion to
Ocean City next Wednesday, 9th. Train
leaves Smyrna 5.55; fare, round trip, $3.50.
The train makes fast time; arrives at Ocean
City at 10.
The lodge of colored Masons of this town
are going in body to Dover next Saturday
on the excursion train from Wilmington.
We give fuller account of this affair in the
next column.
THERE will be an excursion to Cape May
from Chestertown, via Bombay Hook r. R.,
on Wednesday, July 1lth, under the
auspices of the Odd Fellows of that town.
Fare from Smyrna, $3.50.
THE Middletown correspondent of Ercry
EUening says: Near Smyrna one farmer
has nearly 100 acres in Strawberries" No
farmer here has anything like that. Divide
the 100 by and the item will be correct.
WHEAT harvest will be general by the
first of next week. The crop bids fair to be
number of years. We hear of several
parties around town who will cut this week.
RI. Rev. BISHOP LEE officiated at st.
Peters Church, this town, last Sunday
morning, and administered the rite of con-
frmation to one candidate, Mrs. Edw. Blais.
He officiated at Middletown in the even
ing.
AN effort is being made by the NJ. T..
Sunday School of this town to make an eX-
cursion to Cape May at an early date, and
a committee now has the matter in hand,
but is not able to report before we 60 to
press.
NRARLY all the Kitatinny blackberry
plants in this neighborhood are badly atfec-
ted with blackberry rust, as it is called, and
many farmers are pulling out the affected
bushes to prevent spread of the disease.
The slug is also injuring the pear trees
seriously.
Miss HENNIE D. RoTHwELL, daughter of
Mr.. Gideon Z. Rothwell, near this town,
will this afternoon "wednesday be united
in matrimony to Geo. c. Borst, M. D.,
formerly of Huntingdon, Penna., who has
settled in our town for the practice OF his
profession. 4.
and literatuer, Geo. Alfred Townsend
I"Gath,'0 called on us last week, whilst c,
route down the Peninsula. He is perhap;
writing up the Peach interest. We also
had call from L. B. Murdock, editor O.
the Walnut Valley Times, Eldorado, Kansas
a few days ago.
MISSES REBECCA AND ANNA OFFLEY, re
Gently of this town, have opened thei
boarding house in Philadelphia at 2 Soutl
S Merrick st., near Wanamaker's Crane
9 Depot store, and are meeting with excellen
- success. They solicit transient bolrders
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'' Smyrna friends at moderate rates.
BLAcKBIRD CAMP.-.Jme 1871, 1871
Editor Smyrna TtmeS-Dear Sir There will
be a camp meeting held on Appoquiniminl
: Circuit, in Truax's Woods, commencing
e on July Goth, and there will be meeting 0
:. the committee on the ground, on Saturda
next, the 23d, at o'clock P. NJ, for tn
( purpose of receiving proposals for building
IS the tents, seating the ground, &c. F.
- SEVEN young ladies, of this town, all bu
lie one claiming the Wesleyan College, Wi
n, mington, as their alma mater, 60 there
,y attend the commencement exercises t
=. morrow evening Two or three also 90 [
), Dover to attend the Conference Acadenl
IL commencement, while two graduates
er Delaware College, DIR. Cloak and w. F.
r. Colt, left for the commencement thel
10 this evening.
at RAYMoNp's NJ. E. CHURCH, in Raymond
10 Neck, near this town, is now undergoiT
some repairs. 1t is to have new pews, ne
" roof, new pulpit and a pulpit recess. II
old pulpit was an old-fashioned high affai
be The new one, of course, is to be rnoder
N lied. In tearing away the old roof
shingle was found with the date of IL
DIS erection of the church written upon it.
ng was just fifty years ago, in 1927, by Shorte
he & Farrell.
~ The Hygenia House, Collins Beac
ia opens on Thursday of next week, 2St
,et Mr.. Collins, the proprietor, is better fix
up than ever before. A billiard room al
- new bath houses have been erected he h
'i0 a splendid new schooner-rigged yacht, wi
tc nice cabin, &C., also skif and sever
mt little row boats, besides all the old attri
to tions of this our most popular resort. T.
90. famous suppers served there are reduced
:, price from 81 to IS cts, and board is M
ed' $40 per week instead of $l2. No SUNNI
he resort on this side of the Bay equals Collil
)m Beach.
'el. AT the temperance meeting last Thu
Is day evening it was resolved to hold
Did Fourth Of July Temperance Celebration
a. this town, and the following Comraittee
W Arrangements was appointed to work t
ers, thing up, viz: j. S. huntington, VIM.
BAD Collins, o. B. Voshell, Rich'd M. Johns,
It and JAS V. Roberts. This committee is
nd act in connection with the Temperar
M Executive Committee, viz: Revs. Umst
nee and Stubs, Drs. Cummins, Collins a
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