Smyrna times., 1877-06-27
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THERE will be two excursion trains run
to Bombay Hook on the 4th.
SAM'L ]. ToLsoN, merchant of this town,
surrendered to his creditors on Saturday.
THE Public Schools of this town close
this week for the usual two months holiday.
THE splendid rain of last night will
'make'' the early potato and oats crop, it
is thought.
THE Cape May excursion for the NJ. E.
Sunday School of this town has been
abandoned.
The steamer Pierrepont will have her pas
senger accommodations finished this week,
and will commence passenger traffic next
week.
Ten persons went from this town on the
Ocean City excursion this morning The
train had few aboard when it reached
Clayton.
THE Smyrna Base Ball Club went to
Odessa yesterday and got ''waxed." The
Mutuals of that town beat them by a score
of % to 42.
EXCURSION tickets to Rehoboth have been
issued. A round trip ticket from Smyrna
costs $3.45; Clayton, 1885. The camp
commences July 10Th.
The season at Collins Beach opens to-
morrow. With increased accommodations
and reduced rates the admirable resort
certainly will have big run.
THE steamer Preston, from Wilmington,
will hereafter connect with the Aricl, at
Pennsgrove, on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
for Collins's and Bombay Hook.
ANOTHER grand excursion to Ocean City
will be made on Wednesday next, July 4th,
by the P. w. & B. Co. See ad. in another
| column. Fare from Smyrna, $3.50.
THE Thos Marin farm, in Blackbird
| Hundred, about four miles north of this
town, lS6 acres, has been sold to Penn
sylvanian from Williamsport for $4,000.
A CAMP meeting for colored people will
be held in Hardcastle's woods, near Moor
ton, commencing July 18th. 1t will be
under the charge of Rev. j. w. Brown.
A NEW Watering place, opposite Bombay
| Hook, at the mouth of Cohansey Creek,
has been opened this summer for the
steamer John Il. Warner to run excursions
| to.
The market train that leaves Clayton at
4.30 in the afternoon has a passenger car
attached, to accommodate the NJ. & D. and
Kent Co. trains. This makes 4 trains per
day to Phila.
EDw. WARD, one of our well-known citi-
zens, fell out the store door of Phillips &
Co., on Saturday evening and broke his
arm. DIR. Swinney has the case, and the
patient is doing we'll.
THE colored peoples Masonic Lodge oil
1 fbiS .0,r :
to Dover last Saturday. Two car loads
were attached to the train at Clayton. See
State items for further particulars.
ANOTHER train has been put on the Md
IL Del. r. r. One leaves Easton at 4.30 in
the morning and 1890 in the afternoon
They leave Clayton for Easton immediately
after the departure of morning and night
trains from Philadelphia.
THE proposed 4th of July temperance
celebration for this town, which was started
at the temperance meeting two weeks ago
has been abandoned. Business will b(
suspended, we suppose, but there will be M
public demonstration in the town.
EVAN c. REESE, young Smyrnian, has
melon patch of sixty acres on his farm
between Harrington and Milford-nearly
10000 hills Of water melons and 1000 0
cantaloupes, &c. Last year he had abou
: 1000 hills of all kinds, and did well.
BLAcKB1RD CAMp.-The Worden Manufac
/ turing Company have contracted for tn
S tents for Blackbird Camp, which will b
! built and rented for IS. The drawing 70
. tents will take place next Saturday, Goth
on the grounds, at 2 o'clock in the after
9 noon.
JACOB LIENBERGER, of this town, has
four-acre corn lot, which he puts agains
# the whole county. Some persons are eve
P enthusiastic enough to predict Is bushel
: per acre from it, if the season is favorable
i Mr.. L. authorizes us to challenge tn
S county.
;, MANAGER COLLINS, of the telegraph ofic
e here, received dispatch yesterday Stain
>. that the Mexican rope walker, Moncayt
:. fell from his rope, a distance of forty fee
Il at Hollydaysburg, Pa, but did not hui
# himself. He is the fellow that walked
i this town.
n THE joint excursion of the NJ. z. an
g. NJ. 2. Sabbath Schools of Chestertown,
S Cape May and Sea Grove, has been pos
n poned until the 25th of July. They hay
d written to the NJ. j. School of this town
s. join them, and the subject is now und
lie consideration.
~ PEACHEs.--It is understood that the r.
Company have made up new estimate
20 the peach crop. The estimate for Claytc
n is now 100000 baskets, we learn. This
n not quite half the shipments made in 1877
of and the estimate is believed to be too hi.
m by at least fourth.
ed GEO. w. TAYLOR has been elected Supc
] (; intendent of the Presbyterian Sund
". School of this town, in place of Z.
st, Cooper, who, to the regret of all, has
IT, signed in consequence of his health. NJ
nd Mollie Spruance has been elected music
", director, and Miss Mollie Cooper organi
MIe M SMYRNA had the highest honors at two
~ the school commandments last wee
~ Miss Denie Hill, daughter of Rev. Ch
~ Hill, delivered the Latin Salutatory at t
he Wesleyan College, Wilmington, and NJ
nv Lille Register, daughter of Chas.
Register, President of the Levy Court, re
the Valedictory at the Conference Acaden
es- Dover.
Of A SAD CAsE.--A greatly beloved lat
on Mrs. Susie Bradley, wife of Jos. Bradley,
| Frederick. and dauphtar of Ias Tr,I,