Smyrna times., 1878-05-15
SMYRNA AND VICINITY


June 1lth and 10Th, to issue business
licenses.
The reports of the condition of our two
National Banks will be found in another
column.
The first strawberries shipped from New
Castle co. We're by VIM. Nailor at Green
Spring on Monday last, being 20 days
earlier than the previous years.
ATTENTION is called to the new advertise.
ments of Miss Maria D. Sipple, r. +. Carty,
VIM. Dean, Newark, Del, and Woods
corner I'd and Christian sts, PHILADELPHIA.
JOSEPH STEPHENSON, former resident
and son OF Jonathan Stephenson, near
town, has opened paper store in connec.
ton with paper hanging at 1912 Columbia
Avenue, Philadelphia.
The Americus Club Strawberry Festival,
as previously announced, will come off this
evening at the Town Hall. Vocal and in.
strumental music will be part of the ac.
compartments of the evening.
The Smyrna Library Association has had
avery neat sign painted and placed over
the door OF the Library room. A friend of
the Library, near town, has recently pre-
sented to 1t several valuable books.
The KENT Co. r. r. entered on its sum-
mer arrangement on Monday. The trains
now leave Clayton daily for Chestertown at
40 P; NJ, except Saturday, when it leaves
at Il.l5 A. NJ. The time of leaving Chester.
town is $50 A. NJ, daily.
Mr.. c. LOOSE, of Pennsylvania, has
moved upon the Raymond Farm" which
his brother, ?. Loose of Michigan, bought
| OF A. P. Griffith. The tenant, Jas. PleaSen.
ton, sold out possession and has moved in
with his brother on the Savin farm. The
farm has 1881 acres, which at $50 per acre
amounts to $3,7O5.
The children of the Sunday Schools are
requested to meet in the Lecture room of
the M. +. Church, this town, on Saturday
evening next, at y o'clock, to practice
singing for the Temperance meeting on
Sunday afternoon.
The Temperance meeting next Sunday
afternoon will be addressed by Edward
Harrison. An interesting programme is
anticipated.
IHE BUNNELL READINGS AND CONCERT to
be given in the Town Hall, tomorrow
-Ihursday-evening promise to be one of
the hemostlnterestlng and agreeable entertain
ments of the season. Miss Bunnell will rive
eminent satisfaction, and the music will be
OF a high order. Miss Joe Cook, as previously
announced, Miss Mary Cannon, Dover's
most gifted vocalist and the Irma Quartette,
VIII render the evening an unparalleled
success. Reserved seats sold at the drug
stores.
CHANGE IN TIME.-The time table of the
Delaware Railroad was changed on Monday
Tor the summer arrangement. The bill
was not received in time to make the al
teratlons in the regular table in this issue.
Inc morning and evening trains remain
the same. The second train going north
VIII leave here 1925 instead of 10. 10 and
the afternoon train North and Southl do.
2.2O instead of 2.40. The afternoon train
will arrive here at 2.55 instead of 3. 10 as
formerly.
IHE temperance meeting at the Town
tall on Sunday afternoon was enthusiastic
and large. VIM. w. Nelson presided
VIM. H. Baggs read the 55th Psalm. fol. !
lowed with, prayer by Rev. Mr.. HAYNES
John E. Phillips made a spirited address
followed by an excellent essay read by Miss |
Maggie ). Hill. The author Welded TO a |
request for its publication and we give it in |
another column. The children, with Miss |
Helen Hottecker at the organ and Prof |
UroVes as director, gave some good music. |
STRAwBERRIEs.---The first strawberries
Inaue ma their appearance in market last |
Wednesday, the 8th. On Saturday con.
siderable were brought in, in two or three !
instances whole crates. The extreme cola
weather since last Thursday has checked
the ripening, or our growers would he
actively shipping. The crop promises a
heavy yield. The first car load ON tho
Delaware road was shipped May 9th. On
Saturday tve car loads were shipped to New
York and two to PHILADELPHIA. maxine
with the previous shipments, "a to that
date. The shipments since amount to Is
cars, making 80 cars up to this time. A few
crates were shipped from here yesterday.
NEW STEAMBoAT.-IHos p. CzyIe is tho
name OF the new iron boat now beino
built by Pusey, Jones & Co., of Whining.
ton, to run on the Delaware between Bonn.
bay Hook, Collins Beach &c. and PbiIa.
delphla: 1t was launced on Thursday last
ana Will be ready for running the latter
parI oI June. She IS to take the place of
tne steamboat ATieL for carrying excursion
Partles down the Delaware during July and
August, and afterwards she will he MT o.
the line plying between Salem and PhiJo.
delphia. She is 2l5 feet long and Sc feet
wide, has accommodation for 500 mas.
;sengers, and, it is expected, will prove to
De one OF the fastest steamers on the river
The pile drivers are hard at work erecting
the new pier opposite the Hygenia House
- lHE IEMPERATURE-Sunda Monday and
tuesday mornings were all below the frost
point, IN temperature, Monday morning
the thermometer being down to $50 and the
other mornings 430, the degree of tempera.
re ture that makes frost. Middletown and
wilmington report ice-a very unusual oc.
currence so late as the 18th of Nav. We
near OF some damage to vegetables but do
not know that fruit has sustained anv
serious injury. Snow fell in Canada an
saturday to the depth of an inch. and
throughout the Northern States and down
as lar as Pennsylvania the ground was
"hitened by frequent snow squalls, followed
next morning by ice. The cold tenlpera.
lure still continues, the thermometer this
morning being 440 with driving easterlv
storm. We had May weather in March.
ana are now having March weather in Nav
A CoRoNER's INoVEsr.-On Friday last a
little boy, in digging for some clay to mold
handle for pewter knife under a smoke
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