Smyrna times., 1878-07-31
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

from this town will commence on Friday. |
THERE was clever sprinkling of peaches
in Philadelphia yesterday, mostly from the
lower part of the State, and were selling |
at 81 to $3.50 basket.
TOMATOES and corn are getting more
plentiful, the former at 25 cents per basket
and the latter at Is cents per dozen, other
vegetables are abundant. Berries are most
out of market.
THE colored people connected with the
Bethel A. M. E. church of this town, have
chartered the steamer Artisan for the pur
pose of running an excursion to Cape May
from Clayton on Saturday next.
LEG BRoKEN.-Dr. Collins found on Mon
day morning the hind leg of one of his horses
broken just below the knee. A wound
indicated q severe blow from the kick of
horse or something else. He had to be
killed.
BY adv. it will be seen that G. w. g. S.
Taylor are again in the field with their
wheat drills-the "farmers favorate' and
"Champion." They could not last year
supply the demand and the prospect is
for another large run this year.
WE are authorized to state that the
Blackbird Camp proper will break on
Saturday, but that the most of the tent
holders desire to remain over until Monday
and arrangements have been made to that
effect. Preachers have been secured and
regular services will be held on Sunday.
DRowNED.-A boy named Joseph Wye,
aged Is years, fell off the pier at Fraland
beach on Wednesday last and was drowned.
He was from Philadelphia and had come
down that day on an excursion. The pier
at the place where the accident occurred
has only two planks for passage and is es-
sentially dangerous for young people.
| STATE FAIR AT DovER.-We call the atten-
ton of our farmers who have fine stock,
grain, vegetables, &C., and to the ladies who
| have choice articles of handywork, preserv-
| ing, &C., to the advertisement Of the State
| Fair in another column. 1t will be seen
that they offer premiums to the amount of
| $4,000. They want every one to send their
| best.
! THE Clyde is by far the largest, hand
soonest and fastest boat ever on the Bonn
bay Hook route. Her apartments are
complete in every particular and the trip
on her to Philadelphia besides being very
cheap is rendered attractive by the pleasant
company usually aboard, by the music and
by the excellent supper furnished by the
steward, Mr.. w. r. Cassart.
HEAVY RAIN.-The drought that was
beginning to tell on the early corn was en-
ded on Tuesday by an exceedingly heavy
fall of rain, submurging the low grounds
and making heavy washes in the roads.
Fortunately, there was no wind, and as the
farmer delights in a good "mud RAIN
about the first of August to insure his corn
crop, he is complacent over the result.
NEW MILK PAN.-Edward Ward of oul
town has invented a milk pan that prom
ses to be great saving of labor TO the dairy
maid He claims for it that he can
separate 20 pans of milk from the cream in
ten minutes. The improvement is very
simple. 1t consists in inserting a ! inch
gauze wire in a tube at the bottom rim anC
when it is wanted to skim, 10y removing
cork the milk is drawn off into another
vessel leaving the cream remain.
MILL RACE BRoKEN.-During the heavy
rain of Monday night, or rather Tuesday
morning the volumn of water which rushed
down main street from the town into the
race of Sharp's mill, caused it to burst the
bank making fissure about eighteen fee
wide and from eight to ten deep. The
race gates lowered at night had cut of
the connection with the pond and as i
was intended for the cutters to empty int
the latter, a danger from this source wa
the least thing expected.
VIsIToRs TO SMYRNA.-Since last Wednes
we have obtained the following list of visi
. tors, most of whom have come to tow
since that date-former Smyrnians in frs
, paragraph:
Miss Annie Spruance, Miss Ella Crow
John Allen, John A. Cavender, Geo. i
Wells, Walter Scout, VIM. Rothwell, Chas
Massey, Philadelphia; Mrs. S. A. Fowler
Carrie Allen, Wilmington; Mary Clawson
Swedesboro, n. j.
Miss Annie Maloy, Miss Carrie Bancroft
Miss Ida Carter, Thos. Bunness, John Cal
lingham, Philadelphia; Mrs. Z. B. Stevens
Misses Fannie and Jennie Stevens, Georg
, C. Hofecker, Marriott S. Richardson, Wi
mington; Reese Bell, Dover; Lula Steven
5 son, FELTON,; Mrs L. B. Martin, Newark, N. j
THE BLACKBIRD CAMP was very largely al
tended on Sunday, in fact more SO than a
any former meeting-numbers coming
distance of fifteen or twenty miles. Th
roads were exceedingly dusty, and man
as they returned through the town in tn
evening, looked as if they had come out @
, a bull fight. The order is represented a
2 good, the meetings, to those who went fo
that purpose, attractive and beneficial, an
for those who went simply to see and b
seen, all they desired save the dust.
Rev. j. II. Wiley, of Townsend, preach
ed in the morning, Rev. T. Z. MartindalC
e of Middletown in the afternoon, and Rev
Thomas f, Newman, from near Baltimore
" (who travelled Smyrna Circuit about twent
five years ago) in the evening. On Monda
the meetings were characterized by tn
old methodistic fire, but the subsequer
= heavy rains must have considerabl
q dampened the order.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT CLAYTON
, On Thursday afternoon last Lynch Hewet
! from near Church Hill, Md, met with
dreadful accident that terminated his lii
at 10 o'clock the same evening. He wa
> in company with some friends on his wa
- to Ocean City. The Maryland train wa
= switched off opposite coal bin awaitin
the arrival of the down train. He wa
: either standing or leaning between th
, two when the train started and his bod
:, measuring eighteen, while the space betwee
" at the widest point was only fifteen inche
!, he rolled like piece of dough to the edg
: and was thrown forward, the wheels crushin
- one foot off at the instep, and cutting th
. toes off the other. Dr. Collins, of th
= town, was summoned as soon as possibl
- - who, with the aid of DR.. Cloak, amputate
- the leg above the ankle, and the crushe
~ toaq of tho ofbar foot b,t tbo .,oon 49,