Smyrna times., 1878-08-21
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

THE Messrs Tygert sold on Saturday last
l40 tons of phosphate-a pretty good sale
for one day.
THE examination of Teachers by Prof
Groves in this town, will be for two days,
Both and 3lst inst.
A NOTE from Miss Rivers, now at Balti-
more, states that the Smyrna Institute will
open September 9th.
THE excursions to Rehoboth to-day, Ocean
City tomorrow, and Cape May next We'd
nesday, are likely to end the season.
A FEW stragling melons came to town
last week, but this week we are having
water melons, cantaloupes, &C., in quantity.
SWEET POTATOES have been in market for
q week past and the crop promises to be
abundant. They are selling from IS cts. to
800 per basket.
We were visited again last week with an
excessive rain fall. Some of the farmers
say we have had enough rain this season to
make four corn crops.
WILMER B. SMITH, formerly of this town,
removed on Saturday from Dover to Cen
treville, Md, where he has opened store
as matchmaker and jeweler.
ST. PETERS CHRUCH.-Rev. w. B. Gordon,
the new pastor, expects to fill the pulpit
next Sunday. Services at l04 o'clock in
the morning and "a o'clock in the evening.
REV. E. STUBBs preached at the Milling
ton camp on Monday-the last day. He
| spent few hours in town on his way home
expecting to return with his family next
| week.
! A Mrs. WALKER, living on the farm o.
T. ]. Lambdin in Thoroughfare Neck, dieG
suddenly last Saturday afternoon after {
| few hours illness. She leaves family o.
six little children, the youngest but few
days old.
Miss MARGARET NELSON, of New Castle
visiting Jonathan Stephenson, near thi
town, fell down flight of steps last week
ing her wrist. DR.. Sweeney reduced tn,
fracture.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Last Thursday coloreC
man, named Henry Jefferson, of this town
while in the act of heading off runawa,
team running through the streets, fell ant
expired in few minutes from an attack O
heart disease.
PEACHEs.-The scarcest thing in marke
has been peaches, but once or twice hav
any been at the stores for sale. The cit
, price is from one and a-half to two dollar
basket and hurries them out of the reac
of local consumers.
HOWARD PYLE, of Wilmington, who
getting up an article for Harper's Month";
, was in this vicinity the most of last wee
4 getting information and making sketche
1 hAtoa ha
. Dover to take view of the canning estal
lishment of Richardson & Robbins.
CHIEF of Police O'Toole, of Wilmington
, and the Sheriff of Talbot county, Nd, wei
= in town on Monday looking for be
s charged with rape in the above name
, county. They received telegram that ii
boy was here in town working at carrial
trimming, but such was not the case.
THE Philadelphia Office of J. E Tygert
r Co., of this town, is working up GOO
e trade in fertilizers. They are also agen
! for Marvels staYe peach baskets and ha'
:, sold during the past month about $4,000
them, the purchasers being mainly Jerst
!, truckers, three-fourth of them for Il
IF tomato crop.
a SHELL LINEN. Colbourn & Co., at Sc
=. Superior Fertilizer at cents per bush
during the present year. 1t would be W,
u for those interested to send their orders
le early as the reduction was made to me
ID an emergency and may not continue p,
le manently. Read the advertisement ca
q, fully.
IS. A CARRIER pigeon which was broug
.. down on the boat to Collins Beach on t
% day before was let lose on Tuesday of Il
p week with the following prescription frC
of- DR.. E. M. Cloak, directed to DR.. Elwo
its Harvey, of Chester, tied under its viii
~ Please give this pigeon one pint of Cas-
OIL" 1t was some fifteen or twenty minu
nd in getting its BEARINGS and arrived in Ches
to less than two hours, distance of about
IS. miles.
he SATURDAY was the "biggest" excurs
he day that the Clyde has yet had to Coli
:. Beach. In addition to the Philadelp
passengers, there were two other large
iat cursions, one from Rockville, via Chest
to and the other from Waynesburg
lief Newark, via the Pomroy & Delaware {
not r. II. There were from 1900 to 1900 |
-" sons on the boat, and had the early me
'ur ing not been raining there would have b
! a still larger number.