Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

1 W. h0SO oNNs
BETWEEN one and two dozen of our towr
people have been sojourning at Rehobott
the last week or two. Later in the season
the tendency will be Northward.
The reports from Europe of heavy anC
continued rains and destruction of crop,
have caused some of our farmers to keer
their wheat in the stock with q view tc
better prices.
ExCURsIoNs.-There will be two excur
sions from this place tomorrow, that ot
the NJ. E. Sunday School of Chestertown tc
Cape May, and that to the Breakwater in
the steamer John E. Tygert.
TELEPHoNIC.-C Communication by tele.
| phone was made last week between the
offices of Mr.. A. Lee Cummins and COL H.
q. Douglass. This is the third wire con.
Meeting Smyrna and Clayton.
THE Delaware Railroad has made ar.
rangements for close connection with the
Chestertown excursion train to-day for Cape
| May. 1t is expected that q number of
| people from both Middletown and Dover
will join the excursion at Clayton.
The Episcopal Sunday School of this
town will pic mic next Thursday at Collins
| Beach. Teachers and Scholars are request.
ed to be at the Chapel by o'clock, A. NJ.
sharp. The friends of the school are
cordially invited.
The sugar corn that threatened famine
a week ago to shot corn" lovers, is now
filling out and the yield will perhaps be
equal to the demand. Green corn ranks
as the most popular dinner dish for the
month of August.
Cur FINGER.-Chas. Swiggett colored.
in the employ of j. E. Tygert & Co., while
cutting hay for his horses last evening, cut
the middle finger of his left hand so badly
that the Messrs. Swinney were called in
and amputated it.
MIDDLETowN is doubtless fair type of the
other towns on the Peninsular. The Tran.
script says there are so many excursions
now that the people are quite bewildered.
recreation is the order of the day for the
heated term," and is now run mad.
ATTENTION is called to the card of the
Wesleyan Female College at Wilmingto
Mr.. Williams, the president, when sending
us the advertisement wrote, "the outlook
for the coming year is remarkably en-.
couraging five may judge from the number
of catalogues called for daily. These calls
too are scattered over several States"
CHANGE AT COLLINS BEACH.-Mr. Alfred
Garret, says the Every Esening, formerly of
this city, is now one of the proprietors of
Collins Beach and will give his personal at.
tention to the direction. The new manager
has no doubt that the resort can be made
more attractive than ever before, and Viii.
mingtonians. should give a place so near
them trial.
The deers we spoke of in our last issue
as troubling Mr.. McKnatt have passed over
to Washington Green's plantation. His
little son came upon one of them the other
day and there was a mutual fright: the
"little tacker," who had never before seen
anything of the kind, split for the house
and fell exhausted and PROSTATE in the
doorway, the deer in the mean time taking
the opposite direction with feeter feet.
DEATH OF A FORMER REsrDENT-Mrs. Mary
Z. Eliason, wife of VIM. c.. Eliason. ESQ.
died at their residence in West PhiladeI.
phia last Sunday and was buried from
Clayton to-day. She the daughter of the
late Enoch Spruance and was born and
lived in this town until about fifteen wears
ago when she moved to Pennsylvania. She
was from early life member Of the NJ. f.
Church and had the esteem of large
circle Of friends.
A FEW people from this section yisited
the Camden Camp ground on Sunday.
There are no tents at all we believe from
Smyrna Circuit or station. The tents on
the ground number 60. The attendance
from the surrounding country on Sunday
was very large and the woods was thronped
with people and vehicles of conveyance.
The meeting is run entirely by the local
brethren" the ministers of the conference
without exception, we believe, are giving it
the Ego by"
Two car loads of people left our station
on Friday in the Odd Fellows excursion to
Kehoboth. There were four trains which
carried 5000 people, and four bands of
music, the throng being swelled by the
surrounding country to about 5000 people.
1t was the "biggest" day Rehoboth has
ever mad, and was very unsatisfactory to the
AhCA0 was uGlLucf 1000 nor
drinking water to meet the wants of the
people, and an impenetrable fog shut out
the vision all day. They returned in a
heavy rain about midnight.
Lightning FLAsHEs.-During the heavy
ram OF Friday night tho lightning struck
IN three places in this vicinity. The porch
OF the dwelling of Qbediah VoshelI, on the
iarm OF the late ex-Sheriff Green. was con.
slderaoly shattered, wire schreen door
torn 70 pieces and the door knob partly
melted. About six feet of the pIasfering
in the room where Mr.. and Mrs. Vosbeil
were sleeping was torn from the ceilippand
the whole family partially stunned by the
crash. The tenant house occupied bv Mrs
Robinson on the Lee property near Black.
istons Cross Roads, had the chimney en-.
tirely demolished, the shaft passing througb
the side Of the house into the kitchen.
tearing off portion of the weather board.
ing. On the farm Of A. Lee Cummins oc-
cupied by George I. Thompson there were
two strikes, one shatterirg large poplar
tree and the other killing young driving
horse belonging to Mr.. e. which had been
sent out for rest and pasture.