Smyrna times., 1879-04-30
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

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THE time for spring house cleaning has
come and the voice of the tack hammer Is
heard in the land.
FRANK COLLINS, it is stated, has sold Col
lins's Beach to James Ballinger of Phila-
delphia for $1,000.
JoHN C. ARMSTRONG, as per advertise
ment, will commence serving our citizens
with milk from the wagon tomorrow at 4
cts. per quart, the farmers price in Will
mington.
THE crop of Red Raspberries is not
likely to be so large this year as last, the
severity of the past winter having killed at |
least half of the canes. Many patches of
blackberres suffered also from the same
cause, but not to the same degree.
Miss NJ. ANNA OFFLEY is instructing an
interesting elocution class in Havre de- |
Grace. She read several selections at an
entertainment in that town last week, and
was complimented by the press as being
the best elocutionists that had ever read
| there.
GEO. w. & S. TAYLOR have sold about 800
| plows this spring, of their own manufacture
and the northern "chilled" plows. Though
| the corn planting season has not passed
they have sold over 100 of their popular
new cultivators, called the New De.
parture"
THE splendid weather Of last week set
the farmers to earnest work, and those who
were not ready bent every energy to the
preparation for putting in our great staple
crop. A great many were planting corn
the last of the week and this week will see
the most of it put in the ground.
A FULL BUsINEss.-Stephen Walker,
lumberman of Kenton, has concluded a
contract with parties in New York for
lumber for car-building (mainly coal cars)
that will require ten trips of his sloop
Clayton and Loac5er to convey it. This with
other material to ship will be more than his
own slOop can carry during the season.
THE crop prospect of the farmer is most
encouraging both for fruit and cereals, and
all they want is better prices to make
things comfortable. There has never been
a time when our agricultural community
dressed better, drove finer horses and car
riages or bought and used better farm i'm
plements than they have the past year or
two.
AT the the temperance meeting at the
Town Hall on Sunday afternoon a paper
was presented on behalf of the Moral Re-
form Association demonstrating, in the
shape of prayer to the court, not to grant
any additional licenses for the sale Of
liquor in this vicinity. 1t was adopted
unanimously, and subsequently forwarded
to the Chief Justice.
The "Pinafore" witnesses who went to
I, see their "cousins and their uncleS and
their aunts" about the time they supposed
the States Attorney would invite them to
! take ride to Dover, are having such good
, time, that their return is hardly looked for
this week. 1t is said the States Attorney
, will extend them another invitation some
6 time when they are at home.
A POPULAR SONG.-The minstrel and con
: cert troups are all singing Will l.. Thomp-
sons new song and chorus Golden Years
are Passing By" There is now such a
mania for this beautiful piece, that dealers
can scarcely get them fast enough to supply
the demand. Every lover of a pretty song
will want this piece. Send 35 cents to the
: publishers, w. L. Thompson & Co., East
: Liverpool, Ohio.
. BRENFoRD STATIoN.-Mr. j. P. Dickson al
. Brenford Station has purchased of John
q SSrverson triangular plot OF ground ii
front of the depot comprising about a hal
acre, which he has planted in trees anG
l. surrounded with Wire-fence. 1t viii
e make handsome little park and be quite
d an ornament TO the Station. 1t is under
IS stood that the railroad authorities will stocL
/ it with roses in the fall.
. ADvERT1sERs.-S. f. Anthony advertises
reliable cure for chicken cholera.
Delaware & Chesapsak Railway announce
Of meeting of stockholders may 2lst.
Is Baugh & Sons announce important re
Ut ductions in the prices Of phosphate ant
le ground bones, and state what has beel
n known to agricuturists for years past, tina
their facilities for making and selling groun
"a bones and phosphates are unsurpassed b
is any house in the United States.
COURT for Kent county met at Dover o
IN Monday. The number who left here o.
ed that morning to attend in one way Q
te another on its deliberation was considers
Ve ble. The chief interests from here nj
In y, those growing out of applications for, {
- H. infractions Of liquor licenses. There wev
~ on Monday q prisoners confined for tria
-, ~ two of them for capital offences. The Sc
ON ON sion is likely to be "a long one, as such a
~. array Of prisoners has scarcely if over bee
70 equaled before.
SPRING came this year with one boun
One week ago there were few blossoms an
81 scarcely bursted leafbud. Now the tre
m ol are green and casting good shade, an
~. ~ the blossoms Of the peach, the cherry, Il
zoe apple and the pear are simultaneous
I'D their appearing. On Saturday the the
oso memeter rose to summer heat, between
OF and 90 degrees, and the development
Dly nature was enormous. The cool seal .bree
ex- that set in during the evening was real
lrt- refreshing after the fatigue of the day.
"BELMoNT'' GROVE, in addition to havil
the leaves raked up and removed and Il
rne walks nicely cleaned, has had a number
eek Towering shrubs, plants and evergreens =
ers out, that will add to the attractions of Il
lay already beautiful grove, with its state
Ing trees, dell, over which is rustic bridge
ich feet long, and skirting its northern side t
en- head waters of one branch Of Duck Cree
The Park" surrounding Belmont la
ent with magnolia trees in full bloom, iaponiC
lsh and other Towering shrubs makes an
vay tractive walk for our people shut up in
40 confines Of the town, and enjoyed on ST
day last by perhaps hundred di6ere
=. promenaders.
the New STEAMBoAT.-Messrs. J. f. Tygert
tely Co. have contracted with Neafie & Ls'
no Philadelphia, to build a new steamboat
tent run from Rothwells Landing 1.-THE locati
s in of their factory to Philadelphia. Tt
rity are induced to take this step because
ons, the insufficient tonnage and accommodate