Smyrna times., 1880-07-21
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

WHY is it that all the river excursions
are on Wednesday?
WM. A. G. IIAEDCAsTLE, the collector Of
county taxes, has moved his Office to j. w.
Jones store.
THE basket factory turned out 1900 bas-
kcts on Monday. This is the largest days
work yet done.
PEACHES arc quoted in New York at
from IS cts. to $l.2j per basket. Apples
from 30 to 10 cts.
]. W. JONES has bought the peach crop
Of Joseph i. Jefferson, estimated at 1900
baskets for 500 cash paid.
THE grain buyers continue to do an ac
two business and VIM. G.. Hill has shipped
large quantities Of wheat.
BISHOP Foss will preside at the confer
! oncc to commence at Dover tomorrow. 1t
will consist OF SO members.
THE steamer Tinr9oat Will commence
REGULAR trips next week, forming with the
Tl5crt daily line to Philadelphia.
THE excursion from the Delaware Rail
road to Cape May ria. the Clyde went down
this morning with eleven Passenger cars.
TIE business on the railroad from this
point in both passengers and freight, has
been moro than usually large for the past
several weeks.
THE Smyrna & Delaware Bay Railroad
runs q train to Woodland' Beach every
Wednesday evening, returning at the close
of the chops"
THE excursion of the Presbyterian Sun
day School to Collins Beach last week was
a most pleasant and enjoyable occasion to
the participants.
KILLED BY LIGHTEING.-DuTingth tho thun-
der storm on Thursday last tho lightning
struck and killed two COWS belonging to
the tenant residing at Cloall's mill.
ALEX. G. CUMMISs calls the attention of
farmers to his Marrow Bone" Phosphate
for the wheat crop. lie is enlarging his
power and facilities for manufacturing.
) One of the last things to steal would
: seem to be dog stamp, yet such we are
told is a fact Tho individual who would
E do such a thing must be doggoncd "ornery.
= NlESSRS. HOPKINS a. I)EO3 Ol AhlllOIu
| sons OF Mr.. L. Hopkins who has established
, a drying house here, have located at Leip
i, sic with the intention OF running three
! evaporatoTs.
p TIE tomato crop in this section will be
= very light in consequence OF tho dry
: weather at the time Of planting in May
The Same is said for the canning crop il
: New Jersey.
7 All. SMITH, clerk Of the steamer j. +
:, | Tgeu, has been disabled for the past two
' weeks from indisposition, but is now con
: yalescent. Ills place has been temporaril,
;. supplied by j. Ed. IIotieckcr.
s E1Gur car loads of fruit, mostly peaches
. were shipped from Clayton on Monday
y This included what came up on the hrancl
+ roads. The regular chartered peach Cal
u have not commenced running yet.
J. MEssrs. GEO. w. & S. TAYLOR ale putin
;. up four large cvaporators; two for lorac
= Spruancc, ono for a. L. Hudson, one 70
~ ". +. Hepburn of Kennedyyille, Md, an
OF two sets Of trays for n. 7. Underwood.
- Ok Saturday last the kitchen roof OF Mr.
- - Lydia IIazolps residence on Commerc
W street was discovered on fire near the chin
y ney, by young man passing who qu!etl
I'll but promptly got q ladder and with
II, bucket or two OF water eXtinguishingit.
OF TIE IIalcs Early crop is on this wee
v but the peach harvest IN earnest will n
nv commence until the first week in Augu
ne when the Troth and Mountain Rose,
which there are large crops, will claim Il
A attention in full Of both the grower al
: shipper.
os. EAEhY PnAcHEs.-R Richard NJ. Cooper al
as a. s. Cudney, near MORTON, have bo
oil finished shipping a variety Of peach
lse called the " Early Rivers They were
dj. garded in the neighborhood as superior
of other early varieties, and shipped in qua
ras baaho It's realized Sc per crate.
'j 'j5 THE parching drought was brought tc
nf close by good rain on Thursday last, b
-. was only about one.sixtcenth OF what t
2n earth could conveniently take. Eve
-, place received some, but in somo nee
l.l - borhoods it was light. We wero visit
! again by grand growing showers yesterdt
the To-Day the steamer Gem makes an
ute cursion to Sea Breeze and Fortcscue. Ne
az Wednesday the same line will run an
Inc curslon to Cape May, the Gem convey
ed. the passengers from Leipsc, Woodla
MS Beach and Collins Beach to the Rcpul
1t and thence down and return by this stea
iod or
out
nee Col. MCCooMB has announced his plt
ced for using the various appropriations for
two Bay and its tributaries. At Duck Creek
sus. will make survey of the entrance to
hat tcrmine the proper position of the ch;
t Of mel, costing $400, and the remainder
$1,000 will be used in dredging an eight
nth tow-water channel.
! ne, ., REV. Mr. HAYNES on Sunday last al
1ost reading the preamble and resolutions ad
Io+o ted by the late Quarterly Conferei
,oot preached very direct discourse on S
nd bath observance that at least with chu
100 roo member absentecs and Sunday loung
~ ~ must have touched delicate point,
or they havn't hide as tough as rhinoce
de- TODAY is the excursion to Cape NJ
lnly tomorrow the NJ. +. Sunday School of n
WA, dletown to Woodland" Beach on Sal
the day the NJ. ?. Sunday School, of Sal
loss Church will picnic at Collins Beach
De tho 11th of August the NJ. Z. S. S. of do
era will 60 by rail to " Woodland" Beach;
rnl9 Sunday School of Raymond's Church
leld picnicing at Woodland Beach" to-day
ere.
ned CATTLE DYING-We are told by J. FRI
her. Truax that eight or ten cattle in the
N of week or two have died in the section
If country between Blackbird and Ode
the They usually pass away in from thirty
that 10 1orty'elght hours after attack. II
, no thought to be from tho disease know
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