Smyrna times., 1880-05-19


a drunken fight at Morris Station on the
@ A. & x. Railroad on Monday and was
severely stabbed in the back, the blade of
the knife breaking off and remaining ia
the flesh until removed by DR.. Carroll of
Sassafras.
IMP0vEMENTS.-Misses Sarah Bart. and
Eliza FAIRIES are greatly improving their
residence on Methodist street by the erec-
tion of neat porch covering the whole
front Of the house. JOS E. Williams has
also erected a porch on the side of his resi-
dence, and Samuel w. Taylor, Thomas J.
wise been making improvements that will
add to the comforts of their homes.
The Sunday School of the Nj. E. Church
will hold Strawberry Festival under the
trees at school house No. on Friday even
ing, Saturday afternoon and Saturday even
ing next. Ample preparations have been
made to make this a most EN- njoyable affair,
and the novelty Of the surroundings as we'll
as the delicacies of berries, cream, ices, &C.,
should attract large patronage. If the
weather should be possibly wet, the festival
will be held in the Town Hall.
THE trout season, which commences with
down the bay coast, kits Hammock alone
furnishing eleven senes. The supply here
formerly came mostly from this place, but
now the fisheries at Bombay Hook supply
our market. The trout, or as they are
called on the New England Coast the "weak
fish," form an important element of food
for the eastern side of the Peninsula more
important, taking in all classes of society
than even the Shad.
EXCURSIONS TO BOMBAY HooK.-The fol.
lowing excursions are booked for Bombay
Hook SCOTS NJ. E. Sunday School, of Will.
mington, on Thursday May 9th; Second
Baptist Sunday School, of Wilmington,
on June Sd; st. Pauls NJ. E. Sunday
School, Wilmington, Tuesday June Sth ;
Union NJ. E. Sunday School, Wilmington,
Thursday June 10th; "Household of Faith" +"
Wilmington, Tuesday June 18th; another
Sunday School of the same city for the
10th, and Epworth Sunday School, Will.
mington, on Thursday the 18th.
FINE CALvEs-Mr. 7. j. F. Smith, one OF
the enterprising farmers of Millington,
Nd, who has given considerable attention
to raising improved stock, passed through
our town on Monday on his way to the
John E. IAgert with four calves, grade
stock-Jersey and Herfordshire which were
very fine. Mr.. S. dsvotes his farm largely
to stock raising and sent to the market
the past fall calf weighing nearly foul
hundred pounds. The original stock came
| from DR.. DeCourcey, of Queen Annes CO
Mr.. SIS stock of Cottsworld sheep also at
tracts the attention Of stock raisers anC
butchers.
ADvERTIsERs.-Th attention of house
| keepers visiting the city are directed t,
the advertisement of Messrs. Frymier
| Edwards importers and dealers in china
glass and queeRswars, No. 923 Marke
street, Philadelphia. Customers will tiRC
in this store q large variety of goods a
reasonable rates.
Read the card of Averill Barlow, of No
ll3S Market street, Philadelphia. He deal
in furniture only, of which he has opened
asplendid stock of first quality goods. Mr.
B. prides himself upon the care with whicl
his furniture is cotton up, and his r0prssep
tations are always trustwOrthy-a testimon
which cannot be borne of all dealers.
PREPARE FOR THE CENsUs.-Under thi
head our readers will find on our first pag
an article that they should carefully reaC
enumeraters for this Hundred, Messri
Hoffecker and Jerman, will commence i
their duties in less than two weeks and
the people will read this article CAREFUL
they can have the answer ready withoU
OBTAINING the enumerator. Another thin
will be observed it is not optional wit
the individuals whether they answer or NJ
but the law imposes fines and penaltie
and the numerator is required to hay
the questions given to ask; properly a.
swered.
CENTENNIAL OF SUNDAY SCHooLs-Sunda
7 week, the 30th inst, is to be observe
throughout Christendom as the Cente
, nial anniversary of the establishment
' Sunday schools by Robert Raikes. A vi
4 form programme has been adopted
!. the city churches Of the various denomin
D tiOns, and in most country places likewi
r the important event will be commemorate
One OF the features Of observance in son
places will be the ringing of the chur,
# bells at O'Clock in the morning. v
q have not heard of any action on the pa
of our Sunday-schools, but suppose
a course, they will not let such an importa
IL event pass by without taking part in
c0mmemoration.
EXCURSION TO PHILADBLPaIA.-At the
, quest Of many Of our citizens who desi
}. to visit the Geological Gardens the Mess
y Tygsrt have consented to make an excl
y sion to Philadelphia on the steamer John
s Ilgert next Wednesday, Goth inst. T
II boat will leave Rothwell's Landing at
n o'clock and arrive at Philadelphia abe
~ 7 o'clock in the evening, leaving Philad
phia on Thursday at 6 O'clock, thus givi
Il. the excursionsts the benefit of Wedn
Of day evening and all day Thursday in Pl
il. sdelphia, Fare from Rothwell's to PHI
We delphia and return one dollar; Smyrna
ne Philadelphia and return one dollar q
CO twenty-five cents. Tickets good until us
10 TEE CASE OF NEAL.-When the case
William Neal, colored, charged with cC
pc mitting an outrage on Mrs. Margaret Cos
ly a few miles from this town, came up
i" week at New Castle, he was without CO
g, sci and the Court assigned Anthony +
ais gins to defend him, and the trial o.
ly. ponsd until this week. Mr.. Higgins,
lss said, will argue that the case cannot
ey tried because there are no colored men
the jury, that he must be tried by his pc
Al. and will apply for writ of haJeas corpus "
=. view to having the case removed TO the
~ y. S. Circuit Court. A large number of
80 rssses have been summoned from
community, some of whom have no knt
- edge of the case whatever. The gen
~ opinion here is that he is guilty, and il
he the law imposes no penalty too severe
him.
a., TEE HAY CRoP.-Ths crop Of clover
y usually a valuable one in this sect
. :; :. promises to be this year nearly total
10 ure by rerson of the dry weather.
NJ III last years crop is nearly exhausted
",O 'nr selling at high figures, and it beAooves
,O99 farmers to supply this deficiency of p
~. ~, ender by the best substitutes poss
"'' The two best ways to do this perhaps
be growing corn fodder, cern sowsd
md drills and cut at the time of tassell
! in and sowing Hungarian grass seed. v
ich ground well fertilized, the latter will n
ate. yield nearly or quite as large as cl
'wn and is an excellent substitute for it.
y of time for the next two or three weeks
bY be in time to nut in the seed which ca