Smyrna times., 1880-09-01
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
The public schools open next Monday.


of the new sheriff.
We are informed that the Directors of
the State Fair are making arrangements to
have the next Fair excel all others held on
this Peninsula.
BETWEEN the several largo social parties |
and the inter incident to Il church we'd
ding, our young people ought not to suffer
from ennui this week.
IT rained Sunday afternoon and all day
Monday in New York, while we had little
more than drizzle. We have plenty of
damp air, but no rain fall.
The Commissioners of school district No.
3 have put in new desks and furniture in
the secondary department They wero
made by Geo. w. & S. Taylor.
The steamers j. Z. Tggert and Picrrepont,
which in the active peach season were de.
layed beyond their time by the awaiting of
wagons of fruit, will hereafter leave on
thor published time.
Mr.. RODT. II. CUMMINs has pear orchard
of " Duchess" which will yiold from 1000
to 200 baskets of more than usually large
and perfect fruit. lie is now shipping
from 50 to rs baskets per day.
REAL ESTATE SALE.-Jonas Keiser, one
of our land agents, has sold the farm for
John w. Simonton & Co., known as Fra
land" on Bombay Hook, to Mrs. Lewis
Campbell of the same place for $4,000.
THE "young Republicans" of this town,
we are informed, will meet on Friday even
ing at s o'clock over the Office of A. Lee
Cummins, johnson building, for the pur.
pose of organizing a Garfield and Arthur
Club.
THE Committee on Temperance appoint
ed by the Wilmington Conference at its last
| session, as per directions met in this town
on Monday last. The following members
were present, Revs. Matlack, Quigg, Goss.
ner, Hutchin, and Richard NJ. Cooper and
]. w. Donney, laymon. A new constitution
was framed and a meeting appointed to be
held the first week in December, in Dover,
to ratify the same.
The BLIND STAGGERS has made its appear.
ance again among the horses this season,
but in a modified form. George Warren in
| Thoroughfare Neck has lost one by the dis
ease, and George Reed Lohand also one
supposed to be from the staggers. Abel S.
Riggs has had four horses suffering from it,
all of which now seem in a fair way of re-
covering. DR.. Lambdin, veterinarian, has
nine horses under treatment, all he says
doing well.
PEAcHEs-Pcachcs have been going from
our shipping station the past week at the
rate Of from five to eight cars per day.
They will now drop down daily and finish
up the first of next week. They have been
bringing good prices the past week and the
crop will prove a profitable one to our
farmers, the most 80 of any for tho last six
years. The number of cars going over the
road the past several days have been from
so to GO and the entire number to date
5000.
THE Seventh Annual Peninsular Fail
will open at Middletown, on Tuesday, Sep
tembor 2lst, and continue four days Pre-
miums are offered to the amount of $1,000
and exhibits are specially solicited from al
sections of the Peninsula The Board o.
Managers have started out, this season
with the full determination of having
rousing exhibition. Entries for trials o
speed close September 6th. The Secretary
will be pleased to send premium lists to al
who apply.
REPUBLICAN DELEGATEs.-Th followin,
were the delegates chosen for this Hundre'
on Saturday, to attend tho Convention a
Dover tomorrow:
w. II. Baggs, Joseph Smithors, John /
Phillips, Jonas Keser, Carey Frasier.
Alternates-John B. Cooper, Richard M
, johnson, James P. IIofecker, John Rice
; GamaIliel Garrison.
| In Dover, /. N. Mills, Judge Fisher
s Richard Harrington and Henry Cannon
4 were the delegates chosen.
: For DREDGING Duck CRERK.-On las
q Thursday at noon Col. J. N. Macomb, VIII
has charge of the U. S. Engineers Office i
r Philadelphia, at 1919 Chestnut street, oper
Y cd the following proposals for dredgin
2 Duck Creek, running into Delaware Bay
f G. II. Ferris of Baltimore, q cents pc
It cubic yard; John Van Patton, of Phil
delphia, q 4.10 cents per cubic yard
American Dredging Co., of Philadelphia
293 cents per cubic yard; Frank Pidgeol
= Jr., of New York, &c! cent per cub
= yard. The proposals were forwarded
. Washington.
Il New SINGING BooK.-The Method il
+ Sunday School, which is instructed j
e music by Prof. Groves, will substitute q
h Sunday morning next "a wreath of Praise
q by Asa Hull, in place of the "Jasper an
& Gold," which has been IN use for near
two years. After examining number
+, books the above was selected as the mo
= suitable. The morning session of the SUI
= day School is devoted to singing entirel
and the high character this church has q
" tanned for its music is due in large mea
q ure to the instruction and training receive
y y at the morning session. If the parent
= = especially those not prepared to pay f
= expensive instruction, appreciated the ben