Smyrna times., 1880-04-14
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
DON'T bet on the peach crop.

w. SCoTT WAY, ESQ.,, the genial editor of
the Middletown Transcript, paid US
friendly call on Monday.
The cold, high, prevailing dry winds of
the past ten days has licked up the mOis
tars and given worse than summer arid
ness.
TIE "blow out'' from the Arctic regions
ceased yesterday, and to-day the MUIR
curry is climbing up again to the Summer
notchss.
Mrs. ELIZABETH WILDs is greatly improv.
ing her residence on Delaware st. by the
erection of lastly porch covering the front
of her house.
JOHN r. WILSON, agent for Russell Coe,
has purchased the lot of John Truax, on
Commerce and Peal sts., adoiaing the
Circuit M. E. Parsonage for 5000.
Rev. P. II. RAwLINs of ScOtt Church,
WILMINGTON, paid our town visit Oh Mon
day eHroutO to Bridgevills. Mr.. r. is pop.
ularly received ia his new charge.
AT the quarterly meeting of Appoquini-
mink Circuit held on Saturday last, it was
decided TO hold camp-meetiHg at the
Black bird camp meeting woods the coming
summer.
THE whitswashing brigade will soon start
out, and each member considers himself an
artist of no mean pretensions. Perhaps no
outlay yields better return than that ex-
pended for a coat of whiteWash.
THE anticipated thunder shower of Sun
day was substituted by occasional snow
fakes and chilling blasts that sent our
people shivering to their stoves. The birds
shut up their note books and looked on in
mute silence.
PERSONS who are contemplating building
are somewhat set back by the continued
advance in the prices of lumber. 1t seems
| 20 be going up to war prices, and il so, may
deter some who would otherwise launch
out in improvements.
The Lyric" Quartstte complimented
the "new corners" at the Circuit NJ. f.
Parsonage last Saturday evening with a
serenads of their best music. and Mr.. Brin-
die extends through US his obligations for
their kindly remembrance.
The wheat on the Middle Alley" road
all looks unusually fine. The farm of
Alvan Allen on this road, in the tenure of
John F. Goldsborough, is being fixed up
attractively by new fences, gates, and ew
piazza along the house front.
A DOG was killed at Smyrna Landing on
Friday last under the apprehension, from
its actions, that it mad the hydrophobia
Mr. Peter Wilson in the "Alley" tells u:
that dog was also killed on his place two
or three weeks since that gave every iRdica
ton of having the rabies.
WALTER c. BENSON, who left this Office
year ago for home in Columbus, Ohio
has been offered and accepted the positeE
ofsuperintendont of Frseman's Fruit Flavo
; and Perfumery Establishment in Cincih
, natti. His friends here will be pleased t
r learn Of his business success.
THERE is as much fancy in fruits is il
t summer bonnets. Every season has it
> specially, and this year among the straw
berries it is the "Sharpless." The run OF
this variety is such that some nurssrymel
are asking so cts. for dozen plants The,
7 are comparatively untrisd, but then tn
nurserymen "crack them up"
TIE number Of calla lilies and oths
3 brighter flowers that shine out from tn
, windows of private homes is truly weRder
full. 1t would seem that the cultivation o
window plants has become one of tn
: general household duties. 1t is bette
. exhibit of the kind of a home than tina
. manifested by costly lace curtains.
p On Saturday last while William Z. Fran
els and sister, with little boy under thei
charge, were driving over the Blackbir,
: Causeway his horse became frightened an
q began to back, turning over the carriag
\ and falling upon its side. The horse ais
got mired and remained so for over an hou
in great agony. The carriage was badl
> smashed, hut the occupants escaped with
s out serious injury.
COLLINS BEAcH.-Ths new proprietor {
< Collins Beach, Levi G. Greves, is maxim
q some very important improvements. Th
road leading to this beach from the publ
= road is being put in complsts order an
. the house undergoing a thorough rsnov:
Il ton by the painters brush. The new Pi
$ vilien is also to be painted and new staI
ling erected. Visitors this year will fin
very considerable attractions at the beael
, TIE CENsUs-The census enumerator
whose names we give in full on our fir
u page, will begin their work on the fir
r Monday in June, and are entitled to th
4 following remuneration: Two cents for sac
living inha abitant, two cents for each deaf
reported, 10 cents for each farm, Is cen
for each manufactoryi NO mileage or trave
e ing expenses. The subdiyision assicns
j. to each enumerator must not excssd 3, ,0C
i. inhabitants. The whole work of takir
the census is to be completed within Il
70 month Of June, and the census of citi
ID and towns OF less than 10000 inhabitan
y. is to be completed yithiA two weeks.
s. SAVING HIS CRoP.--John J. Jones, rssidil
r. near town, believes in fighting frost
70 fire. On Thursday and Friday night
last week and Sunday night of this we,
or rather Monday morning, for he col
I'd meRced shortly after midnight he bu
%. and kept fires burRing throughout ca
night along the North side Of his orcha
to counteract if possible the effect of Il
20 t cold snap. "Neighbor" Jones deserI
20 credit at least for his industrious effort
10 save his peach crop, but it remains to
a seen with what effect. He feels certa
"a that they are benefited for or 8 trees
:. line with the fire, and while others q
.s1, croaking he feels in good spirits about t
- crop.
he The general expressions yesterday anne
is the farmers was that the peaches as a CT
I'm were gone, but it 10 not doubted that
particular cases there are still live ger
va that will make fruit unless some furtl
an disaster oysrtakss them. /. G. Laph
ue. has a tree standing between two hou
he which he says is not injured. He furtl
IA. says that part of his orchard, which '
.be plOwed in February, is not materially
me jured, while the rest of the orchard plow
ess during the past month, has been nearly
ca. quite all killed. 1t is possible that tn
a variancss as to position, place and vari
ea. may insure the county at large a par
nd crop. We feel certain that the reps
,en next week will be more chssrful.
'tly THEFT OF FURs.-On Thursday last "Ca
,sd jackson, a Roted thief, was arrested O
ign charge Of stealing a lot Of furs from
ind Wesley Jonaa. and after a bear;ng haf