Smyrna times., 1880-06-09


portable engine, but he contemplates the
erection of stationary'engine of consider
able more power. 1t is the purpose of the
mill TO do merchant as we'll as custom work.
HARVEST is upon us. The crop Of clover
hay is now being cut and wheat harvest
will commence tomorrow in some fields
and by Monday the harvest will be general.
The growth is not so rank as some seasons
but the straw stands very erect, and the
grain is filling out very plump and firm.
With another week of such weather the
harvest may be pronounced a magnificent
one.
SHERIFF SALE.-Shcriff Dunn sold on
Thursday last the following property at
public sale: House on Main st. belonging
to Isaac d. Hamilton for 81 ,00l, and lot
adjoining for $3.50 to Thomas James.
Property of Benz. f. Blackiston and
Henry Pratt terre tenant, II acres, to Miss
Annie E. Blackiston for $500.
| Property Of John F. Miller, 81 acres, near
! Dlanco to A. L. Hudson for $ll5.
| ALBERT L. UOFFECKER at the " llofIecker
Mills" four miles from Smyrna, on the road
| to Dover, has secured the service of Geo.
! w. Evans who had charge of the cele-
brated Pennypacker Mills on the Brandy
wine until the latter was destroyed by fire
month ago. His new miller thus comes with
the best of reputation for competency, and
the customers of this mill may feel assured
that their grists are in efficient hands.
Mr.. DAVID STEVENSON, of our marble yard,
placed in the Episcopal Cemetery last week
u marble memontO that for its delicate and
fine workmanship cannot fail to attract at
tention. 1t is the full size and n carefully
wrought model anatomically of child
asleep, the whole piece of workmanship
denoting a decided talent in the art Of
sculpture. 1t is in memento of "Steena
Lueelen, infant daughter of Charles Smith,
who died a year ago aged nine months
A LARGE excursion was at Collins Beach
yesterday from St. Pauls Sunday School,
Wilmington. The following excursions are
also booked for this place: June 23d, Ward
Relief Association, Of Philadelphia; June
30th, Second Baptist Sunday School, of
Camden, n. j., and Madison NJ. f. Sunday
School, of Chester; July lst, 18th Ward
Relief Association Of Philadelphia. Quite
a number of Smyrnians went down yester-
day to see friends on the St. Paul's excur-
sion.
A LARGE audience was again in at.
tendance at the public meeting of the
Bryant Literary Society on Friday evening
last. The exercises consisted of crit
cism by Miss Kate Tschudy, reading by
Miss Mary c. Bell, the literary O,cl by Miss
} Kate F. Bell and play "The Double
Cure" with the following characteristics
DR.. Cloak, Misses Elva C. Carrow, Annie
Cunningham and Ella Smithers and o. B
Voshell, and W. +. c.. Colt. The meetin!
: next Friday evening will close with an cleo
$ ton of offices and an adjournment unit
the Fall.
, Mr.. ROBERT DENNeY has been at consid
. cradle expense the past several weeks il
changing his mill by the putting in of ney
machinery for the manufacture of the poT
ular brand known as "new process" 0
S patent flour. The new machinery has bee
Il put in and adjusted to his satisfaction an
he feels that the Northern and Wester
mills cannot manufacture better grade {
l merchant -four than he can at the Due
I, Creek mills. A sack left with US to ties
( shows that it is all that Mr.. d. claims fc
% it-a light, fluffy superior flour that woul
delight any breadmaker.
It THE TOPIC.-The exciting question local.
! in Smyrna the past week has been tn
- Chicago Convention, and the perpleXitit
u growing out Of the delay in the choice of
le Presidential candidate. After the ballo
le ing commenced the telegraph Office W;
- popularity resortcd to and in one thin
there was general unanimity; hostility
n' the "third term" The "silent man" WI
>, an object of dread on all sides, and whe
ID the sc ballot revealed the fact that the
70 was no possibility of experimenting wit
our traditional policy Of government, the
vi was brightning up of countenances c
le all sides. The outcome was recognized as
d, square fight on familiar ground The u
ld expected news that General Garfield hg
- been nominated ran like wildfre. His par
H. friends accepted it unanimously as a hapl
or release from dreaded predicament, az
rs the opposite party hadn't ought to 81
lis against him.
~ KILLED BY A MULE.-On Friday aftC
l, noon last boy named Charles Swgge
Tr. son Of ore of the Messrs. Tygert's wago
nd ers of the same name, in tho employ
To Thomas W. Blake ey, near the "Dig-oak
at met with an accident that ended his life
the following Sunday morning. lie Ii
- been cultivating corn, and on hitching
the gears preparatory to going to the hou
he tried to mount the mules back b
tn failed to get high enough. He caught
Id' and in his effort to pull himself up by t
so gears kicked the animal which started
ar. ia run. The boy in the mean time h
become entangled in the gears, and losi
1ts his hold was dragged a considei able
lor tance the mule hitting or kicking him wi
his hind feet at every jump dragging h
lid over two pairs of bars and through I
to stable door. From his head to his feet
injuries were terrible from the effects
which, as before stated, he died in some
S a hours. lie was Is years old.
I'VE FARM MACHINERY.-Messrs. G. w. &
Taylor have sold between so and GO Cha
NO pion Reapers and would have sold NOR,
aef they could have got them from the maj
is facturer Notwithstanding they have s,
more than any other firm in the State ii
havn't paraded their business by getting
ket aprocession as has been the case with deal
wn in other towns. They say they had
lty time. Their manufacture of horse raj
TO and the New Departure Cultivators
been sold also up to production.
ket Our other firm, j. B. Evans & Co., who h,
Iso just launched into the sale of Agricultu
,es. Machinery this season, have made a gC
be beginning and have had encouraging 81
les of the Buckeye Reaper for which they
agent. They are also agents for the Can
ION Monitor steam engines (of which they S
per two on Saturday,, as also for the Swe
on. stake Thresher manufactured by the sa
adj firm. The demand for the " ExcelsiC
rye plow similar in design to the celebra
chilled plows which they got up and put
ted the market the past spring, is very po
this larly received.