Smyrna times., 1880-08-18
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

PEACH plucks have nearly disappeared.
WATER MELONS, abundant, cheap and
good.
SwEETPoTAToEs are coming freely at so
cts. basket.
THE plum and damson crop is better
this year than usual.
STRAWBERRY plants can now be set out
for the coming season.
THE appetizing grape and luscious peach
join issue in tempting the palate.
THE boys are in good trim for the circus.
They never had better filled pockets.
The tomato crop is now fairly on and
prices have dropped to 20 cts. q basket.
J.E. TYGERT & Co. are buying and ship.
ping considerable quantities of wheat
RANDAL's valuable treatise on horses for
sale at Jas. P. Hofeckers. Price 25 cts.
The long faces of the peach men short
ened very perceptibly on Mondays tele-
grams.
THE gunners have commenced banging
away at the Reed birds on the river
marshes.
TEACHERS and pupils have only two weeks
to crowd in the possible enjoyments OF
the vacation.
WE have from A. P. Griffith another in
teresting letter of New England travel for
our next issue.
MEssRs. JONES & HARDOAsTLE have bought
the peach crop of A. Lee Cummins for
$500 estimated at 1900 baskets.
A LARGE excursion from Chester is ex-
pected at Collins Beach tomorrow evening,
the night of the weekly entertainment.
MEEssRs. HOPKINS & PAIGE have bought
this week several crops of peaches or parts
of crops for their evaporator on Market
street.
WILLIAM KERR, a well.known old citizen
and trucker, died at his residence at Duck
Creek on Sunday last after long period OF
feeble health.
ROBERT STIcKNEY, the champion rider of
the world, will appear at each performance
with his own Circus and Menagerle-Thurs
day Aug. Goth.
The car on the Smyrna & Delaware Bay
Railroad came up from the Clyde landing
Saturday filled full up with passengers for
this town and Clayton.
OUR peach evaporators should have their
furnaces in the care of experienced hands
J when the rest are off duty. There should
, be no anxiety about what might happen.
We have received pamphlet entitled
, " Biographical sketch of Hon. Philo White,
, Whitestown, N. Y" Mr.. White, it will be
recollected took up his residence in this
town some twelve years ago.
: The finest yellow peaches observed in
, the Philadelphia market on Friday were
shipped by II. II. Appleton, of Odessa
,. and among the largest "Old Mixons" were
l those of J. Farrell of White Hall Neck.
r WE have samples of peaches from th'
q evaporating houses of Messrs. Barker 4
o Gilman at Clayton, Horace Spruance, nea
: town, and L. NJ. Price at Brenford, th'
. two first are yellow and the latter white fruit
> They are excellent in quality.
g THEexcursion ofthe Dover Sunday. y.Schoo
= which went to Woodland Beach" this da
week in force, was joined later in the da
by number from this town and the da
$ was one of pleasant recreation and socia
q intercourse.
. OCR evaporating establishments whic
g were pressed with fruit last week, found
. very perceptible change when the price
y advanced in tho cities on Monday. Thos
who hadn't orchards engaged had to 60 i
quest of it,
"a PETER HARDCAsTLE, living on the NJ
= Daniels farm near Moorton, raised frol
one hundred bushel seeding, fourteen hui
" dred and forty bushels of Virginia Whit
c. wheat off of sixty-six acres, weighing sixt
We four pounds per bushel. The same is f'
We sale.
= THE season has been one of rare suit
III bility, we hear, to the heavy lands of II
w "Necks," and the corn crop will aggrega
is a heavy ono for that section. For tt
ly same reason-no heavy rains--the col
on crop in the bottom lands of the flores
~. will be likewise good.
IL HARRY G. BUDD, Of this town, who h
ar' been connected with the telegraph office
NJ Clayton for the past year or two, has bee
1is d. Strickland transferred to Seaford. n
bn j. r. Cook has been transferred from Sc
~ ~ ford to Middletown.
ny THE Messrs. Tygert have commenced Il
lr- Fall phosphate campaign thus early in Il
If season. They have sent in the past fo
days seven vessel loads from the facto
to fill orders, as follows: Saturday ll2 tor
,s. Monday 1913, Tuesday 2l1, to-day lis, al
,at in addition to this 40 tons of phosphate
:, rail.
raj The $4,000 raised by our citizens to il
is, prove the navigation of the Creek has be
,ed expended and the dredging machine |,
-bo the Creek last week, having been abo
-, two months at the job. The steamers 10
io- E. Ilgert and PierrepOnt, since the obstrl
yer tions have been removed, find the naVil
ain ton much easier and safer, and the {
lld vantage in time from one to two hou
sry The Messrs. Tygert paid of the amou
,es above named $500.
GU DR.. JAS. L. THAYER's Great Show q
lly United Aggregation will exhibit in Il
The town on Friday, August Goth. A new o
of fit in everything. The pavilions are illu
md mated with electric light. Three Glow
,wo himself, brim full of humor and wagge
~ The show commands some of the
S as arenic talent. Prof. Geo. N Parmite
'nt, Mastodon Musical Brigade enlivens the
ain casions with music.
be AS we 60 to press we learn the abe
no. Circus is fraud and was levied on
mn Chester, Pa, by the sheriff for printing a
- board bills.