Smyrna times., 1880-09-01

school next week. Miss Annie w. Lord Of |
Camden will have charge of tho music
class and modern languages Thus eff.
ciently equipped, this school should havo
good patronage.
Tho Smyrna visitors to distant places of |
resort for pleasure and health have nearly |
all returned. Those who went to Ocean |
Grove all returned last week except Rev.
Il. E. Martindale and wife, who are expec.
ted this week. There is but one testimony:
such grand preaching they never heard and
such holy air they never breathsd. One
man said he never expects to be again SO
near heaven while on this footstool
Sunday was day that drove many to the
cooling shades, but Rev James Stubs en-
tered the vineyard for full days labor.
He preached for Rev. Mr.. Brindle at Kon.
ton and Central, addressed q Sabbath
School, led a class of 40 members rode
about 20 miles, arrived at Smyrna about 7
o'clock and at y preached for Rev. Mr..
Haynes.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard is one of the OK
pscted wedding guests for to morrow.
Harry L. Evans, for tho past year or two
in the hardware store and telegraph Office
of VIM. B. Collins in this town, has accop-
ted position in the Banking House Of
Elliott, Johnson e. Co., Wilmington, as
telegraph operator.
Alex. Harper, of Leipsic, has moved to
Berlin, Md.
VIM. Spencer, son Of Samuel Spencer of
this town, went to the Jefferson Hospital
in Philadelphia on Monday, accompanied
by DR.. Collins, to be treated for hip afllic.
ton, from which he has been suffering for
some time.
Miss Louisa Hardcastle, well known in
this section and on the Eastern Shore, had
a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday last
from which she died the next day.
| PEACH SPLINTERs.-In acknowledging the
basket of peaches sent by John NJ. Voshell
| Gen. Hancock said they were SO much
! finer than any he had seen that he would
like to know the name of them. OF course
he was duly informed that they were of
tho "Susquehanna" variety.
John Ii. Hofiecker shipped somo of the
same variety TO tho city market that D
counted basket numbered Sc peaches.
Tho trees as a usual thing are what growers
call "shy" bearers.
"Shipley's Late Red" ripening between
the "Ward" and tho "Smock'' has at
trGcted attention for its beauty, size and
marketable qualities.
The "Smock" now going to market, tLis
year arc of much better color and size than
usual and could frequently be palmed oil
for Crawford's.
Richard NJ. Cooper sent, he tells us, two
crates off, Reeves containing II gallon
baskets each, which sold one at $ll.5O and
the other $3.50. This was a fraction over
50 cts. for each peach. Mr.. Cooper finds it
pays to pack peaches whore they are Of
sufficient size foi two dozen to fiji gallon
baskets. All his peaches shipped in pack.
ages" have netted up to last Tuesday :
shipments over $l.G0 for peach baskets,
and those not packed IS cts. per basket.
Clarence Hopkins at Laipsic bought IN
Philadelphia several lots of peaches for hi:
evapOrator at less prices than he could
get them for at home.
John IIeitchu got better prices foi
Crawfords Late regular shipment than any
one shipping from Morton,
Messrs. Hopkins & Paigo went it strong
on peaches last Saturday. Their pil'
numbered over 100 baskets. This wa!
stock nearly four days ahead of the dryer
but it was in good keeping ordor
Ono Of our farmers declared few day
ago that he would not ship peach to New
York next year. lie thinks the soller
. there only want pretence for "glut" L
, fix up the returns to suit themselves. Il
=. other words the "breaks" in the marke
i. occur it is thought when there is no neces
. sity for it. The Boston sales are not be
p lieved to be "doctored," and have givei
? general satisfaction. Because of cheape
a freight, Philadelphia has been put OF
q largely with tho Cuttings" and yet til,
). average, shippers say, has not been greatl
r below New York.
a A DIsGRACEFUL SUNDAY EXCURSION
G excursion to the Big Quarterly" in Wi
y mington on Sunday was success as t
Q numbers, but the order was dsgraceful i
o the extreme. There were two largo train
t. on the Delaware railroad to each of whic
:, was attached a car for the whites.
:, the one on the foremost train on tn
|, return down the road the white mel
a being largely in a state of intoxici
y ton got boisterous and profano and di
E. all that whiskey and ill-bred men coul
Of do TO drive tho colored people from th
g. second car, which was next to the one ths
y was occupied by the whites. Finding tbs
O. the colored men would not leave tho ca
(. and would put up with their boisterousnei
sr rather than dirty their hands with then
Of they went into the first car and began
g. fight among themselves, keeping it.. u
al until the train was between Kirkwood an
lg Mount Pleasant. At this place a burl
o. negro called "Big SAM" hearing tn
10 clamor from the whites, pushed h
c, way to door of the car and proclaimed h
Is ability to whip any five of the men in ther
Of They made for him and he. retrsated frin
10 a pistol as he backed through the doc
n. This was signal for an indiscriminat
as use of fire arms, more than dozen sho
o. being fired. The firing occurred just
er the train was moving in Mount Pleasan