Smyrna times., 1880-07-14
LIE oat crnn is short and licht.

paid him at the rate of $3.50 per acre.
YESTERDAY the thermometer indicated
1902, three degrees higher than any pre-
ceeding day.
The dogs have but little over a week to
come up to the scratch. After that the
cleaning blade of the eXecutioner.
THE corn crops which have been doing
finely, now that they are beginning to silk
and tassel are calling loudly for rain.
MEssRs. BARKER & GILMAN have been
putting their evaporators in place at Clay
ton and expect to commence operations i'll
about two weeks.
REV. G. NJ. WATERS lost his horse one
day last week from a fit while driving. i.
Colt lost one of his pair of draft horses
about the same time.
| In Dover, a town not characterized by |
want of enterprise, the stores are closed at
s o'clock every evening except Saturday, |
and on that evening at ten o'clock.
A GOOD many of our people are up so
late on Saturday night, or rather Sunday
morning, that they find it difficult to make
the 10! o'clock service and yawn the rest
of the day.
DID our last Legislature scare away the
tramps? But few have had the temerity to
put in an appearance and without them
our stock of farm laborers can make
CORNER at any time i'll peach picking.
OUR enumerators have added ten more
to the population of our town making it
$500 instead Of 2490 as we published two
or three weeks ago. These ten are parties
whom they did not get on their first rounds.
WIN. FAIRIES has purchased of VIM. w.
Tschudy lot fronting 573 feet on South
st., and running through to Cummins ST.,
l60 feet, for $400. Mr.. f. purposes erect
ing himself dwelling thereon the present
season.
THERE is one farmer indifferent to rain.
lie has 1900 baskets prospectively of ITale's
Early which he is just beginning to market,
e and these without rain will be more profit
i, able than his twelve acres Of corn and
@ specked peaches, with rain.
s DR.. PHELPS of Galena, Md, formerly of
Milford, paid us a visit this morning en- pas
!, Sanu from the latter to the former place.
- He finds time in the peach season to step
aside from dentistry to engage in the diver
II sion of evaporating fruit, having purchased
o two evaporators which he purposes using at
\. Galena.
IT GRAND EXCURSION TO CAPE MAY.-This
!. day week the steamer CLYDE wished tc
:, make grand excursion to Cape May. The
IL day before little ,cr;Hca patches Of paper
d were pasted on hitchng posts announcing
d the event, and Just jour persons went dowr
to take passage. This is Captain Eugene
Reynolds idea Of business.
"BoB' Familiarity called " Bob Colt" F.;
well known inhabitant of our town sue
cumbed to the heat on Monday night un
expectedly, after an evening of more thar
usual romp and play. lie belonged to tn
"Spitz' family, and was lily adapted t,
Int such tropical weather. lie was laid ava
gently beneath the boughs of the mimosa
,st RequieScat IN pace.
THE action of the Quarterly Conferenc
no of the NJ. +. Church, Of this town on tn
subject of Sabbath Dissertation, is timel
and to the point, and we hope the con
IN munity will see that its teachings arc nr
u.s. lost. Nothing tends more to reduce til
standard of morals than the habitual Iii
ars regard of the sanctity of the Lords Da,
,at See preamble and resolutions in anothC
column.
DIED.-James ?. English, whose accide1
In4 we recorded last week, died on Thursda
u.s. lie was convalescent as his physical
thought, but imprudently and contrary to
he directions dressed himself and went 0,
or. thereby causing a hemorrhage of the art
Ies. ries of the brain which speedily caused h
death. His remains were largely attcndC
ex' to the family burrying place at Kenton {
pay Sunday.
I'll" COLLINS BEACH.--Mrs. Martha A. Cul
Minis, Mrs. Christiana Cloak, Mrs. DR.. Cloa
veil Mrs. James u. Wilds, Mrs. Jos. Smithel
)ta Miss Mary +. SaVin of this town, and Nj
ate Andrew Smithers, of Dover, are rusticatil
at this place. We learn that over -
od people took meals at this place on the st
GIeJ also that the party on Thursday event
4IH 4i1 was the largest of the season as yet. T.
'"0 hotel is rapidly filling up.
HENRY w. TYGERT, who spent the wint
ms and spring at Palatkai n quest of health, h
hey returned somewhat improved in healt
our but not very favorably impressed wi
Florida as a business point. lie complai
ruit of the "redbugs," or giggers there, whi
emoeo themselves IN the llesh causl
fits troublesome sores. lie instances the ca
of one orange grove of 700 trecs the grC
proceeds of which was $4,000.
VIII THE steamer Gem, new boat built
,ohs % river excursions by the John 4. War
'eu' company, we'll provided with all of t
appliances for safety, proposes making
this cursiens weekly from points on the De
ord ware, on this side, to Sea Breeze, on
, at. opposite shore. George G. Deakyns,
Deakynsvile, is agent for the compa
The first excursion will be made on Sumo
aces next from Leipsic, Bombay Hook and {
over
s of HUNTING FOR LAND.-The Wllmingt
Daily Ne,os has the following, which
give for what it is worth 81. Thos Bu
rTed of the land agenoy of this city, is look
)unt for a site for a colony of German truckc
Rev. He requires at least 1000 acres of la
his Mr.. Budd gives assurance that the @
grants are honest, industrious and fru
bird people, and will make good citizens.
+ba would like to secure for them farms ra
4. % ing from 10 to 100 acres, with easy tel
ttIo of payment. lie desires particularly
purchase Bombay Hook Island, situa
near Smyrna.
W 1ne PREMATURE PEACHEs.--The crop Of !
ogue mature peaches in some places is M
oin0' 011 larger this year than usual This +
VIII arise in part from the dry season, hav
sNe' only few surface rains since the seaso
: re- blossoming, but in the neighborhood
y we Odessa and Middletown where peac
< on were largely produced thirty and fl
This years ago, it doubtless arises from de-
good Grafton. In some orchards it is said
quarter of the trees are affected and f
a. 1000 to 1900 baskets of prematures
t sne shipped on the Clio every trip. We
n"s not know that there is much cause of C
sU;s plant in this section.