Smyrna times., 1880-06-30
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

MONDAY is legal holiday with the banks.
PEACH basket buyers are lowering around.
THE tramps are beginning to. inquire
about our peach crop.
THE dog ordinance is good document
to be drawn by a jack-leg-lawyer.
New potatoes, new apples, berries, vege
tables, &C., are all abundant in market.
The demand is so great for cars to ship
wheat that one cannot be furnished to ship
baskets.
The murcury, which has been up to 90
and 95 for several days, is twelve degrees
lower to-day.
: COLLINS BEACH observes tie 9TH by grand
celebration, fire works, illumination, music,
&c. See posters.
The Presbyterian Sunday School will
make an excursion to Collins Beach on
Thursday, July 18th.
EARLY apples are unusually fine and many
on the Iygert; and cars are finding their
way to the city market.
A. P. GRIFFITH has some trees of the
wild goose plum coming into bearing Of
nicely perfected fruit. They are now ripen-
ing.
1t is said that j. S. huntington is the
only man in Duck Creek hundred who
takes out State license to draw deeds and
mortgages.
THERE are considerable number of
steam threshers in the county or the mana
gers of them must be like boy with his
first penny whistle.
Our dealers in agricultural instruments
have had harvest in the sale of harvest
machinery, neither of them havnga reaper,
rake or thresher on hand.
The Presbyterian Sunday School of New
Castle, joined by the same denomination of
Wilmington, will make an excursion to
Woodland Beach next Friday.
THE "opening" at Woodland Beach BON.
bay Hook on last Wednesday evening was
quite successful. In addition to those from
this vicinity number came by rail from
Maryland.
The Madison st. NJ. Z. Sunday School
and Baptist Sunday School of Camden, N.
j., are at Collins Beach to-day. A party
of Smyrnians have engaged rooms at this
place commencing July 8th.
WM. II. CARR has a wise dog. As soon a.
the ordinance concerning dogs was posted
he left and has not since been heard from
| He puts lower estimate on his value and
Importance than some two legged animal!
i that we wot of.
The MARKETs.-The following are to
days markets as furnished by VIM. G
Hill: Wheat $l.03 per bushel; blackber
ries in New York 10 cts, red raspberrie
IL to IL, and in Boston, black kberries- l:
cts. per quart.
THoUGH not celebrating in the town ther
will be plenty geing on out of the town OIL
the 5th, and between the excursion Of tht
Iygert and the celebration at Collins Beacl
and that of the colored people in Spruancel
Woods, there is no reason why any on
should be unhappy.
THE lecture of Fred. Douglass take
place at the Town Hall this evening. II
is of national repute as an orator and ou
citizens who have expressed a desire t
hear him now have an opportunity to do SC
The whites will occupy the west side of tn
Hall.
EXCURSION ON TIE FIFTH.-Fhose Of OH
citizens who do not like an entirely un,
ventful day on the GLORIOUS fourth" hav
the chance to sniff the sea breeze and rid
on the salt water to Fortesque. The Joh
E. Iygert wiil make an excursion TO tn
place on that day, isaying here at oclocl
TIE 4th falling on Sunday made
questionable whether the places of bus
ness would be closed on that day as usua
The clerks took the matter in hand an
found ameng the merchants, with one q
two exceptions, entire Nnanimity. So, th
boys can 60 fishing for ons day in th
year.
On Sunday man at the "Hook" O
preparing to take bath hung his pant
up in the bath house and on returnin
from the water found his pocket book cor
tanning $50 had been extracted. He a,
cused man present of taking it and
personal difficulty like to have been th
result The parties were both excursionist
ON the Susie Mccall of Wilmington.
n THE Boston One Price Clothing Hons
w.ii return to Smyrna in about two week
with full line of Gents Clothing an
Furnishing Goods at Lowest Prices.
V. Z. Holmes Il Co., 2l3 Market st.,