Smyrna times., 1881-08-31
Smyrna and Vicinity.
The last day of Summer


The last day of Summer.
CANTALOUPES are ScarSc.
THE oyster law goes out to-day.
ALL canned goods are on the rise.
GRAPES are going to market freely.
THE season of Reed-bird cunning is at
hand.
THE wheat speculation had a set back
yesterday in Chicago. New York and
Philadelphia.
THE short days and cool evenings indi-
cate that the time for counting on the
door steps is nearly over.
SUMMER retires in Il blaze of scOrching
heat. The thermometer has ranged the
past two or three days from 90' to 950.
JAS. T. WHITE, of this town, and anoth-
er man have laid "a 900 bricks in founda-
tions and cellars during the past four
weeks.
THE hot, dry weather is telling on all
kinds Of vegetation and the trees are
losing their leaves like they do after an
October frost
JOHN M. YosHELL has sold the Joseph
Reynolds farm. 277 acres, near Blanco,"
Queen Annes county, Md. to James Craw-
ford for 81, 200.
THE church camp at the Centennial NJ.
F. Church is now in progress. and one will
commence ut Bethel 4. VI. f. Church on
Friday evening.
R0BT. Fl. CUMNIINs and James Mellow
ell are the jurors drawn for this Hundred
to attend the September term of the L. 5.
Court on the 18th
MEssRs. j. f. TYGERT q Co, have been
shipping out of the Greek to fill distant
orders, over 100 tons of phosphate per
day for the past two weeks.
| A. p. GRIFFITH, real estate agent, has
sold the farm of Abel Sevil in Blackbird
Hundred containing 1l8 acres, to A. ID.
HelvestOn of Pennsylvania for So, 800.
The Morniag Netcs copied ten local
items from the TINES last week without
an allusiOn as to where they were from
The other Wilmington papers did the faiI
thing.
WE must not forget the Kent county
Md, fair at WortOn, beginning on the 18th
of September. Many of our people go tC
this exhibition every season and invaria
bly, have pleasant time.
MRS. THEODORE LAVENDER pulled two
lemons from a tree last week that were o
| unusual fine size, one weighing and thu
other 3 ounces. The latter was within
quarter Of an ounce of one grown las
winter at Belmont"
The canning factories are IN trouble
about tomatoes. The dry weather has 81
interferred with the production that no
half the fruit that was expected is receivet
and the probabilities are that they will no
be able to fill their contracts
FODDER saving is being entered int
with eaFnestDess. The heat of the pas
week in company with the continue
drought has burnt the corn in some field
clear to the tassel and the crop Of blad
fodder must be both small and poor /
quality.
; THE party at Collins Beach on Thurs
day night last was the largest perhaps {
! any that eyer attended there. The ca
riages were estimatad at 800. Cards al
out for the closing party, which will be o
e Thursday evening Sept. Sth. 1t Is d.
signed to make it the one of the season.
THE farm of the late r. Z. Garman,
J, BlackistOn's Cross Roads, 151 acres, w.
' sold on Thursday last at Administrator
: sale for s. 600 to Mrs. LeCompt. She all
purchased the Reyersionary fight in tit
for 81 900, and tract of woodland in ii
t "Blown woods" A acres, for $400.
= The officials of the Pennsylvania ROT
came down the Delaware Road yesterds
u and stopped at our station, as with ii
e Others, to give the employees instructi'
V into the Pennsylyapia manner of doil
. business. They made themselves plea
! ant and seemed to be enjoying the trip,
l. Our item in regard TO the $i25 pea
d. was copied quite extensively and credite
Al The DeLa,Uore Republican, however, tri
, to doctor IL up as an original item, but
: usual made . fist of it, Its versi
al made DR. Lee Gulpmins the cOnspicuo
b. figure, titled individual sisss known
lv the profession hereabouts. Neyerthei
= the fact of the peach and ''sunnyside"
W manned, and the people could divine
is meaning through the blunderings OF
IT. ! itemizer