Smyrna times., 1881-07-20

TOMATOES are coming in market, but
selling at good round prices, 40 cts. per
half peck. A few more days will bring
them down to the purse of the average
consumer. Rev. James Stubbs, we be-
lieve, was ahead in first production,
marketing some from his garden a week
ago.
A SCARE-A quarrel between several
darkeys on Saturday evening caused COM
plant and the arrest of one of them. In |
proceeding down Main street to Esquire |
Colts office in charge of Constable Weldon, .
the fellow bounded up Commerce street |
in a full run. The street was very full of |
people at the time, and in the pursuit and |
cry "catch him" some got it mad dog, and |
there was no little excitement for few |
moments. The fellow tried to leap the /
yard fence of Col. Robt Hill, but two |
dogs were waiting on the other side with /
open mouths to receive him, and in this |
dilemma, hesitating between his pursuers
behind and the dogs in front, he was cap
tured. He was a scared "niggar' and was
let Oft oil payment of the costs.
SCHOOL BoARD.-At the meeting of the
School Board held last week George III. |
Raymond, President of the Board, re-
signed and his place was filled by the
election in his place of VIM. Nj. Bell as
director and President. Mr. Raymond
had served continuously for more than
twelve years exhibiting all the while more
than usual interest in the development of
the school. The question of a new build
ing for the purpose of consolidating all
the schools at one place which was talked
of freely last week, had u set back in the
discovery of a want of legal authority
to raise the funds. If no way can be pro-
vided the question of new house will
have to be left in allegiance until the meet
ing of the next Legislature. The question
of the Principalship has not yet been de-
cided but will be most probably at the
next meeting, on Monday evening.
CHANGE OF REAL ESTATE-The Bridge
ton IN. J.) Ecening News has the follow
ing in the country gleanings: THE Home
farm of Ethan B. Swinney, deceased, late
of HOpewell township, was sold June
23d, 81, by his executor DIR. c. O. Swim
ney, to j. q. Swinney, NJ. d., of Smyrna,
| Del, who has also bought tracts of timber
land i'll Salem county. Mr.. Swinney had
| lived for fOrty-siX consecutive years on the
! Swinney farm where he was born and
always said he wished to die. After Il
| good days work, and a hearty supper,
when all were retiring to rest, the word
went forth, "He is dying" And, 10! be-
| fore the morning sun, his spirit took its
flight We understand that Dr. Swinncy
intends making radical improvements on
farm. This property has been in the
Swinney family upwards of one hundred
years, and the old original deed. penned
| on sheep skim has been we'll preserved
and looks nearly as bright as it did more
than century ago, when it was written" :"
WASHED OUT AGAIN.-The stopping of
the old Creek over which the approach is
made to Bombay Hook is an unfortunate
place and q continuous source of trouble
to the Islanders. We noted a few weeks
since that an arrangement had been made
for replacing il, the County to bear one
third of the cost, 500, the remainder to
be born by VIM. Reybold and other land
owners OH the Island. The work was
nearly completed last week, an hour or
SOS work making it secure, but the men
on the mud machine refused to work after
six o'clock and that night the whole was
carried out and washing the place ten
feet deeper. 1t is said to be now over
: thirty feet deep. The money being ex.
hausted, of course the filling in at this
place will have to be abandoned and the
overflow continue at the will of the tide
An effort will be made to keep the roaC
passible by throwing up banks on the side
t PERsONAL.-MariOn Leonard, son of A
ID. Leonard near Dover, late graduate o
Dickson College and teacher at VIII
Transport Seminary, Pa, filled the pulpi
e Of Bethel NJ. E. Church On"the Circuit OF
!, Sunday last very acceptably.
. Messrs. Francis and Cooper of the Morn
| inn tI,,Nar
j Saturday.
I. Rev. DR.. Caldwell, of Dover, and son. J
: Hope Caldwell, spent several hours il
). town on Monday
It Col. Geo. H. Raymond left yesterda,
{, for a two weeks visit to the Catskii
Z Mountains.
Rev. Geo. IL. Waters left to-day 70
!, Snow Hill, the seat of the Delaware Con
!, II ference, of which he is Secretary.
Mrs. Annie Chatham has returned fror
= a three weeks visit to Maryland.
u DIR. VIM. Daniel, John NJ. Veshell an
John c. Bailey, left this morning for Al
y lantic City.
II PEACHEs.-This time last year the De
y aware railroad was carrying from twent
&c to thirty car loads of peaches per day an
increased rs the month advanced. Thi
year the most it has carried has been
few crates. This section, except possbl
- a very few near the bay, will not have
- peach for the city market 1t is doubtfl
"a if the peach crop this year will amount t
p as many peaches as it did car loads i
L. 1880. Information received from all part
v of the Maryland and Delaware PeninsuI
lead many people to estimate that til
- shipment over the Delaware Railroad wi
Il not amount to one car load q daV. A
e the peaches that do come will be picke
~ from orchards along water courses, an
these will be of an inferior quality. Thu
r. far, the few peaches shipped have bee
or what is known as 'prematures." The
n have come off the Junction and Breal
q water Railroad, and from along the Che
IN ter River, and other Chesapeak tributarie
M The shipments all last summer amOuntC
as to 300 car loads in round numbers.
ad
of A CITY INTERvIEwER.-An interview
ed of Col. Douglass for the Morning Nel
le. makes him say, Land once set out wi
as peach trees is practically retired from a
he tive service, and of no further use." tt
ut must be a misrepresentation Col. Dou
re. lass or any other man acquainted wi
agricultural would not make such a declar
ton. A farmer of this vicinity but fe
oh days ago, in speaking of his corn fiel
av from part of which a peach orchard W
IN removed the past spring, said that whe
lis the orchard stood the corn was nearly
III good again as in the other part of t
lea field. The following paragraph may
EN- nearer correct of some localities, but {
mo old peach growing districts, the yicini
as of MiddletOwn and Odessa for instau
mr. will hardly bear it out: "The farm,
oS throughout the Peninsula planted, q