Smyrna times., 1881-11-02
Smyrna and Vicinity.

smyrna and Vicinity.
QUITE number of farmers are done
husking corn.
THE recent rains are credited with fat
tening up the oysters.
THE corn crop, we are told by the farm
ers, Is turning out only about half of that
realized last year.
ONE Of the items of invoice ON Monday
on the Iygert was large lot Of wild ducks
killed on Bombay Hook.
JOHN A. LAVENDER has bought of the
National Bank of Smyrna the brick house
on Delaware street now occupied by B. B.
Allen for $1,000.
EDWARD DICKERSON the chinawarea auc-
ton man, sold twelve hogsheads of ware
during the two weeks he was here. He
left yesterday for Milford
y CONTINUATION of the present condi-
ton of the weather and Il holding Off of
1reezlng weather for two or three weeks
renders partial turnip crop probable.
LAND SALE-A. P. Griffith. real estate
agent, has sold the farm of J. f. Tvgert
q Co. in the Middle Alley, containing 162
acres, for $780, to Robert Darrah of New
Jersey.
a LARGER acreage of wheat has been
SoWn than usual this year and the condi-
ton of the ground to receive it was per
maps never better. The showing is much
better than last Fall.
REV. j. S. WILLIS will sell at public sale
at his farm near Magnolia, on Wednesday
November 9Th, his stock of horses. mules
cows, hogs and farming utensils. For
turther information see notice in another
column.
THE unexpired lease of Geo. Van Win
kle q Co., which was bought at Sheriff
sale by VIM. A. {. Hardcastle, has been
released to Thomas Jefferson & Co. who
intend TO open in few days green gro
cery-1resh and cured meats. poultry.
canned goods, sc. 1t is the purpose of
the prOprietors to keep a refrigerator SO
That fresh meat can be had at any time in
warm weather when desired. a desidera-
tum long needed in our community.
POSTMASTER WIN. III. BAGGs has made
arrangements effecting Il change in the
Postotfice location, after the 1st of March
next. He has leased of r. NJ. Johnson
the rooms now occupied by a. Lee Cum
lnlns as phosphate Office, Mr.. c.. intend
ing to remove his office to his factory at
Clayton i'll the Spring SO as to be more
convenient to his factory, This Office is
one OF the best in the town for conyen-
fence and location, and we congratulate
our worthy p. NJ. on the wisdom of his
selection.
JOS. II; PRIMROSE by sIIilful arrange
ment of halyards from a cable snanninc
the street threw to the breeze on FRIDAY
afternoon Il canvass banner eight bv ten
feet the distinctive feature of which was
large boot. The act of raising or sus-
pending attracted considerable attention
at the time, and to the boys the big boot
looked like SPLENDID place if a "rea.lly''
boot to play hide and seek" in. A GEN
tieman whose business carries him all over
the country says that Primrose has the
prettlest boot and shoe store on the PEN
insula
WE nave in another column a letter
from MIR. Albert Cowgirl, of Dover. ex-
planatory of what he saw of the wav thev
managed phosphate businessin Georgia.
IL IS somewhat different from the irnnres-
sion received in a personal interview. but
leaves the fact as substantially stated that
down in Georgia where they have a state
chemist land demand a State tax of 4EO0
we think for the privilege of sellin0(
Inere are some strange manipulations in
phosphates. We have no desire to mis-
represent; the facts only are what is
THIEF LOSES A HORSE AND DEARB0RN.
Peter Truax, living on Col. Robt. TliIl's
farm near the "Big Oak" found himself
IN possession of horse and dearborn on
saturday night very unexpectedly. He
discovered some one out i'm his corn6eId
apparently making off with the golden
ears. He slipped up to him rather easily
ana very much to the surprise of the in
diVldual who very evidently had not ex-
peeted second party to the affair. "Wbat
are you doing here?n demanded Mr.. n
me hunting" answered the man con-
fusedly, and without waiting to answer
what he was hunting for, broke in a full
run. just then Mr.. T. heard a horse
whlcker' and suspecting as much, found
the thief had brought horse and dear
porn for the stolen corn, which he hitcbed
IN nelghbors peach orchard. They are
sun IN his possession, no one having come
to claim them.
COLLINS & sAvIN have line of Cloths
Tor Ladies Cloaks, Dolmans. &c. verv
cheap, which they will make to order ri
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