Smyrna times., 1881-08-24

OUR surprise OF the season was the pre- !
sentation of a gallon fruit basket of deli
cious Crawford's Early peaches on Satur-
day by John p Collins, one of the lucky |
farmers of Thoroughfare Neck. We had |
hardly expected to taste peach this sea-
son, certainly none so fine, and we may
not again for they are not in the neigh
borhood. We congratulate Mr.. G. on his
good fortune.
THE regular annual meeting of the
Duck Creek Hundred Bible Society will
take place i'll the NJ. E. Church, Monday
evening, August Goth, at o'clock, for the
purpose of electing officers for the ensuing
year and appointing delegates to the
County Bible Society meeting which takes
| place in Camden, Sept. 18th inst.
WIN. CUMMINs, President,
J. &. SwINNEY, Secretary.
If our Town Commissioners are not
over pressed with business tomorrow
night, and the weather is moderate enough
to remain i'll session, they might find a
| good subject for consideration in the
| proper grading of our streets. There
seems to be no uniform rule in regard to
the laying of the pavements, some up and
some down. One of our young lady visi-
tors was heard to make the remark
night or two ago, that Smyrna had the
| 'Ornriest' pavements she ever saw" If
the opinion of all our visitors is thus ex-
pressed what must be the reputation of
our town from home. Dear City Fathers!
our reputation is at stake.
WILD HORsE.-Some two months ago q
Texas pony, which Robert Hill bought of
James w. Spruance and placed on his
ALLEY" farm, broke the enclosure and
true to its instincts struck for the wilds of
the forest. 1t had Il mortal dread of the
sight of man and the approach of one
would cause u lively scamper 1t thus
wandered from neighborhood to neighbOr-
hood until it finally reached the vicinity
of Hillsborough, Md, where q week or
more ago it was captured by a Mr.. Turner,
who with the aid of his own horses laid a
skilful decOy for it, Col. Hill went. down
last week for it in answer to an advertise
ment, but was made an offer for the ami
NAL on the way down and he had no
further trouble than proving property and
receiving check.
, PROFIT OF THE NEXT HARvEsT.-The
rapid advance of wheat would indicate,
especially as corn will be scarce, that the
l farmer who can harvest big crop next
! June, will be a lucky man. The look
ahead would indicate a greater money
value i'll the next crop than any for the
past ten years. Our wheat can be harves-
: ted and marketed on the advanced prices
v while that of the Great West is still in
q the field. Notwithstanding this has been
year of discouragement in the use o.
phosphate, as it always is of 4 dry season
a the probable condition of the markets fol
s the coming season would indicate that the
+ farmers would make more out Of a liberia
- use of phosphate this season than any
l. that has preceded it.
FRUIT IN NEW YoRK.-The New Yorl
. Tribune of Monday gave the following
quotations: There are number of va
rieties of peaches III the market--early
q Crawfords, Rare-ripes and early Hale
are sold in the fruit stalls. They are from
Delaware and few come from up tn
o river, the latter bringing an extra price
W Delaware peaches are from 50 to SO
basket, and large size extra peaches brin
as high as $5. Pears are 80 a basket
.e plums are from 10 to 25 quart, and Cali
81 fornia plums are 35 cents dozen extr
pears are from rs cents to. so q dozen
Siberian crab-apples are 75 cents peck
u watermelons are from 80 to so cents eaci
III and muskmelOns from 3 to 10 cent:
Whortleberries are little scarce at 15 ct,
10 a quart"
'e THE COURT OF JUsTICE-On Thursda
last Il negro named Bob Richardson wa
O. arrested for profane and obscene languag
10 while drunk, and after hearing befoT
Esquire Budd was fined $40 and cos
After being detained two or three day
a. in the lookup" without the latter bein
de paid, he was committed to the count
Jail. He by some means got liquor thoug
a minor and the rest followed as "A resu
ee of that.
us "Clate" Cleaver was also before the A
ny derman on Saturday for drunkenness, b
no means q new experience to Clayton
-, The liquor he drank set his tongue {
OH os going, as it usually does, and caused hi
- to use some indiscreet and threatnin
nv language for which he secured lodg
ment in the clock up" until Monday an
at paid enough for the privilege to ha,
,ut bought himself new ''wood-horse."
IIPRovEMENTs.--Wm. A. Cummins
building an attractive residence on h
est farm near Blackbird Camp ground whiC
IRE he will occupy the coming season. 1t
or of modern structure, irregular, and wi
me be 80 feet front by the same in depth.
Peeky architect and builder. This farr
containing about 100 acres, Mr.. c. r
3D. Gently purchased of his father DIR. WI
id, Cummins for "a 500.
dis. Willard Weldon, on Union street til
ate town, is making change that will great
improve his residence and be q substanti
improvement to the street, The hou
laC which he has occupied has been move
we back n sufficient distance to build in |
we we front an addition % by 16 feet, with port
up covering the entire front. The fran
work was put in place yesterday.
nn Mrs. Susan Fisler has substituted ne
he fence, open at the top, for the close, hia
The board fence that shut in her handson
nd garden of evergreen and shrubbery I'll
is an improvement in the right directio
-
lde THE DRoUGHT.-The drought IS SUI
of ject of general and serious considerable
the The brown fields and burnt corn are
md their very nature distressing aspect.
hia looks like dearth. The few clouds til
pass over head are high and rainless, al
the hot suns are telling with daily for
lyS on the withered crops. The worstfeatu
'ao of the drought this year is it's generalnei
oW There is scarcely year that some Stat
M on' section or county is not affected, while
'ce' the remainder the crops may be goo
This year 1t extends to nearly, if not t
an whole corn growing soctiOn, including al
His tobacco and cotton and If not soon end
ued will also the very important potato erC
Ter Chief Dep. Marshal Jos. NJ. HuffingtC
the who came last week from the bOrderi
IffU line between Arkansas and the Indi
Territory reports no rain there for the ps
two months and the crops withered q
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