Smyrna times., 1881-06-15
Smyrna and Vicinity.

MERCHANTS and others will do well to
call on Clerk of the Peace Raughley, to-
day and tomorrow.
Mr.. S. J. Belts, of Ocean View, Sussex
passed through town this morning
with Il drove of fine cattle.
The result of the recent high tides and |
overflow of the marshes will doubtless be /
Il plentiful crop of mosquitoes.
LEVI c. GRIEvEs, proprietor of Collins
Beach, will have his formal opening to- |
morrow, Thursday, evening with hop.
EGGS and sugar two of our leading
articles of household comfort are trying
how they can get up in the scale Ofprices.
THE ladies Of Raymond's Church will
conduct q Strawberry Festival at that
church on Thursday and Friday evenings
of this week.
ANDREW SPEAR will make a public sale
tomorrow, OH the Raymond Farm i'll the
Neck" j" of Reaper, Thresher and interest
in wheat crop.
A.P. GRIFFITH, Real Estate Agent, has
sold 26 acres of land for $50 per acre, be
longing to B. Frank Truax. to VIM. II.
Money, near Greenspring.
CONSIDERABLE of the best growth of
wheat was beaten down by the storm of
| last week. which lasted three days, keep
ing it there so long, it is said. that some OF
it will not rise.
JONES & HARDCAsTLE, of this town,
Yesterday sold to Mallalieu q Bros, of
| Millington, Md, over $4,000 Tbs. of wool.
| This is said to be the largest amount ever
bought here before.
THE self-binders are the delight of the
farmers who have large wheat crops.
The Messrs. Taylor say their cord binder
is as simple and no more likely to get out
of order than sewing machine.
THE new potato crop, where not too
much luXuriated on by the bugs promises
to be a good one and will soon be ready
for the table. Capt. Tschudy has them
now the size of ordinary hen eggs
WE give on our first page very able
paper on the Omission of the DOXOlOgy
in the Lords Prayer i'll the Revised YER
sion of the New Testament" from the
scholarly pen of Rev. J. 7. Umsted of this
town.
NEW SUMNER GOODs.-Misses Collins
Savin have Just returned from the city
with a full and complete stock of summer
goods and dress trimmings, which the!
are selling at very low margin. Cal
and see them.
THE Slug has made its appearance OF
the pear trees in considerable numbers anC
many of them will soon be denuded o
their leaves if not attended to. An ap
plicatiOn of dust. plaster. ashes or linn
will destroy them.
LOUIS FENNIMORE, of Blackbird Hid
, had chicken Matched last week wit
J four legs. The two extra ones are just il
; the rear of the normal ones and have fou
: instead of five toes. The little chicken
running around with the rest of the brOO
l aud apparently doing as well.
: THE Board of Health" which W
r stated week or two since the Commits
sioners intended to authorize was com
/ pleted at their last meeting by the AZ
pointment of the following gentlemen. a
r of the medical profession viz: DIR. w. ]
I Collins, DR.. VIM. Ashcraft and DIR. r. :
t w. HirOns.
THE strawberry season is over wit
:. some and will be with all in a few day
o The season. which looked at the first picl
y ing. that it would be cut short in very fe'
+ days by drought has been protracted b
q frequent rain to nearly double what it
!. some seasons. The returns have bee
Il variable but the season on the whole h:
! been reasonably satisfactory.
CHERRIES have made their appearance
and have been offered freely in our marke
The two largest growers are perhaps Rob
l. Hill and Horace Spruance. The form
e had his first picking this day week at Il
Big Oak farm. The wet weather
the past two weeks has been very detl
= mental to this fruit, causing large nun
:, Der to burst, which of course will shortC
;s the crop considerably.
q THE crowd from the country which +
/ mains in town until after midnight al
= makes it's exit hallowing, swearing al
If disturbing the slumbers of people who a
p otherwise used to quiet repOse, was {
/ hand again on Saturday night, or rath
10 Sunday morning, in force. They take
N the fact that there is no potent force to o
n pose them, and have lost what little 7
9 spect, they had for our authorities. A
;r the latter to be defied in this way?
A. THE Centennial NJ F.. Church will no
r, grand jubilee commencing Tuesday
le next week and ending Friday evening,
le rejoice over paying off their church del
te The opening entertainment on Tuesd
r evening will be a lecture by Rev. DIR. j.
u Riddick of Baltimore, said to be fine OF
,e tor; Wednesday evening there will be a
m union of Pastors, Presiding Elders al
he Members Thursday evening a graz
ID concert by the Choir, and Friday deba
of by the ministers and some of the you
rs men of the Church
W SEVERAL of our cOtempOraries ha
ne noticed with kindly mention the appes
ly ance of the TINES in its new dress. T
xt "courtesies" of the press like those
to other walks of life are fnlly appreciat
ut and remembered. There is sOmethi
p cheering in the following from the Phi
lis delphia EUening Ne'Cs: 'The Smyrna, ID
xt aware, TIMES has entered upon its q
ne year, and it celebrates the event by 6
ke pearing in new dress of type. AS
as local paper the TIMES has few equals,
IL it scours its county and State for the lat
to items of general interest, and unlike ma
ng weekly journals in towns even larger th
m. Smyrna is not "patent outside" but
ice its matter is set up in the Office. NJ
ri than all, the Times is an honest paper,
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