Smyrna times., 1882-09-06

p.,..,ns having Advertisements OF want 81
lei,,'' La,grs in their advertisements IN the c,
T!,'sS lrE 1, will please have them III the once W
lITrn' r,''.,l,v afternoon, At . q clock. Il
County and state Items d d
,bn Ferris an aged Wilmingtonian q
is dead. c
The crop of late potatoes promises to i
be large. I
s;Ogng-bird4 are vending their way
southwark. D,
Tho oyster shipments ON the PENN
sula will commence this week.
R,rnum's big show, including Jumbo, {
is billed to appear in Wilmington on {
Friday.
Citizens of Lincoln have signed y
netition asking for additional mail
protection
Riocs Clayton & Co., are canning
At Tiddletown, 5000 cans daily. They
employ about l25 people
~
Robert Williams was run over and
Killed at KirkwOod on the Delaware
railroad. Sunday morning.
Oscar Wildeism has struck Dover
hard Even the driver Of the express
decks his horse with sunilowers.
Eyaporated peaches are being sold
in small quantities at 24 to 25 cents for
pared. and T. to l3 for impaired.
Its said that the Junction & Break /
water railroad save $l00 on each freight |
car they build at their works in Lewes.
About thirty-iive carloads of eXcur-
sonists went to Rehoboth on Sunday,
on the four trains. About 1900 persons
visited the colored camp.
Jonathan l.. Ellison. well-known
and highly respected farmer, died at
his home near Summit Bridge, ON
Thursday last, aged 6S years.
The Wilmington Conference Acade-
my commenced the fall term on Mon
day with better prospects, we under
stand, than at any time heretofore.
Prot. J. A. Reinhart, formerly of the
Delaware College faculty has been
elected Principal of the High School of
Paterson, y. j., at salary of 81 800 Il
year.
Charles Rose and George Johnson,
both colored, while playing ball ut
Newark this week, quarrelled and
shot Ross Johnson in the hand with a
pistol.
George w. Ingram, real estate agent,
has sold the farm Of Richard l.. Merritt,
containing ninety acres, near Warwick
to Alexander Maxwell, of MiddletOwn,
foF $500.
Hon. c. c. Stockley has resigned
from the positions held i'll the J. & Il
and B. 4 F. railroads, and severed all
official connections with the two cor
pOratiurs
Anumber of large 7ca-turtles are re
ported in the Delaware river. \ larg
one Weighing POO pounds, stranded Ol
Wednesday near Fort Delaware, wher
1t was captured by fishermen.
The popular way of handling an ca
OF corn at the table is to hold it as
iute-player holds his flute while play
Ing, having also an eye on another ca
on the plate. Those who have falls
teeth shave the cob with "a knife.
William r. Morris, near Dover,
the only person in that locality VIII
mas raised crop of pears this seasOl
lie has about 1000 baskets which h
has sold, and is now delivering t
Nessrs. Richardson & Robbins at OF
dollar per basket.
Arthur VI. Harrington, of Maine, al
r.: u. Chester, of New York, were {
Wednesday chosen members of IL
Delaware College faculty, to fill Il
position recently occupied by DR.. Rel
mart instructor in agriculture, astrOn
my ,. and natural physics, and to tea
military tactics.
Inc Democratic State Central Coz
hlltee met at Dover, Friday, and orga
ned by electing Robert J. ReynOl'
resident and John Fl. Rodney, rs
secretary. An executive committee
cooperate more directly with t
resident, was also chosen, as follow
HeW H Castle, George H. Bates, Es
Reht, n James l.. WOlcott, ESD. SUISSE
Dr. 7. II. Richards.
a small stream in this county, VIII
Sonle % years ago was alive with tadpo
Jnu J mudturtles, has been permitted
"! up, just because our member
G.:ohsress refused to ask an appropl
,IG m0n Of $liO,O0O to improve it
fnr tl9 uoes not apply to st. Jones' cr'
en- our our Congressman only asked
don'II dlU'Igo to begin with, intending
O'ie up next time.
tb rom al parts Of the Peninsula CO..
fIs,1 "n oiI repeated cry of the scarcit,
aror am laDor. In many localities farm
ineApeflencing in considerable diflicl
La;ss ;s''ung their fodder saved, neighl
orda ord compelled to help each Other
nnro 70 accomplish that result.
II lisbnous canning and drying es
tbo tben!s That have sprung up all (
tn a' PENINSULA have given elnployn
tbn many who, otherwise would loo
VIC larm for work.
tato ls matter Of regret to those
Pre-" warm interest in the Penins
inss so association that its annual IL
TSSesa'e are not more generally atten
nIsaae e journalistic reunions are all
cninia' iniant' and, by free interchanl
psnas pls on the best manner of n
M, work, might be made profit
F''us.elO'0n Transcript.
tonS o1SacIly 50; but when two Ass
cant f come com, close together and an e
Choice attend both, but must ma
Con- CON- between Stage company
prettnpany where there are a pier
for ~ II school marm's, can he be bl
HOSlng the latterP