Smyrna times., 1882-06-07

WIN. n. KANS0MS corn n6ldS are
,etter advanced than most others this
ate season, standing we'll and nearly
arge enough to thin.
IT WILL not be long before new
potatoes of local production are in
market. We saw specimen yesterday
from the patch of Robert Denney near
ly as large as guinea eggs.
THE first peas, home production, ap-
peared in market yesterday raised by
Joseph Kennedy, near town. Mrs.
KINNEY was two days in advance in
serving her table from her 9wn garden.
SHERIFF SALE.-Sheriff Lacey sold
the real estate of A. Lee Cummins, on
Thursday last as follows:
No. |. sunny Side,' 1872 acres sub |
ject to a mortgage of $4,000, to \. F. /
Wilds, for $11 100.
No. =. Interest in house and lot i'll |
" Irishtown," to which Mr.. c. laid no |
claim, to Ruth Johnson, the occupant, |
for $35.
No. 3. Phosphate factory at Clayton
was knocked off to J. ID. Burton, of
Dover, at $1,000.
No 4. Half interest in ''Cottagedale''
farm adjoining town, 165 acres to DR..
J. c. DericksOn. of Berlin, Md, for
LOO.
The sales were satisfactory and meet
the entire Indebtedness.
The New PHOSPHATE FIRM.-The
status of the new firm to succeed 4.
Lee Cummins has, after much specula-
tiOn on the part of the public, been
defined The parties composing the
new frM are Edgar X. Sipple and
Herman p. Hazell under the firm name
of Sipple & Hazell They have both
been in the business rs salesman for J.
/ T.. Tygert & Co., the first for nearly
four and the last for the past year and
are therefore acquainted with the
particular "inWardness of the bust
ness. They are both men Of energy,
and with their acquired knowledge
will be able to proceed intelligently and
cautiously i'll building up a business
trade and reputation. j. B. Scott has
been engaged as superintendent of the
manufacture. which will commence as
soon as material can be got together,
for the Fall trade
PERsoNAL.-Mrs.M NJ. Barrett, of Phila-
delphia, accompanied by her daughter
is visiting her brother Col. George w.
Cummins.
Major B. T. Biggs and wife, of Mid
dletoWn, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bewley on Sunday.
J. NJ. Cox, of MiddletOwn, and Miss
Addie Hazard of the same place, were
the guests of Mrs. Martindale, sister OF
the latter.
II. G. Jones and wife. of Wilmington
were the guests of Mrs. Lydia Mcdowell
Franklin l.. Wright and wife, o.
Philadelphia, were the guests of Mis-,
Sarah j. Stevenson.
DR.. Charles ID. Green, of kirkWOod
was in town on Monday.
Henry II. Wells, Levy COHrtman
! who has been sick at his residence il
Blackbird Hundred for the past si2
5 weeks is improving.
! THE FEsTIvAL.-The strawberry fes
; tival held by Morning Star Lodge, OF
Wednesday and Thursday evenings las
was decided success. On former Occa
4 sions, strawberry festivals have beer
/ so only in name, the Strawberries bein!
: less ia demand than many other things
S but these were from Salisbury, in ad
: vance of our crop and as the first frui
: luxury of the season were i'll decide
:, favor. The Strawberries and cream wer
|. exhausted both evenings an hour befOr
:. the adjournment. The ring in the larg
cake was ia the slice gotten by Mrs. L
NJ. Fowler, who was congratulated a
e the lucky one, amid forty competitors
o A solid gold ring was chanced off b
{, drawing numbers, VIM. Wells drawin
It the lucky number The set of dishe
r was awarded to Mrs. Geo. NJ. SteVeI
IS son, she receiving the highest numbC
n of votes. The cake contested for b.
$. tween MiddletOwn and Dover, Wi
e awarded to Miss Lizzie Stevenson,
n the latter place. The net proceed
amounted to $40, which will be tn
foundation of the Tower Clock Fund.
b, THE FATE OF A TREE.-The silv,
g popular that stood in frOnt of the res
|: dence Of VIM. b. Collins, and reyerel
IS ced by the whole neighborhoOd, is L
10 more, 1t was Il noble tree, but lii
)r many strong man, it departed fro
lg its upright habits, became an object
lr danger and the axeman had to be callC
in as its executioRer. On Monday as
rs was taken down limb by limb ar
finally the large trunk lay prostra
r on the ground, it was witnessed wit
- regretful eyes. The proprietor locke
~ ~ ON calmly but when he remembered
= cooling shade in the hot Summer afte
a a Moons, his feelings must have BET
= akin to the traveller in the desert, wi
y ~ has been bereft of his only palm tire
" by q simoom the two young merchan
~ VINO were its chief benefciaries m;
VI not have wept, but they looked 81
90 90 like, as if attending the funeral of
az dear friend the ladies across the W;
=" dwelt on its memories in tones of affe
ton and the Postmaster and the pri
Fl. ters felt more than they spake, in seei
at its remains put in order for crematiO
,il STRAWBERRIES This fruit is near
aay two weeks late this year. The fiji
"9 brought to town was ON Thursday, sc
ca ca eral quarts by Thomas Stevens, frC
lal lal near Cloak's Mill, which sold
en- 20 cents. Several lots were in
tn Saturday that sold at the same prit
a., This week they have been more abu
;hS dant and selling yesterday at
l.o no cents The first crate shipped was
'0o Saturday by Russell Coe. On MOnd
in addition, l. G. Lapham, L. NJ. Pri
&c. and Alex. Deakyne shipped one
in more crates. The most of persons "
he not pick until to-day or tO-morrC
We The three last day. haYe been We
nv cool, at night almost down to
IS frost point, and the ripening has be
yer slow.
eli D. J. Cummins, President of
he National Bank, who has been one
ma our largest growers, at one having
ore many as % acres in this fruit, will &C
ted mence shipping tomorrow. A rec,
ers kept by him of the first date
the shipment for the past ten years is
follows:
-, 1873, June 7th; "a, June Sth;
The June I'd; '76, June 1st VI, May so
re- '7s, May 14iH; 70, May 2Sth; 80, n
me oath; 81, May 30th; 'S2, June
pes, The difference between the earl
lsts shipment May 14th rs and this yea
'rk, three and a-half weeks, The vines
est. very full of fruit. The shipments fl
the lower Peninsula last week "
L.