Smyrna times., 1882-07-05

Smyrna and Vicinity.
FRESH sea fish and crabs are in
market.
OUR gardeners are complaining of
the cabbage worm.
WE HAVE not heard single grumble
from u farmer about having poor /
crop of wheat.
THE first Delaware new wheat sold
in Philadelphia on Saturday, bringing |
$1.4O per bushel
EIGHT probationers were received |
into full membership at the NJ. e.
Church on Sunday.
THE raspberries now coming to mar
ket are not of that full, fleshy quality
so desirable for table use. The drought
has affected them.
EARLY corn is in tassel some persons
had fixed on the 4th for their first mess
ofgreen corn, but the dry weather has
run afOul of their calculations.
J. ALEX. EULToN, ESQ.,, of Dover,
will sell at public sale, at the Smyrna
House, Saturday July Sth, lot of
real estate near Green Spring station.
E. II. BECK, real estate agent, has
sold the farm of John TruaX, $50 acres,
D miles from Smyrna, to Andrew
Spear of New Castle county, for 50, 900.
HARVEST was mainly completed last
week and fields of wheat remaining over
were cut on Monday, just escaping
the heavy Easterly storm that set in
yesterday.
THE streets We're crowded and noisy
on Saturday EVENING" good deal of
harvest money changing hands, much
for good, but good deal for purposes
not so good.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER's Quar-
/ terly is before us. To any one wishing
to learn all about the fashions, thispub-
! licatiOn is invaluable. 1t contains also
matter.
WHEN the Every ECehjng called the
unsOphisticated editor of the Peninsuldr
NeUs supercillious cuss," or some
thing of that kind, and the DeLdWdreGR
called him q 'pismire," his over ween-
ing vanity was greatly fattered think
ing compliment was intended. He
would evidently rather be called a
cOnceited ass" than not noticed at all.
a COMPLIMENTARY benefit for the
Rev. Geo. II. Waters, (whO has been
sick for two months, part ofthe time ill
will be held on Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings OF
next week at the Centennial Hall.
This is an entertainment worthy in its
objects, and should have the encour-
agement of our citizens in helping it to
a successful issue.
WM. TYGERT of Albany and II. w
, Hutton, and Joseph Wright, Jr., of this
town have entered into a partnership
for the purpose of evaporating peaches
the approaching season. They will
: have four evapOratOrs with daily
. capacity of 800 or 800 baskets. They
have purchased of ]. f. Collins, lOt
containing four acres, adjoining Glen
wood cemetery, for 81 800 on which t
t erect their drying house.
EXPLOSION OF A CANNON.-While {
yachting club from Wilmington wer,
o firing salutes at Woodland Beach, OF
j Monday, the cannon exploded, frag
5 ment weighing probably five pounds
. passing over the heads of the crow,
and striking a young man nance
> Keith on the head infiicting a painful
}, though not a dangerous wound. DI
l. Clifton was summoned and from las
r accounts the young man was dOin
well.
&c Evan c. REESE, former citizen bu
V for several years residing near Harring
!, ton, has been on a visit the past wee
to his friends in this vicinity. Mr. j
u has 4 farm Of over 200 hundred acre
r. well adapted to trucking, and fC
1t several years has supplied our markC
A. with its best water-molons-in fact b
is recognized as the champion grove
30 He has some IL 900 hills of melons no
le beginning to set the young fruit, an
promising large yield.
THE other day one of the heavy fal
lg mers residing near Clayton went
g that town, and Just before leavin
NJ wanting some change, reached dow
y" into his pocket for his pocket book ar
ce eighty dollars i'll it besides valuab
IS papers. He was certain he had lost
al in the village and searched it over, bl
:" marry" pocket book was to be foun
ef On going home he found it lying {
ne the bed. He had taken it out of h
w pocket in changing pants, and in /
od habitual hurry hadn't time to put it
'U the other.
he HEPTAsOPHs.--The ConclaVe No.
nd of this town, held its semi-anu
MS election last Wednesday night al
=; ellected the following officers to- ser
oi- the ensuing term:
la- Past ArchOn, James III. Groves.
IN, ArchOn VIM. I'll. Baggs.
i'm Provost, B. V. Weldon.
a. Secretary, Joseph e. Williams.
nus Financier, o. Il. Voshell.
dit Treasurer, J. 3. Evans.
get Inspector, VIM. Walker.
Ier- Warder, John CosgrifR.
h. Sentinel, Robt. Norris.
!, Medical Examiner, VIM. L. Coli
the NJ. ID.
sh- Trustees, Josiah d. Evans, w
The Wells aud b. V. Weldon.
=, DELAWARE & CHEsAPEAKE RA
the wAY.-The reorganization of the ID,
all ware & Chesapeake Railway was cC
uld pleted last Thursday, with the folI'
,s,, ing officers and Board of directors
Wy DirectOrs-Isaac Hinckly, Samuel
FELTON,, Henry M. Phillips, Edml
Smith, Wistaf Jones, John p. Gre
Samuel Wetherell, James B. Groo
nd David ]. Cummins.
bit President, Isaac Hinckley, in pl
reat Of w. Il. Hart resigned.
nor- Secretary and Treasurer Robert {
r.. ven, in place of ]. w. Scott resigned
lts superintendent N. Mills, in pl
ong %, s. Sanford resigned.
the All tte officials are p, W., b
erst Penna., railroad men The Pennsyl
!, MIA raiload took POSSESSION last Sa