Smyrna times., 1882-07-19

THE painters have given the store of
VIM. FAIRIES & Co., quite an ernamen-
tai front.
HowARD's band with a large party |
are expected tomorrow night at Col
Inns Beach.
BY advertisement it will be seen that !
the Fall session of the Conference
Academy will commence September
7th.
A SPECIAL meeting of the Republicans
las per call in another column) will be
held in the hall over CoOper's store, On
Friday evening 21st inst.
J. B. LEWIS had new tomatoes from
his garden on Friday and Alex. FAIRIES
also tomatoes and new, well-filled corn,
Narragansett variety, on Saturday.
LACE curtains are always attractive
to ladies, and when Joe. H. Primrose
arranged those pretty slippers with
such effect at a-quarter angle of vision,
he constructed better than he designed.
VENNoR in his predictions has the
] lOllONlll2 lOI lBlS MCCA IAOG anu up
pressiVe weather, with heavy rain and
wind storms, between 10Th and Goth.
Between 20rh and 23d, cooler and
windy weather, with continued rains
and cold evenings and nights. Between
oath and Goth there is likely to occur
very hot term.
THE PeninsulGr NeICS quotes our
article about the thirty evapOratOrs in
this vicinity, evaporating 200 baskets
day each, and says the estimate is too
great by nearly One-half. The manu-
facturer who has put up the most of
them, guarantees them to do this
amount of work, but the Nelrs may
count twelve hours a day whereas he
reckOns twenty-fOur.
SUNDAY School corporations like
editors cannot always 90 by the line
they mark out for themselves or the un-
varying line others mark out for them.
The Dover NJ. Z. Sunday School could
not make an excursion arrangement
with the railroad and so they went to
Bay View where there is plenty of ice
water, and for the same reason our
Sunday School is going to Woodland
Beach next Tuesday.
JOS. L. WILLIAMS has a horse that
goes on the one idea principle, viz.
having a business and sticking to it
1t comprehended the beef business
thoroughly, takingnO consideration fol
a change of diet, and when its owner
the other day was relieving the wagon OF
a lot of chickens at his residence, the
horse took fright and ran through the
streets several squares to the stables
fortunately doing no damage.
The commission men of New York
Boston and Philadelphia have been
swarming about our peach grower:
like phosphate men around the farmer.
just before wheat seeding time. One
of the most unpleasant feeling of hu
manity is experienced by the individual
, when he arrives at the conviction tha
f no one cares for him, and if the reverse
of this is the rule, likewise, our farmer
who have both wheat and peache
ought to be supremely happy.
; IN response to the call given in tn
. TIMES last week, several citizens me
: on Friday evening, in the office of A
p. Griffith, for the purpose of formin,
an auxiliary Prohibition Alliance, t,
h work in harmony with the State ALI
). ance. In organizing, VIM. w. Nelson
D was elected president; J. w. Denney
f Vice President; f. Z Philleo, Secretary
and w. p. Legg, Treasurer. Their
was some discussion as to plans and eX
" pedients, and committee was appoint
k ed to arrange for methods of action an
e to draft q constitution. The organiza
10 ton will meet every Friday evening i
the same place for the present.
1t WHEAT Y YIELDs.-ThOugh the thresI
:. ers have been busy the past week, w
20 have definite figures of only thre
n crops: John II. HofIecker in tn
"Alley," 49, acres, 33 bushels to tn
. acre; VIM. Polk Cummins, 12l acre
u 344; James Startling, on the farm
{ James 2. HofIecker, on the opposit
n side of the road, % acres, 35. III
" first and last named fields were stal
ground, The wheat above named
so the variety known as the Californi
70 red. There are several other fielC
of two other varieties, Fultz and Del;
10 ware champion in the I" Neck" whO
. yield is waited for with some interes
o. The FUNERAL OF BISHOP SCOTT
n The large number of our citizens wi
o. attended the funeral of Bishop Scot
l. on Monday, evinces the high regard
n which he was held, and this was n
only local but everywhere he W
known, especially within the bounds
IN, the Wilmington and Philadelphia co
a ferences. With him passed away Il
yn most prominent ministerial figure an
ge type of the true christian, in the sectiC
ist where he was so we'll known. BishC
Simpson in his address stated the seer
of his power as a preacher to be /
ia appreciation of tho individuality of Il
as Holy Spirit-it was to him a person
sy presence and companion. In extenu
nd ting the same idea another remark
tre that his life was worth more than
lhI thousand sermons.
A SPOILED EXCURsION.-A dozen
er, so of our citizens were all ready al
III some of them at the depot waiting sol
en- time for the excursion train for Ca
IN May to come, but it didn't. The ma
OF agement Of the line seems to ave
MS publicity as much as possible, and
single man was the only one inform
hn /
t 6at after a long time got around this mo
';n ing, from one to another The cal
~ was an accident to the steamer.
'teS 'i About $50 Monday night the steam
otb Thomas Clyde, while taking an exc
~" sion to Chester, just above Blade
Island ran into she tug Laura, Capt
ow- DOugherty, owned by Mr.. Flannat
nds of Philadelphia, and cut her into.
lost sank in three minutes. The captain
be the Clyde signalled for the tug to p
ion ON the port side, when about 200
and away. The tug answered the sig
and afterwards undertook to cross
bow of the Clyde. The Clyde stopp
on lowered boats and saved the crew
rom the Laura, consisting of five men.
of Clyde had about 500 excursionists
This board. She was damaged to some
cnic tent above the water line, and is 4
lade at the Pusey & Jones Company's va
for immediate repairs.
,oH- ON. PERSONALLY. Sharp, Esq, of Bi
lOhs more has been on n visit IN his fat