Smyrna times., 1882-07-19
SMYRNA and Vicinity.

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THE Tygert is now running tri-
weekly trips.
A REMARKABLE absence of thunder |
has so far marked this season.
J.E. TYGERT & Co., have attached |
new transmitters to their telephone.
READ the advertisement of ]. Alex.
Fulton i'll regard to peach trees, and
lay in stock of them.
J.P. STATS threshed last week 405
bushels of wheat in a halliday, or at
the rate of over 500 bushels per day.
THE sale of the DuHamel property
by John B. Pennington, Esq, Truestee,
will take place at Dover next Tuesday.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
which picnicked at Fraland Beach last
Wednesday, had very pleasant time.
THE attention of farmers is called to
the advertisement of Armstrong q
Mitchell, Commission merchants at
3131 South Front street.
SUNDAY at the seaside is encouraged
by the railroad, as only on Saturdays
can special rates be obtained to Reho-
both, good until Monday.
JOHN PEAKER was fined $5 and cost
for disorderly conduct on Saturday
night, with an admonitiOn that the
fine will increase with each offence.
FARMERS have commenced harvest
ing their oats in this locality. The
straw however is short and the yield of
grain will not be equal to their antici-
patiOns.
THE Sunday School Association of
the NJ. +. Church is requested to meet
this evening i'll the Lecture Room at s
o'clock. BY request of the Superin-
tendent.
WHILE the pencil and paint brush
are at work in frontal adornments,
Wilmer b. Smith is determined to keep
in the front line with his. letters of
blue and gold.
IT would be difficult to tell how
much wheat was threshed last week
but the various steam threshers were
all busy threshing from 500 to 1000
bushels per day.
THE members of the Smyrna, Mount
Zion and Mount Friendship A. NJ. E.
Churches will run union excursion to
Chestertown camp meeting woods, on
Sunday, July 23d
For several weeks, until the last
mosquitoes were on their good be-
haviOr, but both they and the green
head flies along the marshes are now
YeXatiOns to man and beast.
The race at Poplar Green race course
on Thursday was narrowed down t
the free-fOr-all race-a set of harness
which was won by Mac" belonging
5 to James Startling. Time, 2.50.
WIN. r. PHILLIPS has made arrange
q ments with Messrs. Voshell & Jerman
D to put in his evaporator to test along
, side of the Williams, as per the chal
ledge between himself and James NJ
SprOut.
Y A FARMER residing near Millington
q Md, complains at this Office that
citizen of this vicinity came dow
there on Sunday and tried to engag
n his farm help even to his cook, to assis
o III the fruit drying season.
IS THE favorite color of the Pennsylva
/ MIA Railroad is a shade Of brown or a
n more frequently denominated Pens
: red" All the old yellow" cars an
other colors of the late p. w. & B. al
10 passing through the regulation pair
shop.
- A. p. GRIFFITH, real estate broke
sold the farm of Thomas G. Oakley, II
. acres for $1,000 to John Erase
S, of Canada also house and lot
lie town belonging to Rachel Simmons
ne Wilmington, to Joseph Whaley of tn
o. town, for $3.50,
of A SINGLE change is made in ii
m time table of the Delaware road, th
Il of the afternoon upward bound trai
nc The train will leave our depot at g..
es P. NJ, instead of 4. 4.15-fifty-five minut
IS. later. This will be a convenience bo
to mailing and travelling.
a' If the banks make such fine sho7
We ing and declare satisfactory dividen
n at the end of eighteen months of almC
rk general crop failures, what may not
- expected of their plethoric conditi
:" when the returns of the wheat al
ne peach crops are gathered in?
= SCHOOL District No. 4, situated
VI the State road about four miles frC
er. here, held a picnic in the yard
de Peter Truax, Saturday July 18th. II
in yard has long been popular for pic
resorts owing to the excellent sha
and accommodation it affords,
BILE The Pennsylvania Railroad Co
her pany have arranged to give excursi'
- covering the Musical Festival at Ci
May beginning on the 18th, from
stations on its lines at less than b
on the usual rate, the particulars ofw
nk- may now be had of the ticket agent
ler, THERE has been steady decline
ler- the wheat market for the past sevt
nen days, and our local dealers are offer
Chi only $l.l2 per bushel against $1.2
- week ago, The city sales for j
-haU delivery have been made at 81 90
rge- cars of Western wheat arrived in \
,ast. York yesterday with larger shipmG
in n Oh bne way, causing u uecAluc
"a. cents. Some Of our farmers are l.
'i.y' ing for better prices in October.
Our exchanges on nearly all s
Oh speak of good showers and in 81
han places of heavy rains on Wedncs
end evening last. In this vicinity we
ayn. but enough to lay the dust, and !
~ the exception Of the rain on the
'iSh' which did not reach the bottom of
ney growing potatoes, have had not
! the since the 10th of June but sur
satly showers. Our growing crops and
the pecially peaches are needing !
llity, moisture A nice growing shower
more night gave some relief and is pos
in a the fore-rpnner Of more copious 81
ers.