Smyrna times., 1882-08-09
Smyrna and Vicinity.

a LARGE number OF our people took |
an excursion to Cape May this morning. |
ANDREW WALLEN, of Clayton, has
opened shooting gallery in this town.
JOHN ANTHONY, near this town COM
menced evapOIating peaches on Mon
day.
f. V. COOPER is. having q substantial
pavement laid surrounding the store
occupied by j. B. Cooper.
Stock raisers will do we'll to call on
Geo. d. Armstrong before buying their
stock sheep. See advertisement.
THE first Watermelons of the season
were brought to town ON Monday.
Although small they sold for % cents
each.
OWING to the increase of business,
Armstrong & Mitchell have moved
from 3134 South Front street to 318 on
the same street.
MOORTON seems strangely afflicted
with sickness and death scarcely enough
of its citizens being left in health to
minister to the sick.
THE attention of fruit growers is
called to the advertisement of p. NJ.
O'Connell, commission merchant, 1888
Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.
S. B. briggs, on the State road II
miles from town, has erected a new
fence around his front enclosure, thus
adding to the appearance of a residence
always attractive.
WHAT is the difference between the
Smyrna Steamboat and the Leipsic |
Steamer? One is made of iron and |
the other is Maid of Kent. Can the |
Middletown man beat this?
THE young folks to the number of |
between twenty and thirty had a
pleasant lawn party yesterday evening
at the farm house of Walter o. Hofeck- |
er, which was enjoyed until the mid
night hours.
EMMA, a little nine-year-old daugh-
ter of Isaac NJ. Wilson, of this town,
while playing in the yard, ON Saturday
last, fell from pear tree across an up
right post, and hurt herself very badly
although not seriously.
| WIN. f. RIGGS, SR., of this town, is
| agent for Duck Creek and the lower
part of Blackbird hundreds for the
Delaware Wheat Grower, a pure super
| phosphate of lime, manufactured by
Parvis & Biggs, Middletown.
IT Is hardly necessary to remind our
| farmers whose labors have been so
amply rewarded by an unprecedented
large wheat crop and who are holding
on for better prices, that it costs but
trifle to insure it against loss by fire.
ABOUT dozen Russian refugees ar
rived in this town last Friday morning
looking for employment. Ten out of
the twelve, failing to find work, started
for New Castle, expecting to obtain
employment in the iron works of that
city.
WE learn that the factory of Messrs.
Tschudy Seats of this town, though
pushed in building and getting ready
for work, has already turned out
10000 baskets, and will probably
nearly double that number by the end
of the season. They employ at present
about 40 boys and Is men.
THE daily line of J. E. Tygert & Co.,
from cur creek to Philadelphia was in
augurated yesterday. 1t promises to
be successful experiment to the pro-
prietors and great convenience to our
! fruit shippers near the water course.
The peach shipments will commence
next week in good earnest.
Rev. J. d. RIGG, of the NJ. E. church.
! left on Monday for his vacation which
| will extend over two Sabbaths. Rev
4 DIR. Bowen, President of the Borden.
: town Female College, will preach next
!, Sunday morning. On the following
g Sunday Rev. Mr.. McNichol, of POmona
a charge, will Ofiiciate morning anC
. evening.
THE proprietors of the evaporatinl
e houses are putting everything thi
e week in "peach-pie" order and the
o first of next week the most of then
y will commence in earnest. The farm
e eTs are stiff in their prices, from 40 Il
q 80 cents per basket, but a glut or TIVE
!? will doubtless change their relation II
le each other.
N As II. C. Murphy, proprietor o
a Alley Mills, near Clayton, was drivin
III on the State road near Blackbird woods
lie last Friday, a party of tramps deman
le ded that he should halt! and one wen
10 so far as to take hold the horses heal
~ and another the wheel of the buggy
ce Mr.. NJ. realizing his situation whippe
ne up his horse and made his escape.
lie REV. CHARLES ASH, who was al
= pointed to fill the pulpit of the Center
Us NAL NJ. +. church, of this town, hi
rs been transferred to Townsend charg
OF and Rev. Charles Wing, of that plat
Is takes charge of the church here. Re
at G. III. Waters, who took a asuperanuate
relation at the last session of the Coz
IN, ference will continue his residence
les this town.
ed ONE of our citizens of a military ca
lc- riage, proposes to establish recruitiI
IA headquarters and enlist a brigade
aus able-bodied tramps to assist England
ME her operations against Arab Pash
II If she should send them in single Fl
ng about three dozen a day to ask N
Is Arab for something to eat, he wou
not soon come under or retreat to t
WI Nubian deserts.
the
ide IT rs o matter of favorable CONNIE
ing that in the NJ. j.. Sunday School Of Il
he town, the attendance has scarcely be
IN visibly broken during all our rece
ms, hot weather. Even with camp-me
ved ings around, and with no picnic th
do far, both the adult workers and [
young people have stood nobly by [
ent work. This shows solid character a
ldi, strong force in the right direction,
the
has THE Salisbury bachelor of Tuesdl
. Of August 1st, contained the followi
Dlsn certificate:
sci Salisbury, Nd, July 20, 1882
lew whom it may concern. This is to c
are tify that have this day received ir
AIRY Theodore r.. Heb, Supreme Treasu
ora Of the Improved Order of Heptasop
and a check for three thousand dolli
lese (3000.) the same being in full to ~
ldes the benefit certificate of the late jar
e at Il. Cathell, who was a member at
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