Smyrna times., 1882-07-26

THE largest and best church bell on
the Peninsula hangs in the belfry of
the Smyrna M. Z. Church. 1t weighs
2160 pounds and its deep, mellow tones,
can be heard for miles around.-COn-
ference Yorker.
THE attention of our fruit growers
and farmers is called to the card of
Shoemaker & Rawley, commission
merchants, Philadelphia. The Junior
member of the firm is well and favOra
bly, known in this town and the Neck. I
ROBERT MOORE, near Kenton, on the |
farm of f. T. Layton, of the Aims |
House, has been hauling several loads !
of peaches daily to the depot. Hon. |
James Williams has been also shipping
good quantity of the Beatrice variety.
JERRY GOLDSBOROUGH, near Bombay
Hook, won the first prize at the Dover
shooting match, this day week, break
ing 10 clay pigeons out of 20. This
was followed by horse races on the
Fair ground track, that and the follow
ing day. Best time 2.23
THE June shedding of the peach
has been deferred until the latter part
of July, or at least such is the talk of
the farmers this week. Wards Late
is the most conspicuous dropper, the
| Crawfords being next. The trees are
still too full, from which fact, and the
continued dry weather, the drOppingis
| attributed.
TsCHUDY & CATS sold their farm
/ icsk, I, lo,I;,,o. l,o
State road to Brenford, 120 acres, to
Jos. B. FAIRIES of this town, for S., ,250,
this years crops reserved. This makes
the sixth farm that they have sold
within the past four years, and to-day
all are priced at considerable above
their first cost.
DELEGATEs.-At the meeting for
election of Republican Delegates on
Saturday (Wm. III. Baggs in the chair,
w. o. Hoffecker secretary the follow
ing were chosen: DIR. VIM. T. Collins,
l.. L. Johnson and Isaac TruaX; Alter
mates, ID. T. Smithers, j. b. Evans, 5. S.
Griffin, f. r. Sipple, VIM. L. Baker.
SIXTY cars of blackberries have been
going daily over the Delaware railroad
to the city markets. New Jersey, our
strong competitor in berries, peaches
and grapes, has also been sending in
large quantities of blackberries. The
market last week was flat, much of the
fruit selling for and cents per quart.
The fruit has been injured by the
drought.
THE present depot at Kenton, on
the Delaware & Chesapeake railway
is to be removed to the opposite side of
the street to piece of land which the
officials on Saturday, bargaincd for
with d. S. Wilds. The site where the
present depot is, was never really pur-
chased and it is changed because the
owner, Dir. Cooper and the new man
agement cannot agree on the price.
4 NIGHT bird has the same chance
! of its life as one that moves by day,
: though it does 90 under the cover of
darkness. \ citizen, who it is said
: sleeps much of the day and walksabout
after night, came very near being shot
f one night last week by a neighbor who
had gun leveled at him under suspi-
ciOn that he was burglar. His voice
saved him and perhaps taught him a
lesson.
! THE Cape May excursions via the
: Bombay Hook railroad have no pOpu-
! lar force with the people. The first
was attended but by a comparative
@ handful; the second was an utter
p balk because of the nOn-appearance o.
the boat; the third, well, we have no
y I hoorH = ,,O,,,n1 - g, Io l.
;. to know but little abOutit. The manner
G of giving information has always beer
peculiar.
It 4 BITE ALARM.-FOr the cspccia
:. benefit of such fishermen as Captain
: Walker and Fowler, some genius ha
. invented bite alarm. Fastened t.
Z the pole is a ball with a spring attach
g ment, which is connected with tn
e main line by piece of rubber Whel
trout or black fish nibbles at the bal
the rubber is stretched, lOOsening tn
- spring and firing cap which awaken
the angler.
EARLY PEACHEs.-JOhn Anthony
/. 5. Lapham and Jas. w. Anthon
have each about 200 trees of tn
Amsden June and Alexander varieties
ID which are very similar, though tn
latter this year are much the bes
The crop is now nearly marketed
of yielding about two baskets to the tire,
which have been bringing from $2O
to $3.50 in New York. The BeatriC
Up are very small this year, from eXcessiV
bearing, and have been bringing onl
-. from 81 90 to $1.25 per basket. A goo
y article of peaches from the South
interfering with our early fruit
I" VESSEL TIMBER.-S. Walker. of Kel
:" ton, has been for some time getting oil
at his sawmill, at Shorts crossing,
,r- miles West of KentOn, the timber for
ar 1000 ton brig. A good part of it WI
shipped yesterday at Rothwell's Ian,
ing for New York, He has a contra
of for another brig of the same size, Il
an two requiring about 100000, feet
timber. Ifvessel building at our Ian
% ing were revived, Mr.. Walker could II
~n W. only supply it more conveniently al
v" cheaply than distant builders, b
would take share in the crafts bui
of There are workmen who would glad
Of resume work here if they had any e
couragement.
FRANK LELIE's ILLUSTRATED New
Sty PAPER of last week had half pa
om illustration of the Morning News' Ne
boys excursion to Bombay Hoo
q Woodland Beach stands out promine
~ but not accurate, with the steambOa
the boys eating cream, &c, the mt
striking figure being that of " Henry
rye the dwarf boot black, so well known
to persons passing to and from the der
in Wilmington. Henry is full
humor and favorite body guard wi
for special excursions leaving Wilmingt
'm- for days frolic, Henry was born
slave in the family of John Farson, nc
II this town, but the latter part Of
~: servitude was with Samuel Griffin,
20 this place, then residing near Brynzi
church. He went to Wilmington
has tween twenty-five and thirty yei
the ago.
lrs. GRAM TINE AT COTJJNS' REACu