Smyrna times., 1882-10-04


at Bethel church ON the circuit Sun
day evening with sermon by the Rev.
|. ID. Johnson, of Ellendale
A MEETING of the Democratic voters
of Duck Creek hundred will be held in
their club room, Johnson building, to-
morrow evening at o'clock, sharp.
The List of Licenses, q matter that
interests our business men and women,
has been issued by the Clerk of the
Peace, and will be found on this page.
AMONG the curiosities of the election
yesterday was Democratic ticket with
the names of both candidates cut out,
leaving the other printing untouched.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment of Samuel Reynolds, of tract of
land at the Landing, valuable for
trucking &C., which will be sold on the
10th.
SOME of our people think it about
time the commissioners were seeing
after the defective paving of our streets,
and have so signifed to them by large
petition.
Z. A. PHILLEO calls attention in
card elsewhere to his readiness to
sketch and paint residences in water
cOlors. A sample which has been
much admired may be seen in the
post-office window.
JOHN ANTHONY evapOrated this sea-
| son 1852 pounds of peaches, the larger
| ,l,l 10
to obtain the amount of the others, as
they have not finished packing. Some
have shipped, but others are holding
for better price.
The new residences of J. G. BrintoE
and Herman S. Tygert are, since the
close of the bad weather, going on rap
| idly. The first has the frame work
raised, and the latter is about ready to
do so. The cellars of each occupy the
whole ground surface Of the buildings.
ALBERT X. RANSOM, a day or two
since, showed us several samples of
very fine fruit he dried for Messrs. I'm
derwOod & Crippen, at Sassafras, Md,
with the Underwood dryer and Boswell
heater Mr.. Ransom offers a challenge
of $50 for any one who can beat these
samples.
THE Republicans of this, as well as
the other hundreds of the county, will
meet on Saturday next to elect dele
gates to the County Convention which
meets in Dover on Tuesday next, the
10th inst, to nominate a county ticket,
Senators, Representatives Sheriff, Cor
Oner and Levy COurtmen.
DIR. WOLF the State Chemist makes
an important correction in regard to
his analysis of phosphates which in the
published pamphlet does our enter
prising manufacturers, ]. f. Tygert
& Co., an injustice. The DR.. says the
commercial value should be $50 9[
instead of $31.74 as published.
PERSONS who visited the State Fail
tell us that it was virtually captured by
the horse race and the politicians. Tht
, agricultural display was meagre il
comparison to two years ago, and while
there were some objects worthy of at
tention, they were mainly given tn
go-by for those things that have no lie
gitimate place in an agricultural exhi
bitiOn.
JERRY GOLDsBOROUGH, on Bomba
Hook, has a sovereign remedy for tn
ague. All the subject has to do is t
come to him, look at him and tell hiI
5 how many attacks of ague he has haC
and he will cure them without med
. cine or anything, even if they hav
numbered fifteen or twenty. We az
wise persons thus suffering to "go" fC
e Jerry whenever they see him.
= MONEY burns in the pockets of
y large class not accustomed to accuml
n late. Laying up for "rainy day"
4 a problem they have not yet mastere,
h This class is larger this year than usl
al, and going to the fair" was simpl
frolic to part with some of this loo!
change. COnspicuOusly in the crow
n was large lot of negroes, who addC
:. to the esprit of the occasion by drum
!. en- and bOisterOus language. Mono
If tells as well as blood.
On Thursday night while Villa
." Duhurst was returning home wi
y some bundles of goods he stumble
IS over a projection in the pavement ne
% the store of Oscar Fisher and hurt hiI
self so badly that he has been disable
% from work since. The attention of L
le commissioners has been called to IL
is dangerous place to pedestrians, and
m Mr.. d. does not, they will be lucky
- some one else don't bring a suit again
~ ~ the town for damages.
n BESIDES other damage by the rece
:, heavy rains, an immense quantity
IA wheat in stack has been damaged so
le to be unfit for use except as cattle fec
Mt Standing corn has also suffered, a
rs may not become dry or firm enou
:, for market. Tomatoes have also be
% seriously damaged, softening and r
nc ting them, and it is feared that matt
IN ing potatoes will also be damaged,
st pecially in the low-lands, the standi
no water sOftening and rotting them.
in On Monday evening as a young m
il and his best girl were riding up NJ;
bo street the horse, which was not emf
- ing the trip as well as they were, ma
ng sudden dash for the door leading
he DIR. Collins office, and would ha
nd been in before he could have bC
- arrested but for the shaft striking
- door side. 1t required some persuas
ne and the effort Of two or three mer
IRE back him off the pavement and ,
SIS. suade him from making the DOctO
bo visit.
lat THE comet is now an object of in
est with early risers. The proper t
to see it is between four and five O'clC
= but this is about the time that the n
of our town people are enjoying Il
best slumbers. Some of the Obserl
I've say that it is as large as the moon,
until Obscured by the light of the ris
the orb of day, presents nearly as brig
face. A larger number have see
than was supposed would make
the effort. 1t presented q most beaut
appearance this morning.
are THE washOut of the stopping in
bank at Collins Beach is proving {
rious matter to the lower portion
be Thoroughfare Neck. Hundreds
acres of land, not only of the ma
ia but the upland, are submerged,
sl'ii VII have been since Saturday week, ,
Seu' water two or three feet deep from
ave incursions of the high tides. The G
n