Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-17


Thursday, October 25th. On the even
ing of the same day grand cotillion
party will be given, ending with an I
oyster supper. Music furnished by
the Primrose orchestra.
A VERY instructive catalogue, en-
bracing sixteen thousand items of
goods in one hundred and fifteen diff
ferent lines with explanatory reading
matter) will be sent prepaid by John
Wanamaker, Philadelphia, after No
vember 1st, on request by postal. This
is a capital reference volume.
THE Delaware and Chesapeake Rail
road is using large number of hands
on their gravel trains in ballasting up
the road for Winter travel that have
been employed as "day hands" by the
farmers. The Delaware road is using
large gang in transporting about
1000 cords Of wood near Seaford.
MILES S. BARRATT takes the house
vacated by Levi DUNCAN on Methodist
street, and Geo. Jones, of West Smyrna,
takes the house vacated by VIM. nj.
Lewis, ON Union street; Capt. I. d.
Reed takes the house vacated by Miss
Janvier and Mrs. RAYMOND and is fol-
lowed by Joseph Oliver, of Salem, New
York.
THE finest basket of potatoes we
have seen in our market and that |
would have done credit to any Fair, |
was one grown by John Jones, residing
on one of Peter S. Collins farm, down
the Neck" They were of the Bur
bank" variety, planted on the Goth of
June, and fertilized with Star Bone
Phosphate.
WE are not alone in building a new
school house; ia fact it has been the
fashionable thing this year in our State.
New houses have been erected in Della
ware City, Red Lion, Townsend, Har-
rington, Millsboro, Bridgeville, Red
den, Gumboro, and in two districts
near Seaford in Sussex County. New
ark is also to have a new building.
THE grounds of Belmont Park"
have been greatly improved by thor
Ough arbOrial trimming, the removal of
the lower limbs materially extending
the view of the passer by. The trees
the past week have been rObed in rich
Autumnal suits equalling the painters
brightest pigment. Nature rarely pre-
sents more lovely October views than
are to be seen this Fall.
MORE people were in from the coun-
try on Saturday afternoon than has
been the custom. 1t was not very good
for work because of the rain that had
fallen, which was perhaps the cause.
There is one thing that can be said, the
workmen are more industrious now
than when it was the custom in former
years to "break off, and take Satur-
day afternoon. The big crops prove
this.
THE Presbyterians, who have expe-
: rienced difficulty and delay because of
an insuffciency of workmen in getting
their work finished, sent to the city
and got Messrs. Benson and Shields
who are giving great satisfaction with
the plastering they are doing. 1t is
plastering for Mrs. Gootee's house and
+ the "sand finish " for the new schOo
| honse.
IF there is anything i'll heavily shock
q ed corn rows, and green and thickly
q matted sward fields, the farm in Dutcl
Neck" known as Mount Misery,
should change its name. 1t got the
a sobriquet many years ago when break
n ing up and tilling stiff land hadn't beer
reduced to science as now. lifelong
i to John A. Nicholson, Esq, of Dover
o. and is in the tenure, at n distance, O
Henry Slaughter.
/ DIR. J. V. CRAWFORD, Representative
# to the Legislature from AppOquiniminl
NJ Hundred, has appointed Owen e. Spear
son of Andrew Spear, of Blackbir
Hundred, to free scholarship in Della
a ware College. Mr.. Spear has been
u popular clerk for several years with I
B. Megear, of this town, and leave
with the regret of his associates an
4. best wishes of his friends. He went
ar Newark for examination on Monday
I'll THE Meek" roads are no longer tn
dread of the Winter season as in formt
ed years. With the aid ofthe road scrapC
e. and a more careful if not a more int
a ligent knowledge of how they shoul
be treated they are kept full and rOun,
ed in the middle, and the sides of I'll
Oh roads, on most properties, cleared
OF the bushes and briars that used
lie make them unsightly. The meek
roads are now among the best in Il
re- country.
S., THE Mr.. Oakley referred to on o,
ry first page in the article on the Broo
field creamery is Thos. c., who sold h
M farm near this town to John Fraser al
ed went West last Winter. His maj
TO friends will be pleased to hear of SUI,
early and good luck. On the sar
page are two interesting letters; o.
asst from our we'll known correspondeI
as "RomhlarO and n Now Work loft
ats from n we'll known tvno educated
this office.
70 w. POLK CUMMINs is thorough
for renOvating and remodeling his residen
near town-"Glenfern." Among 9th
things for comfort and convenience t
yer the windows will all be new includi
in a twin-window in the rear and b
uct window in the south end. 1t will
when finished first class family re
H. dence. Jos. Wright is doing the wol
I'd Mr.. c., is also having round ice-hoI
. y" built IA feet in diameter and 16 f
,ei' deep.
LAWYERS Jas. L. Walcott aud Ri
we'd ard Harrington, of Dover, were
ice. town, on Monday, in a suit befi
ing Squire Colt, that has attracted cons
lay cradle attention. 1t is a case in VIII
Russell Coe, of New Jersey, bril-
action against Chas. p. Wilson, the t
hos ant on his farm in Kenton Hundr
nee for unlawfully maintaining possess
lie of his farm and premises to his de
Tor ment. The furthur hearing of the C
was postponed at the instance of
lev. Harrington, the defendants attOrn
Law for two weeks.
PAL JAS. G. LAssEL & Co., have finisl
=" =" this week two jump seat carriages t
they consider inferior to none sent
wis, from their shop this year. One is
the holstered in blue cloth and the OF
CERT in olive leather, and both with
wed leather curtains and nickle mountil
:. One is for use in this town and
>. other for q gentleman residing 4
ON Dover. They have also during
boa week had orders for new wagon
n n"S buggy. They have enough order
'oors they tell us to keep them busy
ei0 Winter, with six for carriages to
built in the Winter season for Spl
lie to use.
Q 80
aids SwEETPoTATOEs have not
cunt plentiful for several years. The Sa
nber Sunbeam, published in land where
sweetpotatoes have been great suct
has the following item in a cOrrespt