Smyrna times., 1883-07-18

Peoples Cyclopedia. This is one of
the most successful works of standard
value recently published, being now in
its fiftieth thousand edition.
A LADY of our town has in her pos
session piece of Continental money,
an article of exchange that has now
become curiosity. 1t is about two
inches square, on thick paper and
printed in a style that in this day
would be considered very unskilled.
1t is of the value of 8 pence Us cents),
bears the date of 1777, and has in con-
spicuous letters on its face. To cOun-
terfeit is DEATH"
ATTENTION is called to the following
requirement of the Kent County Mu-
tual Insurance Company:
THAT all persons using steam |
threshers within sixty yards of prop
erty insured in this Company, shall be |
required to take out a permit and pay
at the rate of Is cents on the $4,000 |
on all property within the said sixty
yards of the engine, and they are re-
quired to use hard coal and a proper
spark catcher"
STEPHEN WALKERS peach basket
factory, at Clayton, gives showing of
very healthy condition of that import
ant arm of our home industries at this
time. They have, to date, made and
shipped over 10000 baskets this sea-
son with an average force of seventy
hands. Chas. VanWinkle, the general
Superintendent, states they have book
ed orders this week for 10000 baskets
for Maryland alone. Arthur Willis
takes the "rag off the bush in that
quarter in making, his average being
275 per day.
THE crop of wheat of Theodore w.
Lavender threshed last week, turned
out % bushels to the acre and that of
Thomas Lavender, 165 bushels off of
6! acres, or Il little over 25 bushels to
the acre. Jas. Starting has an average
of between Is and 10 bushels off of 48
acres, B. +. G. ROthwell has yield of
1000 bushels, being an average of
between Is and 10 bushels, Frank Col
Inns has 700 bushels from 35 acres, VIM.
ROthwell, near Middletown has yield
of nearly 2,100 bushels from sc acres,
David S. Reese has 10 bushels per acre
from field of 40 acres.
The NEW BRIDGE.-The new bridge
spanning the creek between New Cas-
| tie and Kent Counties at Smyrna Land
ing will be commencement to-day by
the contractor, Robt. r. Morrison.
The cost will be s., 200, divided equally
between the counties. Geo. C. Roth
well, one of the Levy Court Building
COmmitte, gives us the following as
the dimensions of the bridge span, 40
feet; abutments, 25 feet; walls, 3 feet,
tapering to %; driveway, 16 feet. 1t
will be erected on the east side of the
old bridge and the travel thus not OBJ
Structed.
THE 1ygeH made quick trip down
on Saturday, the passengers reaching
this town before sundown. Conspic-
uOus in the number was man named
Rawlins. riding large bicycle which
attracted considerable attention from
the fact that it was constructed differ
emily frem those in use here-working
with treadles instead of cranks, and the
small wheel being i'll the front instead
of the rear. He rode it distance of
fifty miles to take the boat and said he
could ride from here to Easton, Md,
in two hours. He was bound for
Greensboro that evening.
| UNSUCCESSFUL STRIKE.-Sixteen of
the cOlored labOrers in Tygert's Phos-
phate Mill, marched into the office on
Main street, Monday evening, entirely
unannOunced, in double file, on a strike
for an advance of % cents daV. No
paFley was held with them, but the
next morning word was given out for
| a o1 70, I,,A :.
ing the day they mostly returned to
their work, two being discharged.
They claimed that what they wanted
was to make more money and they
were given this opportunity in lover
time" in work that needed being done.
JAS. E. STEWARDS orchard, near
BrenfOrd, that bears good fruit and
which may be taken as guide indi-
Gates as follows: Hales Early about &C
per cent of last years bearing and
about 10 per cent of that decay; Troths
nearly up to last year and sound, with
very slight falling; Yorks about 80 pei
cent of last year and good; Early
Crawford light crop, as also the late
including the Mixons, Smocks and al
the late varieties, but promising i'm.
proved quality. Hales being the first
of the regular fruit will be in order fol
shipment towards the end of the month
and the Others follow In order,
, MEssRs. TsCHUDY & CATS give no
/ tice in another column that they are il
the field and ready as in the past Il
, supply our peach growers with baskets
! Their mill is well-knoWn and theil
make of basket has an established
character in the market. They com
menced operations this year on thu
Both of April and in the intervening
4 time have made many thousands O.
8 baskets. They have 80 basket maker.
E and % day laborers in their establish
i ment. The largest number of basket
J, made in any one day was by Edwart
e start, 800, Walter Conner making 80
, the same day. The first named mad,
! 14OQ in one week,
9 BUSINESS NQPIGEs.-Bakep, BRO.
Co., 140 North WharYes, Philadelphia
are we'll known commission merchants
5 q number of our farmers having shiI
e ped to them.
/, The same can be said for David X
Q Joslin, corner of Vine & Water street:
4 who has had good trade from thi
section.
r. J. E. Hendrickson 4 Co., 222 Mort
Il Delaware Avenue. 80 an immens
d trade from this Stale and MARYLAND
It Their business keeps seven men i
} employment. In the rear of their stor
they have q number of stalls for cattle
Il calves, sheep, &C., aud handle gPea
deal of stock as well as produce.
Is "GRAND RALLY."-The Bethel A
e NJ. E. Church folks, of this town, ha
5 what they called "Grand Rally" o
IS Sunday which was the most successfI
a one they haye ever held. The amour
= raised (cash) was $418:5l which cleare
q up the indebtedness on the church q
. but $50, which they expect soon to rails
q The morning sermon was preached b
s. Rev. A. A. Robertson, the afternoo
sermon by Rev. TheO. Gould (the gei
N eral book agent of the church) and til
Of night sermon by Rev. J. Wilksheln
Il FRe tribal arrangement Of the cole
( tors was ingeni4ls and successful
IS large number Of coloFed people were j
If town from the surrounding Country.
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