Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-17
Smyrna and Vicinity.
KENT County Court commences next


KENT County Court commences next |
Monday.
HAVE your pavements mended or
relaid before frosty weather.
ANOTHER indication of Fall is the
sale of sausage in the market.
THE National Bank of Smyrna de-
clared dividend of three per cent,
Oct. 4th.
THE Central Cornet Band was out
again last night and serenaded several
of our citizens.
IT is stated that change will be
made in the time table of the Delaware
Railroad next Monday.
JOHN FRASER, near town, gathered a
mess of strawberries, on Friday, from
his patch, for his family.
T. B. MEGEAR is putting an addi-
tional story on the rear of his dwelling
and otherwise improving it.
IN sinking an artersian we'll at Wood
land Beach blythe Cooper Brothers water
was found at a distance of nearly 200
feet.
ALEX. HUMPHREYS is putting up a
new granary and cribs on his farm in
the Neck" occupied by VIM. M.
Broadway.
JOHN HUTTON, of KentOn hundred,
has pair of twin heifer calves so near
alike that their mother cannot tell
them apart.
BECKETT & MACKEY have finished
four new carriages this week, and re-
ceiving orders that keep them under a
pressure of work.
THERE was an eclipse of the moon
on Monday night, about quarter OF
of its surface, but precious few people
took the trouble to see it.
The clerks are inaugurating move
ment, that is said to promise success
for closing the stores at o'clock every
evening except Saturday.
Mrs. FANNIE MANNERING, on Cum
minis street near Delaware, is prepared
to accommodate, and would like t
have three more bOarders.
THE foggy weather of the three las
days of last week made some unpleas
antly long delays with the steamboat
, plying on the Delaware river.
: THE railroad officials are continuing
f their improvements at Clayton and ar
, now building extensive coal bins TO
r the accommodation of dealers.
GAMALIEL GARRISON, on the Dove
: road, has been successful this year i
0 growing sweet potatoes and his prOduC
e brings higher price in market.
]. FRANK RUTH has staked off tn
: ground on the lots recently purchase
: of A. Lee Cummins, in West Smyrni
o for the purpose Of building four dive
e lings this Fall.
: HENRY S. ANTHONY, who move
Il from his farm to town two weeks sine
e lost his driving horse, a valuable youn
n animal, which he raised, ON Frida
It night.
s. WIN. w. WHITLOCK, at Clayton, fin'
e himself cramped for room even stint
d the enlargement of his hotel. i
is put to it sometimes to satisfacto
j. lily accommodate his guests.
n A CONSIDERABLE amount of none
d it is said, changed hands yesterda
a. over the base ball match, and the pa
n ties of Dover who projected it on
ne "speck," went home fleeced.
10 LEVI DUNCAN and VIM. M. Lew
at bookkeeper and superintendent of t
G. phosphate establishment of ]. +. TygG
n & Co., at Philadelphia, have remOv
no their families TO that city this week.
]. L. LAVENDER, whose school
Blackiston's Cross Road was closed
= account of diphtheria some time ago,
ly accepted Silver Spring school, nC
las Brenford, where he taught two yet
,st ago.
FOR A MAN who has taken the trouble
We make the count says that there are
he widows, AZ widowers and SO old ma
ew in this town. Now let the ladies col
ost up the large and inexcusable NUM-
~ of old bachelors.
wo SEVERAL large ears of corn have bC
The reported by the Wilmington papt
mr. one 1000 and another l ITO grains,
80 they are still short of the ear brou
=, to this office by w. G. Thomas,
"~ Thomas Corner, which had 200 gra
ceS ON it.
zen
The The committee whose appointm
"a we noted some three or four weeks
' to select o ministerial successor for
'e'' passionate of the NJ. E. Church of
Ies, town at the next Conference, have r
'oo' gated the matter to the appoint
49, powers.
,a1 THE farm belonging to John G. O.
~ it, in Dutch Neck, }" in the tenure
I'm Titus I. Hobbs, has perhaps the loni
PEI and best put up wire fence in the ii
the dFed, 1t encloses a very large acre
lere Of newly seeded wheat, a part of wi
and is already gFeeaiAg the ground.
e. M. FOWLER got another jour-
600 900 man tailor yesterday; he now b
oo@' force of six hands at work, just dol
the his usual force, and says he w
to avoid if possible the trouble he
ming heretofore had of keeping his custor
IS Of waiting so long for their clothes {
evil ! getting their order.