Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

OFFICE MOVING TO CLAYTON. The |
main office of the Delaware Railroad |
will hereafter be located at CLAYTON,
whittier the officers will remove to a |
temporary building until a new one is
erected, the foundation of which is |
under way. Superintendent of the
Delaware Division, /. N. Mills; train
dispatcher, III. ID. Mackey train mas
ter, B. Murphey and Supervisor, John
Mahoney, are among the officials trans
ferred to Clayton by the removal of
the roads headquarters.
Temporary rooms have been secured
in the Bingham House, the room over
VIM. G. Hill's office and the office of
VIM. p. Wright. The new building
will be A by SO feet, two story, slate
roof, heated from the cellar, with the
modern improvements for water sup
plies. 1t will be substantial and
finely finished building.
THE MUSTARD BASKET Factory
By advertisement in another column it
will be seen that the new basket factory
of III. r. Mustard & Co., is in full opera
tiOn and ready to meet the wants of
the peach growers. We have had fire.
quent notices of this new enterprise
during the time of its preparation
which it is not necessary now to re-
peat further than to say, that what was
the former Tannery and for several
years past a quiet, almost deserted
place, is now one of the most anima-
ted business places i'll our town, with
about seventy five as busy pairs of
hands as can well be employed. The
building is 100 long by 30 feet wide
with abundant storing capacities in
other adjoining buildings. The firm
consists of III. r. Mustard, John c.
Mustard and A. Lee Cummins, each
his special department and all ready to
answer to the business demands upon
them. Their baskets have already
commended themselves to the public in
numerous orders.
PEACHEs.-The prospect now is that
an abundant crop of peaches will be
grown for the city markets. In this
section the trees are not so full rs last
year, but the young fruit is growing
finely and some think that the lack in
numbers will be made up by an in
crease in size and consequently COM
mercial value. This year, contrary to
most seasons, every section of the
Peninsula promises a good crop. The
trees all the way down the rail road
look to be as full as they should be; on
the line of the Delaware u Chesapeake
Railroad the fruit is said to promise a
more abundant crop than last year; the
Sassafras river region that ships large
ly by boat and barge will yield good
crop and Mr.. Walker, of the CLAYTON
| hOc Of
ishing facilities for marketing the fruit
leads him in the channel Of information,
thinks the crop of the Peninsula will
be as large as last year. The
orchards of New Jersey also are well
fruited as are the numerous trees on
the Hudson river that did not bear last
year and in the face of such market
supplies, the grower cannot expect ex-
traordinarily high prices for his peaches
this Summer.
The TEACHERS FOR THE NEXT
SCHOLASTIC YEAR.-The Board of Di-
rectOrs of Smyrna Public Schools at a
special meeting held Monday evening,
July 2nd, elected teachers for the en-
sueing scholastic year. The corps OF
teachers will be as follows Principal,
L. Irving Handy; 1st Assistant, Miss
Lizzie Parrot; End Assistant, Miss
Emma Hough; 3rd Assistant, Miss
Annie Doughten; 4th Assistant, Miss
Lizzie Mcdowell; ; 9TH Assistant, Miss
Katharine L. Storm, of Milford. All
of these, save Miss Storm, are we'll
known i'll the community, having
taught here for years, and need no
word of comment. Miss Storm is con-
= sidered one of the ablest teachers in the
State, being in every respect Il lady OF
much culture and IL teacher according
to the improved methods of the day
, She will be worthy acquisition to Oul
teaching force.
Miss Mary Spruance, who graduated
from the High School last year, has beer
selected to take charge of the seventh
, department which will be organized
| when the new school house is ready fol
,, occupancy. Miss Spruance is bright
and well educated and no doubt will
make very efficient teacher. 1t is
pleasing to note the advancement of {
young lady educated in our own
schools.