Smyrna times., 1883-11-14

THE druggists say there has been
such an absence of malarial diseases in
our community this Fall, as to make a
marked difference in the receipts of the
prescription counter as compared with
other seasons.
ONE of our house carpenters, A. B.
Carpenter, has lost two weeks from
work on account of a severe attack of
mumps. This disease which is more
especially confined to young people is
now quite prevalent among the school
children.
A Boston lirm last week bought
property in Wilmington for the purpose
of opening large market for the sale
of Western beef, which is slaughtered
there and brought east in refrigerator
cars. The best cuts of rib roast and
round steak sell for 124 and IA cents
and sausage 10 cents a pound. This
Western meat is gradually finding its
way in all places where the ruling
prices of beef are high, and it will
doubtless yet find its way to Smyrna.
THE standard time" divisions,
which have been decided OH by the
railroads for their convenience, will go
into effect on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and its connections next Monday.
The time here will be advanced only
one minute. In Boston, however, the
clocks will have to be set back 16 min
utes, but Pittsburg, on the contrary,
will have to be set ahead 20 minutes.
When it is - o'clock here, it will be II
o'clock at Chicago or St. Louis, 10
O'Clock at Denver and nine o'clock at
San Francisco.
Mr.. S. w. BOYER, we'll known to
many of our citizens as a former resi-
dent of Kent County, Md, but of late
connected with the clothing establish
ment of Griffiths & Co., corner of Mark
ct and 9TH streets, Philadelphia, Whose
advertisement appears i'll another col
umn) can be recommended as a very
proper person for those in the pursuit
of clothing in Philadelphia, to go to.
In addition to a large stock of ready
made clothing in we'll lighted room,
it has large order department which
is under the special care of Mr.. Boyer
who is able to meet any demands Il
customer may want.
THE high northwest wind, which
commenced at 3 o'clock OH Monday
morning and continued until near the
same hour on Tuesday morning, was
| strong enough to pile the water up on
| the Jersey shore sufficiently to empty
our creeks. The steamer j. E. Tygert
which was to leave at o'clock Mon
day evening, did not get off until near
noon yesterday, and in the early morn
ing before the wind-drifted waters had
returned, engineer Sithens walked
across the creek in his boots. the deep
est water, he says, being only eight
inches. An old shallOpman says he
never saw it so low before.
THE corn crop of Jas. c. Robinson, on
the RaymOnd's Neck road, near town
has gone one better than he expected
considering the condition of the land
His best expectation was So bushels tC
the acre, but it has averaged him 10
and some of the best parts of the field
80 bushels per acre. The farm or
every side is giving evidence of intelli
gent and careful culture, but nothing
has so added to its neatness and i'm
proved appearance as the clearing III
of the spurs of branch cripple that
penetrated his fields at different points
The brambiing scythe for swamp
bushes and roadside briars is one of The
farmers most important implements.
COOPER BROTHERS, of Morton, were
not successful in sinking an artesiaI
we'll at the residence of J. \. Caven
der, on Delaware street. They got tn,
drill down nearly POO feet and in driv
ing the pipe, because the earth was sof
on one side where a former we'll hat
been, it bent at that place under tn
fore of the trip-hammer and more thar
a hundred feet of it had to be aban
doEed. Different stratas of sand an,
clay were found at 50 feet ligh
blueish clay, at 165 feet IA thin layer q
shells, at 10 feet, a dark gray, marlisE
sand. Water was found at difIeren
points but they were trying to reach
strata of sand where it would be purel
. They have just driven a second pip
| and found good water at a distance &
81 feet, at which point they will rest.