Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-09-12

A GAME of base ball was played by
negroes at the base ball grounds,
afternoon, between a nine
from Dover and a nine of this town.
Heavy batting was the principal feature
of the contest. The score was Smyrna,
20; Dover, %. John York, the Smyrna
catcher, had finger broken.
WE last Spring stated that Smithers
& Mcclure would make considerable
changes in the enlargement of their
gas works this Summer, but they have
since decided that for the present they
will only increase their number of re-
torts to meet the larger consumption
and leave the matter of enlargement to |
the future.
LOVERS of flowers can have the |
pleasure of viewing rare species of |
cultivated Gympson (DetOrG), at the |
residence of Mrs. P. S. Collins, on Del
aware street, which has had % full
blooms the past week, all at one time.
The flowers are all bell shaped, and
about inches long, and about 3! inches
across the widest part.
WE had from John F. Goldsborough
this morning a curiosity in the way of
peaches which he says are of the second
growth this year. They are of the
variety known as "Stout's Choice" the
color, size and similarity of taste very
much resembling the apricot, only not
so smooth skin. The quart box was
soon sampled" by the typos.
The will of Hon. Charles Brown,
deceased, was ON the 8th inst, proved
and allowed and letters testamentary
thereon granted to Francis Skunk
Brown, VIM. Findley Brown and DR..
Presley S. Downs the executors named
in the will; letters of administration
were also on the 10th inst, granted
d. 3. N, on the estate of Robert B. John
son, of North Murderkill Hundred, to
J. B. McGunis.
THE tendency of peach orchards to
the disease known as the "yellOws,"
for the past year or two has given our
farmers considerable concern as to the
best method to cure and prevent.
Potash, phosphate, ashes, lime have all
been used with varying results, but
John r. Griffin, of Tuckahoe Neck,
| Md, former resident of this vicinity,
has we learn found satisfactory reme-
dy in liberal use of salt.
THERE are two ways of looking at
the big returns for peaches. Said a
farmer the other day "when basket
Of peaches is reported as having sold
for $500, or twelve gallon crate for
$18 or 500, that is taken off his general
average or off of somebody's else aver
age" This we say is the way some
account for it, but however it is done
the returns produce very comfortable
feeling in the shipper of the big fruit.
IN the erection of the new iron bridge
over Duck creek, at Smyrna Landing
been in the way, besides an ugly sight
and at the meeting of the Levy Cour
of New Castle County yesterday, Com
missioner Geo. c. Rothwell succeeded
in getting an appropriation of SIS, hal
of the amount necessary to have it re
moved. 1t is expected that Ken
County will make a similar appropria
, ton to effect this object.
> THE commission merchants hav
found peaches an exceptionally cas-
' thing to handle this year. In the usuG
: season of heat and moisture they hav
a to get rid of them the day they are re
Il ceived, but this year they set ther
about like so many baskets of potatoe
and dispose of them at the cOnvenienc
= of customers, any time within sewers
g days. This keeping quality account
- for the number of Western dealers thu
II have been up and down our road.
. REV. J. D. RIGG received into flu
. membership on Sunday, a class of
% probationers, the candidates mostly
=, that age when character is being fiXC
for life. The sermon was we'll adaptC
to the occasion, and the scene as the
E. surrounded the chancel, part of IL
ir space in double file, and took on thel
Of selves the vows of church membershi
le was more than usually impressive al
II. many of the audience left the chur
II with moistened eyes. There are st
- fifteen or eighteen others to be receive
II, THE estimate of 1000 gallons of
II, cream sold in this town if true as TO t
IT, quantity manufactured, will not car
out at the rate of 10 cents per plate,
ed plates to the gallon, as about half
by the amount was sold by the gallon, a
of that too, mostly to ship to other plac
le- The amount consumed in Smyr
NO would hardly reach the sum of
school tax, $4,000, certainly not exec
it by 81 800, but one thing is certa
DE that money flows out easily for CAST
M M nOmic purposes when if exacted a
ne tax for a necessary object, it wO,
On, come like pulling eye teeth.
ne. THE outlook for the evaporated fir
trade is brilliant. The pack will
er- exceed one-third of that of last We
Nv because of the unprecedented dems
vas for green fruit, which has kept
a prices up, SO that it will not pay
Seu evaporate. Prices are increasing ev
ler' week, and probably thirty-fve ce
at may be reached, but it is very proba
t. that thirty-One, or thirty-twO CO
wn will be as much as fine fruit will br
nd, per pound. Even at these prices,
his evaporated product is beyond the re
this of the poor consumer, or the more a
but saving, citizens of the large cit