Smyrna times., 1883-06-13

weeks, hnlShed the season on saturday
and quit the business.
JOHN G. STocKLY shipped ON Mon
day morning % crates of strawberries
holding go pints picked from three
fifth of an acre of ground. Have any
of our growers beat this?
THE Bingham House, at Clayton, w.
w. Whitlock proprietor, is having an
addition erected to it, Is by "a feet,
two stories. 1t will take the place of
the present confectionery room.
J. E. TYGERT & Co., are erecting q
large store house on the river front
Just below Philadelphia for the pur-
pose of receiving and storing foreign
cargoes of Plaster Rock, Potash, &c.
The curve or loop survey was finally
concluded last week, "leveled up" and
put in condition for the work of grad
ing, should the report be acted on
faVorably by the Railroad authorities.
THE sprinkler came out and worked
for several hours on Monday but the
supply of water run short at the basket
mill and the sprinkling has been sus-
pended for several days for further
arrangements.
JOHN CAMERON, sexton of the M. E.
Church was given surprise pound
party" by ladies of the Mite Society on
Saturday evening the packages, mostly
substantials that can be slowed away
for future use, numbering over seventy.
READ what Col. Douglass has to say
in his advertisement about the Deering
Binders, and said too in the closest,
tersest language.
See, also, the advertisement of Comfy
& Flanagan, substantial Philadelphia
commission merchants.
CURBsTONE seems to be q scarce
commodity with our dealers. The
Town Commissioners after waiting
nearly year to mend the pavement On
the South street side of the Town Hall,
have been compelled to use wood
curb for want of it.
MEN, women, children-everybody
who wanted work has been able to get
it the past week or two. The berry
patch is a ground where all classes
who haven't steady work can find it.
d. J. Cummins in addition, brought
from Maryland forty pickers for his
crop.
TALK about strawberries; a couple
of boxes brought us yesterday by Frank
Collins, of ThOroughfare Neck, cap the
climax. They were of the Sharpless
| - II, GlI1I N hN- Nh
G.. must have had a favored spot to
produce berries of such a size this dry
season.
VIM. J. CAMPBELL the proprietor Of
Collins Beach Hotel has contracted
with Robt. r. Morrison to build a
bridge across the washout for $500 cash
in advance, the work to be completed
by the opening day, 2Sth inst. The
"hOrse shoe" stopping is still an open
question.
AARON REYNOLDS On the farm Of
Daniel Corbit on the road from Odesss
to Taylor's Bridge has a 80 acre field o.
corn that is thought can "tip" any
field of corn in Appoquinimink Hun.
dred, and that of John Mccoy of Black
bird Hundred it is said comes next fol
New Castle County.
THE NJ, E. Sunday school picnic
alluded to last week, will go to "Wood
land" Beach on Tuesday next, 19tl
inst. The 10Th was chosen instead o
the Goth because large excursion viii
be there on that day from Wilmington
The School Directors have ordered ;
vacation of the schools for that day.
JOHN III. HoFFECKER at his canning
factory has dispensed with the use O
charcoal and substituted gas instead fo
use in the manufacture of cans and tn
packing of the same. He has also pu
in the Klump floating pot which solder
ON the outside instead of the inside
thus meeting great objection to can
ned goods as packed in inside solderet
; cans.
FERREE & BRO, who have the con
tract for our public school buildin
had engaged John Dubois, of Havre d
Grace, Md, whose large mill was burn
ed on Monday evening. to manufactur
their mill work. They will suffer onl
! by delay. 1t was very large fire tn
smoke of which was seen at this plac
and at Townsend. The loss was est
\ mated at 100000.
GA YEAR without a Summer r"-1S1
when there was frost and ice ever
: month in the year went the rounds {
$ the press throughout the month
May, that was said to bear strikin
likeness to the corresponding month
Y that year, but the item has been drol
e ped since June came in. They al
now looking for Summer that had {
hot June as the present has been.
d On Saturday afternoon w. G. Fai
banks gave the Eureka mower adve
tised elsewhere, trial in the presenC
of dozen farmers to their entire sati
" faction. The great merit claimed
the Eureka is that of a centre instea
9 of side draft, an advantage appareI
:, to any farmer at once. Our farmers
need of mower will do well to S,
Mr, Fairbanks before the harve
d begins.
" AN OLD COMA son of Geort
Cook, residing on the Tilghman TraC
It KentOn Hundred, found last wet
a while at work in the corn field silv
e Spanish coin the size of our twent
cent piece that bears the stamp da
l7O9, thus making it IVA years oil
D, The lettering, monogram, &C., are di
); tinct and comparatively bright, and
b must have been lost by some of Il
early colonial settlers.
t. a Four LEGGED CHICKEN.-M
d John p. Staats, residing on the farm
y r. II. Cummins, west ofSmyrna, amol
the many chickens she has had hate
ed was one with four distinct legs al
ie feet. One pair located in the usu
~ ~ part of the body and the other D,
III located in the rear on either side
the tail. 1t had too many legs and ft
,e to live to attain the size usual fol
,I broiIer. ~
" A MAN named Slaughter met wi
, an accident on Saturday evening IL
3. gave serious apprehensions for awh
Of as to its result, He had the misfortu
W. to be intoxicated and some boys W,
having sport out Of him, In his eff
4. TO catch one, he ran against tree w
ed such force as to knock him backwar
er, in the fall striking his head agains
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