Smyrna times., 1883-07-04

finish to-day.
LAST week in Minnesota the ther-
mometer fell to 5Oo, requiring the
building of fires and wearing of over
coats and on Sunday it rose to 101O.
1t must be part of this warm wave
that is enveloping us at this time.
AMONG the other changes at the
National Bank is that of removing the
iron fence that inclosed it thus giving
it an open entrance to the street. The
carpenters work is completed and the
painter has the finishing in hand.
WM. POLK CUNIMINs has secured
three large wagon loads of colored
men and women from Maryland to
assist in picking his large crops of red
raspberries and blackberries. The
work on the first named commenced on
Monday.
A MORE delightfully."- cool and bracing
Summer day than Sunday was is rare
ly to be met with. The congregations
at church were large, and it may not
be out of place in crediting to the cir
cumstances the fact of unusually force
full sermons.
The old brick building corner of
Commerce and East streets THAT has Il
local history has been torn down for
the erection of the new Episcopal par
sonage. The foundation is now being
laid and Joseph Wright, the builder, is
getting out the door and window
frame work.
HARRY BOYER has sold out his livery
stable stock to VIM. V. Grieves for
$1,700. This does not include two
horses sold to w. Frank Jefferson.
Mr.. Grieves ran the same business
here from the year 1852 to 1865, and
sometime after this again a period of
three years.
ADAMS Express Company is taking
no more trade dollars in payment of G..
o. d. bills, and Monday our banks
and post office shut down on them also.
What shall be done with the super
abundant trade dollar, especially as our
merchants also have refused to take
them only at S5 cents value?
DURING the thunder storm on Satur-
day afternoon lightning struck and
burnt a shock of wheat of Charles
Wheatman residing on one of the farms
of Col. Geo. w. Cummins, in the
Neck" The same shower was also
accompanied by hail which ON some
farms cut the young corn, cabbage, &c.
GEORGE Cook, on the Tilghman
Tract, KentOn Hundred, one day last
week, while pulling sheaves of wheat
out of a self binder got his right hand
caught in the needle which tore off the
end of his thumb and the leaders out
of the first and second fingers. DIR.
Jas. Temple, of KentOn, dressed the
wound.
A MAN named Cole from near the
river, while drunk one day last week
staggered against the show-window
of the store occupied by w. Scott Rey.
nOlds with such force as to smash the
glass. The usual fine for drunkenness
was imposed by the Alderman, but not
being paid, after two days confinement
in the lookup" he was released.
THE Smyrna Record the new paper
of which F. S. Phelps is editor made it!
first issue on Saturday. 1t is an eigh
column paper and besides local intelli
gence will be devoted to the issues O
the Democratic party. The first mum
ber is well filled with various subjects
especially that fruitful theme for al
writers for the press, our local manufac
lures.
A LARGE number of our people are
making preparations to go on tn,
Iygert Excursion tomorrow. Tn,
boat will start at y A. NJ, and will 9,
down the bay to the oyster beds ant
fishing grounds, for the accommoda
ton of those who wish to enjoy tn
day fishing, and otherwise have thei
own good time. Excursion Tickets 81
cents from Rothwell's Landing. Th
owners Of the Tygert have kindl,
agreed to furnish their teams to conve,
as many as possible from Smyrna tt
Rothwells Landing.
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.-Henry C
Murphy, proprietor of the GALLEY
Mills" is determined to keep up wit
the March of enterprise in his profes
sion, and if the people want what il
called new process -four" to give it t,
them. We stated two or three week
since that he had put in steel boiler tina
would bear pressure of 260 pounds t
the square inch. Last week heput il
the machinery for the new make O
flOur-heavy rollers-that simply pres
the wheat instead of grind it as by tn
old process between heavy stones Q
burs, the upper one in rapid motor
The new process " flour is whittier an
for this reason more popular, but it
doubtful whether for growing childre
it has the properties for bone maxim
as the flour by the old process that ha
a portion of the bran ground up in i
PRICE OF NEW WHEAT.-Our graf
merchants have not at this writing 81
a price on new wheat but it res
between the margins of 81 90 and 81 II
Last year new wheat started at 81 q
a very considerable difference. Th
indisposition to fix a price is becaus
of the decline in the Western market
The New York Tribune in speaking
| OhO WhOdO pAOSpCCIS SdyS.
"The news from the grain fields hf
been generally favorable, and the d.
cline in prices is understood to be du
rather to natural causes then to specl
lative influence. The surplus carrie
over from last year is large, the late
information promises a very fair thoug
not an unprecedented crop of whea
and large crop of other grain and
cotton, and the prospect is that Eurol
will not have as large a deficiency
wheat as it had last year"
RAIN.-Last week was prolific
rains, ia some sections amounting
floods, especially in Pepnsylyani
while on the Eastern Shore Of Mar
: land where they have had abunda
7 rain falls since the opening of Sprii
the fall was heavy. The rain abo
4 Middletown and below Dover W
heayier than between these two poin
I With US, as with all the preceedil
! rains since the frost season, the fall W
light, In only one or two instances VIZ
!, ting to the roots OF the growing croI
1t however has been sufficient 70 ke
them green and growing, but at
n time has been adequate for the roots
: pasture fields, the Spring planting
u fruit trees and the new potato ero
n O1,. 20 rpo a,so m =, ~ I.