Smyrna times., 1883-06-27

OF wilmington; JOnn II. FnllnpS, InlS
town; stray horse of g. B. Tullidge;
and Smyrna Cottage" ]. E. Williams,
Ocean Grove, N. ].
JAY GoULD's round-the-world-yacht,
AtdlGntG, of which Frank Pratt, of this
town, is an officer, steamed down the |
Delaware on Saturday and anchored
for the night opposite the residence of
John p. Collins. She was lighted up |
with electric lights and presented from
the shore beautifully illuminated ap-
pearance.
AN excursion passed over the Bonn
bay Hook road on Sunday from Ches-
tertown and intermediate towns for
Wilmington ViG the steamer ReybOLd.
The object was to visit the seat of the
Wilmington Annual Conference then
in session. Six passenger and one box
car composed the train. Some of our
colored people Joined it.
THE Directors of the Delaware Rail-
road Company met at Dover the Goth
inst, and declared their usual semi
annual dividend of three per cent pay
able to the stockholders ON and after
July End.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore r. r. Company have also
declared their usual semi-annual divi-
dend of four per cent.
THE Board of Directors of Smyrna
Pubic Schools will meet ON Monday
evening, July 2, 1888, for the purpose
of electing teachers for the ensuing
hnlo
positions as teachers in the Schools
must hand in written applications
accompanied by teachers certificates
from the State superintendent of Free
Schools, before that time.
WHEAT HARvEsT.-Several of our
farmers commenced cutting wheat last
week and at this writing the harvest
ing is general. The weather the past
ten days has been favorable to matur-
ing, and the grains are well formed
and plump. The straw is short and
not so thick ON the ground and the
crop does not shock up in the serried
ranks as it did last year. But, all
things considered, the wheat has done
we'll.
IT seems now to be definitely under
stood that building 50x1OO feet is to
be erected at Clayton just in front of
the present depot building. The
mechanics are expected to commence
laying out the ground during this week.
The building is to be two story frame
and capable of accommodating all the
officers now in the employ of the Della
ware Railroad, at Wilmington. General
Manager Charles L. Pugh of the Penn
sylvania Railroad contemplated having
the building completed and ready for
occupancy by the 1st of July.
THE question of labor is Just now
the perplexing one to the farmers.
The cities have drawn on the towns for
laborers of all grades as we'll as skilled
mechanics, and the towns to a certain
extent have drawn on the country
while the latter after exhausting all
! their resources have drawn on Ger.
many and Ireland, but thus far the
haul has been entirely inadequate To
the demand. "A "panic" usually
sends the wanderers home, and there
will probably be scarcity of labor un-
til another one of these periodical visi.
tations.
HURT IN A FIGHT.-On Saturday
Benz. Sammons and James Singer, two
mulattOes residing near Dupont station
went to Dover and drank enough
liquor to make them hilarious. Or
the way home they got to playing and
SammOns played so much like a beal
that Singer drew knife on him. Thai
stopped the play for the time with al
agreement to have it out the mex
morning. Sunday morning they me-
and SammOns asked Singer if he was
ready. AS he answered yes, Sammon!
had "black jack" coming down OIL
his head severely cutting it in fou
places, in addition he went at him il
dog fashion and nearly bit his chin of
FRUIT TO EvAPoRAFE.-The pc
picking thing in the evaporating bust
ness last season was that of getting til,
fruit, not that there was not an abund
ance of it but the price it would com
mand. The farmers saw the prospect O
50cents basket clear, they thought, an,
the evaporator men felt there was
risk in going much beyond % cent
per basket for the fruit as it ran. Th,
latter had to yield, and paid in som,
cases as high we believe as 40 cents pc
basket. The profits on the eVaporate,
fruit was largely counterbalanced il
many cases by the losses in speculatin,
in orchards. The following from tn
Milford NeVs indicates the feeling G
the evapOrating men there on the sub
ject of supplies:
I " Evaporators and Gamers to q ma
announce that they will not pay q
much for peaches or labor as they di
, last season. None seem anxious t
,, contract for peaches at any price, an
/. it is not now probable that over twenty
: FIVE cents per basket on an averag,
will be paid, while ten cents promise
: to be the ruling price for peeling."
THE SCHOOL EXAMINATION I'll
/, examinations of our public school
'' its different branches commenced O
: Monday and will occupy the weeI
The thigh school," l.. Irving Hand,
4 Principal, was the first, taking I'll
Q whole day. The examination embra
: ed the studies of Grammar, Physic
o Geography, Written Arithmetic, Geon
!, etFy, Mental Arithmetic, Latin, Natur
, Philosophy, Reading, History, Fin
Essays. The scholars did themsely
d credit In passing an excellent examin
ton. A number Of our citizens we
l. in attendance as spectators, nearly
l. many as could be seated.
g Yesterday was given to the tv
o Primary Departments, Miss Liz
Mcdowell and Mrs. f. Smithers. Mi
Mcdowell teaches the "young i'd
K how to shoot" in the use of phonet
J. sound and object lessons, and by Il
s. time they can read and write have
y primal conception of the studies up
N Geometry.
Of To-day the departments of MI
Annie Doughten will be examined, [
morrow that of Miss Emma Houg
a finishing up with the Grammar School
- - Miss Lizzie Parrott, on Friday.
70 cc RosRINe.-We were shown a ft
~ days since q blackberry cane that b
er taken on itself the properties of bu
in full array of doubled petaled flowe
lis This is called "roseing" because It
Ia an effort of the plant it is said, und
RS cultivation, to resume its natural po
u tion in the rose family. Whatever