Smyrna times., 1883-06-20

HARDCAsTLE & JONES have shipped
24,O00 pounds of wool to the city.
THE slugs on pear and cherry trees
are worse this than any previous year.
The crop of Early Richmond and
other cherries is very fine this season.
The oat field on the farm of w. T.
Cavender is pronounced the best in the
meek"
HAY harvest is upon the farmers.
The drought has made light crop in
many fields.
THE closing exercises of the school
of Miss Janvier and Mrs. Raimond will
occsr this day week.
OUR time table for the arrival and
departure of the trains will be found
unusually complete.
THE stone work on both the Presby
terian Church and consolidated school |
building is going on finely.
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will |
meet at the residence of Mrs. W. w. |
Tschudy next Tuesday evening.
VIM. n. RANsoM's field of wheat |
near town it is thought will be ready
to harvest the last of the week.
THE market price for wheat is $1.15;
Corn, So cents; Eggs, Is cents; Butter,
16 cents; Spring Chickens, 16 cents.
STATE Superintendents Williams and
Carpenter held all examination of
school teachers in this town on Satur-
day.
REV. ]. T. UMsTED will fill the pull
pit at the NJ. E. Church next Sunday
morning and Rev. Mr.. Rigg in the
evening.
A SPIRITED trial of four or five horses
was had on the Alley" race track on
Friday, all coming in inside of three
minutes.
The proprietor of the Stephen
Walker basket factory had orders on
Saturday and Monday for baskets
amounting to 81 900.
ALL are invited to attend the educa-
tional meeting in the Town Hall on
next Friday evening, Exercises will
commence at eight o'clock.
ARE we going to have any 4th of
, July? We do not mean the day, for it
= will surely come, but are we to have
r anything to commemorate it?
MUSIC and eloquence will unite to
make the educational meeting, which
will be held in the Town Hall next
Friday evening, thoroughly enjoyable.
NEXT week is examination week in
= the Public Schools. The public is in
h vited to be present. All examinations
: will be held in the High School room
=. The pickers money of the strawberry
C crop is an appreciable harvest to ouI
merchants, the milliners coming in for
d a good share for highly decorated head
n gear.
e DANIEL WELLS has sold his farm on
n the State road at the intersection of the
y Sassafras II miles north of the town
is 62 acres to Peter Fritz, of Sussex Coun
II ty, N. J. for $4,000.
= SUMMER visitors are arriving anC
'e adding to the charm of the social cir
es Gle. The visit of the city cousins is tia
ID looked for event of the season-espe
ic cially to the domestic.
.. CAPT. A. SCOUT picked 3,400 quart
:. of strawberries from an acre of ground
- The crop, Notwithstanding the DIR.
!" weather he reports up to the aVerag
in yield and the returns satisfactory.
al A. B. NUDGE who bought the Fran
ng Griffith farm" in the Galley" an
It. moved there from Western New Yor
ba in April has field Of Fultz wheat ths
rs will be ripe enough to cut tomorrow
IRE SEE advertisement of Mrs. G., v
of Stephens (of Middletown) who hs
eet leased Terrace cottage at Ocean Grov
ful N. J.
if See also advertisement of the Peac
nf. StOner.
3D. THE steamer Maid of Kent will mai
Sc an excursion on the 4th of July fro
&C. Leipsic to Bridgeton, N. j. Here wi
.he be a good opportunity for any oil
wishing to visit our neighbors ON Il
ne. other side of the Bay.
80 THE Town Commissioners have 1
appointed the old Board of Health,
i1' follows: DIR. VIM. Ashcraft, DIR. w.
uf- Collins. DIR. r, S. w. Hirons, VIM. ]
,he Bell, VIM. III. Baggs, John G. Stock
rise and Robt. ID. HoffeckeP.
lis
hat Jos. b. BFNsON's little son HarI
The whose arm was broken at the elbC
A joint by being pushed off the fence
hat a school mate ut peakyneville is fl
""' recovering and it is now hoped
"a, AN arm will not be permanently injur'
most ii. r. MUSTARD & Co.'S new basl
the mill to which we have several tin
that alluded is completed, with new and 81
the stantial machinery, from the mach
,ble shops of Geo. w. 4 S. Taylor, of t
,mi. town, which will be put into operat
-. this week,
MS j. S. HUFFINGToN, Of this pla
ior the proprietor of the property Fl
ee is miles below this town on the St
road, known as the Hoffecker Mill
stem having o substantial frame dwell
egal erected on the south side of the i
the race for the occupancy of the miller
4 l's - On Thursday morning last the DIV
= =. ing of ]. Harry Stats residing n
'ne Taylor's Bridge was totally destro
MA by fire involving loss of about 81,
pres on which there was an insurance
nto the Odessa Company of $500.
jury household goods were mostly SAY
birds
"a TO OK and after July 2nd money ore
are can be issued ut the post Office for
lrged sa sora ~ -, onu usn. ~ ~ gnoo skn es
'han the lowest amount the cost has |
ortny reduced from 10 cents to 8 cents,
It the cost ranging according to the va
e the $l0Q costing As cents.