Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-17
LIMB AND LIMPER.
Little boy,
Chestnut tree,
ScIambles up.
Full of glee.
Two limbs break,
Boys head swims;
Down he falls
Breaks two limbs.
Delaware Items.

Ezekiel Cowgirl, OF WoOdslde, Solu
s., 900 worth of peaches off of ten acre
orchard, this season.
The Nightlinger farm of 20 acres,
one mile east of Dover, has been sold
to John M. Ford, for $500.
The congregation of Christ Church,
Dover, last week placed in the choir
gallery Of the church new pipe-organ.
Professor Jefferis, formerly of Della
ware College, has been chosen Profess
sor of Mathematics in Racine, WiscOn-
sin.
1t is estimated that when corn worth
so cents bushel is fed TO fatten hogs
the pork costs the farmer five cents
pound.
Charles A. Rawlins, brother of
Rev. p. II. Rawlins, died at his resi-
dence in Bridgeville, on Wednesday
last, aged SO years.
The public school teachers of South
Murderkill and Mispillion hundreds
will organize Il teachers institute at
Harrington, October Goth.
The flour mill of Jacob Williams, at
Seaford was burned on Wednesday
night. Messrs. Seibert & Lobb were
managing it; loss, about $4,000.
Henry Pratt has bought the "a acre
lot of John X. Nicholson, Esq, just
east of the water works, at Dover, for
| $4,000. There are no buildings on the
land.
VIM. Il. Cahoon & Son, of Dover,
carriage builders, have had built on the
rear end of their lot on Bradford street,
large carriage house. They will keep
new carriages in it.
The Watkins Packing Company, at
| Odessa, shut down their factory last
week for the season. Their pack of
peaches and tomatoes is nearly 0,000
cans below that of 1882.
Now that the base ball season has
been declared closed in Delaware, it
might be in order for the Governor t.
appoint day of special Thanksgiving.
-MiddIetO,Cn Transcript.
David L. King, IL printer employed
by the James Il Webb Printing anC
Stationery Company, of Wilmington
will start new monthly entitled the
Temperance Herald, October 25th.
The Rev. Joseph Beatty, missionary
at Beyrout, Syria, died there a shOr
time ago. He leaves seven children
His wife, who died several years ago
was daughter Of Mrs. Martha Lord
of Camden.
.. The Catholics, of Middletown, will
|; hold their tournament November s
James r. Hoffecker, of that town, vii
+ be chief marshal The prizes are "A Sc
of harness, saddle and bride, buffa
10 robe and silver watch.
! Walter Morris, near Dover, is putin
e out 1000 Bartlett pear trees this Fal
n This will make 10000 pear trees on hi
farm. Pears have paid him very wei
o some of his trees bearing heavy ever
!, n year. He had nearly 5000 baskets a
/. told this season.-SentiRel.
:" An agricultural fair has been hel
out i'll Iowa, the receipts Of which wei
some fOrty-two thousand dollars, an
= yet there was no horse racing at thu
fair. This should explode the Penil
sula idea that fairs cannot be mac
profitable without horse racing.
U. S. Marshall, Harry McMullen,
Wilmington, served a notice on WI
r. Phillips, of Milford, last week,
appear at the coming term of the U.
Court to be held in Wilmington, to a
swer as defendant in cause of actiC
in which the Alden Fruit EVaporatir
Company is plaintiff.
Alexander Maxwell lost last week
five-year-old hore that he valued
$1,000. 1t was driven from the field
: the house on his farm, apparently
r perfect health, and while drinkii
r water was attacked with hemmorrha
: of the lungs and died in fifteen mi
> utes. The animal could trot belC
! 2.40.
o EIGHT Tons TO THE ACRE.-Bl
. . B. Deputy, Il trucker of Milford Nee
has raised sixteen tons of tomato
IS from two-acre patch. The soil is
i very sandy nature, and was manur
h with 800 pounds ofphosphate. Twel
J. tons were sold at 81 per ton, and fc
. tons at So per ton, thus giving \
~ Deputy considerably over 800 pro
y after paying all representation
u Democrat.