Smyrna times., 1884-11-19
The Excursion to Charles City.
THE LOWER PENINSULA.

to,n AID Tt o. ''eie' t from Middle
NIorIand so,,o,I I'm I'm SUtiI oo''n'y
and fron, poo,.II, 1,,,a,.,, INN Dol
-, ~ ron5 ~ 9toPPi"S pace
,,,o, - ~ - ~ ''uulllon'
if oesad tbo I ~ i, ioui anu "lel
bod;nt soot;,,o - ~ ,'io W. cur
n n~ no HT'''i caa"Ci.y ior inc e1g y,
tcners ,vara the Raas t,ii.','le
SfenrIo tho noetor ~ ttl P 1.'',ID'1i 'ti'o
and Netbodist cbnrnhn 'l0 t 10y DGIi'''
mono onio,,od ,l,o ','''ii Ioll
The raSrsenntoti,,oFa ~ ~ . 80 80
acconnoniad 40 o,,,,',.;,, ~ " ~
minol noint ,,.,ra - T,,J,rl,i ~ W
of the Frc2,, E,o,;,,', Ii IN - 2.iiTS
MorDj,,o Vo,Ix Scott W.. ,r.',,, l',',',
Middlefovn. q " William. IJ,,., ,ffi7
Baltimore. n + ! Pidar Po.a'.,y
Salisbury. IT I, Rrp,yingfnn + 1,,a,.t;aa ~
Salishury. Rnht n TTo1Toni,n, Sr, r','1'
SMYRNA Tho Poi,o,ooiCo ga - = 70
Vile editors oIeo ioinaJ th. ,.N,,, -.
as it passed their stotions ~ '0'' pan
The weather tbrouobont v,s 5oli,,l,+
fnl-a better ennc;nCn ~ ,,"r ,ll,57 ~ ~,
dian Summer tbon i rsn,lI,, r;,a,, : =
circumstance of oraot ;nnort,Hoo -, -
comDanv whose 9nIv oI,inrf ,,,as t6.'t -.
observation and vino ,,o,o TOO -.
GUS Tor the us,lol nnbIir ,eco,nnnI,
lions the section afforded
The excur-iouists ro,,hnd pr;o,.,..-.
Anne about five o'cioct whom noa,i,,
a third Of the partv oof oH IN s,nrd
the night. the balance about inv
going on to Polonoj.e civ fny5,
miles further ON. The ONLY boIoI bn,.n.
kent bv Brniao,in Pir.;r. f,,.,,,o,.I,. ~
Wilmington. was hastily reached and
the hotel register surrounded Inv :,
swarm of men e,urr ia ,,,..;to NJ
names when there wa. he'd room fo,.
barely more than half of tho cnmnanS,
In this emergency The GOOD naniIa Gf
the town opened their bonsas and All
were comfortably nrovidoJ fo.. T.,
fact those who did not rct on tba botni
book felt they were fortunate but iii
Jared well and were evidently G,vo,,bI,.
impressed with the place
Pocomoke CITY ff1rm4rlv Nawtov,l
is a prOuregsive nl,ca or '0O0n i,,h.I5
tants tbat b,4 hntb'. ~, ..i.,r l.,,.;'''.'
tl,n;r. ~ ''' 20 "'N'''r7 -
i ,''i" 9'o'!i cul'''rV. Ike ''dils-
D"Fy, me streets are narruW, Irregular.
ana badly graded, features that will
doubtless soon be rcmedicd. and if an
avenue is not oDcnel ia tha douot in
the mace az fhe n,r,.,,,. ,..,.,.I ~, ,.-I,:,i,
- ~ nv "'1 70" iVau ~ "Hloh
NV iG"c"'u; we Siall De very
m'"''i '"i9'aNen. Inc place contains
I'VE cuufcHeS. the Presbyterian, "A new
church OF brick HOW approaching com
plcli0u. in size ana beauty of arcbi.ar-
turc is pcrhaps NOT rvcalInd -, ,ba
Prf,;n-ui, Ts,o,., -.
b.,,,.I.,..,,s ~ = '''i'' i@iSe anu
Hs"'e' ana among the DINER
eFiuehceS OF enterprise IS large brick
building IN course Of construction. -
feet front hVSl feet deeDand three stotie.
hirh. which i to he nod a.. sto,....
foun hall and L,nl- m ~ -
ain ,.a.l'..,f'.. - are 'hIGe
10 MAJ MAN. ana repair lhe
9'''l"S SI"'to or Ihe lower chesapeake
Oa9 ana It's tributaries, and several
steam grl~t and saw mills. 4 flourish
ing Steamboat Trade i oor,;nd ~, r.,,,,,
this town and SpoV, II;u ,rbioh :.
Situated C,rtIor,,,.l,,,T,- D..
40 49, n, ~ ~ w oi'i"NC ilNtI.
,,,,,i,., III. "csu"S 1ioIHliE Il Speclai
.',9,,'; ~ pa! ~ ~ app Ou"riee Cily,
Thp 4einE az Ihe sI3IlonS along lhe line.
- [Int,,.,,'i '.s1' Ie"scns iocoIhoke was
s,ort ~ ~ 49, "lteg" minutes We're
b.y Io,,, or,t1 M ia"uS"Hle uepoL
~, -. - .iSN.eU' ms - il lne heaFt OF
.o"i 49," ~ Pol"io region ana from this
~ I';liG I'm 'o'"" o"rreIs nave been shipped
''' 'rl '"'l
nt il'N; NJ s:"p was "I Accomac Tor i've
I,IHuVe9. ms station Is two miles from
,'' ,1lohalo|h on one SIDE and two miles
I'V,', on VIie "tneG during the
i i;i.. :e"7oH rs HISh as g'O barrels were
t''''iS SUI Pl'eu Ifoia that point rive mlnu-
"eIe SI'eit AZ inc HeAt StaJloh-Pungo-
Ia ~ - ne voHh 81 "hSoteasue Is at the
~ VI ne creed oy thag name and Is two
any u one ~ ~ H"II mics from the station.
a'e'' MAVEN another stopping point Is
" ~ Ic- u"Itels OF hlIe from The depot
- -",tVi ne station rs nearly mile
a ,9' ' s..g t""H; ana mas between 2.O and
,''"..oIi ne court mouse mere was the
ny li"s ~ S'Fe merry "A. W Use ms Irst noto-
rleIy' ne new depot Is now in course of
lri EastviIIe was visited by the
:! b".'S ms Is very ancient town, and Is
M NJ o'"n'f seat Oh N"rthampt"n county.
ne courthouse Is very ancient building,
4. several years prior to the revolu-
t'"HaIy war ana contains records dating
O"tN 70 Ih9 settlement OF Jamestown, Va.
~ an Ihe stopping places, large and
i;.l' station houses including dwell
:""Sa i2i thS agents are Oelng Dullt, novel
~ sIyle ana painted IN bright colors of
~ ~ iulIlsoh paint the agent OF which, H. X.
pclHeVC' VINO was one OF the eXcurSlonists,
sot aLeau OF other dealers IN doing 90 Mis-
s:."H"iy WORK III TINS line. At all the sta
'tohs Aiohg the road water tanks have been
erected so as 10 nave n good supply OF
wafer on hahd.
nc ROAD Is IN good condition rs smooth
91,S almost any road IN the country. From
ar ' lew Tor 40 miles the road is rs straight
rs an arrow the highest grade is only -
leet To the mile. Under these conditions
very fast time can be made between Nor
lolk ana New York, and the officials con-
template making the run in 10 hours.
From Eastvllle the run was made to Cape
Ch9rieS City, where work is being pushed
with all possible dispatch. Two immense
dredges are dredging the harbOr which
VIII be 25OO feet long, and dug out at a
cost OF SSOOW The mud is taken in large
Scows and tOwed out into shoal water in the
bay and dumped. Two tugboats are en-
ployed to do this towing. The bay nj this
point presents an exceedingly bold front.
the distance across to Norfolk being SO
miles. The New York, PHILADELPHIA and
Norfolk Railroad Company wharf mt Nor
folk adiOins that of the Old Bay Line
Of workmcn are engaged Mt Cane
Charles City pushing the work The whar-
YES are also in course of construction.
The city is laid off into 6li lots. 80 bv 40
feet, and the prices range from So To 500
according to location. The sDot unon
which the city is located belongs To W /,
scott and is a portion of "A farm brlonripor
10 that gentleman, containing $50 ocr@s ~
land fNbiugs orn kor;n,,;,l. a. ....-