Smyrna times., 1884-10-15

rial together to build an ice-house on
the lot recently purchased at the mill
pond.
A. P. GRIFFITH & Co., real estate
brokers, have sold the farm of George
W; Hazel, near 1Kent0n, containing
lis acres, to VIM. H. Bull, of Pennsyl-
vania, for $4,000.
Z. H. BECK, real estate agent has
closed out the Herman Tygert property
of which he had the disposal, selling
the last, lot and stable, to VIM. NJ.
Bell, on Monday, for $400.
THE Smyrna Base Ball Club played
game with the KentOn club, on the
grounds of the latter, Saturday after
noon last, and after an interesting
game the Smyrna boys came out ahead
by a score of IA to 6.
PERCH fishing in the Delaware is
now said to be excellent. A. Naudain
Bell, with two other gentlemen of Sa-
lem, n. j., caught last week in tribu-
tary Of the river, seventy dozen of
these fish with hook and line.
THE Domestic Fruit Dryer took first
premium, silver medal, ETC., at the
Dover Fair, and would have taken
more, if the management had had
more to award. 1t is promised a bet
ter place and position next year.
IT is stated in a county paper that
in a dry fall similar to this some years
ago, much of the wheat that was drill
ed in with phosphate, rotted. Much
wheat has been seeded last week and
this, that is running the luck of the
weather.
JOHN b. PHILLIPS returned from
Philadelphia last week, with a full line
OF gentlemen's furnishing goods and
clothing to meet the wants of his in
creasing patronage. He is in the "nick
Of time " to suit the change to more
seasOnable fall weather.
PROF. S. T. FORD, we'll known elo-
cutionist of Wilmington, who has been
recently engaged to give lessons in the
Van Norman Institute, New York, is
filling few engagements on the Pen
lnsula, before going there, and is an
nounced for reading in this town on
the 29th inst.
The highest manufacturers license
paid in Kent county is that of Richard
son & Robbins, $3.50, the second being
that of the Peninsula Bone Fertilizin9
Company, $2O5. There are some man
uiacturers who do not pay license, at
least their names do not appear on the
retailers list.
THIS is a splendid time for replacing
our old and broken pavements with
new ones, and the committee appointed
by the Town Commissioners to look
after this business should see that those
pavements that are attended to only
by legal suasion, are fixed up before
winter sets in.
The predictions of an immense peach
crop, made in May and June, were not
realized by Il long ways, the figures
showing that the number of cars that
passed over the Delaware railroad.
were l55 short of last year, the cars
for 1888 being 1920, and for 1884. the
number was 4, 1865
SHIPPING corn on the cob to the citv
market, is q preferable way of market
ing with some of our farmers near the
river. John r. Robinson husked $50
bushels to send in this way on the
steamer Tggert, and will probably mar
ket the most Of his crop in this wav
this and next week.
Do our subscribers, who get their
papers by mail, eyer look at the figures
at the end Of their name giving the
date-month and year-of their sub
scriptiOn Some Of them will find that
time flies, and has put them further in
arrears, possibly, than they were aware
OF. Please note the figures.
G. w. GORDON has at his store a
basket of potatoes, heaping full, con-
tanning only twenty-five potatoes, and
the twenty-five weighed twenty-six
pounds, or little over a pound to the
tuber. They were cultivated by
George Turner, at the Landing, and
were fertilized with Lewis & Prices
phosphate.
Miss HATTIE NJ. CANTwELL and
VIM. II. Hollis We're married last even
ing at the residence of the brides
father in Philadelphia, and left this
morning on a wedding tour. The ar
rangement was for the wedding to
take place at the residence of her
brother in this town, but his death
caused change in the plan
ABOUT o'clock, Monday morning
J. w. Lightcap, residing on the Walk
er farm, of d. J. Cummins, fell from
the upper loft Of his granary, to the
second floor, a distance of ten feet,
breaking his collar-bone and otherwise
injuring himself DIR. Curtis o. Swim
ney reduced the fracture, and the pa
TENTS now in a fair way of recovery.
J. E. HENDRICKsON & Co., commits
sion merchants of Philadelphia. give
notice that they are now ready for the
fall trade. with ample facilities for the
business, and with a long experience.
which warrants us in saying that thew
can secure the best market rates for
all consignments. All shipments will
receive prompt personal attention, and
prompt returns be made.
ONE of our property holders
went to saw mill, near Delanev's
chapel, last week, to have a frame cut
for an outbuildipg, but the sawyer said
he could not do it for scarcity of water
to fill his engine. He said that he had
had to haul water three miles for what
little saving he had recently done, and
that he should have to quit. The wa
ter saw mills and grist mills as well.
can run but fraction of the timC.
THE high wind and lowering tenn
peratuFe yesterday caused a general
kindling Of fires, and they We're in
fair way of having larger one at the
! residence Of Abel J. Porter than was
contemplated by the fre-board ignit-
ing from too close proximity to the
stove, being in light blaze when dis
covered. In this dry and windy
weather the utmost caution should be
observed in regard to fire in our un-
provided town.
AN article on our first page tells how
bells are tuned, but with the most of
people the fact that they are tuned is
more important than to know the lUay
it is done. The ring of a good bell
gives hallOwed tone to the quiet of a
Sabbath, and for this reason the sancti-
| ty of the day should not be disturbed
by the clangOr of bells, suggestive of
the steamboat and the factory. There
is one thing always observable-the
poorer the bell the longer it rings.
THE Cecil Whig in noting the premi-
| umg Mt the EIkton Eoir co1,s fboA AT;,.