Smyrna times., 1884-09-03

VIM. WOOD, received Sc for a basket
OF Niagara grapes, in Boston, this week.
JOHN b. SPRUANCE, son of David L.
Spruance, residing west of Clayton,
VINO has grocery store at Tenth and
ButtOnwood streets, Philadelphia. calls
the attention of Delawareans to his
fine stock of groceries. The Della
wareans in Philadelphia are commend
ed to the care of Mr.. Spruance.
If any one doubts the love of our
people for their city cousins, let them
go to the express Office and see the
baskets and crates of the choicest
peaches that the trees grow, that are
being forwarded to them daily. They
number from this section about fiftV
individual shipments each day.
WHEN B. B. Furguson located a wear
ago, at Clayton, and opened a drug
store, some thought it q doubtful ex-
pertinent, but the result has proved
the wisdom of Mr.. F. choice. His
business has been not only good but
growing, and he enters on his second
year with that assurance which be-
longs to q business success.
THE parents of Glenn. Spruance for
warded him yesterday, by express. at
his instance, crate of ounces. all the
way to Waterloo, Kansas. The weight
of the crate was forty pounds, and the
express charge $400. They are for
his new wife to put up" which indi-
Gates that he has faith in her as a supe-
rior cook, or is himself very fond of
ounce preserves.
VANGAsKEN & CATTs have COM
menced the erection, on Delaware
street, for Mrs. Jane A. Pitman, at the
rear OF her property, corner of Com
merce and Delaware, a two-store frame
dwelling, % feet front and Is feet deem.
with a back building 16x15 feet. The
trst and second floors will have six
rooms, and there will be two finished
rooms in the garret.
ABEL S. TAYLOR had his watch and
purse of money slipped from the
pockets of his clothes, while in bathing
at Woodland Beach, last Wednesday,
as was also a purse from the clothes of
Isaac TruaX. A man living near
Slaughter's Station suspected Il bov
living with him of the theft from the
watch he carried, and wrote to Mr.. II.
describing it, which led to the recovery
OF the watch and money.
THE dry weather that has succeeded
the rainy first week of August. has
been everything the peach growers
could ask. The rains cOnduced to the
growth of the fruit and the dry wealth
er OF the past two or three weeks has
been just what was wanted for picking
and shipping. Lucky and happy fell
lows the peach men. The fallow
plow for the wheat, in the meantime.
has had rest in the furrow.
THREE hundred and one scholars
started to school on Monday. and sew
enty of these went to the Second Pri-
mary, Miss Mary +. Spauance. teacher.
reaching seventy tender ideas how
to shoot" five days in the week. of
each successive week, would require.
1t would seem, pretty good bundle of
nerves, especially as switches are not
much i'll vogue nowadays. The several
departments will fill up more when the
fruit season is over.
THE Board of Health met at the office
of J. G. Stockly, the secretary, yester-
terday afternoon, the President, DR..
VIM. L. Collins, in the chair. There
were some complaints rendered, main
ly about the condition of pig pens.
These are generally voted nuisance.
unless on the outskirts of the town,
and in the fruit season they are espe-
cially so. If there is not more care
taken in keeping them clean, it may
result in an ordinance prohibiting them
altogether.
SOMETIME between the closing of
the stores, on Saturday night last
and Monday morning, some one made
a swipe as with diamond across the
glasses of the large windows of the
postohice and the store of J. H. Prim-
rose. The mark is inefaceable, and as
such is a damage to the property. 1t
looks as if it was carelessly done lit is
hard to think it was done with evil de-
sign, but whether done thoughtlesslv
or not, it indicates a disposition that
does not regard the interests of others.