Smyrna times., 1884-07-09

to pass them out as fast as wanted.
THE hotel at Woodland Beach under
the management of L. p. Campbell is
flOurishing, having two party nights
each week, Wednesday and Friday.
Levi c. Grieves has charge of the
office.
AND still the trade dollar is without
honor or credit in its own country! 1t
even bellies its own name: it is no
longer trade dollar Ut will not be
received in trade, and certainly not for
a dollar.
WE are indebted to Frank Collins,
of ThOrOughfara Neck, for several
boxes of very large red raspberries of
the Cuthbert variety. He is also grow
ing a black variety called the Gregg"
which he prizes highly.
On Saturday evening about 81
o'clock one of the fine lace curtains on
the show windows of Jos. II. Plim-
roses store blew against a lighted gas
jet in the window, and catching fire
was entirely consumed.
WIN. p. DICKSON, formerly of Bren-
ford, but for the past several years re-
siding in New York is now connected
with Brown & De Winter, commission
merchants, 81 and SO Fulton row,
West Washington Market.
Two of our boys, Frank Bailey and
Jos. FAIRIES, rode to Dover a few davs
since on their bicycles in an hour and
twenty minutes The police there
however wouldn't let them ride
through the streets, so they had to
hitch up until ready to return
home.
LEWIS & PRICE have finished the
manufacture of corn phosphate and
are now giving their entire attention
to the manufacture of phosphate for
wheat. They feel greatly encouraged
by the expressions of farmers in com
mendatiOn of their phosphate on the
growing corn.
THE moist atmosphere and showery
weather of the past two weeks has
damaged greatly the very early Varie-
ties of peaches such as the Amsden
June, Beatrice, &c, by causing them
to rot on the trees These peaches re-
quire the very best Of weather to
mature properly.
NEXT Sunday morning will be the
occasion of the Quarterly communion
| service at the NJ. +. Church. In the
evening the pastor will continue his
sermon commenced last Sunday even
ing on the rebellion of Absalom. All
the evening services commence at a
quarter Of eight o'clock.
IN our last issue we stated that the
sale Of the personal property of the late
Jesse ;. Huntington would occur on
Saturday next, 18th inst. Since this
announcement the executor, John II.
Hottecker has rearranged his pro-
gramme and fixed on Saturday the
26th inst, as the day on which to make
the sale.
ONE Of our business men saws that
in walking 10 his home on Saturday
night near midnight, distance of n
! square or so on Main street, he met i'm
the way between twenty and thirty
| young men who were drunk, mostly
from the country. lie has not been a
local OptiOnist, but thinks something
ought to be done.
The committee composed of the
Presiding Elder of Dover District. the
pastors of Milford, Frederica and Bar.
rats Chapel, and an equal number OF
ministers and laymen meet to-day in
the Dover M. +. Church to arrange
plans for the centenary celebration OF
the meeting of Bishops Coke and
Asbury at Barratt's Chapel.
The new house built beside what
used to be "Old No. 5" school house
will soon be ready for occupancy. and
its owners Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton Hud.
son in moving into this their new home
will be followed in the house thew now
occupy on South Street by David S
Clark, of near Downs Chanel. In Mr.
Clark our community will gain most
worthy citizen.
A LOCAL paper that is half printed in
New York, but which at home is all
the time harping on enterprise and
charging the community with being
devoid of it, has not a word to say
about the Fourth - and its happenings
though it was not issued till the day
after, with the editor at home and no
en- route for Chicago as had been giver
out to the press. How is this for en-
terprise?
The Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore Railroad Company, says
Wilmington paper, are making all tn,
necessary arrangements for TRANSPORT
ing the large peach crop to market. A
small quantity of peaches are now be
ing shipped, but active shipments will
not begin for about three weeks. Tw,
extra fruit trains were placed on tn,
Delaware road on Saturday and NOR,
will follow as the season advances.
WHILE we have had only surfac,
d showers with subsoil still unwet il
the upper part of New Castle county
and in the counties in both Maryland
and Pennsylvania on either side O
Mason and Dixon's line they have hat
several terrific rain storms that hav
/ deluged the low lands, beaten dow
and washed out the crops, broken mil
dams, Obstructed railroads and cause,
the loss of thousands of dollars wort
of property.
THE Record which takes such deligh
in hunting out and parading sligh
. errors that occur in this paper, in tn
" far away" condition of the editor
, mind on Friday got the boys in thei
, little game Of base ball in both thei
names and scores SO badly mixed tina
they couldn't tell "pOther from which.
To designate the two parties in th
a game for the day only, they fixed O
: the names Monks and Dudes, the scOr
/ as properly stated, resulting in favo
of the latter % to 10.
+ JACOB BLIENBERGER, one ofOur butch
7 ers, has bought of John p. Collins thi
f week a pair of fine steers which h
will place on our market. Their
: seems to be no good reason why W
! should not always have n good bee
! market. Our farmers ought to be abb
to successfully fatten good beef cattl
and our butchers to pay remunerativ
q prices forthem. With these two cond
: lions working together the head of tn
t family would have 10 occasion to spea
of his cook as his "hash oheWer.n