Smyrna times., 1884-09-24
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
t. B. MEGEAR has new corn for sale.
The weather is getting nice for
travel.
THE merchants are laying in their
fall goods.
The prospects for q good nut crop
are said to be excellent
THE long evenings are upon us.
lots ofreading can be done.
THE golden rod now adorns the
roadside with its autumnal richness.
THERE will be no more ice cream at
Carr's, after this week, until another
ice crop.
THE usual equinoctial storm seems
to have been lost, strayed or stolen,
this year.
II. r. MUSTARD & Co., will have two
of the Domestic EvaporatOrs at the
State Fair
CoTToN's store was re-supplied last
week with large stock of goods suita-
bic for the season.
The tomato yield is very poor this
fall. The Gamers will fall far short of
the product expected.
9. +. LIPPINCOTT, the successor to ].
G. BrintOn, is getting in large lot of
stoves for the Fall sales.
A NUMBER of our people are laying
in their winter supply of coal, and at a
lower price than last fall.
P. c. POWELL, of Philadelphia, is in
town, canvassing for the Revised Odd
Fellows Monitor Guide"
LEWIS & PRICE have found good
prospective field for their brand of
phosphate in New Jersey.
NEXT Sunday will be the occasion
OF the third quarterly sacramental SER
vice, at the NJ. f. Church,
WM. FAIRIES laid in last week, a large
lot OF stoves, so as to be ready for the
first cool weather demand.
THE steamer Clyde did not fill out
her time to Woodland Beach, stopping
on Wednesday last for repairs.
Ten carloads of peaches were shipped
over the Delaware road yesterday.
making the total to date. 1926.
JAS. G. LAssELL & Co., will have five
different styles of carriages OH exhibit
tion at the State Fair at Dover.
FRANK THOMPSON, from the Mid
die Alley" was thrown from a mule
this morning and had his arm dislo-
Gated
THE Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. w. w. Tschduy's Tues.
day evening, September 3Oth, at %
o'clock.
JOS. +. CARTER is engaged with full
force OF wOrkmen in painting the house
and outbuildings of the Hon. James
Williams, near Kenton.
Now is the time to put up vour
sweet potatoes. They are better in
quality this season than they have
been for the past three years.
DAVID L. SPRUANCE, of the "Alley.''
who has reputation for growing big
cantalOupes, presented our Office with
several very fine ones this morning.
VIM. H. MONEY has sold a farm near
Green Spring, containing 100 acres
(part of the old NailOr tract), to Nathan
Moore, of White Hall Neck, for 81, 900.
DEVOE, the weather prophet, pre-
diets warm fall. He predicts rain,
that much-needed commodity. on Sat
urday, but then he predicted the same
thing last week.
THE summer resorts are all closed
and the lovers of such pleasures as they
afforded, will have to turn to some
other social frOlic, to while away the
tedious autumnal evenings.
A NUMBER of our citizens visited the
State Fair and Electrical Exhibition al
Philadelphia, last week. The first
closed on Saturday, but the latter will
be open until the llth of October.
WHEN you boil your cabbage put in
with 1t small piece of red pepper
Ihls will prevent the disagreeable odoI
which pervades the kitchen and some.
times goes through the house.-Er.
This fall, for the first time in many
years, SmOck peaches have paid the
shippers good prices. Few have been
sold at less than 80 cents per basket
while many have netted 81 per basket
The steamer John Z. Tgqert is max
ing trl--weekly trips and is carrying
heavy freight, also a great many pas
sengeTs who are taking advantage O.
the low fare and a pleasant trip tC
Philadelphia.
THE work of cutting or corn IL near
/ ly completed, only few of the farm
ers having any standing in the fields
The advanced condition, on account O
the drought, will facilitate an early
corn husking.
The WOman's Christian Temperanc,
Union will meet and hold prayer ser
vice at the residence of Mrs. Nelson
on Tuesday, September Both, at thre,
O'Clock p. NJ. All the ladies are cor
daily lRVited
FAIRIES & BRO. he'd orders for coffin
for two coloFed children, in the sam,
family, who died yesterday with diph
iberia. These make Eve or six chill
dren they haye buried ihe past week
west Of KeDtOn.
The canning establishment Of JOhi
n. Hoilecker has put up 10000 can
Of peaches, and will rencb 100, 900 al
together in tomatoes, apples, pumpkin
etc. The stock Of evaporated peaehe
reaches $4,000 pounds.
II. BLAIs is moving his family /,
/ Philadelphia to-day and will be follow
ed in the residence vacated, by thl
purchaser, DR.. VIM. Ashcraft. Chas
+. LipplncQtt viii moye his family from
Salem, n. j., 70 take the house nov
occupied by Or. Ashcraft.
THOSE Of our citizens who were OF
tr4cted TO the Worton Fair, yesterday
to see che race between Cyclops," Q
4 Queen Anpe's county. and "Youn
smugglcr," Of Kent eoqDty, we're dis
appointed Ia experiencing the eKcite
ment attending close contest, fror
The fact that "Cyclops ? distanced hi
competitor IN the FIRST heat