Smyrna times., 1884-10-15
Smyrna and Vicinity.
TINE to pot your flowers.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
TINE to pot your flowers.
KENT County Court commences on
Monday week.
OUR phosphate makers all report a
good fall trade.
EUGENE CROW, at Sunnyside," fin
ished husking corn last Saturday.
ABOUT twenty couples enjoyed the
may dance in their first social at the
Town Hall on Thursday evening.
SUNDAY was evidently a mislaid day,
lost from the dog days collection, and
strayed into the October calendar.
THE Mite Society of the NJ. E.
Church will hold their usual festival on
Thanksgiving night, at Town Hall.
The contemplated improvements at
the Episcopal Church have beeo de-
layed by the nOn-arrival Of the
architect.
The time is not on record when DO
litical excitement ran so low in this
town, during Presidential campaign.
as this year.
The temperature this morning was
quite suggestive of Winter, The ther-
mOmeter being almost down to the
freezing point.
JOHN r. CAMERON has resigned the
position as ianitor of the Public School
and Samuel Richards has been appoint
ed in his place.
The frost of Thursday night. the
first Of the fall, damaged some tomato
patches beyond future picking, while
an equal number were hardly hurt at
all.
BOGGs & JEFFERSON, of Moorton.
sold their stock of store goods last week
to Thomas Moore, formerly of that Sec
ton, but more recently a merchant of
Laurel.
!. 7. CAMPBELL, it is stated, is pre-
pairing to erect large hotel on his
property at Fraland" Beach, once a
popular resort with the people for
country pic-nics.
Miss SALLIE B. COLLINS is adding a
dining room to her recently purchased
store and dwelling. The wOrkmen are
engaged to-day in putting down new
pavementin front other entire property.
THE dry weather of the fall has put
corn in good condition for huskipp
sooner than usual, and several parties
commenced getting in their corn last
week. This week the husking is going
on pretty lively.
JOHN NJ. VOsHELL received from one
of his farms, last week, a basket of Old
Nixon peaches, being the second crop
of the trees this year. They were
about the size Of TrOth peaches, and
very finely favored.
MRS. FRANCES A. CAvESDER has
purchased through the real estate
agency of Voshell, Groves & Co. the
double house belonging to the National
Bank OF Smyrna, situated on Main street
near the pond, for 81, 200.
The real estate left by the late J. S.
Huntington, including a dwelling in
this town, and q mill and farm on the
State road to Dover, four miles from
this town. will be sold at trustees sale.
on Thursday Of next week.
J. Z. WILLIAMS will have on exhi-
bitiOn, at his shambles, tomorrow
lThursday) evening, one of the finest
beeves that has been put on the mar
ket for long time; also Wilmington
city sausage and small pork. Il
q. b. VOsHELL, who was placed in
nomination by the Democrats for the
Office Of inspector Of this Hundred. no.
TILES the party that he emphaticallv
deciineG 10 serve, because from his bus
mess position his time is not his own.
DANIEL WELLS, who has been the
railroad agent at Green Spring Station.
Tor several years, has resigned to 90
INTO the commission business with 4.
X. Taylor, in New York. Benz. G.
Collins has been appointed in his place.
JOHN r. Robinson, down the
Neck" ," lost promising colt last week
from lOckjaw, caused by getting nail
in the foot, and his brother. Josepb.
lost valuable horse very suddenly
from what was supposed to be the
bolts.
TIE two Middletown banks show on
deposit, subject to check, S2O2, ,584. 80.
and loans and DISCOUNTS amounting to
$263,937.96. The Odessa bank has de-
posits to the amount Of S72, 737. 7.94, and
loans and discounts amounting to St47,
966.5e.
SAM'L II. BAYEARp has started the
fourth watch club and there are few
more vacancies in it. Any one wish
ing to join can get full particulars from
Il. NJ. Fowler. This is good way TO
get a watch or any other nice Christ
mas present.
Miss SALLIE G. SPRUANCE, of Will
mington, has recently had the dwelling
on her " Shoals " farm, lying on Smyr-
ma Creek, entirely remodeled in its in
ternal arrangements and made nearly
as good as new. the work was done
By Willard +. Weldon.
J. b. LEWIS Of this town, lost his
mother last week, she dying near Do
yer, at the age Of 81 years, and his SON
in-law, Wm. g. Fairbanks, lost hia
father, Joseph Fairbanks, who died
suddenly, at Odessa, from paralysis, on
Thursday, aged IS years.
Several Of our evaporators Of peach
es are shipping to the city markets,
The prices are Off several cents per
pound since the beginning Of the sea
son, and those who can DO SO conve-
niently, will perhaps bold their fruit
nptjl well on in the winter,