Smyrna times., 1884-05-21

SEVERAL of our citizens have gone to
Odessa to-day to attend the funeral of
J. Martin Appleton.
On our front page will be found an
interesting article On our northern cir
cular boundary line,
The Rt. Rev. Alfred Lee, Bishop of
TINS diocese, will preach in st. Peters
Church on Sunday morning next.
ON Monday next the berry trains
VIII be put on the Delaware division
and new time schedule will go into
THE Ladies' Benevolent Society will
meet at Mrs. w. w. Tschudy's on
Tuesday evening, May 9th, at q
o'clock.
TIE number of artists in our COM
munity, If those who WELD the white
wash brush are to be counted, is
legion.
THE first strawberries grown in our
own community made their appear
ance in market yesterday and sold
readily.
SPRING chickens sold in New York
last week at 20 cents per pound. The
chicken market evidently was not
depressed.
On Monday night last we had fine
ram. Vegetables were needing it,
wheat especially. With warm weather
now corn will grow very rapidly.
THE corn in most fields is now IN
and can be plainly seen in riding bv.
Except in very low lands replanting
Will be very generally engaged in next
week.
The first Strawberries of the season
in this market were seen last Saturday.
from Virginia-25 cts.-in a week or
so they will be "eight cents box or
three for quarter"
AT the NJ. E. Sunday School last
Sunday committees were appointed to
make arrangements for the celebration
Of "Children's Day." which occurs on
the second Sunday in June
On Thursday evening last a number
Of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi E.
Anthony made them a surprise visit at
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time was had by all present.
IT is rumored that the applicants for
the office ofjustice of the peace, made
vacant at Clayton by the demise of
Adams MahOod, are w. A. G. Hard
castle and Benjamin B. Ferguson.
OUR strawberry growers expect to
begin shipping berries in about a week.
On some soils they may be able to COM
mence the latter part Of this or first of
next week, but it will hardly be
general then.
OUR fish dealers brought in the news
on Monday morning that the cannery
and large evapOrators at Lebanon were
burned about 8 o'clock on Saturday
morning, supposed to be the work Of
an incendiary.
A SPECIAL car with railroad officials.
Supt. Kenney, Of the Baltimore Divis-
ion, and others, was at Clayton yester-
day morning. They were down ar
ranging for the carrying of the prospec-
tive large fruit crop.
HENRY S. ANTHONY and family
who have resided in town during last
fall and winter, are moving out to
their farm to-day to be ready for the
strawberry crop, and will spend the
sumner on the farm.
| HARDoAsTLE & JONES shipped by
the John Z. TygeTt last Monday over
5000 pounds Of wool. They are GET
ting in large quantities every day. and
in few days will be able to make
another large shipment
IT is rumored that a strawberry fes-
tival is in soak. The SMYRNA Conelave
Of Heptasophs are trying to screw their
courage up to the sticking point and
give one next week. The girls will be
happy and the boys? well so will
they.
Mr.. BENSON reports that Uncle Sam
has been liking things up at the Bonn
bay Hook light house. New fences
and painted the house inside and out
with the II. W. Johns asbestos paint.
Inc Government doesn't use any other
/. N. MILLS IS adding new beauties
70 the railroad Company's grounds at
layton every day His gardener is
Kept busy setting out new plants and
evergTeens and dattending those already
out. These grounds are now very
beautiful
The TINES Is indebted to Senator
Bayard for a copy Of the "Tarif Com
pilation Of 1854, and also to Senator
salisbury for copy Of the fourth
volume Of the 10th census of the United
states relating TO Agencies of Trans
pOrtation."
ONE Of the Easton. Nd. paners
lamented the fact that a minstrel com
pany giving an entertainment in that
town recently bad a crowded house,
while an artist d Helen Potter's repu-
tation was greeted by an exceedingly
small audience.
FIVE cars, each Of them containing a
large quantity Of though neither Of
them were quite filed with strawber-
RES went over the Delaware road YES
terday. The shipments will get beav-
Ter each day now till the heighth Of the
season is reached.
J. w. DENNEY is making dec;ded
improvements IN the interior appear
e'"ND VI nia 7N5tc. ne Is having the
wood work painted IN cherry and
Tennessee marble. The effect Of this
combination is very beautiful. David
Stubbs Is doing the work
VosHELL, GRovEs & Co, one Of our
enterprising real estate firms, are con-
stantly recruiting additions TO their
list 81 properties for sale. BY refer
ence TO their advertisement in another
column some idea Of the properties
they have ia hslnd can be had.
by reference to an advertisement ia
another column it will be seen That The
town taxables will have the benefit M
o 3 per cent rebate II the taxes are
paid before the FIRST Of june. The
duplicate will be IN the hands Of the
collector, =. v. Weldon, tomorrow.
REV. J. b. ouroG. Of the nj p
Church. has made pastoral visits e
over two hundred families during the
month that be has been In this town.
having called at the house Of every
member whose name is on his church
record or who, SO far IS ne knew. wer,
{ members Of his congregation.
IHE hog crop on the farm of Leai
Z Sons. near blackiston's Cross Roads II
p topnre of George Thomas, seems to bs
: one 81 more than ordinary Importance
, tte nqs about ioQ Of an sizes, ages anC
dispositions and 10 sae suoh d varied
iot would seem TO Indicate the hos