Smyrna times., 1884-09-17

"Alli capped the Climax yester-
d. day IN poplar stick that attracted
n general attention for its immensity.
le The Kent County Agricultural Fair
u VIII open next Tuesday, at Worton.
and continue three days. On the after
d noon of the first day the grand sweep-
q stake for $500 will take place between
q Cyclops and Young Smuggler. The
q various committees are at work getting
thlllgs III order, and the display in ali
the departments is expected to be LARGE
J, and creditable.
= JOHN WINTER is having erected in
o the rear of his present store and dwell
I!hg, building 80 by 16 feet, two sto-
RES nlgh. The lower part will be di-
G Vlded INTO kitchen and rooms to man.
Q u1acture candy and ice cream. The
I upper part will contain bath and two
pea rooms. Mr.. Winter intends to
brighten up his whole premises. short
+. ~, with a new coat of paint.
MANY ofOur citizens may remember
, VIM. Karger, who was barber in this
Town fourteen years ago. He has been
considerably afflicted since he left here
from dlsease contracted i'll the army,
ana mas gone totally blind. His wife
was mere yesterday to get a certificate
from thelr physician, while residing
mere, Df' HlrOns, with view of Sc
curing government pension.
JAS. w. ANTHONY shipped $500 lbs.
OF grapes from his four hundred vines
OF Niagara grapes, this being their sec
ond year of bearing They have more
than paid the cost of the vines (S6OO( |
this year. Snow & Co., of Boston |
who sold some as high as $500 Der |
basket, say they sell right along ahead |
OF the California grapes, which have |
always heretofore led the market.
NEXT Sunday will be the third quar-
terly meeting at the NJ. E. Church. and |
DIR. Caldwell, Presiding Elder. will |
preach in the evening. The quarterly
love feast will be held, as usual. at 9
o'clock Sunday morning, and the quar-
terly conference at $50 o'clock Mon
DAY afternoon. The Sunday appoint
ments of DIR. Caldwell are, Friendship
IN the morning, ServersOn's in the af
ternoon, and this place at night.
MONDAY afternoon, three Italian mu-
slclans and three of our young Smvr-
MATES, got mixed up in a debate
at the Smyrna House bar-room. and
to clinch their respective arguments
used fists, feet, chairs, pOOl-cues. spit-
toons, and such other gentle persuo-
ders, all of which added interest to the
occasion. After the matinee was over
the dusky sons of sunny italy looked
as though they had been struck bv a
cyclone.
h. ). RAwLINs. who has been chief
JeleOranh OF .
the removal of the offices from VIII
mington to that place, has been an
pointed the company's agent at Bridge
vile. This causes the rest of tbe force
10 take step higher, and II. +. Smith
fills the vacancy caused bv Mr. Raw
ms transfer, +. ID. Strickland takes
Smiths place, and he is followed nv
J. q. Everett. The place of the latter |
Is nlled temporarily BY Geo. Hermann. f
A PARTY of twenty-eight persons. to
escape the heat, and drink in the cool |
ing bay breezes, or take a bath. went /
TO woodland Beach on Thursday after |
noon last, at 4 o'clock, and returned at 5
~ IN the evening, all expressing them /
selves as highly delighted with the !
lttle trip. OF course they topped off
with one Of Campbell's suppers. in
winch they were especially seen after y
0y +. +. Collins, who has charge of the
dlning-roOm, as is his wont with Smvr- s
naians. )
WIN. A. WINFORD, who purchased q +,
week or so ago, the property of Mrs 8 II
A. Keith, on Delaware Street. has com. n
menced to remodel it for a home The \
present building is to be moved hack h
ior the dining-room and kitchen. and a,
IN Its place is to be erected a buildin0 ri
having frontage of SO feet and 2 N
depth of l6feet, for parlor and sitting te
rooms, with hall and stairway in tbe
The house will be two story
with two double bay windows front n
porch covering the space between.
BY late order of the Orphans Court s,
q property on Main street, belonging in
70 the heirs of the late Judge Isaac d,
DAVIS (twenty-fOur in numberl was di- at
rected to be sold, and VIM. NJ. Bell. 7 of
3. Cooper, John NJ. VOshell, D. ] to
Cummlns and John H. Hoffecker were
appointed to appraise the same. The Pi
sum named was s, ,250. 1t will be sold IN
u pubic sale. This property was left Al
20 Joshua Davis during his life, after in
which 1t went to the other heirs bnt me-
40 action toward dividing was under We
AIKEN until the present. .
Mrs. HARPER, celebrated colored vi!
ecturer, who is working under the an an
plces of the WOman's Christian Fem
,,erance Union, of Philadelphia. amono las
ne people Of her race, delivered an i'm, a
erestlng lecture, Oh Monday nipht. Mt
he Centennial Church. When She gu
ommenced the audience was very
mall Though she waited about twenty ha
linutes beyond the timel. but tbev of
ropped in in the usual way of think Of
1g any time will do to commence Nv Su
lose meeting, and by the time she se'
vas half through the house was well ha
lied. There is need for great mission is
ry work among the colored peoDIc on cd
his subject, and Mrs. Harper should ass
c encouraged in her good work. liv
SAMUEL p. TRUAx has been solicited TT, H.
several of the members of the Board I'll
trustees, to take the position of ~
eeper OF the Kent County Almshouse No;
the successor to E. G. Layton, re- I
gned. Mr.. Truax has served in tbo r.
oard OF Trustees for seven years. and bal
addition to his fitness otherwise is g., e.
lus acquainted with the requirements = :
inc once from the higher staudDoint no(
1hlle believing he has every REQUISITE r. r.
IT the place, and wishing him well
Is friends would regret his departnrc i,a'
ON our Hundred. There are a num-
er OF applicants for the Office from hoo
iierent parts of the county. The Sc f.io jo
cton IS to be made at the next n A
onthly meeting of the Board. the is -
'st Wednesday in October. NJ NJ y
The peach orchard on the farm of +
rs. Susan Black Daniel, directly east on
the town, has been a chosen place of i
ndezyous for certain men and bows Sat
siding in the southeastern part of her
70 town, throughout the peach sea- j
n. Their preference for the place visi
minated on Saturday and Sunday.
hen Mr.. Truax finished picking his Tn
nocks, on Friday, he estimated that
ere were fully fifty baskets remain W
g. ON the trees. When he went thai
hnlsh them, on Monday, he barely to
u sixteen baskets, the rest had tim,
5appeared during the two DAYS. One hibi
an was seen coming from the direc- will
N OF the orchard, with q basket of insu
aches, two or three times, early Sun tow