Smyrna times., 1884-05-07

In ~ MlInout tnem. We are perfectly
sw willing that the South and West shoul;
have the monopoly of this business.
sw Col. GEO. w. CUMMINs has had hi
AL AL property on Market street SURVEYED
~ TINS week preparatory to building upor
ks It. This street has enjoyed regular
as building boom the past year. 1t ba.
n now become one of our well-built-uI
a streets.
he The Peck's Bad Boy entertainment
OF last Wednesday evening did not merit
a. d much applause. Parts of it were very
= laughable and well acted, but the role
at OF the bad boy was so miserably plaved
d. That 1t very much marred the pleasure
r ofthe evening.
n Col. GEO. w. CUMMrNs has had Jobn
, Wilkinson's force of painters AZ wort-
n at his residence, Woodlawn. for several
y days. Joseph E. Carter with his men
x x have also been Frightening up. with
Q their brushes, the residence of r
I Lower, near Brenford.
: DID any one ever see the trees mt
g out more rapidly and the leaves grow
: faster than they have this Spring?
S lew days ago one could look through
tne DOughs of the trees with little more
= hlndrance to the vision than durino
the Winter months, but now thew are
, dense with the almost full grown leaf
IHE friends of Mrs. Samuel Richards
f 10 about seventy in number, gave her
, surprise party on Monday night last
Inc occasion being the 20th anniver-
sary OF her marriage. She was the re-
clpicnt OF numerous presents. A
oountiful feast was spread. and an
evening of pleasure was enioved bv
the guests. W. "
FRESH Delaware river shad have
been more abundant in our market
during last week, and all lovers of this
most excellent fish have had opportu-
nlty OF getting them in size to suit both
the fancy and pocket book. MANY
were brought from Port Penn amonS
them some very large ones. weighing
five and six pounds each.
The School Board has reappoiuted
B: v. Weldon, who was so successful
with his duplicate last year, collector
OF the school taxes of the Smyrna dis
trlctS Tor the present year. He is now
ready to receive them, and those nav |
ing before the tenth of Nav will. as |
VIII be seen by advertisement in
another column, have the advantage |
of the eight per cent rebate.
r. HI. CUMMINs has received orders
OF the Levy Court, drawn on the
treasurer of Kent County. to nav to
the persons entitled to receive the
same as their award of damages in ex-
tending the opening of Commerce.
street. There are five orders VARYING
IN sums of $15 up to $S5. and twentvo
SIX other allowances of six cents each
As soon as the damages are all maid
the street will be opened for nuhjio
travel without delay. It is generolIv
conceded to be much needed and When
properly opened and put in order will
afford decidedly the best avenue to The
town on the west side we shall boUn ,to
The sooner it is done the better,
GREEN fruits and early vegetables
seem to be in abundant sunnIv in
fhliadelphia market and sell at the fol-
lowing prices. Strawberries Is. d. 70
ana 80 cents per quart as to Guaiitv
and condition. Oranges retail aIong
the streets at 123 cents per dozen and
good lemons as low as 6 cents thongb !
generally held at 12k cents. Potatoes
% to 30 cents per bushel for old and
new Southern, fair to good, So to s3 70
per barrel. Cabbage, new. per barrel
$3.50 to $4.25. Tomatoes per crate 60
Sz'oO t;S ana 80, as to quality and condi-
eion' oquasles per crate so to rs
Ien's. asparagus 10 to 20 cents per
Dunch' Cucumbers per crate 81 to 50.
Gas per crate - to 1925, and beans
per crate, as to condition, 81 to 81.
The Town Commissioners have at !
last given heed to, we think. a verv s
important matter, the securing of the I
center piece Cf the Town Hall ceilin~ ]
ms has been loose and threatening
descent upon the heads of those He- /
meath it for some time. Yesterday the c
nall committee had it drawn bacL, 70 y
It's proper place and securely bolted 70 +
the floor above. They also had nIaceJ I
over the entrance doors from tbe Street q
a large bracket gas lamp. The need Of +
TINS lamp has long been felt as tbo n
darkness about this doorway oftau =
leaving the bright light of the hall a
anu an especially on those nights when 1
:le moon was not visible, has seemed S
intensely black. This lamp will very r
materially lessen the danger of a fail I
~ ouT pleasure goers to which they d
nave heretofore been subjected. h
In the NJ. E. Church, last Sunday i
the pastor, Rev. J. B. Quigg being az u
sent, the services, morning and eyan = =
ing were in charge of his son Rav =,
how toward I. Quigg, of Taconv. Pc - -
Inc sermon of the morning was a for 8
vent and earnest discourse on the great !, =
love OF God, the text being. "G9d az =,
loved the world that he gave his onIv VI
oegotten Son, that whosoeyer beIiavatI
on Him shall not perish. but have avor
lasting life." The sermon of the even
ing was strong, deep and finely word =
ed, displaying ability of thou1bt ond =,
and In all persuasive and cI
o'.n ,Onslacing argument for the power and D,
~ vi tne saviour. The text was st. Al
''onh, ISL chapter, and 5 verses, sin Ia
lsn II was lie, and the life was the light "a
u men tine light shineth in darkness m
lnu % 1nG darkness comprehended IL N,
loI; Inc congregations were large So
.nu attentive, both morning and even m
LEvIcK HIRoNs, young man doino W
business on the "Hil" in the store tl
ormerly occupied by H. H. Hufing. 80 50
on, on Friday morning last annonncad re
us inability to pay his debts. 1t was AZ AZ
ne common belief that he was doing a th
ate though small business. He seems W
0 have paid his bills promptly and in az az
act up till within ten days before the th
allure discounted them. He recentIv ma
vent to the city and for some reason sh
'ought extravagant bills of goods ye
iteen or twenty barrels of gran1lated Pc
ugar and other goods in the same dl'
atlo' Returning from the citv he IN
egan selling these goods at 1rices gr
oWer than he paid for them in PbiIa@ an
elphla and Wilmington, taking ne lit IN
le as 81 cents per pound for gra1uIated M
ugar. On Friday representative of ma
ONE eight or ten wholesale bousee ye
anne down and at their instance his
tore was closed. These are the facts
rely stated. The claims against
Inn amount to about three thousand w
oilars; There may be as MANY thous- las
no dollars worth of goods vet In his ms
tore. -'' Tt
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