Smyrna times., 1884-05-28
Smyrna and Vicinity.
STRAW hats are ripe.

THE tramps will soon begin to tramp.
Now spend rainy day fixing up the reaper.
TAKE the shady side is the advice Of everybody 4
SOME of our early gardeners will soon have
pease.
THE growers say that the berries are unusually
fine this season.
SHEEP now look as though shearing blizzard
had struck them.
Don't forget to Heptosophen the ice cream at
the festival tonight.
Mr.. AND MRS. CHAs. A. BECK lost their baby on
Saturday last with measles,
THE weather is good deal like the love of
some people-nrst hot and then cold.
CLAYTON is now lively with fruit wagons and
will be till the end Of the peach season.
EPHRAm SUTTON, living near Bombay Hook,
is building an addition to his barn.
j. H. HoFFEeKER's force of can makers are now
busy at his factory making cans for this seasons
packing.
THE trustees Of fseverson's Church are having
tin roof put it. VIM. FAIRIES of this town is the
contractor
E. J. COLT received to-day from the Governor
his commission reappointing him Notary Public
for seven years.
D. J. CUNINIINs had very valuable horse badly
injured the other day by getting caught in
barbed wire fence.
TIE subject for both morning and evening, on
Sunday next in the NJ. E. pulpit win be, The |
line and plummet"
A NOVELTY for Smyrna occurred last evening |
about tea time colored man appeared on our
streets peddling delicious devled crabs
II. C. DOUGLASS sends US to-days dispatches as
follows: Boston Strawberries l6c. quart &C.
pint. New York, lOc to 1lc. per quart Storning
hard.
REV. J. b. QuIGG, on Sunday evening last, an
nounced that the church services, until further
notice, would begin on Sunday evenings at 745
o'clock instead of 7.30.
IL riding by the wheat fields one sees this
Spring much more cookie than usual. Some
fields are very full of it indeed and farmers gen
orally are complaining of it.
THE Democratic State Central Committee met
in Dover last week, all the members being pres
ent, and fixed upon Thursday June 18th, as the
date of the State Convention.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS are likely to be well attended
until after the picnic season is over. Some Of
our boys will probably be members of all three
of the schools for a few weeks
THE first shipment OF strawberries from this
section was made on Friday last by Mr. Friedel.
They sold for % cents per quart They are now
l troino in N oopeidnra blo ouautitips
SOME of our exchanges from down the State are
/ complaining of the damages of frost which
occurred some ten days ago. The strawberries
they claim Were quite sharply nipped.
THE farmers speak of the grass on the farms in
the neck, especially those approaching the
marshes, as being especially good wheat is also
looking very we'll and corn is doing finely.
THE berry train was put on on Monday last as
per announcement in last weeks TIMES. About
60 crates of berries were shipped this the first
trip of the regular berry train against or 8
last year.
SOME of our exchanges are remarking that the
c0rR-folds are growing,-we hope none Of them
will bust" the fences. The fields around this
quarter don't grow at all, but the young corn is
doing we'll.
J. FRANK WILDs Register of Wills of Kent
county, granted letters of administration upon
the estate of William Simpson, deceased. late Of
South Murderkil Hundred, May 26th, to Ann and
Sallie f. Simpson
REV. CHAs. A. HILL, of Wilmington Conference
and Miss Carrie Cruikshanks, of Cecilton, were
married yesterday afternoon in the NJ. E. Church
of that town. Rev ChaS. Hill, father of the
groom officiating.
W. A G. HARDCAsTLE had horse to get fright
ened at the sprinkler on Wednesday last, anC
f running collded with another carriage upsettinl
it, little damage was done however as both horse
were quickly caught.
II. II. HUFFINGTON has taken the store on uppe
f Commerce street recently vacated by Levick NJ
p Hirons, and is now opening an entire new an,
fresh stock of goods. He will be very glad to Sc
his old as well as new customers.
THE Peninsular Fruit Evaporators' Association
= will meet in Dover next Tuesday. Everybod
= that is interested in evaporatng is invited to a
Il tend. The meeting promises to be a lively on
c and the attendance will doubtless be large
" A GENTLEMAN who has just returned from
trip through the lower part of the State says th
IS W. y. Ransom Of this town has the finest field
IS corn in the State and E Garrison of Bethel Churc
e has the next best W. o. Hofiecker's field is al,
1t a very fine one.
3. JOHN FENNIMoRE, of Leipsic, has chartered II
Is steamer Sarah to carry peaches from Leipsic
ID Philadelphia the coming season in place of Il
n steamer Maid Of Kent which is engaged in fregh
ing about New York harbor She will begin
run on June 25th.
10 THE office on Main Street so long used by I
u Hirons as a place in which to reduce fractur,
prescribe for the afflicted, &c. is again to retu
p to its wonted use. This time the shingle will
Iv that of DR.. r. H. Vandyke, graduate of the u
4 versity Of Maryland.
IN THE SMYRNA HOME SCHOOL, numbering abe
twenty, and numerous friends will picnic in t
" Burris' Grove on the farm of Mr.. Nudge
III morrow afternoon. Ifthe weather should not
good, the first available day will be chosen. !
he Roe invites all friends.
W MISSES Sarah and Margaret Denney have pit
chased through real estate agent A. p. Grim
Nv the farm in Raymond's Neck, belonging to Tn
'er II Denney Of Dover. This farm formerly belol
ret ed to Saml Hargadine 1t contains about
sh acres. The price paid was sl4,75O.
eW i. b. ALLEN has taken the agency for the Blu
er- eye harvesting machines, and W. G. Fairbal
eat for the Walter A. Woods. Both these mach
Is are well known in our community and the att
l. ton Of our farmers is called to the claims Of III
"A respective agents in our advertising columns.
red Mr.. BARKIs one Of the telegraph operators
ber the Clayton Office has resigned and Clarence
och Smithers has been assigned the position vaca
II. by Mr.. b. J. Fluharty has taken Mr.. SIS. place
the baggage department Mr.. Barkis has &,
AZ to MoOrton 90 engage in the fruit shipping b.
ced ness.
" REV. J. B. QUIGG returned from the Gen,
or, Conference on Saturday evening last and oC
md pied his pulpit on Sunday morning.
en- theme was the difficulty of doing right In
the evening the pulpit was occupied by Rev He
ln2 S Thompson, of Keene, n. II. He preached fl
Re Col. iii, lst verse.
mia
orli W. A. FAIRIES BRO, whose safe was crac
) in some time back, have purchased of the 81
or a company. the Mosler Safe and Lock Compan
Mr. new and improved make. They expect it to
Tore rive in a few Gays. The same cracksmen
Dn- hardly tamper with II considering the dry I
they made from the old one.
ents ON Thursday evening last W. d. Hudson
the bride were given a large reception at the hon
an, his father, A. l.. Hudson near town. Invita-
= were very largely sent TO the young peopl
our town The father and mother Of the b
i"h- together with other friends from distance ,
ate in attendance at the reception.
'|y THE marriage of II. d. Rover aud Miss Ev,