Smyrna times., 1885-09-09

llSlJ uuIluS IulS We6h' anu again u6Ab
Sunday.
THREE vessels were loaded yesterday
at the Peninsular Bone phosphate
works in addition to the several cars
that daily leave the place. The mill is
now being run day and night to meet
the orders.
GEO. MACY, tenant of Thos. Jones
in ThOrOughfare Neck, hearing a noise
among his ducks one night last week
and thinking it was a thief, fired away
at the supposed thief and ruined a three
year old colt.
D. 7. REEDER, living near Blackbird
brought watermelon to town Monday
which weighed 521 pounds. This we
think takes the lead of any of the sea-
son. 1t fell to the lot of Wesley War
rem to eat it.
FINER peaches than have passed
through our streets for several days on
their way to market have perhaps
never been excelled for size, color and
beauty. They are not many, but they
count very fast.
FRED. J. CARTER, who has been en-
gagged with P. POyneer, the grain-fan
man, in other States since the Spring,
has returned and intends to reopen his
oyster saloon, on lower Commerce
street next week.
THE lengthening, cooler evenings
should admOnish a greater care from
exposure to dampness and chilliness.
The fever and ague plague does not
often attack those who do not
put themselves in its way.
THE Fruit Growers National Bank,
the store and dwelling occupied by Jas.
H. Cotton, store of w. B. Smith, the
store of VIM. Walker, the store and
dwelling of Jos. f. Carter and dwelling
of John Mustard have been receiving a
new coat of paint.
COMPLAINT is made at the way boys
play ball in our street, sometimes by
their reckless throwing hitting and
badly hurting the very small children
1t is not the proper place to play but il
done, those enjoying in it should exer.
else the greatest caution.
Mrs. G. E. PETERSON sent up on the
steamer J. E. Tygert on Friday two
crates of peaches which sold of
the steamer at $11.5O and $3.50 a crate
The crates held one and three-fifth bas
kets each, which would be between
500 and $500 per basket.
THE excursion to Cape May with the
cOrnet bands of Smyrna, Dover anC
GreensbOrOugh, on Wednesday, panneC
out so poorly that Manager Fleming
at once shut down ON any further ex
cursiOns for the season, which is salt
to have been profitable one.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment of the Delmarvia Fertilizer Com
pany, one of our well known manufaC
turing establishments. 1t will be see
that the Monogram Bone Phosphate a
analysed by DR.. Wolf makes fin
showing as to its commercial value.
DEvoE, the Hackensack weathe
prophet, who foretold the weather {
August SO well, says:
People need not look for warn
dry Fall, such as we had last year, fO
we will have plenty of rain and deciC
edly cooler weather than last year"
THE blackbirds have left the town
and farm orchards and are hockin
like reed birds to the marshes an
waste places, and like the latter, Ofte
serve as a mark for the sportsman
gun. The upper marshes of the Del,
ware are frequent resort for the cit
gunners.
IT was little singular that two boy
should try the same experiment
shooting themselves the same day la
week aud in the same manner-throug
the hand, while foOling with pistol
3 Wilmington boy visiting John Sim
2 son and John, son of s. P. Trua.
"Boys will be boys ~
IN ACCORDANCE with the custom f
Y several years past the farmers of IL
E contiguous country will meet at Woo
land Beach on Wednesday evenir
next the 10th, inst. to have a social +
n union and big supper. Mr.. Krone
4 berg the proprietor will doubtless
+ his best to make this a pleasant tin
for his guests.
f AN attache of the Wilmington r
s publican gives an account of tr
g down the State and says:
"In passing through New Cast
and Kent counties it was noticed tn
r the corn, as far as could be seen, W
n very poor, and in many places n
v more than two feet high"
It is really a question if that ci
sprig knows what corn is when
sees it.
sr THE Future is the name of new I
per started at Richmond, Kansas,
As copy of which has been received, who
il business will be to prophecy the futu
is of the weather. The new weather pl
phet, G. G. Blake, goes ahead of a
one that has proceeded him, engagi
y to give the general nature of the wear
u er Of the North American Contins
10 for the next ten or twenty years.
says he can calculate twenty years
Is advance as well as twenty years in
be past Mr.. Blake will we think 6
.e- Dame Nature most too tickle to co
IS. form to his nicely arranged figures.