Smyrna times., 1885-09-02

the reception OF travellers on Monday. !
JOHN II. HoFFECKER has bought the
fruit Of several orchards near Still Pond !
Md, and started work in both his |
evaporators and cannery this morning.
PRESIDING ELDER FRANCE has been
the recipient the past week Of num-
Der of comgratulutOry letters on his APP
pOintment, both OIL and of the District.
OUR peach growers are subject to a
double Disappointment, not realizing
more than half when they come to
pick, the estimate made at the close of
the June drop.
ACCOUNT ofanincrease 0fbusiness,
John p. Hudson has bought OF /. n.
Mills at Clayton Il lot containing an
acre OfgrOund where he intends NOV
ing his board yard
THE colOred people to the number
OfabOut one hundred and fifty, accom-
panied by the Independent COrnet
Band went by train to Woodland
Beach on Thursday night.
THE Second Annual Commencement
of the PrOctor-BrOck Institute will be
held in the Centennial NJ. L. Church
this evening. They have an interest
ing programme of exercises.
The Summer vacation Of the school
children and the oysters ends about
the same time. The bell called the
first together yesterday and Mr.. Reed
will dispense the latter to-day.
QUITE large company gathered at
the residence of Geo. w. Thomas on
the Lea" farm near Blackistons Cross
Roads, Monday evening, to celebrate
the tenth marriage anniversary Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas.
JEFF. d. SCOUT has had circulars
printed descriptive of grapes, black
berries, &C., suitable for this section.
and which he has tested and has for
sale, II copy Of which our fruit growers
would do well to procure and study.
BY advertisement in another column
it will he. seen that William Walker is
in the field with a full line of boots.
shoes, slippers and rubber boots and
shoes. He has been receiving and
opening his goods the past several days.
NEXT Sunday will be quarterly
meeting day for this station, and
Smyrna and AppOquinimink circuits.
The Presiding Elders appointments
are Friendship in the morning, Sever
sons in the afternoon and this town at
night.
A TOTAL eclipse of the sun occurs
on the 18th, though not "A hairs breadth
of his radiant face is Obscured to OBJ
servers in this region Of the earth.
The favored few who will behold the
phenomenon must be under the moons
shadow in the South Pacific ocean.
w. w. TsCHUDY wishes us to saw
that the statement contained in the let
ter from this town to the Sentinel, that
he had rented the building recently oc-
cupied by the Diamond State Picking
Company, to Jas. G. Lassell & Co., was
unauthorized and incorrect. The
building is still for rent.
The papers all over the Peninsula
give accounts of damage by lightning
last week. At Dover they thought a
cyclone had come. but the latter failing
to have huge suction pipe and wind
augur along, cOntented itself in getting
up scare by simply tearing off few
tree tops and the bill-boards of Bar
NUNS circus.
II. 5. ANTHONY received on Satur-
day morning $l4 for a fOrty-eight quart
crate ofpeaches. They were the Reeves
variety, II gallon baskets in the crate
and IA peaches in each basket. or 168
peaches in the crate. This is 81 cents
for each peach. They were shipped
through c. f. Moore to II. Steirs & Co,
New York.
WIN. H. BAGGs having purchased the
stock of Boots and Shoes of John Cos
den IL having the store put in complete
order and will open on tuesday the
9Th inst, with many desirable goods,
and would be pleased to greet all his
friends and the general public in his
new role Of shoe dealer. You would
doubtless do well to give him call.
JAMES V. ROBERTS, of Wilmington.
a former resident of this town and or
ganist at the Episcopal Church. has
been on a visit to his friends here and
gave some Of his delicate touches on the
organ at both the morning and evening
services at St. Peters. In the absence
of Rev. VIM. B. Gordon, the services
were conducted by Rev. DIR. Tullidge.
THE plans and specifications for the
water works have been distributed and
the indications are that there will be
close figuring and a number of bids for
the job by contractors. These bids will
all be in and the award made next Tues
day. Bids will be received for the
whole or in parts, six in number, the
water committee rendering their decis-
ion after thorough canvas of the sew
eral bids.
The funeral of William Wood 1.-THE
notice Of whose death was given in our
last issue) was very largely attended
on Friday last. Mr.. Wood had been
living in this section but four or five
years, but in this time he demonstrated
the fact that he was possessed of the
highest qualities of good citizenship,
and hence the eagerness of his neigh
bOrs to show their respect for him and
/ sympathy for his family. The Rev. j.
b. Quigg who pronounced the funeral
discourse was attentively listened to
i - ~ Nv W VI viz NtAbnGa " III HOnCsb
and honorable life.
The work of widening Methodist
street has commenced, the removing of
the large maple trees by digging them
up root and branch, being a task OF
no little magnitude. Whatever GER
tain persons of the present may think,
the next generation will haye but one
opinion on the subject-that of thank
fulness. The petition asking for this
change included the space only be-
tween Church and Pearl streets.
There is regret now that they did not
take the whole street in down to
Main, and it is probable that the Town
Commissioners will yet be petitiOned to
widen the street so as to make it con-
form to the original town charter.
The street, It appears has been en-
croacbed on some three feet by pri-
yate properly, and to this extent has
been damaged both fsg residences and
business.