Smyrna times., 1885-06-17

a. &. YATES & CO.'S traveller, j. L.
Kellar, passed through our town on
Thursday, on his advertising tour
through the State, with a fine horse,
gaily comparisOned, and road wagon
we'll filled with advertising memOr-
anda which he distributed as he went
along. He enlivencd his route by the
merry strains from his bugle.
POSTMASTER BAGGs, of this town, re-
ceived last week instructions as to the
new postal regulations which go into
effect on July 1st. The rates on letters
will be changed from that date to two
cents for each ounce or fraction thereof,
instead of two cents for each half ounce
as heretofore. Newspapers can be sent
by publisher at the rate of one cent a
pound instead of two cents as hereto
fore.
BOTH of the Dover papers speak of
frost last Wednesday morning. The
thermometer in Smyrna on that morn
ing registered $50 at o'clock, some
ten degrees above the frost point and
it is usually but little cooler in the
night than in the very early morning.
1t was a very cool Summer morning
but our brothers have probably got
the thing up wrong" in mistaking
mOssy-leafed dew for frost.
WRECKERs commenced on Thursday
last to remove by dynamite the bark
Deerinq that was sunk during the
Winter by ice off Collins Beach. The
! sunken wreck was first examined by
divers who were clothed in a diving
suit, the purpose being to find the best
| place for the most effective explosion.
1t will probably take to the middle of
| July to complete the removal The
| cost will amount to about $4,000.
THE festival and concert given by
Blackiston's Church, last Wednesday
evening, was n success in every respect.
Prof. Quimby, with a singing class
from Church Hill, Md, were present
and gave Il pleasant concert. The at
tendance was large and everything
sold out early. During the evening II
resident farmer, John Hutton, in
making change carelessly laid his
pocket book down containing some
where near $50 and on returning found
it gone.
SCoTr's NJ. e. Sunday School pic
niced at Woodland Beach Monday and
had very enjoyable day, nothing
happening to mar the pleasure with
the exception of Il head-Over-hee
youths adventure, he trying to prac-
tice Odlum by jumping off into q very
shallow place and in diving struck his
head and caused him to have a fit and
with great difficulty he was restored to
cOnciOusness. His name was Galigna
and he came with the school from Will
mingtOn.
THE steamer " Tygert" has had her
annual over hauling and appears this
| week in n brand new suit of paint from
the brush of J. Z. Carter of this town.
Her state rooms have been altered so
as to admit of better ventilation. The
stewards cook room has been enlarged
and q large additional wire window put
in. The ladies saloon has been newly
carpeted and other minOrimprOVements
added, it being the intention of the
managers if possible to make the Tggert
more comfortable and convenient than
ever and better to accommodate herin-
creasing passenger traffic.
THE w. c. T. U. of Smyrna didn't
have any Jail or almshOuse to visit on
Flower Mission Day, so they took il
the two newspaper offices as substi
tutes, and one of them who has had
considerable experience in scattering
roses among the miserable and desti-
tute, said afterwards if it hadn't been
for the signs over the doors she'd have
: never known the difference. -DOUcl
State Sentinel.
The beefy editor of the State Sentin e
would be sarcastic if the splenetiC
character of his composition would
allow anything so delicate as a we'll
pointed satire.
n. G. MOORE, whom we referred t
in our last issue as manufacturing anC
selling worked biscuit in Wilmington
: dropped down to Smyrna yesterday t
: peddle the article on our streets, anC
when our reporter saw him, the con
tents of his basket had all been dis
posed of but half dozen. He sell
them at 10 cents per dozen. Smyrn;
may not be as good field for the sal,
. of them as Wilmington, because ther,
are n number of biscuit blocks here ant
a familiarity with their manufacture
but many families will doubtless fin,
them handy during the heated tern
for special purposes.