Smyrna times., 1885-08-12

J. FRANK WILDs, Register of Wills
for Kent county, on the Sth inst, ad-
mitted to probate the last will and
testament of John H. Cathcart, late of
Smyrna, and granted letters to Caroline
Cathcart, the executrix; on the 11th
inst, granted letters upon the estate of
Mary Shahan, late of KentOn Hundred,
to Jacob B. Shahan.
The PenrOse or Rash's camp-meet-
ing was largely attended on Sunday,
the day being unusually pleasant and
the roads free of dust. 1t is estimated
that 1000 carriages were on the ground.
Rev. L. l.. TOmpkinsOn, of MillingtOn,
preached in the morning and Rev.
John France, of this town, in the after
noon. The campers struck their tents
yesterday.
THE acquisition of the D., NJ. & V.
r. r. to the Delaware Division has so
increased the work of the Superinten-
dents office as to require the servi-
ces of another clerk and Mr.. Mills has
appointed Eugene Vandever, of Will
mingtOn, to the place. He will make
his home with his brother, Aubrey
Vandever, of this town, who is attach
ed to the same office.
The country is full of tramp ped
dlars vending most every class of
goods, that must interfere to some ex-
tent with our licensed retailers. The
question is, have they a license? Last
week one did an active business selling
a small tin implement that with little
change could be made to serve sew
eral purposes, for 80 cents each, which
| our hardware store have on sale at 20
cents.
For the benefit of the great number
Of persons in this town and vicinity
who are now suffering with bone felOns,
we give the following: Take a juicy
lemon, and in one end cut hole suffi-
GENTLY large to admit of the insertion
of the diseased finger; then, place the
finger in the lemon, bind it up and let
stay until the pain has ceased, which
will usually be in about twenty-four
hours. This is an infallible cure.
The Smyrna Home School will open
on the first Monday of September, be-
ing the 9TH, for the Fall term. Per-
sons wishing to take advantage of this
school will do well to engage seats for
their children and have them present
at the opening, as thus a better
arrangement can be made for them
than by dropping in later. The prin-
cipal, Herman Roe, is at home and can
be seen personally OF addressed by
mail.
D. w. TRUMPELLER has decided on
a radical change in the buildings of
his farm near the big Oak" known as
the Garrison farm. The buildings are
towards the back of the farm, facing
on the q" Neck road. They are to be
moved to the front a quarter of mile
or more and, open on the State road.
Jos. Il. CaVender, who has strong
moving apparatus, has been engaged
to perform the difficult task with the
machine and places the buildings in
their proper positions.
A PHYSICIAN in one of our neigh
boring village, who has been treating
a number of cases of diphtheria, went
home and retired the other evening
and during the night he dreamed he
was administering a spray of medical
liquid in the throat of patient, but in
the height of it all was awakened by
his wife, to find he had got hold of the
hose attached to the tank and she was
receiving thorough drenching. The
patient IS recovering from diph-
liberia, but a heavy cold.
JOHN II. BEwLEY, the new p. NJ.
took hold on Saturday. From one to
five O'Clock in the afternoon (when
there is usually more mail called for
than any time in the week the office
was closed in compliance with an
order from Washington, that being the
time of the funeral Obsequies of Gen
eral Grant. An explanation was nee
essary to many who did not know of
the order, but at the last-named hour
the doors were opened and for time
there was a steady stream.
The baseball match PLAYED on
Thursday last in this town between the
Dover and MiddletOwn clubs was
two to one in favor of the former until
the game was three-fourths played
when the Dover boys made seven sue.
cessiVe runs, winning the game by a
score of to 2. They will play q
game for the championship this after.
noon in MiddletOwn. The players were
backed by fifty or more attendants
from each town, and there were one or
two scrimages during the evening
which, however, were more chargeable
to whiskey than to bat and ball.
The steamer John Z. Tygert will run
during August and September (foui
trips week as follows:
AUGUST.