Smyrna times., 1885-07-08
Smvrna and Vicinity.

ONE of our ice cream dealers sold Is |
gallons of cream on the Fourth.
THE later vegetables such as cuoum-
bers and squashes are in market.
The members of Centennial Church
will hold Church Camp commencing
July 10th.
NEW Workers pay q cents for pond
lilies. Wouldn't some of our boys re-
jOice if they had access to that market ?
A FINE opportunity to visit Cape
May is offered in the excursion which
goes from ChestertOwn next Wednes-
day.
THE steam threshers will start in
several of our adjacent neighborhOOds
to-day in getting out the new wheat
crop.
GEO. w. GORDON had fine lot of
watermelOns on sale last week, but
they were the product of Southern
patches.
July comes with splendid growing
weather. A nice shower fell on Mon
day and the corn fields are pushing
ahead rapidly.
THE Report of the Fruit Growers
National Bank shows $165, 5,641 .S3 on
deposit subject to check, and 1922, ,561. .19
loans and discounts.
THE Mary Ann, VIM. Walkers fine
little yacht, beat everything aflOat at
Woodland Beach, on the Fourth, and
the Jessie was nowhere
There are ut HOfIecker's cannery a
full force of wOrkmen engaged in max
ing cans for canning peaches and to-
matOes the coming season
A HAILsTORM and cyclone all within
one week Our people are rather fond
of novelties, but they would prefer this
kind wouldn't come so thick and fast.
The season of bay parties is here.
July is usually prolific in these social
pastimes, and what July fails in accom-
plishing, August usually brings up
with Il bumper.
"THE True Philosophy of Life" con-
tributed for our first page by one oil
our young ladies, should claim an at
tentive reading by our young men, fol
whom it is intended.
On Sunday mornings the hacks from
this town 90 to Woodland Beach fu II
and on the return trip the passengers
are generally " full also. -.SmyrRG cor
respondent Of State Sentinel.
THE Dolphin has been the cause o
much comment, political and otherwise
but fewer productions have gone down
into the merits of the case than does
our contributor on the first page.
THE weather yesterday morning tha'
was so promising of copiOus shower:
but only gave us few drops, reserved
its forces for the hilly country of Penn
sylvania, where they were visited by
heavy rain falls.
GEORGE w. GORDON has purchased
of James Collins two lots in the rear o
the one on Glenwood Avenue he re
Gently purchased of Mrs. Cutharin'
Douglass, 40! by lO2! feet, each. Prize
for both lots $85.
J.. HENRY JEFFERSON has sold t
Abram Evans a building lot on Eas
street, % feet front by 105 deep, 70
$135. Also IA building lot on Eas
street % feet front by l05 feet deep t
Richard Evans for $l35.
ONE of the largest excursions of tn
season to Cape May promises to be tina
of next Wednesday when the Odd Fe
lows Of ChestertOwn will be joine
| along the route by many persons VIII
want Il pleasant days recreation.
BLACKCAP raspberries sold yestel
! day in Philadelphia for cents and re
for from 10 to y cents per quart. Th
New York and Boston markets are no
glutted with the northern strawberriC
is why the raspberries are not sci
thither.
A TwO-YEAR-OLD child of F. J. Ca
, ter fell from the second story windo
of his residence on Commerce street
h the step below, from whence it bounce
+ upon the pavement. The fact that
n was not injured beyond bruise or tv
: cannot be accounted for unless, pc
Il chance, it slid down upon a goldC
e sunbeam.
u GEO. T. THOMPSON, for "A few yea
s past tenant on ID. J. Cummins' b
:. oak farms, has bought Of T. J. Mu
. day his farm, more familiarity know
as the Benson farm, situated on Il
y State road mile and half from tow
2, Mr.. Thompson pays 81, 800 Nr. Mu
It day about three years ago purchas
&C this farm Of Tschudy & Cats, for Sc, ,0C
= The farm contains about 80 acre
a Mr.. Thompson will not get pOssessi,
till next Spring.
THE handsome photographic bird
p eye view engraved by o. II. Bailey
70 Co., was delivered last week to subsc
~ bers by their agent, F. NJ. Fowl,
IS The work is we'll done and gives O
is | an excellent view of our town at
y glance. There are handsome views
buildings forming a very pretty ba
" for the picture, among which are t
ne public school building, Fruit Grove
of National Bank, the works of the Pc
a. insular Bone Fertilizer Company, {
residence of Wm. NJ. Bell, the Johns
le building, including the TIMES OffiC
ne the machine shops Of Geo. w. &
ut TaylOr and the store and residence
of J. V. Smith. A similar picture
= been made for Clayton III the exc,
% ton and subscriptions to which the
to liens manifested lively interest.