Smyrna times., 1885-08-05
Smyrna and Vicinity.

smyrna and Vicinity.
FALLow turning is very active
The belated corn fields are comino
out splendidly.
THE weather has been most DELIGHT
tul since the storm
GREEN corn for eating is late, but is
coming into market.
TIE narrative of busy day is given
by DR.. Ella F. Swinney, on our first
page.
WM. WALKER has erected a new
WorkrOom at the back of his store to
facilitate his business.
TIE new walk in front Of the Odd
Fellows Cemetery was badly washed
by the heavy rains of Monday.
The lot on North Street in the ten
ure OF James McClOskey has been Sc
cured for the base ball grounds.
The Hale's Early peach crop was
shipped mainly last week. one dav five
cars going over the road. but thew did
not bring fancy prices.
ONE of the Camden n. j., sufferers
oly the cylclone was DR.. VIM. A. Davis
formerly Of this town, whose dwelling
injured to the extent of $1,000.
JAS. G.. FARsoN has moved the evan-
orator recently purchased in this town
70 Cfumpton, Md, where he will Oper-
ate 1t during the peach season.
Quite number of persons are proph-
esylng abundance Of rain, now that
camp-meeting time has arrived. II
does happen that way frequently.
SOME people are disturbed at the
low analysis of certain fertilizers but
the farmers i'll the meantime are work
ing out the results to suit themselves.
Rev. J. B. QUIGG held services at the
NJ. T.. Church, at $50 Sunday evening
as a more desirable hour than later i3
the evening when the gas would be
lighted. "
The State Teachers Association will
meet at RehObOth, on Tuesnav. August
10Th. Orders for excursion tickets NAV
be had by writing to ii. G. CarnenteT
Dover, Del
The rainfall Of Sunday and Monday
was between three and four inches
The storm is thought to have come
from the Gulf of Mexico. where If was
central on Saturday.
BARNUM's great show that disan-
pointed the people last Spring hv it's
disappearance, will positively be at
Dover, October 18th. At least. bills
have been posted to that effect.
A LARGE number of people from this
section went to the Penrose Camp on
Sunday, nine or ten miles distant. in
West Dover Hundred They had a
rainy time of it in the afternoon.
JOHN Z. PHILLIPS has greatly i'm
proved his dwelling by II new porch
and IA broad pavement. If the other
properties would thus conform, East
Main Street wonld be greatly improved.
The short butter crop from the short
pasturage, has been trying to some of
our town folk. They were glad to get
IL at 80 cents per pound, Winter price.
Out the rain will soon make it plentiful
again.
Miss EMMA NEwCoMB of NIillvilla
n. j., VIII" has been ON a visit to her
sister, Mrs John =. Hudson. for the
past TWO or three weeks. has been ser
lously III the past week with dysen-
terry. Much sympathy is felt for her
by her friends.
THERE Is great state of unrest
among the people during the dog
days, almost everybody ON the move |
Our own people going away TO seek |
rest ana rCcreat'oa, while as MANY Wis !
!tors, for the same purpose, are coming |
to tai e their places
The Rev. J. B. Merritt was the
preacher Tor the morning service at the |
Fehr"se Camp, on Sunday, hut was in
terrupted by the rain. He finished the
discourse in the afternoon, the Rev. r.
r. Martindale, assigned for that time
not being present. The order was
good.
BY the recent change in the time
table lnOtice of which is given as usual
alter 1t goes into tlFcctJ the trains ali
run as usual except the two afternoon
passenger trains the one going north
leaving at 4.l5 will now leave at 6yO3.
md the one going south will leave at
LAO instead of 4.42.
The young friends of A. Lee Cum
nins intend to give him "A "racket -
his evening at his home, the occasion
being his 28th birthday. The evening
viii be given to a grand sOciable. re.
reshments, ending with the eight
antastic," for which u platform 28X4O
eet has been specially erected.
Miss ALLIE PRATT, daughter of the
ate Henry Pratt, residing in the neigh
of BlachistOn's Cross Roads
lad her leg broken below the knee.
morning, while i'm the act of
iaving her younger brother from being
'aught in threshing machine. Medi.
'al aid was ut once summoned.
VINCENT MOORE, coming to Smyrna,
~ the Bombay Hook Railroad, beyond
jlayton, got out Of his carriage TO pick
Up an open satchel along the railroad.
md found it to contain seven collars ! ;
md one pair of hose, all new. The
atchel is supposed to have been stolen
y tramps, gutted, and left there.
FRANK JONES, Of ThorOughfare
Week, brought to the office of Lewis & ,
rice, last week, fifteen heads of wheat {
athered prOmiscuOusly from his field ,
hat We're remarkable for their size.
be heaes containing six grains abreast
in all, about 800 grains. The field s
Ias fertilized by Farmers Bone PhOs- 1
hate. I