Smyrna times., 1886-05-12

Smyrna and Vicinity.
Now Is the time to have your berry
tickets printed.
To THE Odd Fellows Cemetery and
beyond is the favOrite evening walk.
A CAR load of strawberries from the
vicinity of Salisbury went to market
yesterday.
The Colorado beetle has appeared
and are visiting the young potato
patches in force.
ABEL S. RIGGS will this week burn
his first kiln of bricks this season, at
the yards over the Landing.
The rainfall in Baltimore measured
over four inches. 1t is probable that
about that quantity fell here.
r. NJ. COOPER sees more peaches
on the road from Garrison's Mill to
Smyrna than from there to Frederick.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed by
the NJ. E. Sunday school Association to
prepare programme for Childrens Day.
THE NJ. E. Sunday School Associa-
ton resolved on Sunday to hold a
strawberry Festival soOn-date not
fixed.
THE Local Preachers 9th Semi
Annual Meeting will be held at WyO-
ming, commencing on Friday, May
28th and ending on the 30th.
J. D. SCOUT has in his nursery grow.
ing for sale this fall, q, 900 peach trees
$4,000 grape vines, besides apples, pears
and other fruit and ornamental trees
THE mill dam at the Hoffecker OF
Garrison Roller Mill, on the road t
Dover has been enclosed by a boarC
fence, improving, while making i
safer.
WIN. R. SMITH, on the Surgen farm
has the finest field of wheat of hi
neighborhood, with those of Nose
Price and Gamaliel Garrison followin,
close after.
| T. B. MEGEAR, has just returned from
the city with a full line of white dres
goods, plaid nansoOcks, calicOes, erin
kled seersuckers, batisie and zephy
cloths and all kinds of dry goods.
ST. PETERS Sunday school orchestr
on Sunday consisted of four violins
cOrnet, violOncello and organ. Tn
school is preparing new vocal and in
strumental music for concert to b
given soon.
SUNDAY morning opened bright an
beautiful, after the two days of storI
and heavy rain. There were severs
bran new hats on the promenade, th
} young ladies not having an entire MOI
OpOly in displaying the fashions.
If our fellow citizens who are mo-
in Washington return home withor
whispering in Uncle Ellis ear "Smyrn
f Creek" at least once, they will retur
short Of doing their whole duty, eve
il they are only pleasure seekers.
, E. P. POTTER, Piano and Orga
= Tuner Of Wilmington, will be in tow
j on Thursday and Friday of this weel
D Orders left with A. z. Griffith will r
!. ceive prompt attention. Mr.. Pott,
q guarantees satisfaction in all cases. T
!, THE new house which +. Wenric
q is having built at " Bay View" Il
new settlement adjoining Bomb:
= Hook, which has been somewhat d
layed by the nOn-arrival of some
e mill work, will be raised this week.
e THE indiscriminate way in which s,
y is gathered from the roads and
m streets for sodding purposes is object
- to by property holders and at the
quest of parties who have been TIRE
% passed on, we thus note that it is q
ls jected to.
W STRAWBERRIES promise, If {
weather is favorable, to be in the mi
le ket in two weeks time. The d
% weather during the blossoming peri
m set the fruit splendidly and the Il
" rains insure a vigorous growth, the
e. being now every indication of an !
at mense crop.
~ THE regular monthly meeting Of [
- =, Clayton Savings and Loan ASSOCIATE
~ was held at Clayton yesterday aft
- noon. Money sold at 2S, 80 and
- cents premium. Four hundred sha
&c have been taken on the second seri
y but subscriptions will be received III
q the next meeting at par value.
I'D SAMUEL, q twelve-year-old son of
us Z. Best, residing near Bingham
IN tion, this county, but formerly of I
m town, was pushed down by play
ne lew on Tuesday Of last week, sustain
nd a fracture Of the right arm below
IN elbow. DR.. VIM. AshcrafJ reduced
ler fracture and he is now doing as well
no can be expected.
lb- L. NJ. PRICE, who did not int
is. when he purchased the building lot
ny Methodist street lnotice Of which
es- given two weeks ago) to build a no
ar this year, has changed his mind, {
sse is making arrangements to erec
C.. dwelling ut once. Mr. Price
on doubtless build himself house {
ms viii compare favorably with any
les " Phosphate Avenue.n e