Smyrna times., 1886-05-26
Smvrna and Vicinity

dies.
PEAS from the lower part of the
Peninsula were sold in Wilmington {
week ago.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, 1. o. G. II.
added four to its membership on Wed
nesday night.
SEVENTY-FIvE carloads of strawber.
ries went North over the Delaware
road on Monday.
JOSEPH H. WRIGHT has contracted
to build for Joseph Smithers a double
dwelling in West Clayton.
The engagement of Henry Ward
Beecher to lecture here tomorrow has
been declared entirely off.
BISHOP LEE will visit St. Peters
Church Sunday evening next and ad.
minister the Rite of Confirmation.
The question that now interests the
farmers most is, when will this humid
condition of the atmosphere ceaseP
TEACHERS will be Interested in the
announcement of Superintendent
Williams and Carpenter in another col
umn.
II. NJ. JOHNSON has had a galvan-
lied awning placed in front of his
shoe store.
JERRY GOLDSBOROUGH will not pro-
phecy any better weather than we
have been having until we are done
with this moon.
THE District Stewards of EastOn Dis
trict hold their annual meeting in the
NJ. E. Church, of this town, tomorrow,
9th inst, at IL A. NJ.
As result Of the festival, the net
result of which was about S85. an ex-
cursion for the NJ. +. Sunday School
this season is assured.
IT is stated that the late editor of
the Smyrna Record is to start a new
journalistic venture in Dover soon
another Democratic paper there.
a DEVOURING worm has made its an
pearance in the gOOsebcrry patches
and some of them are reported TO be
entirely stripped Of their leaves.
A NEW class of scholars over six
years Of age who have never attended
school will he formed next Monday in
stead Of the first Monday in June.
JOHN r. ROBINSON has potato plants
that are Il marvel for luXuriance. OF
course the starting point is to be traced
to the phosphate works at Rothwell's
Landing.
The planting of corn was put back
by the wet weather until last week,
in some places, while in many other
fields it is sufficiently grown to use
the cultivator.
MooRToN Lodge No. 10, I. o. G. T.,
will hold a strawberry festival in their
hall for the benefit Of their Lodge on
Thursday and Friday evening, May
9th and 2Sth.
STRAWBERRIES will be of unusual
line size this season and promise a
very heavy yield. In fact, some of
our growers fear they will be unre-
munerativc from this very fact
GEORGE 0. BAILEY. who moved to
our town in the Winter from Whining
ton, was telegraphed on Saturday Of
the serious illness of his father, which
terminated fatally on Monday.
CAPTAIN AL. H. SMITH has had a
new porch erected covering the front
of his dwelling on Delaware street. the
cornlce work of which presents an
elaborate and very tasty finish.
REV. HOWARD T. QUIGG filled the
pulpit for his father at the NJ. Z.
Church, on Sunday morning and
night and was listened to attentivelv
and interestedly by his congregations.
As MUCH rain as we have had the
past three weeks, it has been meager to
that in the Southern States where
eight inches fell in three days. The
lands and railroads were greatly flood
ed.
READ G. w. & s. Taylor's adver-
tisement about the Champion Steel
Binder, DrOppef and Mower. Little
Diamond and New Departure cultiva-
tors, traction engine and thresher,
binder twine, &c.
OUR friends over the way have un-
dertaken the task of forecastinp the
weather. They had better be certain
to have their pregnOstications correct
on picnic days if they don't want to
get blessing from young America.
FORTY years ago, according to our
oldest inhabitants, we had Just such a
Spring as this has been. MANY far
mers were unable to plant corn, owing
the wet ground, and those who did
plant had green corn to husk and crib.
The members.of our colored band
who left here two or three weeks AGO
to join O'Brien's Circus we understand
are to return home to-day or to-mOr-
row. Everything has not been as ex-
pected. Several of them who had
good positions before leaving may not
be able to pick up the same string thev
let fall
ONE Of our citizens living on our
main artery of travel, who had a pave
wash put in two or three weeks ago.
but has not had occasion to use it be-
cause OF the frequent rains, on opening
Inc box two or three days ago found a
little snake cOiled up in it. The won
der IS where the little varmints" "
come from.
a. l.. HUDSON purchased last week |
Of John Benson a farm in MARYLAND ON
he road leading from Millington To |
oudlersville, containing 300 acres for
Sl2,OOO, or $40 per acre. Mr.. Hudson
loes not get possession until the first
)t the year. He purposes in the !
spring planting one hundred acres of |
t in peach trees.
THURSDAY evening last was not bv
my means a ba,my May evening, with
ne sweet breath of Spring floating
IN the air, but it was nevertheless en- |
Dyed by twenty-seVen Of our Young |
people who rode down to Dover and |
'eport that both the cantata of the |
Haymakers and the ride afforded |
hem very pleasant evening.
IT must be pleasure to our ladies
o have a store adapted to their special
wants right at home. Such, we under
tand to be the character of that of L.
Cotton, where a speciality is made
u articles for ladies' wear-dress goods.
vrappings, underwear, &c.-nearlv
everything desired for a ladies outfit.
md some say as low or lower than
'ity prices.
THERE is great complaint about a
'Ight that has attacked the young
trlng beans. The first that was heard
u II was about two weeks ago, when
me or two parties in different locoIi-