Smyrna times., 1886-08-11
smyrna and Vicinity.

SInN iIld dIlO NlclnlCV.
A oNE-LEGGED tramp was a novelty
here yesterday.
For everything in season read the
advertisement of J. B. Cooper.
INTERESTING reading for the tramps
the posters citing the law against va
grants.
The month just closed was decidedly
the coolest July we have experienced
in fifteen years.
G. A. AsHCRAFT will sell the con-
tents of Il drug store at Kenton, on
Saturday next, August 14th.
BLACKBERRIEs that have been so
abundant, fine and cheap withal, fin
ished their course last week.
T. B. MEGEAR returned over 100
empty flour barrels to the manufactur-
ers at one shipment this week.
The telephone Of the Fruit Growers
Exchange will be completed from
Wyoming to Clayton this week.
On Monday the steamer Tygert car
ried about two thousand baskets of
fruit and on Tuesday about 1900.
THE Clayton Good Templar installa-
lation in Ewell NJ. P. Church on Fri
day evening last was well attended.
JACOB LEINBERGER has in contem-
piiation the putting in a Shipman en-
glne to run his machinery to manufac-
ture sausage.
Mr.. BUCKsON, ON the farm of VIM.
a. Cummins, up the State road. has
growing a very fine field of millet
grass for hay.
SEVERAL parties shipped grapes
from Clayton on Monday, the Cham
pion variety. Jas. K. Orrell shipped
about 400 pounds from Brenford.
BETWEEN mosquitoes, storms and
big hotel bills, the average seashore
guest wonders whether. after all. there
IS such thing as Summer rest and
recreation.
The fields Of corn hereabouts, except
III very low lands where it has been
drowned out, are looking very luxur-
lant, and mostly promise an abun-
dant yield.
WM. NJ. BOYER, Oh the 50 VanGeaseln
farm took up his crop of early potatoes
last Week-l2O peach baskets full from
one-sixth Of an acre. SThis is an ex-
ceedingly fine yield.
GILBERT B. REED. son of f. Reed
OF this town, who has been at Bridge
VILE for the past year or two, has been
changed to Middletown as night oper-
ator in the main Office.
SARAH G. HAMILTON, wife of Georpe
Hamilton, has bought of Lewis Ham
ilton building lot fronting on Main
street, 30 by 80 feet, for $4OO II is
the intention of the purchaser to build
a dwelling.
JOHN j. JONES near town bought
last week farm of Ex-SheriT Richard-
son near. Blackbrd station, 125 acres.
for $500. It is the intention of Mr.
Jones to put his youngest son, Alonzo,
on it next Spring.
AN imprOvised choir for the services
OF the NJ. T.. Church on SUNDAY ftbe
| soprano singers all being absent camn.
ing at the bayside) seems 10 have
given very satisfactory music to the
congregation. The anthems were well
rendered, Miss Name Townsend sing.
ing in addition a solo, "Jesus Lover az
My Soul" very effectively, Miss Grace
Quigg also taking with her leading
part in the evening services.
LAST week was the anniversary OF
the visitation of the cyclone in this
State (the second one Of the Summer
/ for this particular locality, but nature
has done a great deal in this short
time to Obliterate what appeared then
its destructive path through our or
/ ehards and fields. 1t will be remem4
pered that it became a great deal more
destructive as it made its way up the
Delaware river. A Jersey paper says
Although the cyclone one year age
quite or nearly demolished five hun.
dred houses and destroyed other prop.
erty in Camden, n. J., involving a losi
Of $l,OOO,O00, the Courier says that TO-
day not a.trace of it remains. This is a
noteworthy tribute to the enterprise ol
that growing city,