Smyrna times., 1886-06-16
Smyrna and Vicinity.
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THE school children are now count
ing the. days until vacation begins.
THE washwomen wonder why it is
they have so many rainy Mondays.
CHERRIES have been unusually
abundant in market the past week,
THE huckleberry crop like other
small frdits, promises to be abundant.
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CHURCHES have one:Chldren's Day:
in the streets, every day is Children's
Day.
THEfeld of corn on w. o. HofIecker's
farm near town is voted to take the
lead
DIR. CLOAKs drug store has received
the past week a new dressing of paint
and paper.
THE Walkers public school, T. i.
Mason, teacher, will have an enjoyable
picnic on Saturday.
"MoxIE," for Nervous and Mental
Exhaustion, on draught or by the bot
tie, at J. p. HOfecker's.
THE young ladies af the sentimental
age have greatly enjoyed the moon
light nights of the past week.
THE corn thinning boy whineth
when he lOoketh down the long rows
and hankereth for the last one.
TIE first raspberries made their ap-
pearanGe in market yesterday. The
crop promises to be very prolific.
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THE steamer. Tygert now stops regu-
larly at Port Penn and is taking on
considerable freight, largely in live
stock.
SHERIFF ROBINSON on Wednesday
last sold the hotel in Kenton, of George
Unruh, to Terrence Carvin, the tenant,
for $2,O5O.
THE fountains of soda water were
started last week in our drug stores
but the weather has not yet created
any active demand for cooling drinks.
The crop of Spring chickens prom
ises to be as abundant as the crops of
everything else. This will be grand
for picnics.
JAS. H. HALL, near Duck Creek, has
had three swarms of bees this season
from one hive and seven swarms thus
far from three hives.
THE two river excursion steamers
Thomas Clyde and John 4. Warner
each came to Woodland Beach on Sun
day with large parties of excursionists.
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The town lot, Including the Water
Works. has been enclosed with a
neat picket fence in the front and a
substantial post and rail fence in the
rear.
JOHN r. WILSON has purchased of
Geo. A. Milllington "Belles Duke" a
Jersey calf, that is registered No.
13,462 in the registry book of Jersey
stock.
The social event of Raymond's Neck
this evening will be the wedding OF
Miss Ida Disch, and John G. Meredith.
at the residence of the brides father,
Jos. E. Disch.
ST. PETERS Sunday school will hold
another exhibition on Thursday even
ing of next week. The exercises will
be Of character to interest the people.
A small admission fee will be charged
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JOHN Z. HUDSON commenced to fur
nish this week the lumber for five new
dwellings-NIrs. Foxwell this town
and John Perkins, Charles Numbers
and Joseph Smithers double house) at
Clayton.
The friends of Temperance in Black
bird Hundred met on Saturday and an.
pointed John a. Latta and T. L. Mason
delegates to the State Convention. and
Geo. w. Mattiford and Thos. Kirkley
alternates.
The windows of the N. E. Sunday
School room have been greatly i'm
proved by the addition of inside veni-
tian shutters. The children say that a
new banner would also be a great i'm
prOvement.
The shipments of Strawberries this
week has been only half a car a day
and will probably end tomorrow
The quantity shipped from this station
has been between twenty-five and
thirty cars.
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LEONARD REvIs, at Duck Creek. has
now 200 duck eggs in his incubator
He Matched some ducks before in with
hen eggs, with decided success. Mr.
Eevis Intends to enlarge his operations
next year.
SIXTEEN couple Of our young ladies
and gentlemen enjoyed a hop at Wood
land Beach, on Thursday night last.
The regular season will open on the
2Ith inst, and the first party on Wed.
nesday evening, Both inst.
THE robins are having rich haryes,
OF 1t this year in the immense cherry
crop. But then they amply repay in
their sweet songs for all the cherries
they take as their own as the natural
inheritors of the fruits of the soil.
J. b. MIFFLIN has bought of J. H
Jefferson a lot on South street adioin.
ing that of II. ID. Boyer, and the latter
has bought the lot adjoining his Oh
Delaware street. The cost of the first.
named was $500 and the last $3.50.
SOME of our growers are beginning
to inquire Of the growing potato
crop as to its prospect by lingering
among the young tubers, and find then
quite good size-ready for the table
IN week or two. The rain on Mon.
day was just what they needed.
The members of the Woman,s Chris
tian Temperance Union passed a rego
luton extending a vote Of thanks I,
Mr.. George w. Gordon for the dona
ton of clock for the nse of the Tenn
peranee Reading Room.
MRS. L.. FAIRBANKS. Sec'v.
SUPERINTENDENT TAYLORs report
Of the water works shows that th,
consumption Of water is $4,000 gallon,
per day, requiring the use of the puml
only tWenty-six minutes each day, con
suming on an average 10l pounds O
coal daily. The standpipe effects thi
saving.
THE Festival announced to be hel,
at RaymOnd's Church, has been post
pOned from Wednesday and Thursday
Thursday and Friday evenings Of thi
week AS the proceeds are for The
benefit Of the church, the management
would be pleased to have liberal
patronage