Smyrna times., 1886-07-28

] 4OI FJ,UUU. MI. smith, we understand
IS well to do farmer and expects to
bring a large family with him. He
takes possession next March.
UP to Monday the mercury during
July has not been above 9Oo but one
day, we believe, and then only for a
few hours. The month of July las
year had seventeen days when it went
above 9O' and on the 18th, Dist and
25th it went to 1902. Tue last three
days have been more like Summer.
BILLY" McCullum skipped {" the
State to avoid the warrant issued bv
Esquire Budd for "chawing " the
thumb of " Prof" N. NJ. Davis. The par-
ticulars of which were given in our
last issue. By the way, the Prof ),
has also since skipped the town but
hrst got good pummeling which he
deserved.
DUCK Creek hundred is one of the
most quiet politically of any hundred
IN the State. The "boys :" are. how
ever, watching the skirmish going on
both North and South of them. and it
may be their duty and privilege. as
has often been the case before. to come
up with the reserve force that decides
the wage of battle.
DURING the thunderstorm on Sun
day afternoon lightning struck the
stable of Robert n. Higgins, in Thor
oughtare Neck, killing a valuable
young horse six years old. The stable
was but little damaged and the other
horses were not injured. The family
IN the dwelling a hundred yards dis
tant received quite a shock from the
crashing electrical bolt.
ONE of the best known furniture
stores in Philadelphia to purchasers of
this Peninsula is that of Gould & Co.
BY their advertisement in another col
umn it will be seen that they still wish
to keep up the acquaintance of their
old friends and want them as well as
new ones, whenever they come up to
the city in quest of furniture to not
lose sight of their name and place of
business.
Now that the early varieties of
peaches have rotted and been in the
main valueless for marketing, the con-
tinued wet weather, we are told is be-
ginning to affect the Troth, the first of
the standard varieties, and always con-
sldered a hard and reliable shipping
peach. Unless there is a let-up to the
rainy weather and air surcharged with
moisture, the other varieties will fol-
low in turn.
SUNDAY last the mercury started in
the morning at 679 and did not arise
above TO- at any time in the dav until
the evening, yet at this low tempera-
ture and with cold north wind, we
were treated to a thunder shower
shortly after dinner of considerable
force and duration. In fact the
shower seems to have been gotten up
for an electrical display or some other
freak of nature.
The work on the new streets com
menced yesterday-opening Walnut.
and widening Church and North.
Extending Church, or as it is to be
known hereafter, Delaware street ex-
tended, will be the most marked i'm
provement, requiring the filling up of
the unsightlY brick hole " at the in
tersectiOn of North Street. This and
Walnut street through to Gleenwood
Avenue will make quite a change in
this side of the town.
suppose you've heard that thev
are selling birds at the soda water
fountains" " says the smart nan with
the gag.
No, / haven't"
" 1t is a fact"
" What kind of birds are they selling
there ?"
" Swallows"
Then the man with the gag runs
Exchange.
WE are now in the season of perch
and trout fishing but for some reason
we do not hear so much from our ANA
teur fishermen the last year or two, and
we especially miss their big fish stor-
les. The angler who now only has
hsherman's luck may very properly
throw his pole away and retire. Fish
ing Is tine sport for men lazy or medi-
tative. And for such, or indeed anv
other persons, there is plenty of water
hereabouts to cast the hook.
I BETWEEN one and two dozen of our
citizens joined the Dover excursion to
Colchester Beach last Thursday and
with one accord pronounced it a de-
lightful place and occasion. Excur-
slOns from several places including
Wilmington and Baltimore met there
that day, making it one of the biggest
days the place has ever had, the crowd
being numbered at over 200. Some
OF these days it is expected that Toll
chester will be closer to US than it IS at
tended.
The hack that has been running 10 |
Woodland Beach and the steamer
Clyde will be taken off, the proprietor
says, unless business improves. This
reminds US that the advertisement of
the Clyde has appeared every year in !
the TIMES until this year. There is an
indication by the management of per-
feet indifference in regard to this end
OF the line, and this seems to have in |
splred a corresponding feeling among
the people. 1t is not so with the |
Iygert, which is having a large list of |
Passengers.
LAST year was a general scare in re-
gard to cholera, and prediction and ex-
pectatiOn that it would visit our shoes
this year, but it hasn't come vet. But |
the scare has worn off and we have be-
gun to feel quite safe. 1t would be un-
fortunate if, with this abatement of
anxiety, there should come indifer- |
ence to precaution. In epidemic dis |
eases as in other things eternal vigil |
lance is the price of safety. and a |
season like this of continued damn |
weather and funky atmosphere calls |
Tor unusual precautiOn.
The pic mic at Fraland Beach on
Thursday last of a number of our towns
folk seems to haye been so pleasant as
10 make them want more extended |
stay at the place. In accordance With
Jhls desire they have made arrange
ments for tenting there for from one to
Two weeks. Accordingly, three large
tents have been secured to accomm0-
iate the number, with the probable adj
lltlon OF one or two more. They pro-
pose to pitch their tents next Tuesday.
ana Will doubtless have merry time
n roughing it at the bay side.
RICHARD Brown, who has been a
iriver of one of the hotel hacks for
iome Tune steps in to fill the breach
DetWeen having two hacks and none at
vi; Last week we stated that on the
oilowing Saturday the hotels would
AXE their hacks off because thew were
'unning at a loss. Richard saw. from
us knowledge of public travel that