Smyrna times., 1886-05-19

library lOr Jhe use OF the school,
ABOUT twenty members of Smvrna
Lodge No. 5, l. o. G. T.. went 10
Clayton on Monday night to visit
Clayton Lodge No. 16, 1. o. G. T.
AS WILL be seen by reference to our
advertising columns, Wanamaker &
Brown, of Philadelphia, offer durable
and stylish clothing at very low
prices.
QUITE a good party of our young
folks are expecting to ride down to
Dover tomorrow night to witness the
presentation of "The Haymakers" by
Dover talent.
JOHN PRICE has the agency of the
State on the East side of the State
ROAD for Hopes, Bro, & Thomas
Maple Avenue Nursery, West Chester.
Pennsylvania.
The crop of clover hay promises to
be heavy per acre, but the yield in the
aggregate cannot be large because of
the young clover killed out in so many
fields last Summer.
GEO. w. TILGHMAN is greatly i'm
proving the appearance of his work
shop by new clothing of weather.
boards and the erection of q double
decked porch to its front.
THE men who have been supplying
us with shad report these fish very
scarce and sturgeoRs abundant and
large. One boat took in twenty-five of
them on Monday, the catch being val
ued at $780,
CARDS are out for the marriage of the
Rev. James Al. Mitchell, of Houston
and Miss Jennie Stevenson formerly
of Dover in the NJ. E. Church, at
Marydel, on Thursday, May 9th, at four
o'clock P. NJ.
THE Philadelphia Geological Gar
dens, of which a short account will be
found on our first page, offers unusual
attractions to pleasure seekers and stu
dents in natural history. 1t is well
worth visit
J. H. PRIMROSE & Co., have removed
their Office from the Johnson building
to the Office belonging to Mrs. S. p.
Mason on Main street three doors from
the corner. E. r. Hall is also sharing
the same Office with him.
THE fashion of the weather this sea-
son has been long wet and long dry
spells. 1t would be otherwise a yerv
natural prediction for a dry spell
reaching,intO harvest, as an Offset to
the late protracted wet spell
L f7ArrrODy IuOI,oI 1 -
strike for the West Point cadetship,
four of the 26 applicants from the State
being from that hundred-two Gra-
hams and two Hazels. Duck Creek
hundred hadn't a single applicant.
THE following pupils of Deakyneville
school have made an average of 95 in
department, attendance and rccitations,
for the month ending May 18th: Sallie
i. Deakyne, Lille Jones, Eta Deakyne.
Rachel Reynolds, Harry c. Benson.
PERSONS going travelling would do
well to inform themselves in regard to
possible changes in schedule time for
the changes and the announcements
come simultaneous. The publication
is more likely to come after than be-
fore the time.
). l.. LAVENDER, with his moving
apparatus, moved n building last week
near Downs Chapel for James Guess
ford, that is 130 years old. 1t has its
roof on it, which is in a good
state of preservation and likely to last
for years yet.
THE price of eggs has gone up. We
are glad of this for the sake of a fellow
citizen who said last week that he had
eaten so many eggs lately that he had
learned how to cackle. Now let him
drop down to trout; they are cheap
and abundant.
SHERIFF ROBINSON sold ont the
stock of G. E. Beaird, of Wilmington.
On Saturday-lamps, silverware and
dictionaries. He came here the first
Of March, taking a room of J. G. Brin-
ION, on Market street, but kept open
only two or three weeks.
The sub-contracts for the building
Of the new hotel at Clayton have been |
awarded by Mr.. Tatnall, the chief con-
tractor, as follows: lumber for the
woodwork, John p. Hudson: brick and
lme' Z. F; Gritfenberg; roofing, spout
ng, &C., c. F. Lippincott.
GEO. w. GORDON had Strawberries
IN sale Saturday, but they were not |
homemade" getting them from the
,lty IN an invoice of early peas and |
'ther vegetables. A few davs of hot |
will soon hurry our home |
grown berries into market.
AN exchange makes the following
very sage remark:
The person who treats himself we'll Is
likely to treat everyone else in the same
way, and likewise the town in which he
ives. Those persons who constantly attend
o some other persons business to the neg
ect OF their own, are worth nothing to So
.iety."
THE steamer Tygert brought down
yesterday new 80 horse power boiler
or the works of the Peninsular Bone
tertilizer Company. Last wear thew
lut in a new so horse power boiler bnt
ne growing demands of the company
makes this inadequate, and this new
boiler Is to give them additional power
The stave cutter of the basket mill
which has been sold to a party i'm New
Jersey, was taken out last week and
hipped, its place to be supplied nv
lew and larger cutter, which will soon
'e put IN position. In the meantime
We miss the voice of the deep -throated
whistle, which has such a business
Ound in it. -''
IHE farmers report frost on Monday
nornlng, but not heavy enough to do
ny damage TO fruit. Monday morr
ng the thermometer registered at <
CLOCK IN town 44o lit is usually one or
Wo degrees lower in the country.
-uesday morning 48', and this morn
ng 5O'. This is low temperature for
he last half of May.
JOHN JONES, a former citizen of
Aenton, a shoemaker by trade. and
part of the time of his residence
here justice Of the peace. died an
Wednesday last at the residence If
ls son-ln-law, John P. Garrison, near
4eipsic, aged "a years. He was famil-
irly known as esquire Jones. a
leasant and genial man.
In AN article on peaches the Balti-
alore Sun, says: Taking into view
ne whole peach growing area of the
experts estimate that the
rODa6le yield cannot exceed half Of
nat OF last year. The entire produc-
ion will amount, it is thought. from
resent indications, to not over 500
W W baskets, of which number about
OO'OOO will come to Baltimore"
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