Smyrna times., 1888-09-05
Snovrna and Vicinitv.


The Clayton NJ. E. sunday-school is
picnicing at Woodland Beach to-day.
PEOPLE like to talk politics, but they
do not belive in politics as it is prac-
ticed.
THE circulation of the EUening Jour-
nal, the new paper in Wilmington, has
gone up here to 20 copies.
THE momentous questions of nation
al politics pale before the local excite
ment of baseball contests.
EVERYBODY should exhibit some
held at Dover, Sept. "a to 30.
The tourists, fishers, recreators and |
pleasure-seekers of all descriptions are |
returning to their homes and business. |
MEssERs. LEWIS g. PRICE have con-
nected their Office in town with their
phosphate factory at Smyrna Landing
by telephone.
ALEX. H. WILSON who has replaced
the refrigerator in his shambles with
new one, claims that he has now the
POWELL F. JOHNS, formerly teacher
of the Kenton public School, has taken
the principalship of the Delaware City
school, and moved his family there.
The Brother Jonathan band presented
a good appearance yesterday, an appar-
emily genteel set of dudes, and what is
remarkable, didn't flirt a bit with the
girls.
w. G.. PIERCE, late with the PENN
sular Bone Fertilizer Company, has
commenced business in Philadelphia
under the firm name of Willard G.
Pierce & Co. See card.
DIR. T. J. LAMDIN has in his garden
some very prolific grape vines ripening
handsome clusters, that evidently
didn't know there was such a thing as
a grape blight this year.
The farmer, the merchant, the me-
chanic, and, in fact, everybody and
everybOdy's wife, children and rela-
tives, can profit by days attendance
at the Delaware State Fair.
Miss Mary E. SAvIN is putting a
bay window in her kitchen, on the
line of Market street. A new kitchen
is to be built in the rear, and this room
is to be used for a dining room.
THE play "Our Jonathan" with the
laughable Yankee Moore as comedian
attracted a good audience at the Opera
House last night, who seemed to bC
highly entertained by the performance
A SHIPMENT of grapes by a grove,
near the town last week did not hav'
returns sufficient to pay for the pick
, ing. They must have passed through
the rot, and been very scattering OF
the punches.
THIS is farmers day or rather even
ing at Woodland Beach, host Campbell
having made special arrangements 70
e them, their wives and daughters, and
( good many will doubtless be in atter
/ dance.
THERE is one canning establishmeI
and four evaporatOrs in operation i
Kenton, employing about all the hanC
IS in town. Mothers, sons and daughter
n ore busily engaged in pairing peachC
and tomatoes.
, Mrs. E. T. SCOTT, of Ocean Grow
n. j., one of the National Org
v nizers of the Woman's Christia
N Temperance Union will speak in tt
lie NJ. E. Church, Sept. 10th. The publ
ts is invited to come out.
s. tbs Cecil County Agricultural Fai
is an advertisement of which will be SEE
&c elsewhere, will be held at Elkton fro
u the ID, to the 9TH, of October. TIL
le fair always ranks high, aud attracts
il good deal OfattentiOn.
m THE peach growers were made
if suffer for holiday, Monday at lee
ye that was one of the excuses render
- for the finest peaches of the season Sc
"a ing for half price; that the labori
ne people were engaged in a hold
% parade.
he A STREET fakir entertained the usI
crowd for such purposes last event
in making speeches and selling mic
scopes. He, by the way, was a w
ay good ventrilOquist, and made his au
8 matte "Billy" say some very fun
nd things, only he slapped him over
- much.
u.s. THE Kenton NJ. E. Sunday Sch
nd went to Woodland Beach on Wedn
ed day last, and had a very pleasant til
Ose The pastor, while going in BATH
tn hurt his large toe so that the nail
.he to be removed by a physician, and
will not be able to wear a shoe
ing some weeks.
iOI 5 BLACKBIRD HUNDRED, our adjoin
suN hOr will oOu,a in, cbaro
- the political excitement at the Del
-" ~ cratic primaries on Saturday. RI
IF, n. Higgins, residing near Coll
rS' Beach, will be strongly put forward
ant his friends for the position of Repres
0nS aS tative in the General Assembly.
yer JOHN c. BAILEY has the most c.
ley plete walks through his grounds
lew tending from the front to the rear
the premises, of any place in to-
They are laid with flag stones, the p
ate cipal walks being three and the mi
hot two feet wide, over 200 feet in length
required a vessel load.
-. REV. E. A. SNoOK, of Mt. JOY,
0n will occupy the Presbyterian pU
and next Sunday, morning and even
on The Rev. Mr.. Shook is a young I
so well known to the Presbyterian Gle
,bos men of the peninsula, his first sci
'N0 ment six years ago. Mr.. Shook ms
Ject this vacation visit to Smyrna while
lred own church is being remodeled.
tain THE tramps are considerably t
the ming out. They are returning in
late direction they came from, and do
tho like to stay long in one place. N
= of them have made very good p'
lacI pickers, and the farmers would
, or been badly put to it to get [
over peaches picked but for them, but
yent rule they become restless and VI
-, tain after earning a week or t
VIII wages.
va MANY of our boys who have gra
3 IN ted in the studies of base ball, "
and have been 50 industriously pur
heir Notwithstanding the weather was
might find a diversion land all
sooner or later like a change Of I
in Mr.. Roe's night school. If
sec have any regard to the preparation
here life for future benefit to themse
ties this school is especially worthy Of
attention.
! - MRS. Z. T. SCOTT has been eng
= ooo on by the w. G. T. u, of this Stat
O,OOO make lecturing tour through
head and Sussex counties beginning
iang- Smyrna, September 10th. She ex
~ to ORGANIZE at KeutOn on the 11th