Smyrna times., 1888-07-18

w. L. GoODING, the Principal of the
Conference Academy, calls the atten-
tiOn to that institution as a boarding
and day school.
THE reclaimed marsh at Collins
Beach has now sufficiently dried and
grown grass enough to support seven
ty-five head of cattle.
The second base ball nine went to
Townsend yesterday to play the club
there, the score standing: Smyrna,
20; Townsend, 13.
WIN. T. SEWARD, of Clayton, who
lost his wife last week, will sell his
household goods on Saturday after
noon, and quit housekeeping.
A SCHOONER load of second hand ties
was delivered at Smyrna Landing on
Monday to be used in repairing the
Bombay Hook road down to the phos-
phate factories.
THE steam threshers have been hur-
ried the past week to their utmost in
getting out the wheat crops. Every
farmer would like to thresh this week,
but they have to take their turns.
MONDAY morning one of the south
bound freight trains jumped a frog"
at the freight house at Clayton and
spread the cars all over the tracks. 1t
! took sometime to get them rearranged.
GEO. NJ. D. HART, of Townsend, ad-
ministratOr of the late DR.. Parvis will
sell 112 shares of the capital stock of
| the ParVis & Williams phosphate works
in Middletown, on the 11th of August.
See advertisement.
Four carloads of peaches were ship
| ped over the Delaware railroad Mon
day. One car was consigned to Jersey
City and 3 to Philadelphia. The pre-
viOus shipments to date were cars,
making a total of 10 cars.
REV. L D. JONES, the pastor, will
hold a church camp at Mount Friend
ship church, near Kenton, commen-
cling July 29th. 1t will hold over two
Sundays. Six or eight cOlored preachers
are advertised to be present.
ALEX. FAIRIES, as executor of the
late Theresa NJ. FAIRIES, will sell her
personal effects at public sale on
Thursday, tomorrow afternoon at 9
o'clock. Among the other things of.
fered will be ten shares of bank stock
NOAH CLEAvER, an old and vel
known cOlOred man of the Meek
died few days ago at his residence
near Mount Zion Church. Another
well known cOlOred man, in both the
town and Neck, William Johns, ha!
also died.
a MISSIONARY meeting will be helC
at the Centennial Church on Wednes
day evening 25th inst. and will be ad
dressed by Presiding Elder Franc
and Rev. W. S. Robinson, of this town
, Presiding Elder Wilson of Dover Dis
trict is also expected.
THE students of the Teachers Nor
NAL School make very pleasant ad
dition to our summer population. w
extend to them for our community
! cordial greeting. and hope they will
find their few weeks sojourn here no
only profitable, but a very pleasan
, one.
. A WAKEFIELD cabbage that gets Il
to the weight of u pounds would
= well for October and is especially goo
t for July. This was the weight of on
e placed in the post Office window o
Monday by J. d. Scout, grown b
Peninsular Bone fertilizer in sixty
three days.
The new wide pavement in front
Z Jas. d. Wild's yard adjoining the \
It F.. church is of the right kind in IL
e right place. tits in keeping with th
q lowering of the high fence which viii
i greatly improving it's appearance
u opens 10 view one of the most attra
e tive yards on Mount Vernon street.
= THE club of boys who call themselv
o the Little potatoes hard to peel
: went to Dover on Saturday to measu
h bats with the boys of that town an
4 got beaten by a score of % to II. The
Il claim that besides having to pls
l. against boys in part, from an old
a club, their catcher sold out for IS cent
'r A UNION Church Camp Meeting f
it Dover, Dover Circuit and Smyrn
IS will be held in Hardcastle's WOO
- near CheswOld commencing on Augu
10 18th and holding tell the 9th, inclu
ing three Sundays. 1t will be und
the charge of the pastors of these ]
- spective churches-ReVs. Washingto
- Handay and Lankford.
- DURING the past week the facilitt
~ of the TINES office for efficient j
W printing has been further increased
IN the addition of a new Gorden j
Mt press of the largest size. The equ
10 meDt of the TINES Office for neat a
~ satisfactory job work is acknOwledg
IL to be among the best of any of t
country printing offices.
IN THE stone bridge at " Jim Town
OF completed, and teams are at work
on grading the causeway to bring it to
De level with the bridge. 1t will be co
rs pleted in a few days. This will b.
ee great convenience to the peach sh
Ie- pers at Clayton and also to persC
n wishing to reach Clayton or SmyI
d without crossing the tracks at Clayt,
lir A CORRESPONDENT of the EU
ITS EUening says that D. J. Cummins'
he ton farm in Thoroughfare Neck ii
EN- was in the track Of the severe wi
ats and hail storm of month ago, will ]
tie yield over 10000 baskets Of peacl
If. where it gave a promise of 10000. @
,t- Of the farmers that suffered from
mis- hail only harvested about 80 bushels
NO wheat from eleven acres.
la lsS THE Misses Sarah B. and El
~, FAIRIES are further adding to the ca
W. WI fort of their home by the addition
jVo I' an upper and lower room to the r.
~ ~ of their dwelling and a new conse
HO ~ atOry on the sunny side of the bui
no rs ing. They take great delight in
~ culture of flowers, and their yard
M summer and conservatory in the "
,l,5 ,a5 ter is always an object of interest.
w. THE next eclipse of the moon '
les occur on next Sunday night, and
lch be more interesting than the one
ect January %. The diameter of
lay earth shadow will be much larger
ra- that time in proportion to the diane
1ll- Of moon, darkening the surface m
Der totally. 1t will take place at midni
re- when the moon is higher in the he
ers ems and will be visible in this sect
ur
in THE Camden base ball club b
ule challenged the Americus club, of
urs mingtOn, to play a game on q
,ro- grounds. This grew out of the ga
ing with the Smyrna club, which had
ep- sistance from the Amerieus club.
ub- to yesterday they had had no ans
nm ! from the latter cluh hut doubtIaes Fl