Smyrna times., 1888-06-27

THE Smyrna Baseball Club, of this
town, will go to Camden tomorrow to
play game with the club of that place.
NJ. G. l.. will meet this evening at
o'clock, sharp. All members are re-
quested to be present. as it will be a |
business meeting only. Signed,
REC. Sec.
afternoon to see a ball match. but put |
him in a church pew with cushioned |
seat for three-quarters of an hour and |
he will wObble all over the seat.
THERE will be meeting of the
Clayton Fruit Exchange at the Office |
of A. G. Cummins, for the purpose of
organization for work, on Saturday
afternoon next, June Both, at o'clock. |
MONDAY gave us the last of the
strawberries-not only a profitable crop
to the growers, but an unusually en-
joyable one 20 the consumers. The
raspberry came in as well as it possibly
can, to take the place of the straw
berry.
A. d. HELvEsTON, residing near
Walkers School House, is making i'm
prOvements to his dwelling by erecting
an addition to it. In putting on the
tin roof last week, Andrew SiscO ac-
complished the feat of putting on 1000
feet of tin in ten hours.
T. B. MEGEAR has had erected and
which his patrons have been enjoying
the past week or two, large, airy shed
some so or 60 feet long where horses
and carriages are protected from both
sun and weather, as well as the dan
gers from hitching along the street.
ALL persons who propose taking
part in the singing for the 4th of July
celebration are requested to meet in
the Opera House tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock for a rehearsal. 1t is
hoped that all who can without regard
to age, will be present and help swell
the chorus.
THE 4th of July coming on Wednes-
| day, our regular issue day of next
week, the TIMES will be issued on
Tuesday afternoon, one day in advance.
Advertisers, and persons intending to
communicate with the paper in any
way for our next issue, will please
bear this in mind.
IT is gratifying to the residents in
the vicinity of the Four Corners to
know that the anarchists" in other
words bomb bursters, will not have
free reins to extract all the sleep out
of the nights of the 3rd and 4th as last
year. The Town Commissioners have
issued little verdict to this effect.
THE event this week among the col
ored people is a church wedding, to
come off this evening at the Centennial
church, in obedience to cards
issued a week ago, the contracting
parties being Samuel II. Jeffers and
Hattie Matilda Potts. The wedding
will be followed by a reception at the
Rev. G. Potts, the brides father
THE Junior" base ball club of this
town went to Middletown on Friday
to play game with the club of tha
town. The weather was hot but Ou1
boys felt rewarded in a score of 25 fol
Smyrna and for Middletown, as fol
lows
SR3{iRa Mi3dietovn..f 1,:s......f % %
The Presbyterian Sunday School ha
chartered the steamer John Z. Tgqey
for July 9th, and will make an excur
, sion on the Delaware up as far as For
Delaware, stopping at St. Augustin
s Pier. Leaving at y o'clock A. NJ, re
turning at P. NJ. There will be 10
tickets sold, no half fares. The Sun
day School will go free of charge.
e JOHN H. BEwLEY is having a bat
: room with its proper appurtenances G
+ wash stand, &c, put in the secon
r story of his dwelling. In doing this
r required some changes below, especial
o ly in the stairway, that eventuated i
J. a complete change in both the dinin
t room and kitchen that will make bot
t much more comfortable, rOomy an
e attractive.
THE parties who sat up to watch fc
= the eclipse of the moon on Frida
: night had an enchanting night of
: with the silver rays mOttling th
= streets in their passage through th
tree tops, but they were Just a mont
g ahead of time. Their faith hoWeve
made the thing genuine, for they reall
:, believed at the proper hour the moo
p looked like an old copper cent.
v AN authority says that no matt,
ID how large the spot of oil, any carp
n or WOOlen cloth can be cleaned by a.
IN plying buckwheat, plentifully al
c. faithfully brushing it into a dust pi
Is after a short time, and putting {
er fresh until the oil has all disappeare
~ Never put on liquid of any Kind
] oil
I'd please put a spot of oil on their carpe
I'd and test this recipe?
% Mrs. HANNAH STEPHENSON, wido
a of the late Jonathan Stephenson, m
Ne with a serious accident to her hip
- Wednesday last while visiting h
IL daughter, Mrs. Isaac r. Stats
80 ThorOughfare Neck. The accide
40 40 was the result of a misstep and fall
y the porch, the hip probably being dis
=. Gated. She was brought to her home
~ this town the next day where she
i'' getting along as well as could
49, expected. now being over 80 years
'ss - age.
NJ IT is said that there is a man in t
ill northern part of the town who H
le- thirteen dogs, and another in "WhC
alt ping" who has eleven. Both of tht
rk men are labOrers, working for a doll
ID day. There is something in this ST
mt gestive of COnstantinople, where unC
IN MOhametan law dogs are a kind
sacred institution "a sin to kill one
ess and hence the streets full of half sta
for ed dogs that are constant pests to p
in pie who do not know what to do vi
of them. Are we growing up a set
an Turks here?
~ No DOZEN matters of local char
W. W. ter has engaged during the past we
~ so much attention as the deliberate
;;u' Of the Chicago Convention EVE
j" body seemed to have a greater or |
share of interest in it. The result
the weeks watching was unusl
acquiescense in the ticket; every
publican seemed to be pleased and
"a democrat raised any personal obi
ing ton. If this same spirit is maintain