Smyrna times., 1888-08-01
Smyrna and Vicinity.

COMMUNION services Will be held at
the Presbyterian church next Sunday.
THE farmers are very much worried
about their peach treess prematuring.
THREE car loads of cans arrived
Thursday for McGaw & Bros. can
merry.
THREE funeral notices were read out
in the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing.
THE Odd Fellows intend in the near
future to paint and beautify their Hall
on Main street.
DANIEL PHILLIPS, the BARTENDER of
the Smyrna Club, is now fitted up in
a fine base ball suit.
SOME persons in town would like to
see the smiling face of the proprietor
of the Randy Kitchen.
THE only person in town who keeps
oranges during the high prices is
Stevenson, Market street.
IT is said that four hundred tramps
came down on the midnight train to
Clayton one night last week.
c. A. ALLEN has began the erection
of a new house on South street adioin-
ing the property of H. D. Boyer.
ATTENTION is called to the adver-
tisement of NJ. Megary & Son, Will
mlngton, which appears in this issue.
SOME of our young men have been
looking over the almanac to see when
the moon will go into an eclipse again.
SOME boys who were playing ball
on Commerce street Monday, threw a
ball through one of Willumsen's win
dOws.
THE Mite Society of the Presbyterian
church will meet at the residence of
Mrs. Horace R. Mustard tomorrow
evening.
The new house of c. A. Beck. on
Mount Vernon street, has been enclos-
ed and will soon be ready for the plas-
terers.
OUR readers will please pardon us
for the poor local newspaper we pre-
sent this week, as the editor is taking
his vacation.
DAY, the best pitcher in the State.
has signed with the Smyrna base ball
club. We expect now to see Smyrna
the champion of the State.
Mrs. JAMES WILDs is improving her
residence on Mount Vernon street by
putting in a bay window at the side
and lowering the windows in front.
NATHAN MOORE, of Leipsic, left at
our office yesterday a fine sample of
Fulcaster wheat, which was grown by
him. The grains are very large and
dry.
The fruit growers are requested to
attend a Fruit Exchange meeting in
front Of the Smyrna House, Saturday
next. w. n. Brown is expected to be
present.
SOME of our politicians think that
certain persons of Dover, had better
attend the affairs in East Dover Hun
dred and let the politics of this Hun
dred alone.
THE Episcopal Sunday School pic
niced at Woodland Beach yesterday,
The Smyrna Opera House orchestra
accompanied them and furnished some
very fine music.
Mrs. MCMULLEN, of Dover, has
opened a boarding house on Delaware
street, between Commerce and Mount
Vernon, where she will be pleased to
accommodate bOarders.
STEAMER Tygert is running with
full freights of wheat and peaches.
Two car loads on Monday all prema-
lures. Freight received daily in Phila-
delphia until leaving time.
The cOlored base bali club of this
town went to Milford last Thursday
and defeated the club of that town by
a score Of Is to 3. They will play a
return game here Thursday.
THE steamer j. E. Tygert will leave
promptly as advertised, and shippers
are requested to have fruit at boat be-
fore time of leaving in order to insure
making the early market.
THE Smyrna club has many ardent
lady admirers. Two of them drove "a
miles to see the game with Chester and
refused to eat their dinner for fear they
would not be in time for the game.
ROBERT DENNEY has contracted
with Messrs. Thompson & Campbell.
of Philadelphia, to put rollers in his
mill at Duck Greek. When completed
Mr.. D. expects to manufacture the best
flour in the State.
By the new schedule which went
into effect Monday, the train going
north which left here at 1851 A. M,
now leaves at Hop A. NJ: and the
train going south which left at 2.O4P P.
NJ, now leaves at 1.02P.
The Texas pony, purchased by A. f.
Jardine last week, while being driven
down Main street Saturday evening,
got frightened at some men playing
ball, and backed up against DR.. Moore's
office, breaking the swingle-tree of the
carriage.
AN agent of the Philadelphia Press
was in town last week in the interests
OF the Sunday edition of that paper.
He would not say how he expected to
get it here, but it is supposed that a
Sunday paper train will be run over
| the Delaware Railroad.
THERE is postal regulation, and it
IS not new one either, authorizing the
postmaster to read all the postal cards
that pass through the Office, but Post
master Bewley says it is utterly out OF
the question with an Office in which
there is so much to do as the SMYRNA
post Office, and does not attempt.
THE following officers will be install.
ed at l. o. G. T. lodge, of this town
this evening: g. T., DIR. c. o. Swim
ney; V. T., Miss Maggie Sisco; r. S.,
Miss Annie Mcdowell; F. S., Mrs
Maggie Roe; Chaplain, Edward Beck ;
Marshall, Chas. Porter; Guard, Miss
Grace Swinney; Sentinel, John Wood.
Democratic Club
The Democrats of Duck Creek Hun
dred assembled in the Opera House
last evening to form a Democratic
] Club. After some little wrarOIino