Smyrna times., 1888-09-12
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Y
GEO. NJ. STEVENSON will have oys-
ters on Saturday.
WOODLAND BEACH will close tonight |
with grand hop.
THE cold rain of Friday started up
the fall fires in many homes.
THE roads this week have had very
much the appearance off Spring thaw.
JAS. G. ROBINSON has now capacity
in his coal bins at the depot for 1900
tons.
THE Loyal Legion, which suspended
for the warm weather has been reOr-
ganized.
THE season may be late and the crop
light, but better tomatoes were never
before brought to our factories.
The Till Family will give an enter
tainment here October 10Th, in the in
terest of the NJ. E. organ fund.
SwEETPoTAToEs are likely to be
plentiful and good this year. The crop
in the lower Peninsula is immense.
ROBERT DgNNEY is putting in new
and improved machinery for the man
ufacture of -four by the roller process.
SOME one asks, "Is baseball wick
ed?" Oh, no, but there may be very
wicked doings while the game is being
played.
THE Wilmington cOlored base ballistS
will play a return game with the col
ored team ofthis town on their grounds
here tomorrow.
Mr.. HIRNHEIMER's store will bC
closed from Friday evening at 6 O'CLOCK
to Saturday evening at o'clock
being the Day of Atonement.
ABOUT 200 persons took part at thu
Woodland Beach Farmers Supper q
Wednesday evening, and so enjoyed
as to request its repetition shortly.
THE old brick building that was lef
out in the road when Delaware stree
was extended and widened betweel
Mt. Vernon and North, is being tor
down.
THE new house of Charles Allen, o
. South street, is approaching compile
e ton, attractive and coZy in appearance
\ and will make very pretty home for
young couple.
FODDER saving, which some farmel
. intended to engage in last week bI
were interfered with by the threatnin
It and rainy weather, will be entered Q
now in earnest.
THE Episcopal Sunday school WI
s reorganized on Sunday with the folloV
ing officers Edgar Spruance, Superi
- tendent VIM. =. Waters, Assistan
1t VIM. W. Wright, Librarian.
~ LEVIN LAVENDER, son of Joseph /
e who has been visiting relatives
h Smyrna the past two or three week
m broke his arm on Monday while pla
ing see-saw. A year or two ago
y broke his other arm.
THE farmers who commenced pullii
q blades last week, a system of fOdd
n saving which prevails in lower De
ware and Maryland, have Doubt,
III had the bad luck to lose those in t
v field from the bad weather.
20 THE farmers are busy with the fall,
~ and the fertilizer manufactures W
~ phosphates. This is the busy mon
y u of the year with the latter, but if tn
~ operations are on as large a scale
~ ~ usual, they are doing it on the IS
M nv hunt" plan.
lat THERE is a good opening in SmyI
as, for man who can iile or make k
to to fit lock, mend broken umbrel
Sc, repair a sewing machine; in fact n
~, to do odd jobs Of mending or repairi
sly If this should meet the eye Of sucl
ew party, if he will let himself be kno
ter in Smyrna he can make good liv
gh here.
ny WE urge our farmers to exhibit
be products Of the farm at the approa
en- ing Delaware State Fair. TO be held
any Dover, Sept "a to %. Every arrar
is ment has been made to accommoc
ana the displays, and we hope that sti
z % gers visiting the fair will be permit
% TO see fun line Of the aoricuItl
eeao products for which our PeninsuI.
,int- famous.