Smyrna times., 1889-08-14
EVEN we'll water will sometimes

mic at Collins Beach tomorrow.
A SODA water clerk says he gets too
much iizzical exercise these days.
MEssRs. MCGAw & Bro, will make
a start on tomato canning this week.
AN innovation, in the shape of black
underskirts, is predicted for the ladies.
CAPT. JAMES SNOW came up to-day
from TuckahOe Neck. He reports a
full crop of peaches in that part of
Caroline county.
The better weather that set in last
week was the best antidOte the busi-
ness community has had all the sum-
mer for the "blues."
PEACHES are being shipped from
Clayton at the rate of about a half car
a day. The promise in May was from
ten to fifteen cars day.
THE game of base ball yesterday be-
tween MiddletOwn and Smyrna result
ed in victory of Is to l in favor of
Smyrna. The battery of the latter
was from the second nine.
THE District Lodge of Good Tenn
plars to the number of about twenty,
met in Smyrna on Saturday to discuss
matters for the good of the order.
THIS will be full day at Woodland
Beach. Notwithstanding the threat
ening weather, teams have been pass
ing through the town all the morning
since sunrise.
JOHN B. COOPER, one of the trustees
of the State Insane Hospital will meet
with the other trustees tomorrow to
elect a superintendent, DR.. Harrison
having declined.
READ what Robert Rawley of Dover,
has to say about phosphate manufac-
tured by Peninsular Bone Fertilizer
Co.: Il harvested this year 22OO BUSH
els OF wheat on 70 acres, a good crop
for this year in my opinion" +
AT HIS BENCH AGAIN.. V. Smith
whose health has been poor for some
time back, is now at his bench and
wants fifty good watches to repair in
the next month. Work done at lowest
prices and in the best Workmanlike
manner. #
DEVOE struck it on the cold wave if
the storm was wanting on the coast,
for OvercOats were comfortable at the
seaside resorts both Monday and Tues
day mornings. Blankets have been
comfortable for sleeping the past week
everywhere.
TOMORROW will be Collins Beach's
first big Thursday" Mr.. ROthwell
proposes to make it as attractive as
possible. He has a number of board
ers engaged, and tomorrow about all
ThOrOughfare Neck lie to be there, as
we'll as number from this town.
MY preference is Star Bone Phos-
Phate manufactured by the Peninsu-
lar Bone Fertilizer Co. l had a fine
crop of wheat this year. Can recon-
mend it to my neighbors or anyone
wishing to use a good phosphate.
w. r. SMITH.
b. f. G. RoTHWELL has taken Bay
Head or Collins Beach, as successor to
4. q. Armstrong, and will run it the
rest of the season. Mr.. r. hopes to
restore it to its old-time popularity.
and offers special inducements to camp
ing parties and those wishing to spend
the day.
JOHN II. HOFFECKER will start his
canning factory in a few days. The
hrst ripening of tomatoes are a week
or ten days earlier than usual, but
there is likely to be falling off in the
yield the last of this month for a week
or two, owing to the washing off of the
blossoms in the heavy rains in July.
HENRY D. WEBSTER has been an.
pointed postmaster at Clayton to sue
ceed John >. CaspersOn. He took the
oath and bonded on Monday, and will
receive his commission in a few davs.
He will take for lhis Office the room
recently occupied by Squire Book, ad-
Joining the store of VIM. S. Reynolds.
The members of the board of school
directors have shown US with what
facility they can revers former decis-
IONS, among them the one of admitting
to the school none but children resid.
ing IN the district. This, for a consid.
Grafton, is to be changed in the future,
such Is the announcement il SQUIRE
Lakes organ.
GEO. REED LOFLAND on Col. Robert
Hill's big oak" farm, has been shin.
ping pears in good numbers and at
good prices, and will have between
ZoOO and 5000 baskets. This is one of
the several farms of that neighborhood
that has peaches this year, which shin
ped in carries have sold for nearly
So. per basket.
MEssRs. FAIRIES & ORRELL Skinned
from BrenfOrd 12l baskets of peaches
lin carriers holding gallon baskets)
which netted them clear of expenses
S28O-S5, which would be at the rate of
S2.S4 per basket. They were mostly
Mountain Rose. Saturdays sales. not
included in the above, 104 baskets of
Reeves, netted S29'65, or $2.S2 Der has.
ket. Can any one beat this?
QUITE large party of young people
from Smyrna spent yesterday at Wood
land Beach, and on their wav home
last night got stuck in the mud. and
the young men were compelled to carry
the ladies over the mud unit. thew
reached hard ground, and then walk
to farm house and wash in a horse
trough. The smallest man carried the
largest ladies, and remarked while
wading through the mud with a fair
damsel on his shoulders, "Oh, l am
going to sink!
PROF. BURK's horse show was fairly
well patronized on Monday. The
horses, dozen or more, which are
beauties, showed remarkable degree
OF Intelligence, and this including the
acrooatic exercises made to most of the
people a satisfactory exhibit. The
music, was, however, the most execra.
Bile ever heard with travelling show
The gorgeous show bills which would
have done for Barnum's show, and NAV
nave been borrowed from him, were
such exaggeratiOns as to amount to
deceptlons to those who put their faith
in pictures,
MINUS H. COvERDALE, thirty wears
ago prominent citizen and lumber
dealer of the vicinity of Kenton. died
on Thursday last in Wellington. Kan
sas, Of apPOplexy, aged IS years. He
moved to Kansas eight years ago.
where five of his children resided.
three still remaining in Delaware. He
moved to Kent from New Castle
county in 1854 and took an active part
in politics and public affairs. During
the war he furnished the government
with large quantities Of ship timber.
He was a candidate once for Sheriff of
this county and a candidate for repre-