Smyrna times., 1889-05-22

ence Society will hold there annual
picnic Saturday, June 8th.
MRS. JAMES GINN, from the "Tent",
brought strawberries to market both
Saturday and yesterday.
A TEAM of our young base ball play
ers have gone to TaylOr's Bridge this
afternoon to play the club there.
SAMUEL HoLLETT has opened a room
for ice cream, cake and pies on the
"hill, }" opposite the basket factory.
WALLS, the clothier, has busy time
of it meeting the wants of his customers
on Saturday nights, in getting their
Summer outfit.
SMYRNA LANDING and Spruance
City played a game of base ball yes
terday, resulting in a victory for the
latter in a score of II to IL.
If the steamer Tygert hadn't been
sold, what sport she would have had |
in padding the river to Smyrna Land
ing, since the dredgers have left.
THE Trustees ofSmyrna Circuit have
contracted with Joseph Stephenson to
paint and paper the circuit parsonage,
in the occupacy of Rev. r. K. Stephen
son.
E. P. POTTER, piano and organ tuner
from Wilmington, will be in town
about the q inst. Orders may be left
with Miss Molly Thompson or at this
Office.
THE public sale of the household
goods of Mrs. Q. M. Collins has been
postponed from Saturday afternoon of
this to Saturday afternoon of next
week.
The ladies of the Mite Society have
presented the Station NJ E. Parsonage
with nice ash refrigerator, which is
very much appreciated by Mrs. Rob
insOn.
JAMES T. WHITE picked several
ripe Strawberries from his garden on
Thursday last, and then again on Sun
day This is the first we have heard
of in our town.
A MAN is in town selling an instru-
ment to stamp names, only it does not
stamp but rolls. He sells them for $40
but w. B...StarS gays that he can sell
them for So. Moral: advertise.
WITH the rain we have had there is
nothing to hinder the early crop of
Strawberries from being immense. In
largeness they will be climbing up to
something in proportion like the price
of sugar.
SUPERINTENDENT HANDY, who will
open his Summer School again, assisted
by Principal Lake and Prof. Klemm of
Cincinatti, has the assurance Of having
a large school. We shall be pleased 80
, see their smiling faces.
POLICEMAN GRANT has been consti-
! tuted by the Board of Town Commits
f sioners an adjunct of the Street Com
mittee, viz, he is to keep an eye on the
condition of the streets, and report to
them where work is needed.
). ADAMS EXPRESS charges have beer
during the past weeks like sugar
= largely on the rise. Packages that il
y former years used to 80 for 25cts, nov
L cost 35 cts. The express cOmpanie
if have formed ''trust" combination.
d THE peach baskets made of paper a
Newark, n. J., of which $4,000 wer,
brought here last Summer and Onl,
J. 600 disposed of, were sold at publ
n sale on Saturday by the lot at a loy
IS figure, the purchaser being A. lie
Cummins.
is A MEETING of the Woman's Chri:
o tian Temperance Union will be held q
e the Temperance room Thursday after
noon, at 2.30 o'clock AS this is
Il meeting of special Importance a fu
: attendance is requested.
., NJ. H. HUDSON, Secretary.
J.D. SCOUT, at the Landing, VIII
N planted his peas about the middle
- February, expects to have them read
10 for market this week. He had som
~ for his own table on Sunday. He CT
his first cabbage on Monday, which
)n nearly a week ahead Of any previol
u year.
" f. H. BECK, Real Estate Agent, h3
sold the house of Mrs. Maria DUNLAP
d. on Delaware street, to Geo. d. Collin
-e- for 81 900. The dwelling on the san
I'D street belonging to Mrs. Anna '
er Drumm, has been purchased by He
man P. HAZEL, the occupant, for Il
,t same figures.
ge As USUAL in corn planting time, o.
ds ing to the scarcity of corn for loc;
Ter Philadelphia market, corn advanc
A. cents bushel. From more liber
oil receipts the market has now return
1e to its level. If the farmers would Ike
#, it in mind to have their corn ready (
N, shipment at planting time, they wOu
reap the advantage of the Temporal
rise.
'os THE Templeman Opera Compal
IN which exhibited in Smyrna on Frid
H. and Saturday, won encomiums here
elsewhere, on every side. There "
a disappointment however that col
pany of such superior performers we
Ior not better sustained by the class
The people who pride themselves on bel
he pleased only with that which is Fl
he class.
'"0 THIS has been a remarkably f
Spring for setting out plants Of
My kinds. Z. Beck, in setting off his Il
, a fruit farm west of Brenford, put G
'ies $4,000 strawberry plants, and tn
OOr was not over fifty in the whole lot Il
ms did not grow right off. The same {
rry be said Of the large planting Of bla
berries, raspberries, pears and peach
T. This fruit farm Of Mr.. Beck's promi
yiIi to be a thrifty and valuable one.
'ge- THE young fruit on the trees is NJ
two about the size of peach seed. as la
xty as they usually are the first Of Ju
ted and they are apparently judging fr
the large quantity falling to the gror
TIN. going through the usual "Jl
mr. drop" The fogs, hot sun and \
of weather ofthe past week has ten'
LAT. to the precipitations, and many of
mo farmers tell us they are looking v
the thin in the trees in many of the
chards.
new JOSEPH BRINToN, son Of Jerry, '
and went to MillingtOn several months
that to enter on business for himself,
ONE turned her on Thursday for the
the ne left behind him." Miss Rebe
I at Archer, the remaining unmar
seen daughter Of Chas B., and without
suing cards or very much ceremC
riff. they went to Clayton and were m
and one by Rev. G. w. Blades. They y
has accompanied by few of their yo
will friends Of this town, and after the
emoney the happy young couple T
over to Millington to take possession
the their new home.
] as
solu- Mrs. II. P. MASSEY, near town.
two seven months ago sustained such ser
bape injuries to her spine from falling ii