Smyrna times., 1889-07-03

THE steamer E7la takes holiday
tomorrow.
A MEETING of the Board of Health
will be held this evening.
EVEN the ducks arc unhappy at
such surplus of water.
THE coal bins at the depot are being
enlarged for Jas. G. Robinson so as to
give him a capacity Of1500 tons.
WIN. r. SMITH, near Brenford, lost
a valuable seven year-Old mare few
days ago, leaving colt six weeks old.
The Christian Endeavor Society has
adjourned its Sunday evening meet
ings, except the monthly, until the
Fall.
THE school board in accordance
with its annual custom, liquidated the
past week, an other $1,000 of the in
debtedness for the school building.
THE farmers report the wheat grow
ing in the shock, and unless there is a
very decided change in the weather,
cannot but meet with heavy losses.
ANEW separator has been received
at the Smyrna creamery, double the
capacity of the old one 5000 quarts a
day. The production is about 325
pounds of butter day.
The superintendent of the Delaware
Division has got out the peach esti-
mate of the different roads, making a
total for the Peninsula of 2,798, ,23O
baskets. The growers who see the
daily disappearance of the fruit from
the trees do not believe it will be half
that.
REV. w. S. ROBINSON, pastor of the
NJ. E. Church, had the title of D. D.
conferred on him last week by Dickin-
son College. This honorary title of
Doctor of Divinity is an acknowledge
ment of his eminent mental gifts, and
is rarely bestowed on one so young
DR.. Robinson has been warmly con
graduated by his friends.
THE wheat, with a very few excep.
tions was all cut by Saturday night
It was the toughest time our farmers
ever had and they will wildly remem.
Der the harvest of 1889. In SOM
places the weight of the self-binder'
would sink them in the ground ant
they would have to be pulled out. Ii
such places where the horses did no
mire, neighbours little dropper would
be used, and thus the harvest was muir
dered through with.
THE Sentinel of Dover, states tha
the Smyrna basket makers only offe
One-fOurth of cent to the makers
We do not think any Smyrna boy vii
get down below three-fourths of cen
and they have been holding out tn
, past week for a cent, but the basket
J in consequence of the constantly de
creasing demand are only bringin
four cents apiece against six cents las
,, year, and the manufacturers say the
cannot afford to pay more at the lo7
price of the baskets. Some of tn
: mills that started up briskly a mont
} ago have stopped because of the disma
outlook resulting from the ba
weather.
AT the second quarterly conferenC
. | of Smyrna Circuit a week or two ag
the Stewards handed in the quarterag
: money collected, which the paste
Rev. r. K. Stephenson, in countin
. up afterwards found Overpaid him b
a clever little sum. This is rather
s novel experience for a preacher to
] placed in, and shows the circuit to
v in a good working condition, especial
considering one of the charges was nc
represented. 1t was intimated thi
:. this was on the line of a natural a,
. vancement of the salary to keep l
;, with the procession in this direction.
At Bethel the church is hardly ab
on fair days to seat the COngregatio
If and the Sunday-schoOl has nearly ou
r grown the limits of the basement. M
d Stephenson has organized a Bible ella
y of adults that has an average atten
ance of twenty persons. Twenty ch
is dren were recently baptized in OIL
- - day at Cheswold.
: DURING the past week seeming
n tempts have been made to enter sever
dwellings in this town. The first W
at the residence of A. L. Hudson abo
ie half-past nine o'clock on Wednesd
< evening while the family were abse
% in attending the school commenceme
e entertainment. The colored man
Is all-work heard them from his sleepi
apartment, gave an alarm and start
IN in full run for the police. A thud "
re heard on the ground by the neighbC
lg like some one jumping from the pore
IS A night or two after footsteps we
le heard on the front porch of the De
ware House, and shortly after [
shutters were taken hold of as if tryi
~ to open them. By this time the oc,
~ pants of the room who were prepari
y for bed were thoroughly alarmed,
% before the male members who had
~ tired could get to the scene, the n
4, creant had disappeared. On Mond
" night at about an hour earlier than [
above, ten o'clock, a man tried
a get in the residence of Isaac Berry,
ig Frazer street. Mr.. Berry was abs,
to attending a meeting of the Knights
On the Golden Eagle, and Mrs. Berry bel
to alone was very much frightened a
VS. agitated, but her neighbors soon ca
On to her relief. A man was seen pro
ing about there early in the event
a. If it is the same party, it is a little s
Vi gular he takes the early hours he d
'O4 if he means robbery