Smyrna times., 1889-07-03
Smyrna and Vicinity

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The wild waves are probably telling |
big fish stories to each other.
THE screens and blinds disappeared |
from our hotel windows Monday.
THE Citizens Hose Company will |
leave for Dover tomorrow about forty
strong.
ORDERS for Ice Cream promptly at |
tended to at short notice by Chas. G.
BOehmler. 4
COFFEE has dropped two cents a
pound within the last ten days. But
not in Smyrna.
SMYRNA, that is used to such big
FOurths, will have an awfully quiet
day tomorrow.
A LARGE picnic was held by the
people of the vicinity of Green Spring
on Saturday afternoon.
THE basket mill of H. r. Mustard &
Co. started up this week to work up
what material they have on hand.
THE law increasing the jurisdiction
of Delaware Justices of the Peace from
500 to 5000 went into effect Monday.
Now sportsmen fear that the late
heavy rains have drowned all the
young quails, or ruined the eggs,
which were being Matched.
SUGAR costs three cents a pound less
in England than it does in the United
States. And yet they do not grow
sugar over there, and we do here.
THOMAS KIRBY, of the Neck, has
bought the farm of d. w. Trumpeller,
near the 'big oak +" including the crops,
stock, &c. The price paid is stated to
be $10,2 ,250.
In starting hOue after the game of
baseball here on Thursday, the Dover
hackman ran over little boy named
Ed. Rose, injuring him quite severely
but not seriously.
OF all the numerous rains of this
rainy season, perhaps that ofyesterday
and the day before was the most per-
sistent and vOluminOus in water, from
being so long drawn out.
HE told her that these were the
longest days of the entire year. Max
Fling a desperate but fruitless attempt to
suppress a yawn, she replied that she
suspected as much. He looked at his
watch and absquatulated.
A NEW time table went into effect on
the Delaware railroad Monday. There
is no change of time in the trains going
southwark. The afternoon express
will connect at Harrington with the
train for RehOboth.
IN pursuance of the usual custom
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will open its line for Fourth of July
travel at the usual reduction in rates
Excursion tickets will be sold between
all stations on the system on July ID,
Sd, and 4th, valid for return until July
8th, 1S89
The Kent county levy court held a
special session last week and among
other matters appropriated $3.50 tC
assist the Bombay Hook incorporation
in building dams in the creek so as tc
prevent the high tides and overhoWs
from washing out the public roads or
the island.
ISAAC H. FAIRIES has contracted will
2 Messrs. Hudson & Moore, lumbel
dealers of Clayton, to put him up
house on South street on the lot ad
T joining that of VIM. ]. Carrow. It i
to be the size and style of that of /
NJ. Price on Mt. Vernon street. Th
work is to commence at once.
THERE is new craze in society an,
it is a craze for wood carving. 1t i
o the latest fad of fashionable Womei
) having time and money at command
Learners are apt to become discoul
aged, but average patience will tri
i umph over a few difficulties and 500
: the deft fingers will he able to tur
f out beautiful specimens of woode
J. sculpture.
It THE black rot has set in to bias
% what grapes were left by the rosebus
and the vineyardists are forecasting a
empty harvest. Last year this was th
d result for the first time, with less raj
Is and not setting in until the middle o
,s July. 1t looks worse for this yea
commencing as it has in June, with
u more continuous rainfall. The spray
IL ing to prevent the mildew, with sue
e weather has also been unavailing.
II WADING in water with rolled u
o pants and bare feet and cutting wheG
ID with a scythe and cradle, has been a
; experience this week with severs
farmers in Blackbird and Appouuin
'e mink Hundreds, Rains have bee
+? | heavy everywhere, but the show
e. | clouds seem to have been partial
l, this locality since the harvest set il
and on a number of farms there
~ well as other places, low lands hay
er had to be abandoned by the reape
es and if saved at all, by the old-fashiono
te scythe and cradle.
i'll URANALOGY writers for this mont
90 say: July opens with the sun
apOgee that is, at his greatest distan
20 from the Earth. 1t is difficult to res
Ut ize; but there is no fact in astronon
10, more conclusively demonstrable ths
rs that we are millions of miles farth
Il from the Sun at the present time this
a. we were on New Years Day.
De There will be a partial eclipse Of Il
Moon on July 18th, invisible her
though within the observation Of pret
much all the rest Of the world. N
lst phases Of the Moon for July are as f
Of lows: First quarter, 9th 1.58 A. NJ: fl
a. Moon, 18th, 4.01 p. NJ; last quartz
10Th, 2.44 P. NJ; new Moon, 9th, 7P.
al AT all times, and particularly
the warm and leafy months Of SUNNI
q we have interesting and interested v
I'M itors to join with and help make &
no time pass pleasantly to their Smyr
ira friends. This attests better than an
- thing else its desiFableness socially,
u - well as pleasant place for homes al
ch the other enjoyments Of convention
I've life. Even the publishers of {
Of Clayton Call who very natural
- "crack upn their town for all that
desirable. as soon as the work hou
ol are over hurry off to Smyrna, wht
g. they remain until time to take up {
she stick and the mallet again the ne
.nt day 1t is a qualification to know n
- visitors from elsewhere End smyr
NJ such desirable place for q pleasa