Smyrna times., 1890-06-25
CpEENr aDDIas ara in norlyat

GREEN apples are in market.
Read what J. B. Cooper has to say
about low prices.
Nj. Jordan has opened a shoe shop
over the store Of G. W. Tilghman.
The railroad isputtpg in siding for
the Messrs. McGaw at their canning
factory.
THE friends of Miss Addie Cook will |
be pleased to read a poem from her
gifted pen on our first page.
j. FRANK DENNY and Henry
Slaughter are said to have the best
fields of wheat in White Hall Neck.
SUPERINTENDENT HANDY will hold
his summer school again, commencing
about July 14th. He will be assisted
by w. J. Shearer and probably Mr..
Baker of Carlisle.
REV. C. w. DAME exchanged pulpits
with Rev. Mr.. Hammond of Whining
ton Sunday. Mrs. Dame has gone to
Alexandria Va, to attend the ordin a
ton of her brother.
Miss X. L. STORM who proposes en-
tering the WOman's Medical College of
Philadelphia, was presented with set
of surgical instruments last week by
the teachers of the public school with
whom she has been associated.
Persons interested in life insurance
will find something very pertinent to
the question in the advertisement Of
the Washington Life Insurance Com
pauy on our fourth page, Walter o.
Hottecker, agent.
The following officers ofthe NJ, ,Oonnell
Encampment, No. ., |. o. o. +, were
elected asst night: G. F., Chas. A.
Barnes; II. p, Chas. A. Beck =. ~,
f.. NJ. Fowler; !. ~, Jos. H. Wright;
Scribe, ii. B. Grieves; Treasurer, JOS.
Wright.
REGULAR monthly consccratiOn ser
vice of the Society of Christian En-
deavOr will be held Sunday evening at
7l5. The members are requested to
place their free will Offering i'll cuVel-
Opes bearing their name and the
plates will be passed for them at the
| close of the service.
SECRETARY.
The fountain which the ladies Of the
w. c. Il. U. have purchased was placed
| in position at Hirnheimer's corner on
Saturday. 1t serves the boys a nice
purpose, IA number Of whom seem to
be thirsty and will doubtless do the
same for horses, when it is found out
and properly appreciated.
The quarterly conference for Smyr-
ma Circuit will be held on Saturday
next, 2StE inst. at 7.30 2. NJ, at the par
sonage. All the official members are
expected to be present The Quarter
ly meeting will be held on Sunday the
29th, at Clayton at s o'clock, P. NJ,
preaching by Presiding Elder France.
CLARENCE PRETTYMAN left on our
table this morning fine sized nicely
formed peach which his wife brought
yesterday from the home of her father,
Jehu NJ. Reed, near Frederica. 1t
was of the Amsden June variety, and
Mr.. Reed has several hundred bask-
cts of them in his orchard. 1t was as
large as fine sized York peach.
The Daily Globc ofSt. Paul, MINES
Ota which has been received since our
item about Isaac W. Grossly, the rich
cOlOred man who went there from
this state 81 years age and would like
to know of his relatives in these parts,
published a full account of him with
his likeness, and rates his wealth at q
quarter of a million dollars.
ONE of the features of the church
picnic at Bethel on Sunday, fully SET
forth in another column by our Ches.
wOld correspondent was the serving
Of a plentiful supply of ice water
which had been provided by commit
tee appointed to see after the outward
comforts, take care Of the lunch bask.
cts &c.
The farmers never had more idea
weather for harvesting wheat thar
that of last week. But for the rain
that set in about nine o'clock on Satur
day, welcome rain by the way, tn,
most Of them would have got done
that day. The berry is plumper ant
better than for several years, ;
thing that will delight the millers.
THE Salem NJ. p. Sunday SchOo
near Green Spring had their "Chil
dren's Day" celebration on Sunda,
evening. The church was most elabor
ately decorated, large crowd of peO
pie on hand and exercises proceede'
nicely, but when about the middle o
the exercises pOrtentous cloud cam,
up with thunder and lightning, tha
caused scattering of the otherwise in
terested spectators.
4 ROBERT BOONE Jr., well-know
, Delawarean who has for number O
years represented a Philadelphia hard
ware house has connected himsel
, with the Standard Hub Co., of German
! town Pa, as Secretary and Treasurer
This company has process of season
, ing hubs cut from the tree, as har
and we'll in three or four days as b
the old process of seasoning it wOul
7 take from three to five years.
! BLACKIsTON, DEL, June "a, 80.
, Mr.. EDITOR;
Please insert the following in you
columns
| desire to thank Mrs Joseph Ker
nedy. Mrs. Benjamin Graham, Mr.
Jas. LeCompte, of Blackiston, an
Miss Kate G. Graham, of KeDton, fO
> their great assistance at BlackistOn
school picnic, June 14th.
t IDA NJ. WALKER.
0 BY notice elsewhere it will be see
t that Collins Beach Hotel will re-ope
L July Ord. Thursday will be the part
evening. This well-knOwn summe
resort will doubtless present a bus
f and animated scene during the days
= the approaching heated term, by pee
r pie from the city and the surroundin
il country. B. f. c. ROthwell. the prt
I prietor, has made arrangements to az
cOmmOdate fishing and camping pal
ties. There is for the amusement
It visitors swings, shooting galleries
o merry -gO-rOund &c.
= THE enjoyment of the roses in mo-
It of our gardens this summer has bee
n materially lessoned bv the sapping {
the strength of the buds by the gree
aphides and the skeletonizing of tn
IS leaves by the slugs. Dr. Hirons, who's
u wife has a fine collection, discovered
r remedy at the beginning OF the seasc
IS which has kept their bushes in riC
4 foliage, and blooms in perfection. II
i remedy has been soap suds, apple
after the usual wash. 1t was apple
= on the green insects at work on Il
:, buds with such complete success