Smyrna times., 1891-07-08

Geo. W. Ingran. of 5lda|esowh, Of
'ers for sale 20a farms la thIs state and
Tak mammos6 travelling trunks
nay now he seen on all railway trains
aua Stage coaches.
Al WEASEL was shot at the tenant
house OF Belmont Saturday morning
after it had killed several ducks.
MICHAEL RILEY, who engaged in
the butchering business last month, has
taken in VIM. e. Palmer as partner
WIN. A. FAIRIES & BRO, purchased a
pair of fine black horses last week in
Philadelphia to use with their hearse.
THE baker and confectiOner had
their innings on the 4th. The quantity
of ice cream sold was simply enormous.
YOUNG QUAIL and wOOdcOck are
said to be numerous, and there is
good promise of fine shooting when
the season opens.
G. F. Richings 10 the interest of the |
Illustrated Lecture Bureau, delivered |
a lecture at Bethel A. M. E. Church,
Thursday evening.
Two or three STEAMBOATS, will land
excursions at Woodland Beach next
Wednesday. Over sixty excursion
parties are booked for the place.
WE acknowledge the receipt of "a
catalogue of the Wilmington Confer
ence Academy for 1S90.9l, a very
neat and comprehensive pamphlet.
THE meetings of the Society of
Christian Endeavor-the hour pre-
ceeding the regular evening service at
the Me. .Church-have been adjourned
until September.
WE acknowledge from the secretary,
NJ. M. Higgins, a copy of the Premium
List of the 9th Annual Fair of the Tai
bot county Fair Association, to come
off the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of Septem-
| Der.
HARVEY B. STEWART took the lead
in water melons having o lot to come in
on Friday. They were from Georgia,
and very fine ones. 1t will take an
other month to bring our home pro-
duction into market.
OURfruit growers can save time and
PIC yby marking their peach baskets
I Sg neat and conspicuous tag in
n stead of using the costly and Cumber-
some methods of the past. The peaches
will sell better and the baskets will be
clean and attractive. You can get
these tags printed and ready for use
by calling at this office.
A PIG-sTY on the farm of Henry
Slaughter, in RaymOnd's Neck, was
totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. 1t is supposed to have been
set on fire by young colored girl liv.
ing on the premises. BY well.directeC
effort the flames were prevented from
spreading to the surrounding buildings
a number of which were in dangerous
= proximity.
THE mad dog which we noted in Ou
last issue as having been in the baske
mill yard Tuesday and allowed to e
+ unmolested because no one had time t
/ | kill it, took the road to BlackbiTd a
! which place it was dispatched. 1t i
f said that several dogs were bitten on
f the way What may result from it
n course and opportunity to bite ant
;. transmit its deadly virus between tn
h basket mill and Blackbird, is a featur
! for the future to decide.
a MEssRs. bitter & LUEsHER shu
q down their hosiery mill on Frida!
l. until Tuesday for a holiday including
, the 4th. They have been right dow
q to business since the mill started an
"A wanted to make a day or two's visit Il
d their former home, intending to leav
,r Saturday morning, but were prevente
l. by customer from getting of till tn
Df evening, the delay, however maxim
l. a sale of bose amounting to over $lOOO
as The mill started up again yesterda!
d actively. -
The following is a specimen of item
= the Philadelphia Record is publishin
under the head of ''peach kernals
Were it possible for the governmeI
" to deliver mail to farmers, such a sel
vice would be unnecessary in Del
ware, especially in Kent and Suisse
of counties. At convenient points alOT
the road are open boXes, and in the
receptaoles each farmer places his ma
ng The first neighbOr going to town &C
lects the matter, and on returning ge
all the mail "fOr his route" and leaV
in it in the different boxes. Theft new
occurs, and the service is as reliab
as it is antique.
no We are indebted to some one
copies of the La GirOnde and La LiC
Eat bearing the post mark OF BOrdeau
Ia. France. We can't read them, as th
belong to another dialect, but they 9
,o1 members of the great family of nev
40 papers, and thus convey, in their ma
up, intelligence to one of the era
The last named paper is illustrat'
i'm pictuPing In bright oolors the seer
~ and incidents Of bull fight. We ha
also from our consul at BOrdeaI
Horace Greeley Knowles, Esq,
,v- copy of the american Register pl
- lished in Paris, which copies with ere
'U an article from the SMYRNA TIMES,
on the manufacture Of peach bask'
,cb on the peninsula.
IA IA On Thursday evening the follOwi
." were installed the officers of I'm
no Castle, No. II, K G. e., Of SmyrI
% ner Past Chief, Geo. c. MOfit; No
for Chief, VIM. Carter Vice Ch
Charles $. Weller; Sir H
aid, Joseph WalraVen; Venerable II
tbs NIT, Frederick Lang High Priest,
iii j. Wilson; Master of Records, B.
W. Mattiford Clerk of Exchequer, Fra
'' Webb Keeper Of Exchequer, A.
Fowler Worthy Chamberlain, j
If Barnes Worthy Bard, ThOs McCt
,ed Ensign, !. D, Berry Esq, Thomas
oes Wright, Jr. First Guard, w. H. pi
son, Second Guard, Geo. e. Wiley