Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-09-16
Smyrna and Vicinity.

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Smyrna and Vicinity.
THE latest style Fall Hats at Ed
ward G. Walls. +
CALL for the milford" Baking Pow
der, one pound cans. 4
A NEW line of Fall neck-wear at
Edward G. Wallis 4
SHELL LIME in 1000 bushel lots at
| (6) cents per bushel.
THE young men will give a ance at
the Opera House tomorrow night.
The BickfOrd and Huffman drill at
w. F. & ]. r. Clements, Clayton, Del.
THE pay roll for labor in the two
canneries last week was nearly $4,000.
HUNDREDS of merchants are now
selling the milford" Baking Powders.
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THE September fruit is the apple.
The September flower is the golden
rod.
ABOUT 81, 900 baskets of peaches have
been shipped from Green Spring this
year.
If you want cheap shell lime, put in
your order at once, as quantity is
| limited
THE steamer Ella is carving good
freights up of fruit and canned goods.
Fertilizers in large quantities forming
bulk of down freight.
MOST of our farmers are through
blowing fallOw and from the outlook a
large acreage will be sown to wheat
this Fall.
IN these busy days on farms and
canning factories if a tramp asks you
for food, money or clothes, shoot him
out of the door on the spot.
THE last Sunday in this month, 9th
inst, will be "Rallying Day" at the
Presbyterian Sunday Sch OOl-the init
alton of the work of new year.
! M III III VI AStCo q ullGu, OOmnlS-
sion merchants, 325 North Water
street, Philadelphia, was dissolved on
Monday, G. ]. Rice continuing the bus.
ness
The Sunday School at Bethel next
Sunday will be held in the morning
and the congregation will attend the
Quarterly meeting service in the after
noon.
OLD lady: whats that awful smell?''
Farmer: That's the fertilizer we're
putin on the field yander" Old lady
For the lands sake !" Farmer 4:
Yes'm.
AFTER a successful season the
steamer Thomas Clyde" will go into
winter quarters at Salem this week.
She made her last trip to Woodland
Beach on Sunday.
THE reconstructed store of VIM. A.
WinfOrd in its new coat of paint, the
walls red, has quite snowy appear
ance and otherwise improves the street.
Daniel Shelton did the painting.
THE Manhattan Athletic Club of
Madison Square, New York, will &C.
cept thanks for one of their beautifully
gotten up invitations. The sports
will be on Saturday, September 10,
from / until 10 p. m.
THE Steamer Stockton was liLeled
on Thursday at Collins Beach by the
Marshall on a claim of B. F. @. Roth
we'll for $200O,-the cost of building a
new pier that was not used. The
owners gave security.
SOME of our patrons who were in ar
rears, as a result of this years fruitful
crops, have come in and paid without
waiting for dun. Money thus paid is
the more fully appreciated. Editors
don't like to send duns.
NEXT Sunday, goth, is the Quarterly
meeting occasion on Smyrna circuit
services at SeversOn's Church. Love
feast at 2 p. N. and preaching at 8
o'clock by the Elder Rev. Alfred Smith.
Quarterly Conference at the cir
cult parsonage z! p. M, Monday 21st.
The real estate of the late Henry
Pratt, situated near Blackstone Cross
Roads, was sold at public sale on Sat-
urday at Clayton. No. l. containing
70 acres, was purchased by Mrs. Sallie
Q. Pratt, widow of Henry S. Pratt, for
$3.50; and No. 2, six acres and dwell
ling, by the widow of Henry Pratt, for
300.
SAMUEL COLE and Jos. Benson
caught 80 pounds of trout on Friday
afternoon at Bombay Hook. They
caught them nearly as fast Saturday
morning at low water, an unusual
thing, as these fish seldom bite at the
hook only at high tide. So many trout
at this time Of the year have never
been known at the mouth of Smyrna
river before.
BOTH of our canneries have had a
heavy run of tomatoes all the past
week, ye steTday being about the heav-
lest day. Yesterday and Monday
about 1000 baskets of tomatoes were
delivered at the cannery of John H.
u iteckrr, aud from 10000 to 1900 at
McGaw Il Bros. 100000 cans were
put mp last week at the HoGecker fac.
"ry, or something over 10000 cans a
day. At the McGaw factory some $50.
600 or from $4,000 to $1,000 per dav.
It is thought the high tide in yield was
reached yesterday, though they came
in this morning with rush.
JOHN A. HoFFRcKER, ]. r. Carter
and Joseph Smithers went to kits
Hammock on Thursday morning. and
before noon had pulled in 40 fish.
About 1876 of these were bay trout.
very fine ones, the remainder were
croakers, black, blue fish &c, The
trout are usually gone into deep water
before this, and the fisherman put
their boats in winter quarters, but
there were dozen out that morning,
the united catch being about 1000 fish.
The trout used to be an entirely early
summer fish, but they have got to re-
naming with US until the latter sum-
mer and fall. and the longer they re-
main the better they seem to be.
A FARMER Of Kent County, Md.
who was In Clayton last week was
questioned about his peach crop. He
said he had big crop, but very unsat-
isfactOry returns, and dilated strongly
on the shipping and handling in the
cities. In answering the question as
to bis varieties, he said be didn't know
anything about pedigree or names in
peaches all he wanted to know was
bad they the size and color, and he had
shipped good peaches with poor results
He was asked If he had finished his
crop, and said not quite, he believed
there was some more SIMON fGuoolxl