Smyrna times., 1891-04-29

last turn in the road.
THE music accompanying the lee
ture of Rev. Z. K. Tulledge, on Mon.
day night, will be by the orchestra got
ten up by G. B. Taylor.
Miss NJ. E. Savin has received from
the city a large stock of millinery
goods. She has the latest spring STYLES
of hats for ladies and children's
wear. 4
Jos. E. CARRIERS workmen have
papered the NJ. E. Parsonage at Ken
ton this week. Mr.. Carter is expected
home from Charleston. w. Va, in a
few days.
LOOK out for the currant worm on
your cuTrant and gooseberry bushes.
They have come and will eat the bush
es up before you are aware of it. Rem
edies can be had at Taylor's agricultu-
raj store.
THE meetings of the Loyal Legion
have been annoyed for two weeks by
some one coming up to the door and
blowing smoke through the key-hOle.
They ought to catch that Jim" and
puff him well.
PETER LOOSE, who bought and re.
sided on the Gerker farm, near Ken
ton for the past thirteen years, died on
Friday last, aged so years. The re-
mains were taken to Monroe, Mich.
for interment.
SAYS city paper: "The time to
get out OF the wild cat" benevolent
schemes is at once. If you get the
promised money, you are rObbing some
one else. !fyOu don't get the money
some one else is rObbing you.
PERSONS residing at Smyrna Land
ing or Clayton or in the surrounding
country can leave their orders at Buch-
anan q Collins general store, corner of
Delaware and Commerce streets, and
have them delivered free of charge. 4.
The sturgeon fisherman who COM
menced way down the bay have stead
moved up and are now off Bombay
Hook. The shad fisherman who use a
lighter net are compelled to move
ahead of them, and are now above
Collins Beach.
The welcome shower on Thursday
night that only laid the dust here, was
very heavy shower at Dover. An
other freak of the weather was a snow
storm on Saturday in the upper part of
the New England states, the mercury
falling TO the freezing point.
MOSES PRICE, of this town, has a
tree that bears three kinds of fruit
plums, cherries and peaches. He has
also in his yard JapOnica bush that
perhaps is not excelled in the State for
size. 1t will measure sixteen feet
through it from branch to branch.
GEO. W. REYBOLD, of Delaware
City, visited Smyrna and Woodland
Beach last week. He and Mr.. Camp
bell are contemplating considerable
improvements this year. Among the
things to be erected is a switchback
railway, after the order of that of
Colchester Beach.
The weather the past several days
has been cool, but sunny and dry. On
Saturday morning the mercury fell to
42' with a slight frost. Sunday morn
ing there was both frost and ice and
frost again this morning. Ordinarily
there would be damage, but little or
none is reported, doubtless from the
radiation from the dry ground.
Says an exchange: The New Post
age tariff will fall with considerable
weight on publishers outside of week
lies. "On newspapers lexcepting
weeklies), without regard to weight or
frequency of issue, / cent each, to be
prepaid by affiixing ordinary I-cent
stamps to each paper. The increase is
on periodicals of every kind, the out
come of which will tend TO increase
rates of subscription.
TIE cOlOred people who live down
the Neck" always ppisy when they
are going out of town on Saturday
night, were more so last Saturday
night than usual, so much so that the
officers had to take them in hand. The
leader was lin" Barrett, an old Of
lender, who resisted Policemen Grant
and Cummins, and the clothes were
nearly torn off of him by the time he
was landed in the lookup. He had a
hearing on Monday aid the fines, in
Guiding that of resisting the oficers.
were nearly $500. One of the gang
Harry Williams, coming to see what
was the fate of Barrett, was recognized !
arrested and also fined.
THE WONDERS Of Water' is the sub-
ject of lecture that wjll be delivered
on Monday evening next in the Pres |
byterian Church by Rev. Edward K
Tullidge, assistant minister of St. An |
drews' Church, Philadelphia. He has
delivered this lecture twice before au-
diences in Philadelphia, who were
greatly pleased with it, both with the |
matter and the effective manner Of lbs
delivery. He will be accompanied bV |
Mr.: Medary, who will illustrate !
with an instrument the wonders de-
scribed. Such lecture will be both
entertaining and instructive. and
should be we'll patronized by our
young people.
ANOTHER D0NAHpEp BILL.-Yester-
day while waiting for the 4.45 train at
The Dover depot several persons-De.
LectiVe Hutchins, officer Grant and
others saw little IL year old boy,
Marion Bacon, putting away at a Gig.
arctic and commenced Joking him
ABOUT the new law that would stop all
oI !. that with the boys. Little Bacon,
after listening to them awhile aid
here wasn't going to be any change In
me law. Why, said he, ~ was talking
With one of the legislaturemen yester.
lay and he said they didn't intend to
pass it,--they were only monkeying
With It," Who was 1t told you soe
vas asked. John DonahOe,b replied
he boy, as he moved off putting
vigorously at his cigarette.
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The Peach Basket Manufacture.
The great uncertainty of the peacb
las It's effects throughout its early life
prompting caution, but having success
ully passed the blossoming season
here is strong hope for the futnre
All the signs this spring have been
aVoraole, and now there Is unusual
trong faith Ia good peach eron
Hence, the mill owners and the basket
makers are on the Qui giUe. A leo
,ummiua has aold ~ - -e~S