Smyrna times., 1891-06-10


interesting occasion.
THESE are the rare June days.
serene atmosphere laden with the
aroma of flowers-that the poets
sometimes write about.
THE property near town advertised
by the heirs of Jonathan Stephenson
for public sale at the farm on Saturday
did not sell for want of bidders.
J. w. DENNEY and A. l.. Hudson
are grand jurors in the U. 5. Court /
which met in Wilmington yesterday,
Wilson 4. Cavender, petit jury.
THE storm last Sunday was disap- |
pointing to the society of Bethel in |
their anticipation for Children's Day |
service. It is postponed however to
next Sunday afternoon.
THE run of large trout still continues
off the Bombay Hook fishing grounds.
Rock are not so abundant but good
size. OF those brought TO market on
Saturday one weighed s and another
16 pounds. -
The dogs, not knowing the force,
object and necessity of their wearing
muzzles, regarded them at first as a
nuisance and tried to paw them of,
but they are learning now to wear
them more demurely.
On Monday while at work in the
Tygert, Allen Phosphate mill at Phil
adelphia, Abe Gibbs, who left Smyrna
several years ago to work there, fell
into the dock and was drowned before
he could be rescued. He was one of
their best aud most reliable workmen.
THE rosebugs have returned to pes
ter the ladies by the destruction of the
roses, which are now so fresh and frag-
rant. They are not so bad as a few
years since, when not only the roses,
but cherries and other fruit were set
upon, in few cases destroying near
the whole of peach crop.
THE young clerks in the store of
Buchanan & Collins have had bad
luck the past week. In stringing a
piece of meat Frank Armstrong nearly
amputated his finger with knife, and
on Monday George Lees cut off nearly
a half inch of his thumb in getting it
in the dried beef cutter. He is spend
ing week or two in MillingtOn while
it is healing.
DIR. C. o. SwINNEY and family re-
turned yesterday from Shiloh n. ].
having visited his mother also meet.
ing with Rev. D. H. Davis and wife
who returned two weeks ago direct
from Shanghai, China, where Miss
Ella F. Swinney, N. D. is LOCATED. DR..
brought several Chinese curiOsities
sent by Miss Ella to her many friends
in Smyrna. -
WE are having long cloudy and rainy
spells as last and the previous summers,
but with a wide difference as to the
amount of rainfall. None Of the rains
in the past month or two have been
sufficient to reach to the roots of the
stiff or grassy lands, while doing very
well for crops that are titled. Good
rains have fallen the past week or two
in nearly all parts of the nation.
The farmers have been sleeping
under blankets with the exception Of a
very few nights, since the time corn
was planted, not a good temperature
for its growth, however much it may
suit wheat. Monday morning the
mercury was down to 480, within four
or FIVE degrees of the frost point, and
yesterday morning it was but two or
three degrees higher. We are at the
season. day and night, that warmer
weather should be expected.
MICHAEL RILEY, who bought the
store room between the stores of T. B.
Megear and E. G. Walls on Main street
a few weeks since, has appropriated il
to a meat market, where he intends tO
keep a supply of fresh meat according
to the demands of the season-beef
mutton, veal, lamb &c. Mr.. Riley has
gone into the business to make it his
life work, and hopes to merit a liberal
share of public patronage. Mr.. Riley
is honest, straight forward and will
doubtless do his best to serve the peO
pie in satisfactory manner.
DoH'P fail to attend the concert OIL
Tuesday evening June 18th, at thC
Smyrna Opera House. You will b'
aiding the effort to secure the $10(
contribution offered by friend of th'
Smyrna Library Association beside
getting the value of your money 10 an
evening entertainment. The vOca
selections and orchestral pieces will
combine to make this concert the fines
heard here this year. The admission
is 25 cents, reserved without exFi
charge. Tickets and chart at Hot
! fecker's drug store on Friday June Il
To all appearances at this time thi
is to be eminently q fruit year al
around possibly excepting grapes
Apple tress are loaded. Peaches will
} yield three fOurths of crop in som
orchards and full crop in most unles
three destructive canses yet interven,
viz: The June drop, the rose bng, AM
= the hail storm. Strawberries hav
/ produced and paid well. All small
fruits will be plentiful. Wheat look
fairly well, and the most the crOakinj
farmer has to build on now is the los
ses sustained through the depression
thaJ mas passed nlm.
A LAD named James Shahan, aget
about IL years, was run into Will
, crossing the track OF the Delaware an,
: th-sapeake road, half mile beyon,
Clayton on Friday, and was knOcke
insensible. He seemed not to have motto
ed the approach of the train. Th
: wagon was demolished and the o.
, horse was killed, the one next the en-
gine being only slightly injured. The
dying boy was put on the train an
carried to Clayton, but expired a quar-
ter Of an hour or so after reachin
there. He lived with LOadman JOne
near BlancO, and was coming to tow
after load of baskets. The railroa
was exonerated by the cOrOner's jury
, MRS. ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER, wii
Of VIM. M. Slaughter, died in this tow
yesterday morning in the 45th year 0
her age, They moved here year az
last March, from Downs chapel, bu
for some months she has been in
steady decline and great sgGere
} from a cancerous affection of the bow
! els. She has been for a number q
, years a member Of the church wher
they came from bat was not able &
attend after moving here, from i'm
/ paired health. The funeral will TAX
place at ! o'clock, tomorrow after
noon, interment at the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, -
The bulk Of the strawberry Gro
was harvested last week, those goin