Smyrna times., 1891-07-22
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
TRUCKER Jacobs had new corn in
market yesterday.
THE marsh roads across Bombay
Hook are now said to be in fine order.
The Delaware House is having an
appreciative share of the summer trav-
eli.
For trunks, valises, satchel telescope
and club bag, Edward G. Walls has
the assortment.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the residence of Mrs. r. B.
Megear, Tuesday, Iuly %.
The Philadelphia & Smyrna Trans
pOrtation Company will put on daily
line, Monday the Sd of August.
FRUIT JARS has been a drag on the
market for several years past. Now
they are worth $11.50 a gross and
are hard to get.
The Dover Ilder commenced its
fifth volume by lenthening its columns.
1t is now Just the size of the SMYRNA
TINES, terms $3.50 per year.
NEGLIGEE shirts are not only pOpu-
lar but comfortable for warm weather.
All styles Oxford CheViOtt, Madras and
Flannels at Edward G.. Walls. t
JOHN E. WILLIS, formerly of Kent
county, Md, has bought out B. F. c.
Rothwell and assumed the proprietor
ship of the hotel at Collins Beach.
ALL who can afford to spend twenty
five cents for an evenings enjoyment
should attend the concert and recital
at the Opera House on next Friday
evening.
The colored excursion which left
here on Sunday for ChestertOwn, was
largely attended, about 200 g6ing from
here. The crowd was a large one,
everybody being on their good behav-
iOr.
NEARLY two car loads of peaches
forwarded from Clayton Monday. The
Hale's EARLY, that would otherwise
have been profitable, were nearly
ruined by the rains and damp weather
rOtting them.
THE Summer School is a paying in
sttution for Smyrna and its citizens
should show their appreciation of the
fact by attending the entertainment to
be given under it's management on
next Friday night.
THE dredger which has been the
past several weeks deepening Smyrna
River, will have used up the Govern
ment appropriation next week. She is
now deepening the channel at "hipped
roof house stretch" but will touch at
several other sheal places near the
Landing, before finishing
BESIDES the NJ. f. Sunday school of
this town, the Methodist and Episco-
pal Sunday schools OF Clayton, and the
Bethel school, near Cheswold, it is
stated that the schools of KentOn,
Friendship, Walkers School House
and the Baptist school of Dover will be
at Woodland Beach tomorrow.
WOODLAND Beach looms up this sea-
son as the most popular watering place
on the Delaware river if we may Judge
by the numerous excursions there by
river boats. Mr.. Campbell has used
his best endeavOrs to keep the large
crowds decorous and orderly, and has
succeeded thus far Every day after
the excursions leave the grounds are
cleared of, and thus present continual
ly neat appearance.
THE subject of the sermon at the
Presbyterian Church next Sunday night
will be "The Hiding of God in the
Book of Esther" The book seems not
to contain the name Of God, but it is
there, concealed most curiOusly in a
series of acrostics, which suggest some
remarkable things. The acrOstics lin
the Hebrew will be shown, and, as far
as possible, explained, in the course of
the sermon.
DR.. LAMBDIN, during the past week
has cured a valuable twO-year-Old colt,
belonging to David s. Wilds, of Ken
ton, of the lOck-jaw, end also a four
year-Old belonging to VIM. Geo. Truax
He says that if he has the cases in
time they can mostly be saved, and
has cured five this year.
A PARTY of young men, composing a
quintette, went out one night last week
on a serenade, and spent some two
hours in singing duleet songs beneath
the windows of the fair ones. They
varied it with some very harmonious