Smyrna times., 1892-05-25

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advance of most other berries.
OFFICER Grant arrested two colored
men on Saturday night, and placed
them in the lookup. On Monday they
paid fines and were released. Profan-
ity and loud talking was the cause of
their trouble.
The Delaware Old School Baptist
Association meeting will be held at the
Bryn Zion Church, near Kenton, COM
mencing to-day and continuing three
days. Elder E. Rittenhouse will con-
duct the services.
The chapel at Smyrna Landing has
recently been nicely Dapered by J. E.
Carter, and is much more homelike to
the 90 to 20 persons who meet here
every Sunday afternoon interesting
Sunday school exercises.
MRS. Elsie A. Cahoon, widow of the
late ThOs. L. Cahoon, forty years ago
a resident of this place, died in Will
mingtOn last week, aged 6S years.
The remains were brought down and
inferred in the Presbyterian cemetery
here on Friday.
REV. R. K. STEPHENSON will occupy
the st. Paul NJ. E. pulpit in Whining
ton, Del, next Sunday morning and
evening. Rev. H. A. G. Westerfeld
will occupy the St Paul NJ. E. pulpit
at Clayton and Rev. S. II. Maxwell
will preach at Bethel at P. NJ.
The value of tomato peelings from
the canning factory, as a fertilizer, can
be readily seen in a lot of wheat of
Edgar Spruance near the water works.
There is marked difference in the
growth of wheat where the tomato
waste was spread and whereit it was not.
JOHN H. HoFFECKER bought re-
Gently 1000 boxes of tin for manufac-
turing into cans for putting up toma,
toes. He paid 273 cents per box, less
than he paid for the same quality and
brand one year ago before the tariff
was placed on it.
AN entirely new system of number
ing trains went into effect with the
new schedule of the Delaware division
of the P. W. & B., railroad, which
takes effect on Monday, May %. All
Delaware trains are numbered between
80 and SO inclusive, and even numbers
running north and the odd numbers
running south. There is no change
in the time
The delivery wagon of E. Beck was
wrecked at the Baltimore & Delaware
Bay Railroad crossing on Smyrna
Avenue last Thursday. The horse
became frightened and ran into the
porch of Arthur T. Sullivan. The
horse got loose from the wagon and
ran down the street, with the driver,
Maurice Coff The carriage was
thrown on the track, completely de.
molished.
The corOnOr's Inquest over the
death of VIII. Cozzens, whose death on
the 18th inst, from appOplexy, is
thought bypersons who knew the
case to havebeen entirely unnecessary.
He resided in RaYmOnd's Neck. His
wife noticing that he staid unus-
ually long, went opt to see what
was the matter and found him
down in the field, unconscious. Neigh
bOrs assisted her in getting him home
and he lived several hours after. There
was nothing unnatural or unusual in
his death, to cause suspicion, and the
expense of an inquest seems to have
been uncalled for.
THAT was pretty good take-of on
the weather, perpetFated last week, in
the car that runs between Smyrna aud
Clayton. A sign hangs up at the end
of the car that reads thus: "Passen-
gers must keep off the platform until
the train stops" Inspired by the con-
ditiOn of the weather, a wag blotted
out the st" in the last word but one,
aud had it TO read, Passengers must
keep of the platform until the rain
stops" Conductor Legates, though
entir, ~ in the dark, suspects a fre-
quent passenger on the train, aud
threatens him with dire vengeance II
any of his signs are interfeFed with
again.
PLOw shoes. $1.OO at Prettyman's.
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The Department. of Agriculture, in
its report on the wages Of farm labor ia
the United States, says:
"a deficiency is indicated by the re-
ports for Delaware and Maryland of a
more or less continuous character as TO
time and of severity as to degree ex-
tending well oyer their area. The ten
dency to the cities, the demands Of the
railroads, oyster aud other fishing, fruit
canning and the renting of land
and low prices of farm labor are res
pOnsible for the deficiency. In a few
counties labor is sufficient or abundant
but in many cases of inferior quality,
and liable 10 disturbance at stated sea-
sons by other demands. There is gen
eral lack Of the best quality.
MONDAY commenced the fourth
week of wet, cold and backward
weather, and was anything but cheer
ing to the farmers, though the sun
came out and the flying clouds were
driven by a west wind, which there
has been little Of. In addition TO the
rain which has fallen some part of most
every day, the air had n wintry feel,
5Oo Monday morning and 48' Sunday
morning, ten degrees below the point
where Gre is needed for comfort
Yesterday it was As degrees. The
heavy rain that fell for several hours
during Sunday night In addition TO
that which had fallen before, put many
an acre of low ground under water
The GROUND has been too wet to till
the tender vegetables are at a stand
still, and altogether the farmers and
lsboring men are finding It 81 eEceed-
inQly unsatisfactory season. The
wheat and grass except thatdrowned onl
are however growing, and warmer