Smyrna times., 1892-09-28

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stock at Hamburger's store. See ad.
The chief burden of wagons this
week seems to be phosphate going
from the factory and wharfs to the
fields for seeding purposes.
Mr.. JOHN C. VOsHELL, of Salisbury,
while visiting here, Monday, pur-
chased lot in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, for burial purposes.
THE steamer Mary sunk at the
wharf at Leipsic on Saturday, loaded
with merchandise and phosphate. She
was to have been raised yesterday.
THE children and boys department
has had big share of the preparatio
for fall, hence nice line of clothing
and furnishings awaits your inspection
at Edward G. Walls. 4
THE Calef sisters will give three
entertainments here next week. Mon
night, The Little Detective"; Tues
dag night, Little Barefoot; Wednes-
day night, Love and Poverty"
4ACy aAO SJOkCl4 WGll Ols
BUCHANAN & Co., have bought of
James H. Roberts several wagon loads
of corn husked this fall, the noticeable
thing being its quality, some of the
ears being nearly a foot long, and this
is not year for long cared corn.
Mrs. L. r. CHANCE makes an an
nOuncement of interest to the ladies in
reference to her new stock of fall
goods. There are few goods needed
by the ladies that cannot be found in
Smyrna, as announced from time to
time in these columns.
The attention of wheat growers is
called to the advertisement of A. Lee
Cummins, and the analysis of his spec
ial brand of "a. l.. q. Phosphate"
The claim for it is that its analysis is
higher than any other goods of the
same price in the market.
A BEUTIFUL meteor was observed on
Saturday evening between eight and
nine o'clock by some of our citizens.
1t arose in the East, spanning in its
rapid flight the heavens, disappearing
in the Western horizon. 1t emitted in
its course long tail of fiery scintilla-
tions.
WE acknowledge the receipt of
ticket from the Worlds Fair Commits
sioners to the Dedicatory exercises on
Columbus Day, Oct. 2lst, with the
compliments of Mrs. Mary r. Kinder,
one of the Lady Managers of Della
ware, and can only regret that Chicago
is so far away.
A letter from Elkton says: "The
last issue of the Smyrna TINES con-
tanned misstatement in reference to
schools of ElktOn. The fifth assistant
resigns at the close of the present
month Miss Budd, of Delaware, takes
the place thus vacated. The first four
assistants will retain the places they
have held for years.
THE Third Quarterly meeting of
Centennial NJ. z. Church will be held
next Sunday. Special sermons will be
preached at II A. NJ, and P. NJ, by
Rev. w. L. Hilton, of Church Greek,
Md, and at u ?. NJ, by Rev. T. H.
johnson, P. E. Everybody welcome.
w. H. THOMAS, Pastor.
DR.. G. w. SI2PLE, now residing at
Harrington, has made arrangements
to locate in Smyrna, and will come
here January 1st or sooner. His office
will be on Market street near Com
merce. He has been practicing eleven
years--in Dover and Harrington, and
is well known as dentist to number
of our people.
The rain of Sunday morning set a
large number of drills to going through
out New Castle county, and the plows
to going where the ground had been
too hard to pl1w before. Robt. N.
Higgins, near Collins Beach, has a
piece of meadow land sowed long
enough to be now casting quite green
shade. The Hessian fly, it is said,
never attacks wheat in meadow land.
The people o: the upper part of the
town complain bitterly of the worse
than "Peck's bad boys" who assemble
about the depot on Sundays. They
play ball, pitch qucits. etc., but this is
not half so bad as their foul and pro-
fame language. The police have been
invited TO give The place their atten-
ton, but their approach is a signal for
a general scatteratiou. But the indi-
cations are that some of them may get
in trouble yet.
IN the midst Of the storm on Sunday
morning the Republican banner, sus-
| pended over Commerce street, went
down. 1t was picked up after the
the rain was over and laid up on a
projection of the store of Ashcraft &
! Clifton where it remained until Mon
day morning. One of the hooks that
held it, such as are used in swinging
hammocks, was Strengthened out by
the force of the wind and dropped the
banner. A new and stronger one was
put in its place and it was reswung
unharmed.
FRANKLIN COLLINS, the owner. is
taking means to prevent the further
| encroachment of the tides on the ward
in front of the hotel at Collins Beach.
The stone that lined the front to re-
ceive the force Of the dashing waves
has been gathered into a stone wall
closely laid and the vacant place
caused thereby between the wall and
the fast ground is heing filed in by
deposits of Stag, the refuse of furnaces,
at Chester. 1t is being brought down
in vessel loads.
STAGGARs is still prevalent about
Leipsic but seems to have changed to
the Little Creek side of the river.
Eugene r. FsrrOw, veterinarian, is
kept pretty busy, and says he has had
good success in cures, and in prevent
ing the disease with his remedy. There
also appears to be a number of cases of
pneumonia as we'll as staggers among
the horses of that vicinity. Horses
should be well cared for at this season
of the year. kept up at night and well
fed with old corn, but not so plenti-
fully with hay.
| Miss SUSIE q. MOHLER, teacher in
School District No. 67, Deakyneville.
has planned for patriotic celebration
of Columbian Day-OctOber 2Ist., at
that place. TIE people of the district