Smyrna times., 1893-09-06

| about II, 900 baskets of tomatoes in 3
days including Friday of last week and
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
They did not receive any Saturday.
They shipped carload on Tuesday.
A NOTE from George D. Armstrong
| quotes Chicago prices for extra yellow
peaches $1.00 to 81 25; prime, so to 9Oc;
red, 80 to $1.00; extra bartlett pears.
81. % to $3.50; Apples, red, 80 to $1.OO;
white, 20 to soc; grapes 3 to 4c per ID.
WIN. =. SPUANCE, representing F. s.
Gibson, in Philadelphia, who has been
uperintending shipments here during
the peach season, returned to Philadei-
phia yesterday well pleased with his
consignments 10000 to 1900 baskets
of fruit.
Benz. W. Turner, near town gathered
| about three tons of sugar corn he tells
as from an acre, where in July he didn't
expect to get ton to the acre. At
$3.50 per ton this was more profitable
than growing the late corn at so bushels
or more per acre.
THE festival at the Landing Satur-
day evening proved a very pleasant af-
fair, Friday evening, the evening in.
tended. being rainy. They cleared
over $31 90 and think if thew could
have had it the previous evening it
would have reached $50.
A popularity of this season has been
the very little loss of time in field labor
What rain has fallen has been mostly
since the peach season commenced.
and that has been at night. There
will be no objection at this night.falI
of rain throughout the season.
WM. A. FAIRIES and wife. Mrs. IN
Garrison and Mrs. Laura REYNOLDS
went to Wilmington Monday to attend
the funeral of Andrew R. Maree, who
died in that city, where he resided.
aged 54 years. Deceased was a brother
OF Mrs. FAIRIES and Mrs. Garrison.
The remains of Abram Brown. a for
mer resident of this section were
brought from Philadelphia Monday
and inferred at Friendship church. He
was in his 10Th year. This makes the
fifth recent death in this family. that
have been brought to this vicinity
for burial.
CHARLES CLEAvER, a we'll known
colored man and property holder of
Kaymond's Neck, who has been favor
ABLY known to the past two or three
generations familiar with the Neck.
died Saturday and was buried vester.
day at Raymond's church. He was in
his 72nd year.
The fear in July that the tomato
crop would be failure. has not so re.
suited. John H. HoffeokeP's cannerv
is running on full time, which was NOT
tne case at this period last year, and
Messrs. Osborn & Bro, have gone con-
siderably beyond their expectations in
corn. and the same is likely to result
with tomatoes.
MRS. Geo. M. Stevenson has a night
blooming Cereus that performed the
unusual feat of opening two blossoms
Monday morning after sunrise, the uni.
Iversal habit of this plant being to
bloom at night, mostly in the early
evening. Five other buds were near
ly ready to develop, this being the
second blooming this Gnmmer.
The Tent meetings at Union church
Were very interesting Sunday. In the
AFTERNOON six persons were at the altar.
1ve protesting conversion. Three were
at the altar at night, and one conyer. |
sion. There was an immense crowd
Kew. Mr.. HynsOp received nine Sun. |
day on probation, two others haying |
Joined at Townsend.
The GrubeF family, who bave con.
fined themselves to the Southern States |
came here Thursday, from Chester
CoWn' a performance was given that |
night TO rather small audience, ex- |
pectlng better things the next night. |
out from the inclement weather there |
was no entertainment at all, and thew
left the next day for their home, Alex
andeT, Va.
HYLAND & GILLEE, Ia the name of a
new shoemaking firm on Commerce
street door or two below ESQUIRE |
COoper's office. Mr.. 0iIlen moved his |
family down last week. He lived here
IL years ago, having a shop further
down the same street. Savin. who
moved here a few months ago from
Odessa, it is stated has moved TO
TOwpsend.
FRANK V. PosTLEa, of Lewes & Co.,
dealers in phosphate, was out among
his customers last week, making use of
about every available hour the week
afforded, and was very much gratiaed
at the result, both as to collecting and
selling. He reports sales easier than
expected, calling for larger output
than was originally intended.
THE fall arrangement of the Della.
ware road, which commenced Monday,
changes the time more or less of nearly
all the trains. The north bound trains
will leave at 7.19, S.42, and 9.55 in the
morning, and 1857 and 6.15 in the after
noon.
The south bound trains will leave at
$50 and l1.56 in the morning and 3.57.
6.2O and 1853 in the evening.
DID the equinoctial gale come before
It's time? And shall we have another
about the middle of September? The
two storms we have had Ia the last two
weeks have done q great amount of
and II they were but precuF-
sors of that to come In September, we
had better "batten down the hstches,"
rs the sailors say, and make every
thing snug and taut. The West India
hurricanes have way of tearing from
their Haoorings anything not securely
fastened.