Smyrna times., 1893-07-26

DANIEL W. FORD has bought of B. &
H. P. HAZEL 20 acres of land adioinin,
their farm on the State road for $500.
A festival will be held at Salem
Church, Blackbird Hundred, to-mor
row, Friday and Saturday evening
Jerman Chapel will have one FRIDAY
and Saturday evening.
| ATTENTION is called to the adver
tisement of the Conference Academy
an institution for both bows and girls
at the head of which is w. L. Gooding
a recognized instructor of more thar
usual excellence.
Mr.. Frank Sparks, who for the pas
year has been the head clerk in Mrs
L.. A. COttons dry goods store has re
signed to accept position in Philadel
phia in the fall. In the meantime ht
will handle peaches at his home il
Maryland.
REV. L. E. Barrett, of Wilmington
gave his popular lecture entitled
Adams Rib" in Cheswold NJ. E. church
last night under the auspices of the
Epworth League. This lecture is in.
structive, entertaining, amusing and
highly entertaining.
LATE yesterday afternoon while
tSTeshing wheat at the farm of Jos. r
! Disch, in RaymOnd's Neck, the straw
Z lgnlted from a spark and was entirely
I burned and the thresher about ruined
The wind set off from the barn r.
which the wheat was carried, and il
( was saved.
GEO. d. COLLINS has bought of Mrs
A. M. Price the property known as
Prices Corner, Blackbir Hundred
containing 13 acres with good dwell.
lngs and Outbuildings for 81 POO. Mr..
Collins has farm of hundred acres
that Joinsit the two together making
a very nice farm.
VAN BENNET, known as the exam
sas Cyclone" will deliver his ceIebra.
TED address on temperance at the
Smyrna Opera House next Monday
evening at s O'Clock. All are invited
to accept of this rare chance. Admis.
sion is free. Persons who have heard
him elsewhere speak of him in glowing
1 terms
MARTIN LEUsHER dropped into the
bakery last evening for chat with his
friend Fred Lang. 1t was very natur.
al to turn from social conversation TO
music, and soon they were engaged in
cornet duet, followed by one or two
| others. Mr.. Luesher in his Younger
life before the days of engrossing bnsi.
ness came, was doubtless a ready
musician.
LAST Friday while the Dover excur.
slonIsts were enjoying the day at the
beach some malicious person or per.
sons put two huge fence rails across
the track near Clayton on the Della
ware Bay railroad causing considera-
bic excitement. The engineer forth.
nately, saw the obstruction in time to
stop and remove it.
The rain that has fallen has distrib.
uted its blessings very uneyenIv at
least those who have received the
smallest portions feel that way. Thus.
In IhorOughfare Neck there are fields
OF corn that have not been wet to the
roots since the crop was planted, while
IN portions of kenton Hundred there
are neighbOrhoods where thew have
had copiOus showers.
SIX carloads of Dover SUNDAY school
scholars and friends passed through
here last Friday, stopping long enough
to take number from Smyrna. Like
previous excursions of this character
1t was gala day, enjoyed by young
and old. A hack party from Smyrna
went down in the afternoon, taking
supper and remaining to indulge in
may waltz, and moonlight strolIs.
THE old structure near the depot.
known as the Mcdowell House .
built in the way back days when hin
roofs were ali the go, and stood out bv
itself for many years before the town
Quit up to it,--an old land mark. is
being torn down this week, and in its
place Miss Lizzie Mcdowell will have
built neat modern dwelling for The
occupancy of herself and family.
Mrs. GEO. II. RAYMOND has a rose
which she got from Mrs. Leatherburv
81 years ago. 1t is a thrifty rose now.
a perpetual bloOmer, and she prizes il
highly. She also has a damask rose
which she got from her aunt, Mrs. DR..
Daniel, some 80 years ago, il being |
necessary to move it to build the ad. |
dltlon TO the house at the corner of |
Main and Mt. Vernon streets. now
used as barber shop. This rose was |
q part OF bush brought by Mrs. Dan.
lei from the residence of her father.
DIR. Jaques, Of Wilmington. twenty
years previous, the bush from which Il
was apart having been known in their
garden for fifty years previous to that
time.
SMYRNA again came off victorious in
9. game of base ball against LeiDsic
This makes two games out of three. a
good showing for the Smyrna boys.
Lelpslc has the reputation of being a
strong team, If not the strongest team
In this section of the county. IL has
defeated the brawny DOverites in most
every contest, much as they are want
TO kick" The noticeable feature dur
ing the series of games with LeiDsic.
was that there we're no words to de.
tract from the maniiness Ofsucb contest
0ut on the other hand quiet and peace.
able. The game Saturday was well
attended and interesting. The battery
Tor Smyrna was Stevens and Hustled
ana TOR the opposing team Jones and
tiansDuFy, who throughout the game
lid effective work. During the game
Hansbury, Leipsic's catcher, had his
'ore finger broken. DIR. Clifton dressed
he wound. Will Sylvester succeeded
him and played until the end of the
eighth inning. The score stood 90 to
10 in smyrna's favor.
OUR town, for several weeks mast
has been canYassed by agents of the
70 called Philadelphia Crayon and Por-
.rait Company and from all accounts
nave done a large business. number
ng from one to two hundred pictures
Ihe Cecil Whig contains the follow.
ng account which might be applicable
20 this vicinity
For the past week Elkton has been
'ver run by agents of 50. called Phil
Idelphia Crayon and Portrait Com.
'any, who utilize deceptive scheme
y order to dispose of picture frames
lne OF them calls at your residence and
,hers you o orayon portrait which [
hey Will copy from any photograph
rec oil charge, in order to introduce i