Smyrna times., 1896-08-19

Sulldlng, Smyrna Del.
The murcery registered 81 degrees at
tx O'Clock this morning.
Our three canning factories have
commenced active operations for the
season.
Every man is likely to make mis-
takes. Neither the clergyman, lawyer,
doctor, or editor is not exempt.
The Dover Telephone Company now
has connection with Smyrna, and the |
line will open for business this week.
SMYRNA will have some 80 phones.
What's the use of wealth in gold or
silver if one cannot go to and pay his
way at one of the many Summer re-
sorts in search of general comfort?
The extreme heat of the past two
weeks caused several prOstrations but
no fatalities here. A little rest and the
application of home remedies brought
those affected around all right.
Why not take advantage of these
summer days and have your photo
graph taken by J. R. Cummings? He
is here every Wednesday and his work
speaks for itself. i
See the advertisement of Jos b.
FAIRIES this week. He makes speciality
in peach, pear and plum trees, grape
vine, blackberry, strawberry, goose
berry and currants. Before buying
give him a call.
Mabel S. Hunter, daughter of d.
J. Hunter, of Baltimore, died last
Saturday of membraneOus Group
while visiting Richard S. Marin, neal
Clayton, aged years. The remain
were taken to Baltimore for interment
Thos. L. Nowland, who recentl.
opened a butcher shop in the store G
W. B. Collins, has discontinued bus
ness and sold his outfit to WilliaI
Palmer. The latter will open a shan
BILE in the store room of J. Henry lei
ferson, ON Main street.
See ad. this week of COsgriff, Bee
& HAZEL. Having recently bought IL
, Coal, Wood and Lime business
James G. Robinson, they are preparir
for the winter trade and will be able
interest the public in the quantit
quality and prices of their materials.
L The steam dredge Condor at Smyrl
Landing, which was sold by Marsh
, Lannan on Thursday under an order
= the United States Court, was SUI
on Saturday night. There is rum
that some one sunk the dredge out
; malice, and Marshal Lannan will
= vestigate.
lis This is the height of the peach. 81
n, son, approximating about 200 cars
ne day over the Delaware road. The sh
an ments amount thus far to over 3
to cars, but viii likely grow less per
in number. The prices have been |
ry ter this week. But little of the fl
hlg is up to the standard in quality.
i a The sweltering heat that characti
ant the first half of August-most ev
lsh day in the nineties and the mig
III IA breezeless and warm-ended will
go change from south to a north bre
ho- on Monday morning. There wa
. .ho slight lowering of the temperature
md Saturday and Sunday, making
sr a weather more bearable. Sun
bli- though up in the eighties, ran
'lon about ten degrees lower than the
ceeding Sunday. 1t was a spell
weather that for its persistent
has temperature, will be long remembe
de-
TO On Thursday last there arrive
ans Smyrna Landing on Steamer
been sixty-eight Bohemians. They toe
re- quarters in their little "vill'
" in which they occupied last year al
,imi. once set in to work at j. B. Cou
have man & Co.'s canning factory.
busi- latter's industry is one Of the la
also in the State, and for canning tom
rade. their equipment is Of the
noed modern improved style. A set
bsan has been caused by some mach
,vb;la getting out Of order, but work wf
/ tla gun yesterday morning in earnest
&c., Messrs Coupselman viii emplo,
aneial year D0'' - SpF aVO Ms1
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