Smyrna times., 1898-07-06

The Steamer G. F. Brady brought
40 passengers down on its regular trip
from Philadelphia Saturday night.
The sidewalk in front of st. Poly
carp's Catholic Church has been much
improved by the laying of a nice
pavement.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday. T
The Episcopal Sunday School num-
bering about $50 moved off on the
Steamer Elizabeth Van Solver this
morning for an excursion to Penns-
grove, n. j.
Rev. E. H. Hynson has been elected
Superintendent of the Sunday School
at Smyrna Landing. In fact, the Pre-
siding Elder has given him charge of
the society there.
The Quarterly Lovefeast usually
held before the Sunday morning SER
vice, will be held to- nj ght in the place
of the prayer meeting-led by Presid-
ing Elder Corkran.
Ephraim S. Garrison is having the
buildings on the farm occupied by John
H. CarrOw, near town, which were
destroyed by fire a few weeks since,
replaced by more substantial ones.
DIR. T. G. Moore sewed up the wound
of Robert Hutt, cOlored, the result of
a razor cut, at a festival at Mt. Zion
church, Monday evening. He also
dressed the wound yesterday of a
daughter of James H. Smith, who cut
two of her toes in chopping some
wood.
Woodland Beach claimed a large
share of attention on the Fourth.
Teams reached there all through the
morning of that day, and the steamer
Clyde came down heavily loaded The
number on the ground was estimated
at between four and five thousand. II
was a busy day to Mr.. Campbell and
his assistants.
Theodore Cavender, a little son Of
Thomas Cavender, now residing al
New Castle, had his thumb split anC
face injured while firing off a cannon
fire cracker on the 4th. Mr.. Cavendel
has been exceedingly unfortunate with
his children since he left Smyrna in
the Spring, having lost two by death
shortly after he moved to New Castle
Walter o. HOffecker, has been the
local agent of the Merchants Insur.
ance Company of Newark, N. J., foI
some years. Mr.. Hoffecker has beer
in certain sense promoted by the
company as an appreciation of his ser
vices, as he has been made genera
agent of the whole State outside Of
Wilmington.
Rev. 1. L. Wood, of Middletown,
preached for Presiding Elder Corkrar
the evening sermon at the M. Il.
church, this town, ON Sunday evening
The warmth of the evening did moi
conduce to religious services, but the
reverend gentleman held the close at
tention of his audience in the thirt,
minutes of his discourse.
On Friday next the congregation o
Bethel A. M. L. Church will make
moonlight excursion on the steamer
| Elizabeth Van Solver to Woodland
Beach. They will leave Smyrni
Landing at o'clock p. m, and return
in the early morning. Prof. John
sons cornet band will furnish tn,
music. The round trip will be 81
cents.
Walter T. Massey has in his from
yard a humming birds nest, some
thing that not many people have seen
the nest is fastened to a limb OF tre'
and covered with bits of bark just re
sembling the color of the tree. Th'
nest in question had two little whit
| eggs, from which two birds have beer
nurtured, and now ready to take wing
Two years ago Mr. Massey found
similar humming birds nest In hi
orchard.
1t is gratifying to know that while
the crop of wheat has been very dissa
pointing in yield, there has been
good crop of hay. Some preceded
wheat harvest in cutting their grass
but the most of farmers waited unit
last week, and had unusually good dry
weather for it. Usually the hay is no
fit for houseing until the second day
after cutting, but last week from tn
dry air and hot sun, many had to carr,
it in the day it was cut.