Smyrna times., 1898-07-27
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

OM NINA AlND NINIINIII
Jerman Chapel Sunday School is
to-day at Woodland Beach.
Cosgriff & Beck burned a kiln of
10, 900 drain tile last week.
l you want good, seasoned wood for
use, apply to Philadelphia
and Smyrna Transportation Co. f9
Boyer & Co. are raising and relaying
the pavement in front of the store,
office and warehouse.
After a hard days work refresh your
self on the Moonlight Excursion" of
of the Steamer G.. f. Brady, Aug. 2nd.
Go to Cummings, photographer
Post Office building, for finely finished |
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every |
Wednesday.
w. NJ. Lewis is erecting an Ideal
Windmill far Captain James JAG kson, |
at Smyrna Landing. The tank capac- |
ity will be 900 gallons.
The communication in the Call from |
Mr.. Geo. w. Gordon, directed to the |
TIMES, does not hit us, and he |
VIII see elsewhere an answer in kind,
to his inquiry.
Do not neglect your teeth. Have
them examined free of charge, and
filled by DIR. j. Allen johnson, HAZEL
Building, Smyrna, Del.
G. Speakman and Fred Thomas on
the adjoining farm, have had good
crops of the Abundance plums, but
most other crops in the vicinity were
destroyed by the cold weather after
blOssOming.
Fifty cents worth of fun and pleasure
on the Moonlight Excursion" of the
steamer G.. f. Brady. Will leave
Smyrna Landing, August end at 6 P.
NJ, and arrive home by midnight.
Susan Thomas brought a charge of
breach of the peace against her brother
in-law, James Thomas, and on Mon
day he was arrested by Constable
Pratt, arraigned before Magistrate
Cooper and fined with costs $3.50, and
held for his good behavior in a peace
bond of $50.
Being unable to get any good, dry
wood in this section, the Phila. and
SMYRNA Transportation Co. have pur-
chased some from lower part of the
State. If you want good seasoned
wood aDplv there. T2
There has been much interest in the
Kenney trial shown the past week, and
Monday night they were eager to hear
the verdict of the jury. The trial and
its results has furnished the topic for
much conversation.
The Bitter Hosiery Company pro-
pose to 90 on az excursion to Washing
ton Park by Steamer Van Solver on
Wednesday, August the Bird. This
should be an exceedingly pleasant trip,
and the price of 70 cents for ride on
the Delaware river should be suffic
lent inducement to fill the quota of one
hundred persons. Should the weather
be clear the ride will be attended by
moonlight.
J. Fletcher Truax, registrar of East
ern District, Duck Greek Hundred
will sit in the storeroom under Ode
Fellows Hall instead of the Smyrna
House this year. The dates on whicl
The will sit, which are also the dates o
the Western District, with the excep
? ton of the 18th at Clayton, will b
August the 9Th, 18th, Goth; Septembel
18th and October 22nd.
We stated last week that the frs
peaches from here were shipped on tn
Steamer Brady-Friday week. As
matter of fact in regard to peaches W
learn this was an error, NJ. NJ. L
Scout havinM shipped, he says, tw
f BASKETS the Wednesday proceeding
. on the Steamer Van Solver. If we ha
the peach orchards of twenty year
ago, what a grand thing it would b
2 for our transportation lines.
n The Brady Steamboat Company wi
run a Moonlight Excursion" on thei
, steamer G.. F. Brady, leaving Smyrn
I Landing August 2nd at 6 o'clock P. NJ
# and giving the passengers a delightfl
4 ride down the bay. The enchantmeI
of moonlight on the water will be
. feature of the trip. The round tri
y will cost fifty cents. There will be n
e landing place after you leave Smyrni
, The Brady will take its course dow
:, the bay, and return home by init
= night.
The Brady Steamboat COmpan
have arranged to run an excursion fro
Fleming's Landing (the Iron Bridge
to Washington Park. Friendship
le f. Sunday School IS expected to tu1
D. out in force as we'll as a large numb
from that district Tickets can
found on sale at the Office of said col
lie pany at Fleming's Landing or
Id Smyrna, for so cents the round tri
at The date will be August 4th, leavil
:. Fleming's Landing at o'clock a. n
70 and returning by 9O'ciock. The Bra,
lg will return to Smyrna Landing th
a evening.
n. The Philadelphia & Smyrna TraI
"A portatiOn Co., to accommodate its
Z" creasing patronage, have concluded
rs make some changes on the steam
lis Elizabeth Van Solver. The dinin
O. room and kitchen will be moved do
:. on the lower deck, aft, as also will
bu6 HESS IOOlu AAC 7
wv galley and mess room will be cOnv
To ted into staterooms and berths.
20 addition to this an improved system
" lighting will be introduced, equal
Sc electric lights and will burn all mig
te also new wheel will be put on to
* duce the present time at least one-h
ot- hour. With these additions the co
fort of travelling will be enhanced.
toI The popular approval of the limo
;su "a ton in strawberry season of ola
ny line has led the Philadelphia a
.ne Smyrna Transportation Co. to try 9
IN M in August. The crop of fruit and p
gu @ duce is sufficient to warrant the v
- ar ture, but it will be necessary for
'ses producers Of fruit to cooperate
eO VI make the daily line success. The m
loi m business that is done the more mol
III III will 90 into circulation, and this is
leu D benefit to the community. The p
Sss s posed daily line should receive
W consideration of the public. SmyrI
facilities for getting fruit and prod
'ue to the early markets is irst-class,
IN IN the farmers should not forget this fl
lite
tv There was a large congregation
me the Twilight Services of the Met
ted dist church, last Sunday, which il
4 Gates that the new order of things
as the summer months is meeting v
and popular approval. In the absenc