Smyrna times., 1898-09-07


fall trade"
E. A. Evans, of Cheswold, Del, has
700 bushels of corn on the cob to dis
pose of before he cribs his new corn.
81
The first autumnal month came in
like neither lion nor "a lamb, but like
camel on the burning sands of the
desert.
Chas. L. Cruson, of fBustletown, Pa,
died suddenly this morning in Thor
oughfare Neck. He was down buy
ing cattle.
Monday was Labor Day." and the
banks were closed in recognition of it,
but the farmers and trades people of
this section do not take any account of
it.
Joseph Cubbage, colored, who had
been arrested for stealing chickens
from John r. Cameron, got away from
officer Pratt Saturday night and es-
capaed.
Mrs. Henrietta Tschudy had night
blooming cereus plant that last evening
developed nine blooms, making 81 in
all, for the season. Mrs. J. E. Carter
had plant that also came out last
night, having four blooms.
The uneven grade of pavement be-
tween DIR. 7. G. Moore and Boyer &
Co.'S ware house caused Policeman
Jones to get hard fall ON Saturday
night while chasing a prisoner. He
missed his man and sustained some
ugly bruises. 1t is a source of great
annoyance to pedestrians.
The steamer Clyde, which was to
have stopped Monday last, will on
account of the continued heat, cOntin-
ue until after next Sunday running to
Woodland Beach, and Grieves' hack
will connect daily herewith. On Fri
day evening, Sept. 9th, Proprietor
Campbell will give grand Masquerade
Ball to wind up the season. A large
crowd is expected. Everybody invited.
The NJ. E. Christian Endeavor So.
ciety elected the following officers on
Monday evening: President Walter W.
Hynson; Vice-president, Miss Ella L.
Smithers; Secretary, Geo. NJ. Steven
son; Treasurer, Miss Emma Weldon;
Organist, Miss Bertha Smithers; AS
sistant organist, Miss Arie Hynson.
The following are the chairmen of the
different committees: "Prayer Meet.
ing"-Miss Lida Lord; Lookout" >
Miss Hester Rutledge; "Calling and
Relief''-Miss Mary E. Wright: $50.
cial''-Miss Hettie Megear; mission
ary" - Mrs. Joseph H. Wright
"Music" Miss Elizabeth Smithers
"Flower" Miss NJ. Edith Beck; ''Fi
nance"-Geo. M. Stevenson.
On Monday night, or rather be
tween one and two o'clock Tuesday
morning, the night watchman at thu
canning factory of John II. Hoffecker
Nathaniel Riggs, discovered ligh
through the agricultural store O
Boyer II Co., on the opposite side o
the street 1t was soon found to grow
larger, and hurrying TO the rear of the
building found a pile of lumber in 1
light blaze. He aroused the coloreC
occupants of several houses, who aideC
i'll scattering the lumber and extin
guishing the flames. But for this
timely discovery the whole plac,
might have been destroyed. The wine
rising in the night had carried spark
or Goals from where wheels had beel
refitted with cut tires the evenin;
before.
Chairman S. III. Derbee sent the fol
lowing: "There will be an exhibit o
fruit at the next meeting of the PENN
sula Horticultural Society at Smyrn
next January and all fruit growers ar
invited to send packages of their fines
fruits to the Wilmington Abattoir an
cold Storage Company, Wilmington
Del, where it will be kept in col
storage until the date of til
meeting. Ten-pound grape basket
are about the thing for single variet
If several varieties are sent at one tim
a larger package may be used. Tn
name of the fruit should be put ON tn
J package, as different kinds require dit
ferent degrees of cold for best preser
walton. The sender should prepa
charges and take a receipt, and the Sc
: ciety will repay the amount at the an
nual meeting.
Everybody for the past ten days {
, least, has been looking for and expec
, ing a drop in the temperature. w
, are, however, reminded by the Nev
3 York Sun, in which city the death
from the heat have been numbered {
40 and so day--the most of any p,
riod of the long, hot summer-thi
| the cool wave though it may be on til
way, is not coming with the rush {
Niagara. Although it is from I'll
{ West, like young Lochinvar and otht
! rustlers, it is as sluggish as a Georg
cracker. The official prophets d,
clare cOnservatively that we must NJ
! expect the temperature to drop like
> leaden pellet from q shot tower. W
! will not get pneumonia because of I'll
suddeAness with which the mercuI
may fall to-day or Tomorrow or, pO
sibly, the next day.
! Acceding to the demands of his col
Z stituents, Councilman S. j. Reynold
> as chairman of the Opera House
: Town Hall committee, has given h
o attention to the insecure cells at IL
\ Lookup and has had them repaire
: The door which Harvey FAIRIES, hostile
broke through was taken off of i
hinges, Strengthened and partially co
. cred with sheet iron, especially arour
' clasp which received the lock. Undt
y the present arrangement of things
: would be difficult for a prisoner to g
y at the locks to break them. 1t is pro
: able that Councilman Reynolds wi
: advocate all the doors fixed in th
. way at the next meeting of the Con
. Gil, and will suggest that regular ia
! locks be purchased, much strong
Z than those at present in use. In fac
! he thinks a strong Jail lock, especial
made for such purposes, will preve
any more escapes. At any event Il
g matter will be brought up at the ne
b meeting of the Council and will be di
Il posed of by that body in the interes
y of the people who wish a secure il
J. system.
u Death of Mrs. Samuel Roberts.
Mrs. Catharine Roberts wife of n,