Smyrna times., 1898-08-17
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

Miss Arie HynsOn will sell her stock |
of sheet music at big discount until
the 1st of Sept. Must close out the
stock.
Go to Cummings, photographer
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
The excursion of the A. NJ. E.
Church, this town, to the Wye Camp
Ground in Maryland, next Sunday,
promises to be large one.
Three applications for membership
have been made to the Order of Hep
tasophs, of this town, who will prob
ably be initiated at their next meet
ing.
The Good Templars are picnicing at
Woodland Beach to-day. The COM
pany was mostly young people, and
numbered, in all, about forty per-
sons.
The vinyardists are sending the
Moore's Early Grape to market this
week. 1t is earlier, larger, and alto
gether a better marketing grape than
the Concord.
At the election Saturday for the col
ored school commissioners of this
town, the following persons were cleo
ted: Joshua Bell, VIM. G. Potts,
Joseph Whaley.
One might think that Smyrna was
booming from the appearance of a new
| iewelry store and shoe shop the past
week. In addition to this we under
stand that a merchant tailor is to set
tie among us.
R. NJ. Cooper, chairman of State Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Prohibition
Party of Delaware has issued
a call for the State Convention Of the
Prohibition Party to be held in Dover,
on Tuesday, August 3Oth.
Farmers in need of implements will
do we'll to consult the e. G. FAIRIES
stand. By an advertisement elsewhere
it will be seen that they are making a
drive on farming implements. Go and
see these wares for yourself.
A bicycle for $500! Did you ever
hear of such prices? Alfred Tilghman
has second hand wheels ranging from
IS. 90 to $500. Now is your chance to
strike a bargain if you call and see
him. Notice his advertisement else
where.
A few peaches from many orchards
are finding their way to market. The
trees could have produced ten times
as many but for the frost and curculio.
They have been selling at the ship
ping stations at from so cents to 81. 90
per basket.
The farmers seem to have an ap-
J probation of the daily line if we might
Judge by the shipments; Monday on
the Van Solver about $500 packages
| and on the barge Anna and Mary yes
terday about $500, 1000 baskets Of these
being peaches.
, In a blow accompanying a night
storm two weeks ago, the weather van'
on the Smyrna House was bent over
: and as a weather sign, wrec ked
s There are a good many people, who
/ from a point of observation, have more
use for the vane than the house, and
would like to see that weather vant
: statue quo again.
Joseph Smithers received from Mary
: del last week two large watermelon
weighing about so pounds apiece
, One of these lucious melons more thai
+ supplied an evening company on Mon
g day. Melons OF this variety and siz
i are so plentiful in the vicinity OF Mary
!, del, that they are bought for twenty
cents apiece.
is The excursion of Severson's M. u
2 Sunday School on the steamer q. 4
4 Brady to Washington Park yesterday
was an affair to be remembered. 1
was well attended and everybody VIII
n went speaks of having a good tim
" and splendid treatment by the crew
! Outside OF the regular excursion, tn
Str. G.F. Brady carried on Monda
and Tuesday of this week, rs passeng
st ers to Philadelphia and return.