Smyrna times., 1901-09-11

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Professor Close Of the Utah Agricul-
ture Experiment Station, will succeed
Professor Powell at the Delaware Sta
tion.
The party of hunters who with their
dozen dogs treed two coons last week,
are to have another hunt tomorrow
evening.
A business meeting of the W. G. 7.
L. will be held at the home of Mrs.
George Hall, Monday evening, Sep
tember 10th.
Any one having a copy of The
SMYRNA TIMES of the issue dated April
the "a, 1901, will be paid five cents by
leaving it at the TIMES Office.
The Concord grapes are now going
to market. The farmers have been
wishing for such weather as this week
was ushered in with for a month.
When the crops were growing and |
the days two or three hours longer
than they are now, showers were de-
sirable, but in September the farmers
want settled weather.
In gan of baseball here on Thurs
day for the championship of Kent
county, by the coloreG clubs, the prize
being ball and bat, was won by Do
yer, on a score of Z to 5.
The Sunday School of Bethel Church
near Cheswold, will hold church
yard Festival on Thursday evening,
18th inst. Should the weather be
stormy, it will be held the next evening.
The target practice at Fort Dupont,
Delaware City, Wednesday afternoon
on the 12 inch guns was heard dis
tinctly here, and some said the explo
sions were followed by a noticeable
tremor of the earth.
Our people, who have been scattered
the past two months to the flour
winds, have mostly returned. By an
other week they will probably all be
home There is a qualification in see
ing the lamp that diffuses light to the
whole family. The biggest factor in
this is the teacher and the pupils down
at school work.
A fight was averted by our police
men on Saturday night in front of the
store of Mrs. E. X. Boehmler. Dur
ing an alteration "Bob" Brown, OF
Clayton, and Norman Boardly, of near
town, both colored, came toget her.
Brown was arrested by Policemen
Turner, Ford and Cummins and lodged
il Jail. The next day he was let out
on paying a fine of $500.
The following is an item floating
around in the State papers: The peo
PIE of Woodland Beach and vicinity
may never again have uninterrupted
Communication with their State anC
county towns. The water has mad
such breach in the light house roa'
that it has rushed like young Magyar
over the Bombay Hook road until
too is awash. 1t has cost Kent count.
many precious dollars.
Bids will be received for the remova
OF the old structure and rebuilding c
bridge in the Ninth Representativ
District, known as Fishers Bridg
over Marsh Hope river. Bridge to b
OF wood, length As feet, five pier
with four piling in each pier 16 fe'
long and inches square driven hare
Five cap sills 7x1O inches IA feet lonl
two sections to be 10 feet long and tw
fourteen feet long, sixteen sleeper
0XlO inches, 10 feet long, sixteen sleel
ers, 3x10 inches, IA feet long. Leaf
be all new and bridge properly raileC
Lumber for ends or backing to be ne
with the privilege of using the o.
lumber for wings on one side of ii
bridge. All lumber to be white oa
Bids to be open Tuesday, October
at IL o'clock-aoon. With the privileI
OF rejecting any or all bids. The su
cessful bidder to give bond for Il
faithful performances OF the work.
y R. $. Downs, Clerk of the PeaC