Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-20


town, when near Green Spring her
horse got frightened at an ap-
preaching team and backed into a
ditch upsetting the carriage and
throwing her beneath it. Before
she and her son, Lowber, who was
with her, could extricate them
selves, the horse commenced kick
ing from which she sustained some
injury, it is hoped not serious. The
carriage was considerably dam
aged.
LAND SALES - A. P. Griffith,
real estate broker, has sold farm
containing 76 acres, lying near
Slaughter's Station, belonging to
William Woods, for $1,000 to M. K.
Trumbore of Pennsylvania. Also
a farm of 100 acres near Dexter's
Corner for $4,000 belonging to
Nathaniel Williams to S. G. Meyer
of Pennsylvania.
William H. Money has purchas-
ed of Thomas Middleton Jr., 80
acres of woodland adjoining his
farm with which he intends incor-
porating it.
E. H. Beck, real estate agent,
sold yesterday the farm of ]. P.
Eyre of Chester, near Morton
(now Cheswold), comprising $50
acres to Joshua L. Boyd of Moor
ton for $4,000 cash.
MORTON This town, in SYM
pathy with the impulse of develop
ment that has struck the most of
our towns is showing signs of re-
newed life and progress. There is
no reason why Morton at no dis
tant day may not become a con
siderable town. DR.. John M.
Smith has sold eight or ten build
ing lots recently and two houses
are now in course of erection and
several more are expected to be
built before the spring. The two
men who are building are John
Darnenhauer and Joseph Phillips.
pr. Smith is also erecting on so
acre farm, the most of which is
recently cleared land, situated
from a quarter to half a mile West
of the town, a farm dwelling which
will be followed with suitable out
buildings by the spring.
A BOMBAY HOOK FARM
John J. Pyle Of West Chester, Pa,
is the largest land owner on Bonn
bay Hook, having over $500 acres,
about 1000 of which is up land, the
balance low and marsh land, but |
nearly half of it reclaimable by
proper ditching and draining. They
expect to have a number of acres
reclaimed and in tillage the com
ing spring. This tract was form
erly one farm, but two years ago |
it was divided into two by erecting
an additional set of farm buildings,
and now third set of buildings
house, barn, stables, etc, are being
put up to constitute the third .
farm. The land of Mr. Pyle com
mences at "F'raland" and takes in
the lower part Of the island.
George B. Money is the agent and "
Of Mr.. Pyle's interest on
Bombay Hook Island.
BOMBAY IOOK-A PROSPEC-
TIVE CITY - Mr.. William Rey-
bold, the proprietor Of Woodland
Beach" and owner of a large tract
Of land adjoining, is contemplating
making it settled watering place
by offering building sites that will
attract permanent residents Dur
ing the past fall the river front
has been greatly strengthened by
putting up a breaker" that will .
break the force of the waves and
prevent the washing of the shore.
At the waters edge heavy timbers
have been laid and secured by well .
spiked planks for the protection Of
the foot walk. During the past
week John H. Hoffecker has sur
veyed about twenty acres of land
adjacent to the hotel and laid out
broad avenues running at right
angles forming squares that will
be subdivided into building lots
having about fifty feet front and
some 200 feet in depth. A plan Of
the same will be prepared for the
of purchasers. It will I
contain over 400 building lots. Mr..
Reybold expects to have them 4
ready to put in the market in the
spring. We understand that he
to get city capitalists in
terested in the enterprise.
DROWNED IN THE CHESA-
observation-disclosures came a few
days ago to the family that John
H Morris, son of Aron D. Morris.
living at Smyrna Landing, had |
been drowned in the Chesapeake
Bay, the letter simply saying that /
he had fallen overheard and sank |
before they could get the boat to
him. The day il occurred was