Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-14


tuted in this town last week is
Union Castle, No. II.
Enoch Turner has already put an
addition of a room above and a
room below to the new house he
built on Frazier street last fall.
"a number Of people from the
town and country took advantage
of the delightful weather of Sun
day for day at Woodland Beach.
The Revs Alexander, of Middle
town, and Sweeney, of this town.
exchanged pulpits on Sunday. Mr..
alexander greatly pleased his hear
ers here.
The colored base ball club of this
town went to Middletown on Sat
urday to play a game with the club
there, the score standing Smyrna,
&c, Middletown, i.
The farm of Thomas Deakyne, in
Thoroughfare Neck, which was
sold at Sheriff's sale on Monday,
was bought by Hon. 9. 3. Lore for
S2,500-185 acres.
One of the excursionists on the
Tygert Friday who forgot his wife
until they had landed on the boat,
takes the joking he receives very
kindly He was immensely helped
out of his awkwark fix by the aid
of the telephone.
Howard Van Buskirk, who was
with a. G. Cummins for several
years and left last Spring for Pitts
burgh, Pa, has returned to Smyr-
ma to accept position as salesman
for Lewis & Price, and will enter
on his duties next Monday.
Q. F. Lippincott, who engaged il
business in Bristol, Pa, some
months ago, has moved his family
thither, during the past week. We
regret Mr.. Lippincott felt the nee
essity to move his business and
family from our town to another
place.
The Normal School for teachers,
under the management of Messrs.
Handy and Lake, will commence
on Monday next in our public
school building and continue until
the middle of August. There are
indications that it will be well pa
tronized.
The marketing Of the raspberry
crop is about finished; hardly an
average in quantity, but fair in
prices. The blackberries are now
going to market. E. w. Lapham
got off his Early Harvest, new
variety, last week, and realized
good prices.
Daniel Jones near the Seven
Hickories, has pulled up the trees
in his young orchard diseased with
the yellows, and there are enough
Of them to effect the appearance Of
the orchard He is taking the
right course, a work that should be
as promptly done by every peach
grower
The people who sleep On Main
street were particularly pleased
with the last as compared with the
previous Fourth when for two
nights their slumbers were badly
broken From the Commissioners
proclamation or something, they
had a quiet night-the first for a
dozen years.
Messrs. Smithers and Mcguire
have commenced the work of i'm
portant improvements at their gas
works including three new retortS
a new holder for storing gas with
a capacity of 10000 to 1900 feet
When cmpleted, the works will re-
quire the services of an additional
man to run them.
The excursion Of the Presbyter-
ian Sunday School on the steamer
Tygert on Friday, was well patron
lied, and a decided success. The
day was perfect, with not an Incl
dent to mar their pleasure. They
stopped at Fort Delaware but were
not allowed to land. orders having
been recently issued to that effect
They landed at, and remained at
st. Augustine Pier, near Port Penn
for some time.
"A week or 50 ago William M
Boyer found in his peach orchard
seven chickens tied together, that
must have been carried from the
premises of David N. Boggs, on the
opposite side Of the road. Just
why the yshould have been carried
and left there was the mystery,
perhaps frightened at something,
for the same night the chicken
roosts Of Samuel s. Griffen was
raided and a lot carried off, per-
haps by the same thief.
One Of our mechanics, who
though too old for ball hitter, has
the fever so bad as to need a spoT-
ific of some kind. His interest