Smyrna times., 1939-04-06

Fifteen thousand dollars was one
of the bids for the new railroad
pier at Bombay Hook.
The furniture and fixtures of the
Smyrna House is to be again sold
on Friday and Saturday next.
Mr.. Carter, the pitcher for our
baseball club last summer, drop
ped down on the boys for a little
visit.
c. A. Brown, of Pilgrim Castle,
No. z, K. G. E., of Clayton, has
been elected Grand Sir Herald, of
the Grand Castle of Delaware.
The yard of Edward Farrell
shows the evidence of early spring
in the best growth of grass per
haps, of any other yard in town.
The Smyrna Transportation
Company sent north last week sew
en- car loads of white sheep tooth
corn, and will ship this week two
barges, 10000 bushels.
Rev. w. S. Robinson is expected
home, with his family this week,
and will fill his pulpit next Sunday.
Presiding Elder France preached
last Sunday, morning and night.
Charles Smith gathered his ice
crop on Friday and Saturday, 200
tons. 1t was cut at Bath, Maine.
brought from there to Delaware
City in vessels, and loaded on the
cars. It is foot or more thick.
The fishermen at Bombay Hook
shipped 119 shad to Wilmington on
Saturday. On the same day fisher
men on the Delaware river put
100 shad into the Philadelphia
market. They say the river seems
full Of fish.
The new creamery built at the
corner of North and Delaware
streets was construed with a view
to better facilities, which the asso-
citation is enjoying in the several
details of the business since their
removal there a week or more ago.
The surplus in the Delaware
treasury at the end of last year
was S78,S00. This is claimed to
be a greater surplus in proportion
to population and country than
that Of the national government,
about which SO much was said last
year.
The mud machine worked dill
gently all the month of March in
dredging the creek (beg pardon,
river starting at the lower gran
AIRY at Smyrna Landing and are
now down to or near RothwelPs 3
Landing, which has up to the pres
ent time been the steamboat land
ing.
a Pennsylvania paper states
that a novel dish was served up to
a Shamokin party-a herring pot
pie. The herring is just now an
article of food that is largely serv-
ed on the Peninsula, but we do not
think that our cooks have got into
the high art Of converting them
into pot-pie.
Representative D. S. Clark, of
Kenton lost a 5000 horse while alb
sent at the Legislature last week.
H. D. Boyer Of this town, sold his
horse last week to Samuel B. Rich
ardson Of Forest Park stock farm
Massey's, Md, for $500. Harry
Rawley, near town has refused
$500 for his horse, Harry Ossian.
The Methodist Sunday School
elected on Sunday t. L. Mason
Miss Mollie Thompson and Miss
Laura Bell delegates to attend the
State Sunday School Convention
which meets in West Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, 18th and 12tt
dnsts., and Charles E. Moore and
Miss Clara Bewley and Miss Annie
Hough, alternates.
Mrs. ]. L. Templeman calls at
tention to her new confectionery
and fruit store recently opened OF
Market street-of the choicest
candies and fruits in the market
Also ice cream and water ices
Mr.. Templeman moved to Smyrns
from near Middletown the pas
month, and will devote his atten
tino mostly to the sale of phos
pilates.
II was announced that the Tay
lor's Bridge baseball club woul,
come to Smyrna yesterday t.
cross bats with the boys, but the,
didn't, the reason we are told be
ing that the ground was too dry
though it was just at the close o
a two days rain. This club ha
been playing all through the win
ter, when the ground was sof
enough.
Messrs. Eliason, Sutton an
President Grubb of the Levy Cour