Year: 1879

himself ready to fill orders for small large evapo-
rators with the Boswell DETECTED Heater With of
these evaporators every peach apple other fruit
could be utilized by the farmer


THE BIGAMY CAsE--several weeks ago we noted |
the fact of the arrival from Canada of Mrs. Yates
in search of truant husband who had deserted her
and who had come with his first wife and settled in
secluded spot in Kenton forest some two years ago.
The question as to which is the legal wife has been
definitely settled. Through search instituted by At
torney General Pennington, decree of an Illinois
Court has been found where Yates divorced from
the first wife and consequently the Mrs Yates who
has been in our town with her three children for the
EAST two months, is the legal wife, In the mean time
Yates has made way with his personal property and
has not himself been seen for several weeks. His
farm for which he paid about $1,000, can be made
subject to the support of his wife and children.


MINOR BUSINESS MATIERs.-Messrs. E. & Z. II. Beck
& Co. have procured coffee roaster to parch their
own coffee and peanuts which works very satisfactory
They find it cheaper to prepare it themselves than to
buy it already prepared for market.


John H. Bewley has had large refrigerator made
for keeping butter brought in from the country. He
is enabled thus to keep it firm and sweet the hottest
weather


The new telephone to Clayton, put up last week by
the Messrs Tygert, IS working splendidly. Clayton
can thus be communicated with from the back door
of Smyrna There is practically in business sense,
but gardens space between the two places.


The TIMES Office has just got a considerable lot of
new job type 10 facilitate its business in this drec-
| ton.


Geo. W. s, Taylor have just replaced their old bell
| by new one made by the Blymer Manufacturing
| Company. Cincinnati, Ohio.


A. P Griffith is ready to supply any one with new
organ or piano at considerably lower figures than can
be purchased any where in the cities.


The peach scare put damper on the prospective
basket manufacture but we expect to see the mill in
operation soon with large orders pressing upon the
makers.


The Town Commissioners are having the streets
cleaned and put in a thorough state of repair.


THE LIGHTNING ROD SwINDLER Geo. w. Owen sends
from Philadelphia to the Every Eucning what he calls
a specific denial of the charges against him for
attempting to swindle several parties in this town
and vicinity He says:


| after Prof Groves having stated to me the price
and qualities of his horse offered him note held
against Henry S. Anthony of 500 for him provided
he suited me. which terms he accepted and gave me
an order to a Mr. English to drive the horse for me
and if was suited with to deliver the horse and loan
me the harness until Tuesday upon me giving him


me the horse and drove it for me, and refused to


take the horse as did not consider him worth $780,


never offered the note to Mr.. English or told him


expected to give note Previous to this had


traded notes amounting to $50 to Joseph Beckett for


two carriages and took bill of sales recepted for the


same. left Smyrna at 10 A. NJ for Philadelphia, as


had business there and has been my custom for the


last six years that have been doing business the


Peninsula lightning rod salesman. and not that
feared that was suspected of committing a crime


The first intelligence received several days later


communicated to me the fact that the carriages had


been replevned on the grounds that the notes above


named were forged. which am satisfied, is untrue


The notes in question bought of man by the name
| of George Corey who represented to me that they
were given for farming implements. paid for then
| as shall show when the proper time comes. They


are plain negotiable notes such any broker would


discount knowing the responsibility of the maker
l did"


While Mr. Owen is given the benefit of an explana


tion it cannot be said in any sense to be satisfactory
There are parties in Elkton who would like yer,
much to see him that side of the State line ant
there are some obligations here that he might b.
after collecting without standing off so far AM
talking about it. The proper time" he speaks @


coming, is long way in the distance. We hear tina
he has carried on similar transactions at Eastor
/ Berlin and other towns on the Peninsula and thi


Geo Corey he speaks Of having sold the notes hin


is without question: confederate in these swindlin


operations


i THE PEACH PROSPECT does not absorb so much
the public attention at this time last week. but tw
friends of different localities seldom separate o
meeting without the usual inquiry. And, after al
the most difficult of all others to diagnose is tn
of the peach. II is governed by no fixed rules it
full of surprises. What will kill it one year will q
parenty prom ote its health the next Sometimes Il
s germ may be found wrapped in a coating of ice al
d at another weather that will scarcely chill an infa


will blast whole crop. The rot this year was
:. entirely feature was dropping from the tire
" last year in July. You ask some men chow a
= your peaches?' and the answer, if not living in L
% direction of the bay, VIII be- half two thirds and


some eases fun crop. But remembering the e


perience Of the past season the remark will frequent


be further volunteered they may all be gone befc
= the last of June" No one year will do to Judge
peach by for another. Those on the trees that ha
survived the blight of the frost and the rot SEE


strong and vigorous, and may surprise every one vi


their tenacity of life True the curcuio season is


to pass, and the "June shedding" and the crop cG


not safely be judged until the seed begins to hardC


say the latter part of June. Some years ago the pea
- grower who lived near the Bay was considered
:. luck If there was any show at all for a crop. W
= no reason why the same causes should not cont


this other frosty springs the rule has been


and the large orchards in the "Necks" are reduced
N9 very meager crop. From the State road runni
- - west with the exception of few orchards mail
- suffering from the effects of age) the prospect


creases. and at Milington and other contiguous pO
S' of Maryland there will be a full CROP The same
- |


counties. Little Creek and Dover hundred are smia
s affected to our hundred described above VIII


those down the State, unless possibly along the b


side, the trees full enough and to spare. The r
o peach growing district in New Castle county is 7
nOunced virtual failure. at the best not quarter
- a crop. II there should not be a severe shedding
me June this Peninsula is likely to afford as ms
ny M peaches as the city markets will bear to profit.
en- HIGH CULTIvATION-"G Glenfem," one mile cas-
the town, belonging to u. j. Cummins and occur
ion by his son VIM. Polk Cummins, is worthy of an
veil nual visit at the beginning of summer. Happen
ned in on him an evening or two ago, we found PC
len in the habiliment of farmer supervising the
nile his stock at the close of the days work. In
yer ing the premises from the direction of "Beln
eits Grove" we passed field of clover and timoth
in nearly twenty acres the best have this
om- and the field of wheat of larger dimension
leir very fine Some of 1t looks as if 1t would yiel
out and scarcely any of less than 25 bushels per
heir strawberry patch of four has fine setting of
up which will be ready for the first picking for shpn
res on Saturday on Monday, and which Mr.. c. tn
ion will yield, FIVE should be favored with season
lori weather, 1900 quarts per acre. The propri
uor several years ago, had twenty and thirty acre
lich strawberries at time, but found thUse having
y of mense peach orchards arc finding that taking 81


of years together there is no money in it. The


raspberry patch of ten acres not so badly vii
les killed most patches and his prospect is for u
the crop 10000 quarts. The broad stretch of WI
CHI blackberres 45 in extent with the alernl


the white petals of its blossoms and dark green leave
Ood beautiful to look upon lays out before the
full n broad even Dlane The Daaph orchard cf