Smyrna times., 1867-10-09
Maryland Affairs.

ID Maryland Affairs
T. Il" O"t,0g" or Joke. A youno mn,
P halhed sullivan was pretty roughly handled h,
=; some 1nSStcrloWn scamps on Tuesday niGbf
Sept. 24th. Sullivan was from Ba;Horo "t ,',' ~
J. was peddIlnS books in Chestcrtown. ON ,b,
evening referred to young man nalnnd W,
: Iioustoh called at Sullivan hotel. and inyitn,
MIN 10 rlde with HIM into the country IN,
d ln'ltatlon was accepted, ana they drove off r
), the house OF Benjamin Beck, Jr., SOM. five q, =,
: FIX -. nillcS distant, where they remained upt
: After nightfall Houston proposed that thew
return, which was done by an out.ot The. y,ay
road leading through large wool n.nJ y, way ;,
camp ground. In this wood tlnv wnr, ,,.t a. a
' IL, H. w. GhtS Doc Fickers Miner Jones AMI
!; i nom1s NlckeN, who forciby took sullivan
from the carriage, tied him 10 a tree bI,cL,n.
ed nm destroyed his clothing. and br,t ana
olu':eu hiln III most unmerciful manner and
putting pistol to his hiad threatened 10 hIny
OUT MS brains unless he promised to leave the
next gay before 10 o clock, and not to di,ulgn
"nl 'htn3 ABOUT the affair. To all the eutrea
tleS oi Sullivan for help, Houston rrnlind tba+
ne was = on parole, and could not a,,i,t him
Lett ~ this condition, Sullivan made his wav
tt~to"n the next day and lodged con,nIaint bc.
l: re Justice OF the Peace, who held the mar
! ties - Dlll for their appearance at thn rnvt
! term Of Kent County Court. "'A'
Sullivan made affidavit 10 these facts and
says 1t wac on account of his political opinions
ne being a Radical. The Kent Nc,rs h1wry.
er' says 1t was a practical jo!e carried u LttIo
TOO J@r - Lord save Us from Chcstcrtown TO-
traitors. FP0
TLe " Oldest LhaJjtaqt Tie Oldest man
Ia 10 Anegany county. Md, douL; css. i, Mr. !
henry Lewis, living in Accdcn district AIr F..
Lewis wa. born III Hanover on the 22l of Au /
EuIt' I'oo' ana Is now lO2 years Of age. Iii, .
Ia'her lVe4 to the age of TOO years and &
months and his mother to the age Of loo vars
lie came to tins country i'll l522 he haS never
Oecn SICK day in hi, life. has no grav L..;rs
except 'eW scattered through his beard. and
performs ful days work each dnv in clearing
MS 1arn, being still strong and hearty T1
caP tne climax, the old geutlemun, on the DIST
Idii 9L iaat August, just the day pievou, to his
~ ~ ,''"tdy TOOK TO himself his second wife.
'nor rno naPIE prile being Mrs. Burkhart, aged So
t"n"Ld"tcS for G0ccraor.. - The f,'Inw-
ing gentlemen have been spoken Of a, c,'I;. I
1aIeI H = Ior the next Governorship of Mary!1nJ 9
Oh " tne Western Shore lion. Olen Hnw;a {
q q IILce IeorSe 5; Hon. Geo. W. UuoneS I
barInp. n%n' -f[undgt' li9n Waiter MITCHELL of !
IL l. llitllitJn OF w IolinD
on; Hon. John WetherfsId, Of B,Ir;mnE. iII,nS
23unty; Hon: II. D. Fcrnanli5, of IIartnrJ :
I, loh' John n. Longwell, Of Carroll: and Ham
nos y. Nchalg, OF Alleghanv. On tha H. r
Grn Shore :-lIen. George Vickers, Of kn't. +,
ION. James L. Earle, Of Queen Anne ; Han !,
saac ~ Jones, OF Somerset; Hon. Il. }. Car. ri
IIlcnagl' Il' oil Queen Anne's; and Col. Samnel T
''l' "ai'ie'oh' o. Abbot The nomination will II
e made next Wednesday. '''4 VIII t. f.
Dfseo&e Among Chickens. For sovor,, wool. IL
aSt we nave heard rumOrs of a disease .,Io.l' o'
ne chickens of this vicinity and the iow" p
DelaWare. The chicken seemed to br tmd r'j' ol "
ony laAen SICK, and dies in few minutcs af. u u
i"alu' Oiteh they are found dead in tho ~ ~
0'm;nS, having fallen Oft their roost during n' ~
NIL, ~, Mn.'her they had gone in an appa- rr
nty heaIthy condition. No one has vet been 81
Die to define the nature of the disease or 70 III III
''iSe eanyremedy.-SaltsJuy any Nj Ne,c Era. 70 70
Land Salcs.-Richard Hynson. ESQ. as ed
uStee anu attorney, sold at the Voshel House, Or
heStertown, on Tuesday last the following ta
ndS IS. j. Coleman farm, AZ acres. at S4iI ba
II acre u. w. HynSOn farm, I4I acres at ne
~ acre-both purchased by John 2. Edes.- fo
f.. Doyd 5 1arm, l2S3 acres, to John Il. Gill lay
300 per acre. r. IL. Lynch's farm, l20 an
res to b. B. Hutchinson, at S., 500. -Ne,o wi
rd. 4''" fra
WiCoMIC0 AND POCoM0KE RAuRoAD Gl; G'
ne WIcomlcO and Pocomoke Railroad from ~. ncI
lllS69ry to Berlin is now progressing ranid- 1
we are gratified to learn from the indefat- lar
Die PRESIDENT, Dr. II. r. Pitts, that the whole o;t G
entySlx miles will be completed by Christ. GU
ls. Five or six miles of the road are already ~-
u with the rails, and the whole is nerfectly
aded.-Saoe0 Hill Shield. f''OO''
Sentence ot'G DishUer.-In the IT g NJ. TT,
e. Court In Baltimore, on Wednesday, Judge Ill
les sentenced John V. Kendall, of Galena
ent county, to pay fine of $500 (be;nS
uDie the amount Of the unpaid taxi and to Bla
imprisoned IN Baltimore city iail for ono We
eK. Kendall was convicted of carrv;nc 0no nr Anc
9cial tax u' paying the VIII
A L!'rod'cttUe CoO.-Mr. Augustus Lercb Fre'
baltimore, who owns farm near q GaIesv;Ilo' n
West river, has COW which recently had If
7, ana twelve days after had another Thav SAM
Doth living, andapparently healthy. from
tev. l. +. Plummer has resigned the nosto- And
care OF talrmount charge, in view of i'm reIia
req health and accepted an agency for
% insurance company. lie is located in Will Esra
IeceaSOd. The Ceptreville Observer record.
ueatn OF Charles Stevens, Esq, an old and
pected citizen of that county. 81
he Denton Union advocates the onening of ~
Nv road from that town to Ridgcly, ON the IA
l. Del. II. r. - :" VIC ior 10, !! !