Smyrna times., 1868-01-29
MARYLAND Affairs.

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Skating Accidents. skating on the i
river near Easton, Sunday week, boy named !
Jas. Warner broke through in twenty feet wa
ter. A young man named Cooper went to help |
him out, and also broke through. A small boy
succeeded in pushing them pole, with which
they succeeded in extrcating themselves. Their
position was critical. MIR, Chas. Gibson, the
day previous fell through, near the same place
and narrowly escaped drowning
| On Friday week little fellow named Beck
with, at Cambridge, fell through and was near
ly drowned.
Affairs in Talbot County-The ladies of
Talbot county, Md, are about to reorganize
their Southern Relief Association in view
of the suffering at the South.
Mysterious Disappearance 4 On Monday
week, George Booth, farmer, living on the
property attached to Lords Factory, drove to
Elkton with load of grain. On the next
morning, he started to walk to town, as he said,
to obtain the money for his grain Since then
nothing has been heard of him. It it said that
Mr.. Booth was subject to fits of melancholy,
and apprehension is felt that he may have de-
stroyed himself.
| Action for Damages "A libel was filed on
Tuesday in the United States District Court,
at the suit of James Stewart, OF Talbot cOun-
ty, against w. ID. Waach, to recover DANA
ges caused by collision between the steamer
wilson Small and Mary augusta, on the 9th
of August last, off Poplar Island. Other ca
ses are said to be depending on the decision in
this case.
| The Contemplated Home for aqed Metho-
diSts. The reunion at the Maryland Institute
on Tuesday evening in furtherance of the bull
ding of an asylum for the aged members of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church was a great sue
cess The proceeds from the sale Of tickets
and the contributions made during the even
ing are expected to reach about $6,000-
Among the offerings made were the following:
Gen. John Summerfeld Berry, 1000; two
Misses Berry, $500 each John Hurst, $500;
Robert Turner, 5000.
FTe.-The barn on the farm of DIR. Max
well, now occupied by Mr.. Christopher Lynch.
near Still Pond, Kent county, Md, took fire
on Wednesday morning of last week, about 5
o'clock, and was consumed together with it's
contents, the horses being only saved. The
fire is supposed to have originated from pipe
smoked by person who fed the horses that
morning
Washington Hyland, Esq, of Elk Neck
Cecil county, died very suddenly in ElktOn, on
Saturday afternoon last of disease of the heart
He had been in his usual health, we are in
formed, up to a few minutes previous to his at
tack.
Change of Mail Route-We are informed,
says the Cecil Democrat, that it is the nten-
tion of parties interested, to make application
to the Post Office Department for change of
the mail route from Elkton to Chestertown so
that the daily mail from Elkton to Chestertown,
may pass through CayOt's Corner and Cecilton,
thence to Sassatras, instead of through St. Au-
guStine and Warwick as at present. The distance
over the proposed route it is claimed will not
be materially greater, while the roads will be
much better than those over which the stage
has now to travel. The only Post Offices that
will fail of supply by the new arrangement are
those of ST. Augustine and Bohemia Mills.
: Fre.-The house occupied by Mr.. w. Hud.
gins, In Chestertown, as a residence and con-
tectionery store, was considerably damaged by
fire on Saturday afternoon last The fire orr.
t ginated in the garret, from sparks escaping
from the stove pipe. Mr.. Hudgins estimate,
/ his loss at 5000, while the damage to the bull
/ ding will probably reach 5000.
Ministerial. 4. II. Baer, formerly oi
Salisbury, minister in charge of the Providence
Methodist Episcopal Chapel, at Catonsville
Baltimore county, has received an invitation tC
take charge of large church in ST. Louis.
a Desperate Character-E Excitement at III,
Jda.-A negro, named Henry Jones, who wa.
, convicted at the last term of the Circuit Court
: tor dorchester county, tor assaulting with ar
axe que vi MS own color, ana sentenced to bC
= confined in the county Jail until the first Of
May next, has recently exhibited symptoms ot
= = insanity, causing the jailor, Mr. Joseph K
Bramble, considerable annoyance. On Satur
, day last the prisoner became perfectly demon
iacal and broke the handouts, which it had
been found necessary to place upon him. The
keeper, not being aware that he had freed him
" self from his fetters, had occasion to enter hi,
Il cell, when the deranged man, armed with one
q Of the stove legs, which he had wrenched off
flew at him with tiger-like ferocity, striking
him one or two severe blows on the head Mr.
! Bramble managed to get out of the room, anC
= = called in Constable W. A. Cook, Who. on as
IL sending the stairway, leading to the prisoner
: room, was met by him and received seyera
= blows from the dangerous weapon with which
the maniac had provided himself BY this
), time there was considerable excitement in the
:, vicinity Of the prison, and several citizens came
= = to the rescue. After desperate struggle (du
= ring which Mr.. |. j. 4. Harris, one of the
Court bailiffs, was struck by the crazed man,
the would be murderer was overpowered, chain
g ed head and foot, and placed in the dungeon
= where he still remains. Cambridge Netcs