Smyrna times., 1868-09-16

Church Hill to the dignity Of city. aud q,
preliminary movement one thousand huihIi,,
lots are offered gratis
. THE LATE MURDER - Some furthar ar~o,..
have been made of parties CHARGED yi,h .,.
plicitv in the recent murlrr0f Mr. .;...,r.f :.
Queen Anne's co, near the>tcftowr NJ T.
IS still improving, with fair prn+Irr. Of ".
covcry. Martha Barwick, the negro w.n,;
who lived in the family, seems either i, I,.,,
nothing at all about it, or to }.GYr -. ,..ln,,..
and tact to lead others to the coG.,.s-i.:. ,'...
she is a lunatic and not responsible. .g win,
she saws. Tom Thornton and .j"<,e P.,.rr
two other negroes named by Martha q, }l~;rs
committed the deed, have both had u Lrar,g
and been released They were entirely i9o..
cent.
INCENDtARIsM. The Cipn,pto.,:a SAYS.
On Wednesday night the ID inst, an att,m,,
was made to set fire to Mr. Frank Grrrhwo"js
store, Millington. A lot of c0mhu>tLln ma.
'ials were placed under the sill in the rear GF
the building and set on fire, and when accjlr,,.
ally di covered by a resident Of the town tLa
fire had not burned through the sin. which
! TO- tunately was Of heavy oak. Inside th. >lnra
close to the wall where tie fire was set there
was barrel of co i oil and three !, q contain.
/ ing gunpOwdpr. The clerk was aslccp in tln
store at the time. l. naturally cause great cv.
citement among the inhabitants and tlrats
of summary punishment were made if tie VII.
Ian could be discovered Mr. Greenwood IS
at a loss to account for this exhibit. a q en-.
nifty.
The HORSE EPIDEMIC-We noticed last
week the fatal epidemic prevailing among the
horses Of Trappe district. We learn that the
disease also prevails in Dorchester county.
Not less than thirty horses have died Of the
=. i NJ
lett have lost a number. Mr.. Samuel Dickul-
son has had six horses attacked with it, two or
three Of which have died. Mr.. Dickinson has
renovated his stables, and is using chlolii, ot
lime literally as a di,ntcctant, and phy>iA-
ing his horses that have not yet been attarG,d
as a preventive, with what success remains t,
be seen. He lost six when the disease prevail
ed before in the same locality in 1886 - Eus'oa
Paper.
SHOOTING AFFRtY-A shooting af~av took
place on Thursday on the farm of John Eiin.
situated between Millington and Sudlersvi!e.
1t appears that Samuel @. Meredith rents
some land belonging to Elbin and that a dis
pute arose regarding their respective shares in
the produce Of a water melon patch. Meredith
appears to have been considerably excited and
threw stone at Elbin, which struck him on
the head. Enraged at this, Elhin. went int
the house and returned with double-bar
ed gun, and discharged both barrels at VI re-
dith the shots taking effect, wOunding him Sc
vercly. Ebin then went to Sullersville and
under oath made a charge against Meredith
and his wife for assault, and actually had Mrs
Meredith arrested AMI taken before the mag
istrate, who, not knowing the real facts, requir
ed her to find bail. Elhin is more powerful
man than Meredith, and has the reputation q
being the pOsSeSsor of a violent temper III
has been in number of quarrels whore pistols
and knives have been used and Meredith i
not the first victim Of his violence He is tn,
e same individual who threatened to shoot th
Queen Anne railroad employees when com
mencing operations on his land -CrumptOnt
an.
o RAILROAD OPERATIoNs.-Th stockhoIdor
) of the Worcester and Somerset Railroad held
4 meeting in NewtOwn on Wednesday last an
g decided to commence work on the road abOu
j the lst Of October.
+ On Monday, Sept. 2rst, the Registrars o
l. voters throughout Maryland, will open thei
If Office for the correction of the Registry lists.