Smyrna times., 1869-01-27
MARYLAND ITEMS.

General Grant an Baltimore. Gen. Gran,
visited Baltimore on Thursday, Friday and Sat.
urday last to attend the meeting of tho Rod
OF Trustees of the Peabody Fund, of which he
Is member. So quiet was his arrival thai
at least One,half of the citizens of Baltimore
were astonlshed when reading the morning M
pers to hnd that the President elect was in tho
y' IVY anu FTlday programme was carried ont
WIN equal lack of display. After the mootino
Of the Board of Trustees of the Peabndv Tns4
stlt9te, he drove out to the Abbott Irons Works
At canton and subsequently to other points of
interest. Bishop Mc1lvaine, Gems, GomstocL
ana Dent, and few others including the Uon
w. d. Albert of that city, made up his retnnn
lie expresses himself greatly astoni,hed ot tho
extent or the business interests of the CITY and
does not hesitate to say that he enioyed his
'.'I5. Oh saturday he held public reception
a. Darnum Hotel and returned to Washing
,Ot in 'ne evening tram Friday night pri,
vate party was given in his honor at the rps;-
uence OF Mr.. Albert. About 300 persons as
SSembled, including many who served in tho
iGepeI army and others who sympathized dur.
ing the war, though Mr.. Albert is a strong
Kadlcal: The affair is acknowledged to he tbe
most brilliant occasion of the kind ever witness
ca IN Baltimore. ALI of the Trustees, accom-.
panled bv their wives, Blaque Bey (the Turk
lsh Mlnlster), Gen. Hiram Walbridge, and
pcTSOUS, were present. Pro
Wous TO the party at Mr.. Albert s, Gen. Grant
attended concert at the Peabody Institute.
:. About the Railroads. Contrary to expecta-
non % the Board OF Directors of the Kent County
railroad failed to make contract for finisbinc |
the road at their meeting on Friday of last
week. The gentlemen who were expected tn
take the contract were present, and stated very
frankly, We learn, that they could not undor
taKe the work on the terms proposed withont
loss both to themselves and the companv So
says the hcnt NeCs. The Centreviile Obser'
yer states that the work on the Queen Anne's
To'u Is progressing. The board of Directors
naEe ;ISo or1ereu survey to be made from Centre
vile to Queenstown. The road from MossevSo
\ Koads to Carville's is now nearly ready 20
lay the track upon. The road from TownSon"J t
% Massey IS also nearly completed, and II tba
WORK Is continued as it has been thus far tho :
whistle OF the iron horse as he roams ,brounb J
me forests OF Queen Anne will soon be heard +
Ro"nd Top. p.--Messrs. Morton & Harris of :
hound Top" a few miles from CrumntomD ~ d
ntend THIS year to plant two hundred acres 81 W
helr extensive farm with tomatoes, which thcv N
nte9u TO preserve in cans. They have eigbt al
lunured ! acres In peach trees They cxnect NJ
2 employ at least six hundred hands on5 r.
hould the yield be large, one thousand Will " ho r
equlred.- CrunlptORidn. W d
i. Ihe e. Grand Worthy Chief Templar of Md se s
tev. L; u. POulson, purposes, We are inform' tn
a. making tour through the towns nm tho d,
,astern Shore delivering lectures in aid Of the the va
emperance cause u ''io by
, Dr. Isaac Adkins has been elected president Sc
the Easton National Bank of MARYLAND bv &c
le directors OF the bank to fill the vaeancv Tic
lused by the death of W. Groome, Esq. b. b.
1f"%cdL-Nliss Lizzie Roedy. of M;IG,rd NJ,
'L' vino was on visi, for some days at Norm Fr