Smyrna times., 1870-08-10
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The Wicomico \ Pocomoko Railroad from
Salisbury to Berlin, makes the following cx-
hihlt: The total gross earnings for the last
year Foot up $2l,Il5.IS; Expenses $I7,2II.46; +,
net earnings 81, ,-I7G7I.
Rev. Saml Green, (colored) who, it will be
remembered, in 1851, was sentenced to ten
year imprisonment IN the State prison by the
dorchester county Circuit Court for having in
his possession a copy of :" inclc Tom Cab
in, and who, five yca:8 afterwards was par
doncd by Gov. bradford on condition that he
leave the country, has returned to his native
home ANA is out in u letter to the Cambridge
iHtch'r"c,r in which he takes occasion to cX-
press hi, deep felt thanks to the Republican
party for the work il has done anJ endorses
ila principles. Detto@ t"joa.
Remarlobic LongcriW.- Mr.. William Ste
vcnS, Deputy Il. :. Marshal to take the CEN
sus for the lower half of this county, has un-
earthcd two ceutenalianS whilst in the dis
charge Of his duty-.janc liutSon, tamiiarly
known as jimmie Dublin, aged llG years,
and Ann Murray, aged 10 years. The county
records show that these are their true ages
D|at2n taio0.
E.sto,o~t,,s Salaries il, Ctuoliae Co-Den-
ton, 500; Greensborouqh, $500 NaIydel,
SIlo; lliIl>borough, #llO The population,
iy thc recent census, is only l3,0OO. The total
postal salaries for the county are &l326-a lit
tie more than the town of iolt Deposit, Cecil
co, pays.
Out Of eleven tents at colored peoples
camp-mecung near Denton six were boarding
tents.
William Jones a colorcd boy was drowned on
Sunday week while bathing at the mouth Of
Cambridge creek The body was recovered,
and inferred the next day.
Death ofa Ronn,knLic Hda-Thomas Ne
p. Creary died at Eikton, on Sunday night week
at an advanced age. In old slavery times th.
man was celebrated character. He spent
much time III catching runaway slaves, and Lad
many IA row escapes. He was tried once for
kldnarplnr. but was acquitted He was also
accused OF killing man named Miller, wit
Il IS IN protra"tod trial, in Baltimore, which
terminated In the release Of two young girls.
alleged u be .iarr: Of Mrs Schofod Of that
CITY, whom McCrcary arrested in Chester
county, but it was afterwards learned that Mil
Ter hung himself.
Ia Icti"e Oil Ldag.-The editor Of the
Newtown Hc-or{ has had a pair Of mttcns
left ut his Office, concerning which he gives the
following facts The seed that produced the
cotton from which these mittcns were made,
WAS planted by Mrs. Rachael Ward of Ana
messeX, after She had attained q her SOth
year, and We hope, for the sake of her exam
pie to the nOvel-reading, piano drumming class
OF young girls now growing up. that she may
live a thousand years. Mrs. Ward not only
planted the seed. bat with her own hands She
cultivated the plants from their earliest growth
to maturity picked the blown cotton from the
bursting capsules, carded and spun it into yarn,
. and afterwards knit the mittens.
' a yacht race took place at Chincoteague last
week. A pretentiOus little clipper-blilt craft
came down to beat the native boats, but on
the home stretch" the bully" craft capszed,
and an unpretentous, fiat bottomed batteau,
owned by Mr.. Clarke, citizen of the Island,
dlstanced all competitors and won the race and
, watch.
Schooner Swompclbyo a Water Spom-On
the 9th ult., the Schooner .JOhn Ldnk, Capt.
Kemp, was swamped in a singular manner at
z the mouth of the Choptank river. The Cap
tam reports that he saw a column, looking
i much like pillar of tar, approaching his YES.
sci, and as it struck he felt himself being tax
en- off his feet, and was only saved by firmly
grasplng the spOkes of the wheel. The vessel
was apparently raised out Of the water, and
the maln-mast broken off, and carried some
twenty feet away, and the toremast carried
: over the side, making complete wreck. As the
: vessel fell back into the water, either her
weight, or the weight of the water which fell
upon her deck, caused her to sink from foul
y to SIX feet under water but she immediately
i came to the surface, right side up with care. :
+ 1t was undoubtedly water spout, but it is the
+ first we have ever heard Of in the Chesapeake.
: No lives were loSt-Ldst0a .JournaL
,, Canp Ncc',ags in Qacrn Anne's.-The camr
. at Wye Mills commenced last Friday. The
camp near Church Hill will commence on Sat
! urday next, III the same woods in which it wa,
{ held last year. The Southern Methodist CAM
, IN FARRELL ) woods, near }usicks church, three
miles from SudierSvlIc commenced last Fri
! day and will continue till Monday, the 18th.
4 Stack ypW Bwned-The stack-yard ot
9 Mr.. Jas. \. Roseberry, in Still Pond, wa,
struck 10y lightning on Thursday afternoon last
and about four hundred bushels Of wheat, be-
: ing about two-thrds Of his crop, consumed.
The Salisbury Shorcmao says the watermel
ons OF that section are inferior, it is supposed
from the protracted drought.
n \ Mr.. Cottingham, a prominent citizen n
= Snow lllll, came near being gored to death by
) a COW last week She got frightened at a dog
c and IN trying TO gore the dog struck Mr.. G. in
the abdomen with her horn
Some of the census takers on the Eastorr
shore are reslgning because it does not pav.
: A Loan Association has been Organized II
/ Elkton under the permanent or serial plan.
The Centreville post-office pays $3.50 salary
t LGlld Sales The following sales are re-
d ported In Queen Annes CO.: The farm of til,
iate Jesse Recd containing l45J acres fol
sci. 10 per acres Francis NJ. Hall, purchas
er The farm of Il, J. Skinner, BANKRUPT, or
. hecds Greek, containing 1881 acres, formerly
@ owned by Rich'd ~ Wright, for $1,000, sub
c St lSct 10 mortgage for $4,000 Capt. John S.
n Ilnga