Smyrna times., 1870-11-30
ssAEYEAND ITEMS.

MARYEAND ITEMS.
A little son Of John Baynard. sawyer at Sat
tertield Il Moorc's All, near Grcensborough,
was killed recently by car running over his
head.
Mr.. Levin Pools s:e9m saw mill. located
near ARdvrsontown, Caroline co , was destroy
ed by ire On Wednesday night week Loss,
81 POO no Insurance..
Denton had rabbit chase en the court
house green one day last week and the whole
town turned ont
Considerable damage is said to have been
done the wheat in Ia,9ot by tho fly
The Cambridge Noes in commenting upon
" Tn. Fast and Future Of that town. ,ays
that there are less men rr0,ecutins less bIauch-
ea ot business and sustaining less number OF
people than twenty years ago while the busi-
ness Of the town is decreasing in the same
ratio.
An extensive revival Of religion has visited
llllIsOoiough Circuit NJ +. Church, Rev w.
MctIrane, pastor. Over one hundred per-
sons have been taken iHto the church.
The thieves in Kent CO. drive ofT clttIr, hogs,
sh 'ep, &' 1t is suggested that vigilance
The victory in Queen Anne yias celebrated
by the Democracy, at Centreyilo, Dy u torch
light porc"tsion, in which was carried the
American Tag ht0H do,cn; u representation OF
the rebel flag was also carried, and cheers were
given Tor jeff Davis.
FIre.-'l'he dwelling of Dr. 5. 6. Fisher,
near EiesVille, Kent CO, was wholly DESTROYED
by hre on SUNDAY week about night. Loss
$1,000; ao insurance.
The brought is severely felt in portions Of
ths Peninsula. In Dorchester CO., the stock
i'll sonc !ocalitos have to drink the salt water
from tns Cd;Slpo tke, aud the people OF Chris.
fled hive to import their drn >ing water from
PnnsCs5 AuHG.
\ nam nanol Nicholson, Of Kent CO., has
grown tutnIp weighing eight pounls.
Philip Phillips, the celebrated vocalist. will
give concert at Port Depo.it on Monday
evaning, December 9TH. Smyrna ought to Sc
cure his services.
Dc,h ofp Ceateaarian.- colorel woman
named Rachel Robinson, died at the old Tur-
key Iuint farm house, Cecil CO. on the Sth
inst, her age being upwards OF one hundred
years.
Over Q 900 pounds of dressed poultry was
shipped per Adams Express to Philadelphia
and New York on the mail train of the Marv
land and Delaware Railroad on Tuesday morn
ing week.
Some thieves recently stole $65 worth of
goods from &. Ii. Danforth, sewing machi ne
agent at Ektou. Mr. -. and a constable cot ON
their track and came up with them mile be-
yond the PennSyl vana line. Being beyond
the constable 5 jurisdiction they refused to 90
back, when Danforth gave one of them such a
thrashng that they both went back across the
line, when the constable arrested them.
The Nd & DEL H. R.-An Easton cores
pondcnt of the Bait Sun writes as follows :
Ii is said the Phllade phia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad has made proposition to
buy this road and make it feeder OF its main
stem. by this arrangement a large amount of
gram, trulC &c, grOwu in the Eastern Shore
counties would find its way to northern mar
ketS, and be diverted from your city, to which
it properly belongs. The Maryland and Del
aware railroad is not for sale, aud the patron
age it now receives, together with the increas-
ed shipment of frsights it now enjoys, will
cause 1t 10 remain In its present hands
! LiLet Sui-The libel case of Sewsll Hon.
brOn vs. K. I. Turner, both Of Kent county.
founded upon letter written by the defend
ant to Gov. Swami, and charging the plaintiff
| with Kidnapping or abductlng coored child
/ from itS parents some time in 1866, which was
removed to Dorchester couaty, at the instance
Of the d fendant was decided last week before
the circuit court of Cambridge by awarding
the plaintiff $1,000. 1t created great interest.
A ReLcltious Spirh.-A correspondent writ.
ing from Odessa 70 the Wilmington Commer-
ciat says, Our Brass Band from this town,
went to CeclltOn on Saturday to play at a
! Democrat Il rbscue They cnlna homc dis
gusted at tAe proceedings. They saw the
American Flag in the procession upside down,
and some of the crowd went to the house of a
Mr.. Jones, a Republican near by, aud tore
another American Flag into and tralnped il
undsrfoOt Mr. Jones was not nt holne After
the Band had been paid and discharged, and
were some distance on their way home, n party
of drunken ruifians overlook them and insisted
on their going back, which they declined to do,
of course. They were then abused in shame
ful manner By the roughs.
Shooting Afroy--On Saturday evening
week Mr. Zeddy Gordy, constable in Sails
bury, attempted to take a horse aud buggy,