Smyrna times., 1870-04-20
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Judge B md, of b .imore. addressed III,
cOIored people Of Che>trrtown last week The
address consisted mainly of wholesome advic.
out slight references being made to politics
Teh Crawford, of that town, also addressed
| them. N' e'''u
Inc farmers are planting more corn and few.
CT potatoes IN Sumeroet county this wear than
iaS'' ne peach crop is thought To be nor se
riously Injured in the county by frost.
AT the Salisbury town election. colored men
ohere9 their votes, but the Judges refused
| 'hem because they were not registered
Koad supervisors in Kent are ordered not 70
eXpend more than SIS per mile, without a
special permit from the Board.
- The first annual report of the Kent Mutual
building Association, shows the shares m no
worth S2l 2-l5. The lowest per cent received
Was 50 and the highest 81.
The Easton Star says there is little or no
money IN circulation in that county. Tn.
heediul Was never known to be so scarce
before. 81 00aice
vienna, Dorchester county, aspires to rail
roid and to become great oyster depot
Joseph Deaver, late of Talbot, has been con.
stealing. '' VI "0iSe
A Po>tofice has been established at Slauoh.
ter s. on the Maryland and Delaware Railroad
A tournament is spoken of am,np the vounc
gentlemen OF SaSsifras Neck. '0'"e
,, Incendiary Ftres-Three Attempts M,d. ~
PR" o me Depot Buildings at Rtigely-Won.
I''" Std0teS DeStrOyed Three ATTEMPTS have
% pech nauG to hre the depot buildings at Ridge
tempt Was made on Thursday two weeks. An.
o'her attempt Was made the next dav. Early
Un 31 Saturday morning, I'D inst. ;, and while Mr.
" niCoy, agent, was at his breakfa fast volumes
vi smoke were again seen to arise from the
,ou'idlhg, ana another investigation was at once
hSd: The FIR was this time discovered little
IN the rear of the former one, and kinded bv
coilectlhg paper and other combuStible matter
together. 1t was speedily extinguished before
much damage was done. since which time the
attempt has not been renewed. But whilst |
the people who had collected were discussing
what bad just occurred, Mancha's stables were
discovered to be on fire. The horses were imme- |
dlateIy taken out, but no time Was given to re
move anything else. Three setts of harness
and goose was consumed with the stables.
One OF Mr.. JAS. *. Saulsbury's out buildings
was also fired, but the fire went out before any
damage was done.
FtreS az Caroline Co. AT Bethlehem, the
store OF ihos e. Eaton, with it, contents, was
y Oh SATURDAY nlght week and also on
Sunday the dwelling OF James +. johnson.
near Concord Church. Loss of the latter ST..
500, aud no insurance. The fires were. acci.
dental.
Bishop Lay, at his recent visit to Newtown
seven persons, all ladies.
The prisoners in Snow Hill jail made an at
tempt to escape on last Thursday night. by
burning hole through the ceiling, but they
were detected. There were six of them.
Thomas Evernyan, of Potter's Landing,
while drying an OK team through the woods, /
recently, was crushed between the cart wheels
and tree, and badly injured. One ear was 9
almost torn off, u
The brick hotel at Centreville is not to be re- 5
quilt. The osner of the property is going to I
,el it.
A grand Odd Fellows celebration takes place
It Church Hill next Tuesday.