Smyrna times., 1871-06-07
MARYLAND ITEMS.

UhttSt"ttte Fd'r, great holiday in Salisbury.
especially among tho negroes, Was held last week
rom morn TIL night the streets were thronped bv q
mohgre crowd OF restless ldIers, the colored popna.
tlon greatly predOmlnalIng As usual there wa, n
great display OF gingerbread CONNECTIONS and nic
hacS' spread out upon tables along the side walks To
strangers these festivals quite novel; as II Is very
uNerune 10 witness the various means employed by
me sable population for amusement-some lddlng
ana dancing. some singing and haoolng &c.
Nearly every day for the last ten DAYS there
mas been funeral IN Salisbury.
" Scab, has made its appearance on wheat
IN .ne helghoorhood of Salisbury, and is likely 10
cause serious INJURY 10 The crop.
Tie VI. h. Church in CheStcrtown have de-
cues 10 hOId camp meeting IN Bakers woods com
ehcng on The 2Sh of July though 1t is thought that
an earlier period VIII hereafter be agreed upon.
The young men Of Still Pond, Kent county.
are now all excitement over IheIr tournament 10 he
held some time in July.
:, A thief who entered the residence of r. F.
oluu'e' near Eikion, IN broad day light last week,
dIu an S'oe silver mug was do Wn and captured
lie pretends TO be crazy now
Two cOlored women had a street fight in Elk
ton last week 80
:, The Episcopal Convention of the Eastern
Shore meets IN Eikton 10 day,
The gentlemen having in charge tie Rcrat-
I'd al Oxlord on the I'm, OF Jnly, are making evpry
preparation for having good time" There viii
oo sCHooHeI thce, IN which vessels
engage, ana The number OF canoes that will parIIci
pate VIII not probably be less than fftv A Yacht
race between two very last boats from Baltimore is
also on the ia ps.
:, Mrs. Bedwell, living about a mile from
Maryde, IN Caroline county was struck hy Iiobi
lI"g Oh wednesday afternoon. Al last accounts she
had not recovered her sight, and fears arc
'lat 'he shock 10 her s5stem Ill yet result fatally
Cure for ChtckeR Cholcrd.-A corresnop-
dent OF the Denton (AId } Uuion writes 10 Ihst na
tna ne mas successfully used qunlne for the cure ~
chicken Cholera. lie prepared the dose ! gran -
I"o" 'hlGkeh mixed with corn meal matte into 81 IN
dough. lie says: " The chickens refused II, 90, =,
first, but kept all other food from Them mini tb"r
uld eat The dough ! hear of this disease in nm,
country almost universally. yeti am not plagued wh
III Tue leas now, though before used the uulnIne
IOs several hens during each week.
One of the circus women was thrown from
er horse and badly hurt in Iandenburg's cjrcns
hIbilIon at Princess Anne.
BHTu TO De0th.-ATrs Emma Glathers for
mery OF Cecil county, was burnt NO badiv nj her, oS
uehce IN fhlaGel pima, Saturday night Neek n,
me explosion OF lamp, thai she died IN an hour or
TWO afterwards. Her husband was also SO badly
ou'n' 'ha' he mad TO be sent TO the hospital
FGtse ,c, Aldrna.-One night last week one of
the Ekton me rchants, after closing M. asccndod io
he roP OF lhe house TO enjoy a Havana ana gel
snlH ol fresh air Some ladies' saw him and thinking
he was robbor gave the alarm Half the men m
o"h tufhei Out to shoot him, while the unsuspecnp
merchant. seeing the STR came down to learn its
cause ne mad with the women for being so fool
them e
Arrested and IN Prison. Amos Ridge. the
Stage driver between Denton aud Rldgely who de.
camPed a few weeks ago taking with him SI3O
whlch mad been given him by MIR. K. G. Carter 10
mai 10 tne EasiOn Bank, arrested in Washington
on Monday and sent TO Baltimore for commitment IN
default Of $500 bail