Smyrna times., 1871-04-19
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Clelhe"t o"anrietor Of the C1moriGge Ict'-
editor ahu pI.'pp,ed its name to me C"nOFtye
gr,nPh anu GV1 Nm II. Bowdle, veteran news
Chro"'',s, s,orter, was the former eu''or' II l.
Democratic :, !, ,,fs,eucc. This body
Bd'tHi!G;,e ;,s .ss,ion this year in Easton COM
will nolu ON NJ Wednesday. April 2otn' DlIn"p M
mencus m will preside. Al the ola.e VI n"iS
WA anjlhe District of COLUMBIA are ebomt sxtv
"a" "a his Conference, ana tne'o "ie
members r,orIr of Salisbury
: I"m Of one time candidate Tor congress ou
a,u Eastern Shore, was stricken WIN ;IoP'IIAy IPIAy
Sunday night week, whlle az ThurU' huf.nn arDn,
more. where he lived, and ueu 1enUt~ '0' "'"''
Ho'V' Wo was lawyer Of some prominence ;.
~ man name Martin, who had made MS
o.nare from Centervllle jail, laS' ven was
IocIrd up in Denton jail about 70 "purS I a'sel
wards for breaking into Mah j ,ho ouSd o{or amu
stealing some clothing. ne ;ar, tu,u '"H Hut , fonS
he had been ont Of the peh!'eI"'t'a,y OuV 90 oSn ba
months. Getting put III "a" ''' - "
his forte. ul., ,,or,;
L'Se T'H ro,n, wagon. containing a wild and
wen 0,on;c hound tightly with cords, was
laSlns nanton The nameO the unfortunate
raAe" rros W Charles Andrew, resident OF Baltl-
hian "So G, owner of farm in Caroline county
more 'nV b;oct TO these fits of arrangement
nc 10 tbc warm season of the year, but Is
rstionsl during the winter season.
C,,.t1.o Rumor-The Princess Anne True
M1y'%,ndcr of the lth inst, says it is reported
that seven men, four Of them white and three
of tbpm black, came ashore at Deep Greek,
E.Stern Virginia, drowned. The report says
.acb nf them had his hands tied behind the
hack and all of them tied together.
Church De1icdttoa. A new African Metho-
dist Eniscopal Church was dedicated at Cecil
ton, Cecil county, on Sunday, 9th inst. The
building is neat frame one, 35x45 feet, hand
somely furnished in modern style.
IN Catch Chicken HackS.-A farmer in
dorchester county, having lost number oi
chickens BY hawks, fixed a way to catch them.
he noticed that they generally alighted on d
stackthe pole in barn yard He nailed board
fat on the pole and set a steel trap on it. The
first week becapturcd four hawks and one large
owl and continued until rid of these enemies
of the feathery tribe.
KMd.-A Sad ending of F0r Chase =
L. L. ROllisOn, a well known citizen of Ken
county. living at Urieville, was instantly killeC
on Monday week, while fox. hunting. Hi
horse became unmanageabe and dashed int
the woods at full speed, when Mr. R., loosin,
his equilibrium, struck his head with fearful
force against the trunk of tree, fracturng hi
skull and killing him instantly.
Railroad Directors The Board of Publ
works met at Annapolis last week and ap
pointed the following State Directors of tn
Railroads named below Kent County Raj
road Abel j. Reese, Robert Nicholson
VIM s. Walker, all OF Kent county. Nj
Vii IAN 7. Spry, declinng.re election, Mr.. W
!. Walker was UNANIMOUSLY elected directo
in the Kent County Railroad in his place
Queen Aanes and Kent Railr0dd.-Dr. Wast
ington Finley, W. McKenney, J. r. Emory
sll Of Queen Anne's county. Maryland an
Delarars Railr9ad-Hon P. F. Thomas
Colonel Edward Lloyd, Mr.. Geary.
Raising ToLdcco-Jas. Hopper, Esq,
Queen Anne's county, two years ag
planted one acre in tobacco. the net profit
which amounted to $223.6O He is SO We
pl ased with the experiment that he intenC
going into it largely soon, and is making a
rangements for the erection of tobacco war,
house on his farm.
Arrests by the Wholesale. = Last week
Deputy l. 5. Marshall from Baltimore we,
over 10 Worcester county aud arrested over
dozen persons as dellnquents to the revenl
mare belonging to J. Maxwell Guy, ne
Port Deposit, last week gave birth to two col
a male and female, both of which at last a
counts we're doing we'll
On Easter Sundaythe NJ. f. Choir of Elkt
rendered the odd Easter Anthem" Po.
master; General Cresswell taking the bass solo
lhe Democrat says it was rendered with Fl
effect
Roaring Lion very speedy trotter !
longing to Samuel B. Foard, Jr., of Elk.o
& dled suddenly in his stable on Monday mig
week tie had been driven forty miles I
Gay before, which was very warm. An of
OF 500 was about to be accepted for him
the time of his DEATH
About thirty thousand dollars are sent :
hgal'y 70 and from Cambridge in small pc
once orders. The town has no bank.
Inc negro manfred Lawrence, who m
uered his wife or the woman he had been liv
WIZ MIN as such, In Easton last fall, was
,HeuneSday last convicted at Denton, VIII
els trial had been removed, of murder in
r,N uegFee' and will, 1t is thought, be hung
hast0n sometime in June next.
\, Farmers in Somerset county planted corn
'lohuay week. Some of the farmers are go
muy peanut growing, as it is very pro6ts
When successful
Id"et App0Lttmcat. Colonel Hamble
W V&s n1minated William Collins, Jr., sol
WIN. Collins, of Trappe district, of Ia
county, as cadet at West Point.
chicken cholera and scarlet fever are
prevalent IN portions of Cecil county.
Mr Thomas f. Bridges, of Broad CT
t' tneck' Talbot county, has two goslings hate
nom one egg and both living.