Smyrna times., 1871-08-23

Salisbury has park, and a fine brass
band to make music in it, once ortwicc week
It's the great resort but dancing has been in
troduced, to which many object yet when the
dancing commences the crowd follows the
dancers.
The Republicans of Kent met in convention
| on Monday week, and nominated William
Hambleton for Sheriff; after which they ad-
journed till the 18th of September when steps
Tor the formation of the remainder of the
ticket will be taken.
Ddstdrtty Acton Wednesday night last,
at the camp meeting near St Michaels, after
| the ladies' had retired to rest in the 4" Union
tent, some villain entered the tent and attempt
ed to commit an outrage upon young lady,
who was sleeping there.
President Garrett, of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, gave the Maryland editors an ex-
curslon last week to Put-in-Bay a summer re-
sort away up on Lake Erie, and nearly all the
Eastern Shore editors went, it being free
blow, and now they are blowing Mr. Garrett
! freely.
An excursion to Baltimore, under the aus.
pices Of Coates Lodge, No. lO2 A. L. & A.
NJ, and Talbot Royal Arch Chapter, will
leave Easton and other points in time to reach
Baltimore on the day of the great parade of
the Knights Templar. This parade will be the
finest ever witnessed in this country.
Io"rnamentS. Maryland is great on those
mock limitations of the ancient chivalry-tour-
naments. One is to be held at Queenstown,
! Queen Annes CO., next week, in connection
with church festival given by the Episcopa-
llans, and another is to be given at the Trappe
race course, hent CO, on the 18th prox., at
the close of two-days horse race.
Sad 1ccideH.- week ago, as the
down (Seafordj train of the Dorchester & Del
| aware Railroad Doarod fNhOp,D,o,'c Cto.;o.
little boy was seen lying across the track. Every
effort was made to stop the cars, but without
avail, and the engine passed directly over the
child, dividing the body in two parts The
child was about eight years DID, named Lee,
and was asleep on the track it is supposed.
4 Young Lddy Drownc1 "A sad occurrance
took place at Cambridge last Thursday. Three
persons were 10 small boat padding on Cam
bridge Creek, and one of them, a little boy, son
OF Prot. j. +. Baugher, fell overheard. His
sister, aged about Is years, jumped overheard
to save the life OF her brother; the other child
IN the boat screamed out the alarm, but before
assistance could reach them the Young ladv
was drowned The little boy was saved, how
ever. The sad event has cast a gloom over the
whole town.
! The Democratic press, of Talbot county is
quarrelling over the Crawford County system
OF making nominations. Boiled down it means
just this, in this instance, :, There are two fac
tons OF the party, the one headed by Mr. Mar
! tin, the other, by Mr. HambIeton. Mr.. Mar
TIN Is IN, solar as county politics are concerned
and Mr. HambletOn out. The Hambeton
faction, therefore has hit upon this system of
making nominations to get into power, and the
Martin faction oppose it to keep the Handle
ton faction out.
Railroad Accileat near .SahSburu-Tbe
noon train, South on the Delaware Road. on
Monday, Dist inst, when about one mile South
OF Salisbury, ran over lad about l6 years old
named Patrick McMullcn He was living on
the track and was not perceived by the Engin-
| eer untIl too late to prevent the train from
passing over him. Both limbs were terribly
mutlIated from the feet to above the knees
lie said he was tired and laid on The track to
sleep. lie was taken back to Salisbury
where he died in about 34 hours. His father
is laborer on the road, and lives at Salisbury
When the boy was asked why he went to sleep
on the track he said " he couldn't help it."
! II Family ReuRion.-Iast week we smoke
OF the Willis family reunion, in Caroline CO.
Il was an affair of more than usual interest.
The Easton Gazette says:
:. The name OF Arthur John Willis, of Caro-
line county, is well known throughout the
state. lie is man of wealth, has represent
ed his State in the Legislature, and is an origi-
nal genius. There are two other brothers who
have resided down South for many wears and
have become very rich, bus have not until re-
Gently, visited their old homestead in Caroline
county, for long number Of years. Having
been absent for so long a time, and the three
brothers separated, they determined to have
reunion of all their friends and relatives and
many acqualntances aud ca Wednesday, the
day appointed, there were some five or eight
hundred persons assembled at the old Willis
homestead and joined in a friendly greeting.
Preparations had been made on a grand
scale, to the cost $4,000 1t is said by those
present on the occasion that the dinner was
magntlcent--cOnssting of everything that can
be produced by our soil or purchased from the
city markets.
About six weeks ago we published an ac-
count OF the suicide of young man named
Legg, near Templeville. He went into tho
apple orchard and shot himself in the heart.
lie lived long enough to tell why he commit
ted the rash act but the information was with
held by his father for sometime The parents
now desire the cause made known and have
accordingly requested US to state it. He was
devotedly attached to a young lady in the
nelghborhOOd, who taught school near his
father S premises He felt, however that one
or two other suffers stood much higher in her
favor than himself and he feared to make his
attachment known, least he be rejected The
matter so distressed him as to make his life
miserable, and he sought'relef in death. The
young lady, whose name we withhold, was one
OF the first to reach him after he shot him self,
and when she asked him why he did so rash
an act, he replied, For you, dearest"
whether he so arranged the time that she
might see HIM we are not advised. She was
unaware OF the extent Of his affection, itseems
we make these statements by request and
give them as plainly as possible, without COM
ment or touch of romance. The young man
was about q years of age, of good standing
and good sense it is said
The New YORK STEAMBOAT DISASTER.-
The coroner nquistion in the case of the re-
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