Smyrna times., 1871-12-06

Brutal Treatment. - Philip and Caroline
Hackett, colOred, living near Norris station
on the Kent Railroad, were arrested on Sun
day, charged with the inhuman treatment Of
colored girl living with them named COrnelia
Dent The treatment of the girl is said to
have been of the most inhuman character,
Fastening if not causing her death.
Col Chas Z. johnson, of Philadelphia,
accompanied by several friends, visited Ches-
tertown last week to enjoy few days. Of
partridge shooting. One of the Cooners
friends while shooting at quail in thick
corn field made Mr.. Vim. A. Eickers guHd by
shooting him in the face and head with eleven
shot, doing no serious damage, however.
Chesapeake Oysters III Enyiuad-A new and
novel trade is about being inaugurated between
Maryland and England, viz, that Of trans
porting Chesapeake Bay oysters to English
waters. The English steamship Saisctte, now
dScharging at Philadelphia, will be in the
Chesapeake in few days and will take on
board cargo of the choicest byave> that can
be procured.
A Locomotice IN DurcSs.-The locomotive
attached to the Eastern Shore Railroad train
running between Demar, Del, and Clsficld.
Md. was, on Thursday last, seized at Dcmar,
by Sheriff of Delaware, under a writ of
ferd fttcteS issued at the suit of the Delaware
Railroad Company. \ bond-holder Of the
road caused the seizure, the Company failed to
pay the coupons due. 1t has since been re-
leased.
An Awfm Man 1cdh Broad 4 Are.-There
Is a man living in Chapel district Talbot co.,
named Dill, who Is probably the most expert
man with broad-axe III the State. sometime
ago IN the presence of several gentleman he
threw his axe some distance and stuck it into
a log. n grain ut corn was then placed i'm the
and a pt a Inli.ra ba
threw three times and split grain Of corn
each time. lie then stuck an eight penny nail
IN the end OF log, threw at 1t, az drove it up
to the head with the eye Of his axe. Thl- he
repeated twice III succeSSon winning dollar
each time. So says the Easton .Stpr
Smcjde-On Sunday Justice Strwar, he'd
an inquest on the body Of Mrs Eliza Platter.
whL was found dead on Sunday morning about
one hundred and fifty yards from Mr. j X
/ Platter house, about three miles from El,ton
She had on her usual clothes and turs, and
some bed clothes wrapped around her By
! her was found a vial Of chlorOfOrm and a paprr
labeled strychnin9. She and Mr.. Platter did
not live together Her relatives reside al
/ lNnchhurg Virginia. She arrived here on
| Friday and went out o Mr.. Platter on Satur-
! day morning. As soon as she arrived Mr..
! Platter lett home. The jury renderrd d verdict
that she came to her death by poison admins,
tired BY heroelf.-EdStou Star.
/ United .StdteS Senators Senator Vickers'
/ term i'll the United States Senate will expire
on the fourth OF March next and it is CRAFTY
lng to discover how many men the Eastern
Shore has, who are each believed by his
/ friends, to be best qualified for that high Office.
From Cecil county the names Of three promi-
nent citizens are mentioned-lIon- H. McCul-
ough, Alexander Evans and John VI Miller.
Kent, we learn, has two-Senator Vickers and
Judge Wickes Queen Anne has three
Judges Carmichael and Robinson. and State
Senator James I. Earle Caroline, it i, >aid,
will support the claims of State Senator DAME
Fields. Talbot has two candidates in the per
sons Of Hons Samuel Hambeton and PhIln
Francis Thomas. Dorchester seem, to be
united on Daniel NJ. Henry Wicomicu
mode>tly valves all claim Somerset has two
Drnnise> George Il. and James t.. and al>o
ex Attorney General, Isaac D. Jones; Will
Worcester, having squechcd the ambition OF
b Everett Smith, has no one now to mention
for the place but Judge Franklin and John ii
Handy, E>q.-CtcH Dcmocrat