Smyrna times., 1871-07-26

Berlin, Md, talks OF building hotel on tn.
beach,
The St Michaels Comet has handsome
new dress.
The new NJ. L. Church at Millington is
under contract
The great tournament at Still Pond Kent
county, takes place to-day.
man named Christian, in Chapal district
Talbot, had six hogs killed by lightning re
Gently.
The farmers in Maryland, like those in Del
aware, are thoroughly out with the Hale
Earlies.
A Crisfeld colored man got as far north as
Seaiord one day la I week, riding under car
tie was bound for Philadelphia.
The editor of the Denton Union has corr in
his garden l43 IT, tail. 1t is known as che
Melton corn, Western variety
Sudden Deah-Lawrence NJ. Strong, Esq,
welI-knOwn citizen of Kent CO died suddenly
of heart disease at his residence near The
Irappe, on Monday night week
During a big Odd Fellows excursion to St.
Mchaels, last week, lady, in trying to get
Oft the boat, fell overheard She was soon
rescued but all the starch was out Of her
clothing
Grand ErcurSon-The Maryland Editor $
Association have been kindly offered by John
w. Garrett, Esq, an excursion in special cars
over the Baltimore and Ohio, and Central
Ohio and Lake Erie Railroads. to Sandu.kv
City, Ohio, to leave Baltimore on the 1th
August
To Fruit Grocers. The Cambridge Herald
has number of letters from commission mer-
chants in Baltimore and New York, urging
1t to advise farmers to be more careful in pick
ing and shipping fruit. They all urge that
fruit should be allowed to attain its full growth,
but gathered before it gets soft.
! The Railroad is completed to Centreyille
On Thursday morning the locomotive, with
three burden cars loaded with ties, came into
town, and attracted quite a large crowd of
spectators. We presume the contractors will
close up their work in about weeks time,
when trains will be run regularly from our
town.-Cuizen.
Elkton has machine for making match
spllnts, which will cut in ten hours twenty mil
lion eight hundred thousand splints Persons
acquainted with the magnitude Of the match
business would be likely to conceive that this
rapid production would soon Overstock the
market but it is estimated that in Europe
and the United States, between four and five
thousand million matches are consumed daily.
Suicide.-Thos. II. Legg, aged about 2l
years, son of MIR. John Legg, residing near
Templeville, committed suicide on Wednesday
last by shooting himself with a gun loaded
with shot. The fatal act was committed in
the orchard, and during the absence of his
parents from home. The young man lived
about an hour after the shot, the entire con-
tents OF the gun taking effect Just below the
heart. He gave his father the cause of the
act, but it has not yet been made public
Centrertte Citizen.
HINT Him DO,cn-Last Wednesday night,
about 3 o'clock, Mrs. DOugherty, a widow
lady, residing in Princess Anne was awakened
by some noise in her bedroom, and suppO5ing
it was her daughter had fallen out of bed,
asked her if she had. Upon being answered
in the negative, she Immediately arose, found
white man standing in the corner of the
room. She promptly asked him, what are
you doing here, you rascal % He sprang out
the door, and ran across the yard Mr.. James
Dougherty, of Newtown, was in the house
and at Mrs. DIS repeated call to him to come
down with his pistol, the fellow became fright
encd and left. This is the fourth time that
attempts have ncen made, in the last year, to
enter the house of unprotected widow ladies'.
The Negro FIRE Eater-We have several
times referred to the fire king, negro
man named COker, of Denton, or near there,
) who seems to be entirely tire-proof He re-
. GSHuy FISlteu IIdstoh, dhu gave "" c@"iOiVAo".
Here's what the Easton journal says Of
6 him: " He Tapped his tongue several times
o on red hot shovel rubbed the same hot
shovel on the bottom of his foot and poured
melted lead into his hand, and thence into hi,
' mouth, where he let it remain until it harden
S ed. There was no legerdemain about tit
: was done in presence of a number of geutle
: men immediately around him, and by whom he
was closely watched to prevent imposition.
B a physician examined his mouth, but cc,ulC
S md no evidence of burns, or that the heat hac
q any effect upon him. 1t is certainly wonder
lul and an examination of his skin worthy thu
y attention of scientific men,
CT'sjteld. Troubles are brewing at the towr