Smyrna times., 1871-01-11
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MARYLAND ITEMS.
A fine horse, belonging to C. F. Goldsbor
ou@h, OF E'StOn, fell dead, recently, while be-
ing driven To IA sleigh
Drstr"cttre Fire IN E2htou.-On Wcdnesd.v
'light IaS' h'c broke nut in E.kton, IN the ,in
SURE oi "m. Alex 'ndGr. \ high wind wa.
p;tE"li'hg "i the time and the flames cnmmu-
nlcat' d to the furniture store of r. Marsh
bank and The dry goods store of Richard {;
hee>e The buildings were enti,eiy destroy.
CO.. also TIE cGntenIs OF the tin and furniture
stores Mr.. Reese had nearly all his good,
rrtn"ved IN time to escape the flames. M,ssrs.
Mar hbank and Reese have their losses GOV
cred hy Insurance. Mr. Alexander was nor
Insured. Ills loss in goods is about s., 500
Ia adiltlon to his heavy loss in property his
oookS were al burned, containing accounts
an"untIng to $4,000 or upwards The .aI,.
which contained some of the b.nks WA b"ro'
eu up as eliectually as anything el>e in The
Ouilulng; The origin of the fire cannot be a.
ceitaihed but many persons consider i, has a
very Ihcthulary appearance about IT, AhOut
year ago Mr.. Alexander 5 smith and wheel
"tleht shops We're set on fire twice in our
night. night. The loss in property is from S60UO to
:, FTe m SMllersciHe. The store house Of
NE Edwin +. Boyer at Suiler>ville. was en-
tlreiy destroyed by fire on Monday nj. hl want
which originated from drawing gasoline oil NV
lamp hight. large portion of t c goods n
tue store were ais" destroyed We have NOT
heard the estimated los, hut ~arn there was
q" INSURANCE np'n the stock ui goods. The
mouse Dei"nred t" 5. j. Badly, esq, and
was lnSured for about Que halt its ya,u.
A negro named Demby Knocked down an
o'"er negro, named Smith, in the Highway
near Cenuevie, last week, and robbed hiH
OF 500. Demby was locked up.
= A little son Of Mr. john +. MuIIikin ofI
oeh'rev'I'e' oge' Hhont 10 years. on Christ
mas day, by mistake, he GiouDie na.led nn.
barrel OF u double barrelcd gun. and wh.n h..
hrcd 1t, the barrel exploded, blowing thre. Fin.
gers from his left hand
Mr.. j. p Cantwtll, of E!kton w,s sr,n.
mohstd TO Indiana, rrceutly To seq n SON vim
IL was feared had fntaIly injured himself Inv
"h sccldent, aud when he returned home last |
week. he found bis oldest SON. Matthew
young man OF -, corpse, aud his Youngest
So"' arthur, III dying cund ton il was
s"ouEht' Matthew had fallen in the street
"e "a' rheuhatlc crlpple-nnd caused an
I"terhai ruptulr, and Arthur had t.Len ul,on
hard moor; tle is also crippled with rheu
I,niatIsm; He is recovering slowly and ~ is
marry, out Mr.. Z. is greatly grievcd at the
series ot caianitles and rhe death Of his Oldest
boy 0'N'''
= Hoftadte Tear Orchard Mr. Stenhcn
Boyer, residing near Masscy's. Nd has a
ear Oichard OF two acres, six years old.
Last season he sold the fruit in the orchard
90 g. Boone ~ Son, Phiadclphia. for $755. cash
he orchard yielded about 800 bushels. Could
TWO acres OF laud be made to pay aswcl with
As little trouble?
r, Loss OF StOck.-Mr. Pere Ruth, residing at i,
JaleIIa, recently lost four horses, and Mr.
eugene UUOdlng one, from some unknown di>- q
'aSe. Mr.. J. e. Powell, at Locust G. owe. b
a'ely lost nlne head of cattle, supposed from b
eeuing on dry corn hu>ks and afterwards :
lrlnking TOO freely of water :, $
Good S,le Geo. Vrkers cso. trustes for 1.
he sale OF WIN, &. Meginni>s' real estate. snlJ "
~ the 10Th ut. at Ma,SeyS,a LOT OF land, CON 81
aiming a"nut ten acle+, with TWO unimpol tant E
'n'ldlhgs,, III said village, Tor ST, 525-Dr. G. n
J. d, Massey, purchaser. The Kent .Ne,cs Il
Understands that 1t is the Doctor intention IN I!
vIde the land into building lot, of convenient :,
'zc and ofer ttem 10y lottery at price inst II
nihclent to cover the purchase money, survey.
&C. 'N''
John Shields and Gus Hynson, two negroes
J Chesiettown, robbed the munpy-drawer OF II
lr; L. D Fowler one day last week of $40, "
nd are now living an easy life at the Jail. |
The " Home for (rende.s Children, =" on the u
IaStern Shore ot Maryland, is now open Tor s
he admission OF iulmates. 1t is designed for D.
iris from three to eight years old who will be ii
iken care of till they are eighteen, or until I,
nItable homes can be provided Tor them. Il tc
situated IN Easton, and is under the general
uperVlsl0n OF the Bishop OF the Diocsse. but j.
open 10 children of all denominations tg
capture Of COons coons were captur- q, q.
d on Tuesday week By Mr. Jonathan Evirts &C
nd MIR; Joshua Seward, in little more Than rt
p hour hunt on Horse l'oiut, Choptunk river
ach. pou"uS te
Large Vineyard John II. Dickerman. e.
! Conn, who, some months ago, purchased d;
ir' .; W. Saulsbury's farm, Immediately on u;
1t out about eight ncres of the farm in choico -
rape vines which will come iuto bearing th