Smyrna times., 1872-06-05
MARYLAND ITEMS.
Peas are a total failure at Salisbury.


Snow Hill at last has railway communica-
tion iruit train running pas
senser train will be started this week.
Camp Meeting.-A Union Camp Meeting
for Salisbury Station and Wicomico Circuit NJ Church
South will be held at Shadpont the 9Th August
We are glad to get the Easton Gazette on
exchange list again. It cheerful in its new Dress
The CenreVie Citizen also looks nicely its We
like both Of these exchanges.
The colored Republicans of Talbot will hold
convention EAson Saturday next sb to select dele
gates to attend the State Convention which Ba
more on the 18th instant.
Large Paper NIL Burned The large new
paper mill of Messrs Wells Ramsay Cecil county
entirely destroyed by fire Thursday Loss SsOOcO 1t was
insured for large The propretors intend to rebuild
Immediately.
A Serious Charge.-Paul Lowe, son of ex-
Governor Lowe OF Maryland, in New
Saturday night last charged with shooting three The
whole affair a drunken iIowe does not deny the
shooting but ust6es the by saying
used in defending his friends.
The 1Ourn nGment.-Great preparations are
making for the Tournament talena. Thursday June
18TH About forty knights will list and some
brilliant riding will doubtless be witnessed Congressman
iambleon of EastOn, il to be the day and F.
Latrobe. of Baltimore, the crownng orator.
AnOther Ghost Ydrn-Dorchester county is
prolific in ghost The that Of young girl
Miss Kate Adams who troubled by rappns around her bed
on the headboard DC she has changed her residence
number of times but purpose aps just
same. The Cambridge Democrat makes serious thing
1t Scores of the adjoining
town of Cambridge have visited the the
strange unearthaps and scratches aud unable
solve the mystery Cur readers may smile they
would discover the ghost but they
of equally intelligent they those
who do not have the slightest belief sprtuasm as yet
been unable to give explanation to tue strange noises
A Suicide Mania IN Accondc County, Va.
Within the past lew chroncled
by suicide in AccOmack county Mr. Beoat who drowned
himself in WELL and Mr.. Aver by poison administered with
his hands and another Mr. VIM. RAyfeld the
gath umO lin the county and the adjoining farm
where Beloat committed suicide aud the
jumping into we'll Mr. RayGed, up to short time wa
social In his intercourse. but Ill health oveakng him he be
came secluded in his habits and finally manifested signs
insanity and was not permitted to wander off about h'
premises without wachul being him. On tbs
day that he committed suicide he went to the we'll to get
drink as he said, and plunged in aud drowned He wal
about thrty-aVs years OF age and unmarried
A Knotty Case, is that of the County Of
wicomicO Purne Toadvne and others action to re
cover bond $4,000 for the o erecting public build
ngs in said County. Mr. TOadvine aud other wetodO mel
ia Salisbury pledged $4,000 to build alcourhouse jail, &c
should 1t be made the OF the count
of wcomcs 1t accordingly made the county seat, bu
the parties failing in their pledges the Jail &C., is not built
quehce OF wnlcn 70 oult
against the pledgers to
the and the has been transferred from count
to another and conclusion arrived at 1t WAS before th
Talbot last week. aud the continued until neS
November The County Commissioners OF wicomico get OF
pleas the pedgers demurrers and so th
matter goes.
: A Singular Cdse.-The Talbot co. Gran
Jury indicted r. Platter living EastO
for the murder Of his wife, who found dead his
dence December last and effort made produce the
preston that she died from poison administered by her
hand. eoroners jury In her found verdict to tn
effect but that not satisfying the public. second inquest
held and further investigation verdict rendered tn
died from other than poison, the