Smyrna times., 1872-05-22
MARYLAND ITEMS.

| Easton has just completed a race course and
! Cambridge is luxuriatng soft crabs.
Extensive arrangements are being made for
| the Tournament at GaleIa, ON June 18TH
"A colored man near Easton has a calf born
without eyes There eysids eyes see"
President Grant spent Sunday with Post
Cresswe the Of the latter at Ekton
1t Us proposed to dredge the channel Of the
Elk River in order facilitate steamboat navigation to
Ekton.
Easton has cigar mandatory, in which
the cigars are made by machinery. 1t the only one in
Eastern Maryland.
Rev. DIR. Wilson, Episcopal minister at
Easton has been presented with sewing machine by the
ladies' of his parish.
There is iron ore in Dorchester county, near
Vienna and there desire have the mines worked They
were worked thirty ago.
A sturgeon eight feet long was captured in
the cabin OF unken vessel at Vienna. Dorchester co.,
week. The Affair created immense excitement.
The editor of the Denton Union has been
presented with chicken having four distinct and per-
iec legs and feet three wings and two tails 1t dead
Camp Meeting.-It is proposed TO hold n
Camp Meeting the NJ Church of Gaena at the old
Camp Ground in David Clements Woods near Chesterve
commencing the 26th OfJuly.
FUe.-The dwelling house belonging to Mrs.
MARGARET Berry in Caroline County the Delaware line
was destroyed by fire on Monday week The
hre Is supposed to have been of incendiary origin.
On the 8th inst, the house of Mr.. Daisey.
on ChincoteaRe Island Somerset was consu.ne by fire
with nearly all OF its contents and ereenhacks Tb
money was in trunk but their being trunks in the
Mrs D. saved the wrong Mr. D. was rom home.
Iattot County CdlaniticS cS-IIast week there
were our nques and two fires in Talbot county besides the
the hy In the wheat and prison. To
parcuarize named Fields was sent 10 tat
chl IN death II
house near ST. Mchaes where been buried The bodv
vi capt Jefferson Prchett Thursday on the
shore OF Miles River stage OF decomposition
II Is supposed he died Of The body Of an nm
known coioed man found shore of Tilahmans
Island on Monday week with his broken On the Thurs
day oowinS the body OF an unknown white apparently
ao"n 2t years OF age and fully feet height ound on
e Shore oi sharp Island The steam Messrs
W W. Tuns 4 Bro, River Neck were entirely do
Soyed by fire Saturday night week together with the
stable adjoining and three valuable horses about slOoO
worth OF lumber The entire loss between $40 and
$4,000 insurance $1,000 There also fire on Paca,
island last week when the house DESTROYED In
TO all tins information from nearly every part of the
speaks oil the Tavages of the fly Some fields wheat are
being literally eaten up leaving the ground bare
he"t County Rdiirood- The election of
in the Kent County Railroad Company took place
on Monday week, at Chesertown. c' road runs from
townsend Dell TO Chestertown, Md. majority Of the stock
upwards OF i've thousand shareswa taken by the
D. H. l. Jackson as part OF the consideration io finishing
'"V '"ad' AhIS necessarily placed the cleo
on OF directors under the Of said contractor He
assigned portion of hi, stock a Mr. Schott of New
ms TACT becoming known few of the stockholders
attended the election took it, The election
was effected by this stock The President General Vckers
he od beard OF directors sgned the holders of the
STOCK ha they were not candidates for how
ever elected the following board George Vckers r. C.
Johnson Jesse H. Hines Isaac Parsons. A. F. Sharp j. H.
Jackson Fred NJ Gerker and VIM Payner The new hoard
having qualified they General Vicker presint
WI VINO declined TO serve and William faynte ESQ., banker o.
Philadelphia was elected President Mr. j. r. Richards was
elected engineer secretary, auditor superintendent The
news says ten Nckers has sgned his intention Of retiring
from the board after the completion of contemplated work