Smyrna times., 1872-11-13
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Salisbury has the champion sweet putato-il
weighs eight pounds and five ounces.
! Cecil county gives Grsat 4A ma orty and Han.
cock, the RepnhIIcan Candidate for Congress % |.
Last year the county went Democratic by I7O
ma jorlty.
Kent county gives Grant35 majority, and Wilson,
Democrat, for Congress, 90 over Judge Spence.
Las' year II gave 2O9 Democratic majority for
Governor.
Talbot county was carried by the Republicans.
Tor the hIst tni IN the history Of the party IL
gives lag mnjorly for Grant and lis (or Judge
Spence lor Congress.
Queen Annes gives Greeley 1853 maiority, and
Wilson Dem for Congress, 1879. Dtxnn's Tavern.
strong Democratic district heretofore oaVe :,
Republican majority of2O.
Al Newtown, The election for Congressman re.
suited IN tie vote, aud Grant got Is maIoritv.
ne county, (Worcester) however, gives Wilson.
Tor Congress, about 60O msjoriIy.
Cyrus Whlle,a young man living near Spring
'i' m'comIc" county, accidentally shot and killed
h'mssii "h'Ie cunning oh Tuesday week. lie was
a promising young maD, about nineteen years Of
age.
Duc&Ing'-Ihe Iavrc-de.Grace Republican saws
ne regular ducking season Opc ned on last FRIDAY
Our gnnners are now regularly at work meeting
win moderate success; capturing some six To eIghI
hundred pairs duly. Canvass back are retailing
mere al % w, redheads at 81 25, aud black.hea
at 60 cents per pair"
f0nt'cot PhsnomenOn.-Tbat Somerset county
the meme OF d.: DeunIs, our newly elected g.
Senator, which last TALL elected the whole Demo.
cratlc ucket, should turn round and IN the shurt
space OF year give 490 ma orty for Judpe Spence
RADICAL, Tor Congress, when the same time Co
llSon was Somefsers tavorlte IN the ca.dIdacv
Mhere were the new Senator and his friends p
hent NeUs
neoh of
, DeaM ot Good SamdritGn.-Mrs. Margaret
Evs, OF Caroline CO. died IN Baltimore on S.tnrd,v
week. This good old lady made an extensive r.nn
tatIOn iOr her succGsStul lfeaI Iuent of sores She
uesteo SORES OF all kinds skIlfuIly, and made some
most remarkable cures Of cancer. IL was her
especial delight To receive calls from patient. who
"ao Ia'ed 70 OBTAIN reIIef from physicians and IN
ai""st every instance she was certain to effect a
cure. Indeed II was no uncommon thing Eor lnr,I
physicians I" consult With her. She was in the Sc,
year OF her age, and was the widow Of ex sheriff
EVltts' OF caroline county, who died many years
ago.
Fdfdl Accident from the Careless Use Of Fire.
drms-On Wednesday last, 9th, a man bv the
name ot Chas. Brady of PhildelphIa, was Instantly
@ H,''eo !" Fort Herman, about sir miles below
-, ne'apeaKe City, by mun by the name Of Geurge
ihorp,a resident Of the latter place Il appesrs
that Thorp was sweeping out the room when Rr,dv
come IN, and took the broom from him aud thew
commenced playing soldier with brooms very good
"umoredIy, when both concluded that they would
Try guns, each picking one up; alter a few mo
'l"ns with them. Brady pointed hs at Thorps head al
tne same Tune e0ckng IT, and Thorp pointed his at
braays head, when II discharged and Brady fell
oeaG. when Ihurp saw what he had done he ran
10 To- Brady; aud r'is"g his head, called "Charlcy
CharieyF aud exclaimed, "my God have killed
MN which was too true. The load entered about
'he mouth and nnse. and tore away nearly all the
r'ght side OF his face II appears that BIady had
n'hed with lhorp lust year. and had come down
from The city To fish with him again, and the
strongest attachment existed between the young
men.