Smyrna times., 1873-07-02
MARYLAND ITEMS.

North East. proposes to have tournament
ON smaA scale on July 4th.
Pilot Town; Cecil county, has a soapcstone
mill that turns out five tons OF the material
day. -
.sMa aster Cummins, the Boy Lecturer" is a
literary novelty that is to appear on the
Eastern Shore shortly.
Ilosin6 of Stores.---Durings the Summer
months the Stores of Easton will close In the
evening, at o'clock, except Saturday nights
New potatoes are being shipped from
Wicomico and other counties IN large qnantl'
ties, and are bringing from $6t IS per 81. In
northern cities. s*A
A @sAect club Of gable ball players twhat.
ever they are) amuse the prisoners IN the
Ektou jaillevery afternoon by playing IN the
yard of the jail,
An Elkton baby could not be dressed last
week because the hired girl had appropriated
all its clothing for d, hustle the night before
and had been delayed in her return from the
visit she was making. -. '"'i
The county commissioners of the Eastern
Shore counties, have, in many instances, COM
pleted the work of making out the State and
county levy, which will be from IS to IS cents
on the one hundred dollars worth of taxable
property. .:.. ~. -. '...1:ip
Wm.T. Kemp, of Easton, fell, upon a NOV
ing reaper on Monday afternoon last, and was
SO shockny injured that he died in q short
time.,; One hand was cut off aud. his body, was
badly mutilated. He was man of con-
siderable prominence. 80 ,"1
At the meeting of the directors of the
Wicomico and Pocomoke railroad, fremi Sails
bury to Berlin, and Snow Hill, held recently,
the net receipts of the company for the past
year were shown to be SIS, 900, and the road
reported to be in Aourishing condition.
Body Recovered The body of Miss Sarah
Pennington, the. deranged iedg. who drowned
herself in Chesapeake bay, at Howelfs Point,
on the afternoon Of Monday, the 10th Instant,
was found at the mouth Of Bush river on
Tuesday last by black man. An inquest was
held and the remains buried.
Tht7Peach Crop-The Kent Neus, speak.
ing Of the. report of the Peninsula Peach
Growers meeting that the Eastern Shore
counties of Maryland would have an immense
CROP says: Our, information is just the re.
verse; The crop in this county will be far be-
low an average one even if the peaches now
upon the trees should mature; and, taking
our exchanges for authority, the same will be
the case in every county on the Shore.
A Miss Jennie Patterson, a pretty young
lady of Mississippi, has been giving public
readings in Easton, Etkton, and other Eastern
Shore towns, and is creating most favorable
impression. She has decided merit. 1t is
rather fashionable among the Southern ladies
to sneer at the Yankee women who have
adopted this means of earning a livelihood,
and it must have required considerable courage
on the part of Miss F. to take it up, but she
had-the pluck, the talent, and number OF
little brothers and sisters depending upon her
for support, and she is, we hope, meeting with
the success she merits. -.
A Political Excitement. Saturday week
there was spirited contest in the first election
district of Kent county between Messrs. Edwin
Crouch and Samuel COmegys for the Demo
cratic nomination of Register of Wills. At
previous election Messrs. Crouch and Comeeys
each carried two of the other four districts
whilst this district (the frst) was carried by
MIR. Miller. The County Convention referred
the choice between Messrs. Crouch and
Comegys to the said lst district, and the elec-
ton was held on Saturday week. The excite.
ment ram high, money was freely used on both
sides, there being much as S45 paid for a
single vote. When the polls closed 444 votes
had been taken, and upon counting them II
was found that each candidate had 222 votes,
thus leaving the matter where it was before
the balloting began. The County Convention,
however, met on Tuesday, in Chestertown
and determined to throw both candidates over.
board and, in order 10 satisfy 'the ring, y
nominated Mr.. VIM. Stevens, the defeated
asplrant for the Cerkship of the Circuit Court
The rim" is now happy, hut Messrs Crouch
Comegys and Miller and their respective
friends do not recognize the existing state o
facts as any great cause for happiness.