Smyrna times., 1873-10-15
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Some of Cecil county's road supervisors
can't write their own names.
The dwelling house of JOS. c. COursey, in
Centreville, was destroyed by fire last week.
An Elkton paper has two samples of oats
grown in Cecil county, one OF which weighs
"a lbs to the bushel and the other 4S lbs.
Oxford is about starting two oyster canneres,
one for SO hands and one for $50 Large
quantities of oysters are being planted there.
That valuable factory building, near the
railroad in ElkOn, was offered at public sale
last week, but had to be withdrawn tor want
TO bidders.
Mr.. Gorsuch Of Baltimore, has received the
contract for building new Methodist Episco-
pal church South III EaSton, at a cost Of So
900, to be completed by Christmas.
DR.. H. c. Comegys withdraws from the
Democratic Legislative ticket in Caroline
County. Alex. Hardcastle, member OF the
House in the last Legislature, will probably
ill the vacancy.
DO Peaches Py ?-Thos. H. Goslin, Esq,
OF LinkwOod, Dorchester county, cleared six
thousand and three hundred dollars the past
season, from 1000 peach trees, covering an
area OF about 40 acres.
| The Horse 4Mludy-The horse disease,
known as the Blind Staggers," which has
proven very fatal in some sections of this
country, is also causing great destruction to
horses in Dorchester, and the lower counties
on the Shore.-Edston Nd.) Gazette.
The Cambridge Republican has dropped the
name Of Hon. Ill. Ill. GoIdsborough from the
State ticket and refuses to support him any
longer. 1t promises to give its reasons next
buf hoy m Il 70 h..
in accordance with directions from Baltimore
Mr.. Mathew Patten, nominated by the
Democrats OF Caroline county, for County Com
missioner, has declined to serve. He is ar
outspOken advocate of Local Option, and be
cause of this there was such a set made agains
him by some of his party that his friends ad
vlsed him to resign.
The new Presbyterian Church now ncarl,
completed at fredericksburg, Caroline CO., Rich
ard Mitchell, architect, is decidedly fine one
and is said to have the talest spire on the Pc
ninsula south Of Wilmington, being one hund
red and thirty nine feet from the base Of tn,
tower to the top Of the final.
The Easton Star, last week, had quite
chilly article, headed Probable Murder" fol
lowed by the announcement that a hums
? skeleton had been found in a we'll in tn at town
1t now turns out that only rib and jaw bon
J were unearthed from an old well that had bee
covered up and abandoned for years. Rathe
poor capital to build sensation upon.
Old st. Stephens ns-This honored old Epi,
q copal Church, near Cecilton, has been repairc
! and greatly beautifed, and Il convOcatlon wa
j held there last week, Bishop Lay presiding
Besides lengthening the main building twelv
feet, several more windows have been inserted
. all of which are now Gothic, and fine spir
nearly 100 feet high erected. The nterio
4 presents a neat and churchlike appearance
! The new recess chance, Is feet in length an
containing handsOme Gothic window.
A COnuict Attempts Suicide Billy Menu
IS recently broke into store at Port Deposit an
stole several articles. For this offence he wa
l. arrested, and last week was convicted befoI
= the Cecil County Court, then in session, an
e sentenced to four years in the Maryland pen
tentiary. Wednesday he was to have been r.
!. moved to his new quarters, but when the She
Il iff told him to get ready for his trip to Bait
is more, McNutt swore he would not go aliv
and at the same time drew knife aud plunge
l. it into his own stomach, inhictiRg wOun
which, it was thought at the time would prov
fatal