Smyrna times., 1873-12-10
MARYLAND ITEMS.

An Editor in Luck.-Mr. Jno Il. Hand editor
Of the Citizen, has been appointed postmaster at
Centreyle, vice J. n. GoldsborOugh deceased.
Laundry. Bath and GytnnG sium.-Salisbury has
subscribed $2300 towards erecting a building near
the river in that town to be used as steam laun-
dry bath house and gymnasium.
Camp Meeting at HurlOcks.-The Board of Mana.
gers of Hurlock's Union Camp Meeting met last
week and decided TO commence the meeting for
1874 July 24th, next. 1t will continue Tor a
week or ten days.
Fires in Kent COuniy.-On Friday week the
dwelling of Mr.. George w. Robson, at Pine Neck
Kent county, was burned during the temporary
absence of the owner and his family. Most OF the
household goods saved. On the following day
Mr.. George Dlehs fine residence at Rock Point in
the same county, was destroyed by fire.
! A store was robbed at Berlin during the summer,
but it not until recently that the thief dis
covered. 1t turns out TO be young Of excel.
lent standing aud family and aspirant of minis
teriaI honors in the Episcopal church. He con-
frmed by Bishop Lay recently. The religious turn
has come upon him since the theft
A Large Snake-One of our young men found
Thursday last under the roots of a tree that had
blown up on that day. large black snake. After
having struck it once twice with heavy stick
the young man surprising life extinct, tied his
snakeship to the cart and dragged it in that way
into the town. The snake was taken into one o
our stores and Thoroughly warmed, and handled
with considerable His snakeshp, at present
is alive, active and doing well and measured, by
, actual measurement, six feet two inches.-DentOI
q Journal.
+ A Serious Charge-Wm. Cornish white maj
= with a family, residing about two miles from Den
. ton, and over forty years of age, was arrested am
lodged in Jail at that place last week charged will
n committing a rape a little white girl aged four
a teen years. The act is alleged to have been com
= United about the first Of July last, and the it'll
- grl was deferred from making the facts known be
cause oC threats upon her lite by Cornish until las
. week she dvulged the secret TO her parents. Ih
= charge is "a one and the character of COrns
y is not ahCve suspicion.
70 Another DastardIy Auempt-Daniel Sharp, VIII
;e was arrested last month for assault with inter
10 outrage Mrs. Whitman, Of Talbot county, an
against whom the evidence was not sufficient
convince the Grand Jury Of the intent" is charge
~ with making a violent and outrageous assault on Il
u sume person st. Joseph's Church. Chapel Dis
l. on Monday week. Mrs. Whitman appeared befo
ID Justice Robinson, at Cordova. and made complain
aI that Sharpe had met her on the road, aud made
e' infamous proposal to her, which she Indignantly
re ected. Then he checked her and knocked h
On down, and attempted to carry out his devllsh pu
ne pose. He was frightened away by an apprachir
H. carriage, and has not yet been arrested. Mrs. w
a man, though she is herself Of American parantae
On Sharp is a married man.
p Visit of Mormon APOSTLE to Elkton.-The Elkt
to Wing says that last week Mr.. John Young, (youn
he est son of Brigham Young, the high priest
Ter MormOnism,) and his wife visited Elkton. T
way this visit came about ths Mrs. Your
he some seven years ago, when she Miss Liz
Garfield lived in Elkton. very pretty, cuIlival
IN. girl was she in those days, and stood in the IN
ses linery store of Mrs. Brown. Miss Liz1ie Can't,
a;y was a second cousin of yOnng Brigham, her moth
80 and old Patriarch Brigham Young's first Vie
-; ing first cousins Miss Lizzie's parents resided
=" Philadelphia. What acquaintance existed betwe
.o the young folks Of the Young family Of Salt La
III and the Canfelds we Go not know but Miss Liz
af:er leaving ElktOn, started on a trip, accompan
10 only BY younger sister to visit the YOungs of NJ
ue mon nUOrcty and also Tor the purpose of marryI
The John. This a deliberate undertaking VIII
vas required no little for young, we'll edueat
accomplished Philadelp phiabred lady, but Miss l.
ere zle equal 10 the venture. Now this und
ter taking will appear the more risky and formidal
Ter, when we take into the account, that young You
,rn- had already two wives. What immediate fam
md Arrangement took place we are not advised, bat
os two first wives had to be discarded TO satisfy
and lastidIousness of the coming woman. One Of
80 two, the first we believe, was divorced and the
- Ond discarded, turned away with the arri
""' or previous to it, Of the young queen. Whether
~ two who had prior claims took this treatment kin
lay bnt The vounS oaeen would he satisfied with noL
eX' less. About four years ago delegation Of pic
the women sent to Washington to iniercede
the President in behalf of Mormonism, and \
Young, Jr., among the number But
"A Creswel, who it will be remembered resides
at Elkton, present, he recognized by
new Young, and she became suddenly sick aud
and Mrs. Creswe however. met her aiterward
ives failed TO recognize her. The special object of
ort, Young, Eas., to meet her husband who
Law Just returRed from Europe; and nothing W
in, satisfy her but for them to visit Elkton tugei
har They did and received a large number of
raad wifes former friends at the Howard House. "
'aes they stopped. Mrs. Young has insisted and cal
r;Ih her point it seems, on being the sole wife of
nn,n she had braved such danger for, and not
I, bo ed with this she insisted a marriage in the s.
- r n the old style she had been taught in her girl
3 " to honor, and " John" had to succumb before
/, tho would leave Salt Lake, declaring that she
co.., never face her former friends unless she was
la0O ried by the ceremony acknowledged by them I
,onds proper.
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