Smyrna times., 1873-01-08
NARYLANN RTEMS.

Cecilton is proud of itself because it has had
four weddings in two months.
There is man in Port Deposit who boasts
of having been kicked out of more bar rooms
than any other man in Cecil county.
Mr.. Chds, on Christmas Day, gave five
dollars and photograph of his Ledger build
;ng in Philadelphia, to each of the employees
of the Marley Mills, at Elkton.
The light house, at Love Point, Kent Island,
came near being swept away by tho ice last
week, and the keepers 1.-TWO men) had to take
n their boat for safety. The ice, however,
swept down between them, and they drifted
about all night, and until the next day, when
thew made the shore.
The new "Orphan's Home" building, at
Easton, has been completed. This Home"
f,r the protection of orphan children, was es-
tablished few years ago, under the auspices
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The
building is a fine one, 3Sx36 feet, tive stories
high, with back building l6x2O feet.
German Immigrants for Queen Anne's Co,
- Mr. Clarence Hollyday, of Centrevie,
passed through Wilmington last Friday, from
New York, in charge of fifteen German men
and women. whom he was taking to Centre
vile. This increases the number to over fifty
Of colony, established at the above place, by
Mr.. Holyday and few other gentlemen.
A Narrov Escape-On last Tuesday week,
Johnnie son of Levin NJ. Dashiell, ESQ.,, at
Toney Tank Mills, four miles from Salisbury,
whilst out sporting suddenly struck the ham
mer of his gun, which caused it to go off. dis.
charging the whole load in his watch which he
carried in the lower left pocket of his vest.
He sustained no bodily injury whatever, but
his watch was rlddled.
Suicide By Shooting.-Mr. Joseph Merritt,
residing about two miles from Chestertown,
committed suicide at an early hour on Tuesday
morning week, by shooting himself with bird
gun through the lower part of the abdomen
No cause has been assigned for the fearful
tragedy other than the predispOsition of the
family to fits of temporary insanity. A brother
OF his residing in Cecil CO., committed suicide
few years since by drowning.
Ttco Persons Burned to Dedth-Mary Seeny,
cOlOred, and her daughter, Julia, aged about
nine years, living with Capt. VIM. d. Burchi
nal, near Chestertown, were so badly burned
on the evening of the Goth of December, by
their clothes taking fire from the explosion o
On oil can, as to lo>e their lives shortly after
wards The mother was sitting by the kitcher
stove filling lighted lamp, when, either from
the blaze of the lamp or the heat of the stove
the oil ignited, followed by the explosion o
the can and setting on fire both the mother an
her daughter Capt B. and his bother wer,
badly burned in trying to extinguish thei
clothing. The spectacle is described as fright
full in the extreme. The women had bee
warned of the danger of the practice.
Attacked By High,odynrca. Centrevill
paper says: Some days ago, as young Nj
Perkins, of Chestertown, agent for Phila
delphia wholesale house, was passing throug
Browns woods, above Church Hill, he cam
up with TWO men who had their horse an
carriage standing across the road, and as b
approached them one of the men advanced t
ward him, and taking hold Of his horse, orde
ed him to surrender his pocket book. Havin
no arms about him, he resortcd to the mel
best means of protecting himself, Giving h
horse a sharp cut with the whip, the amin
made lunge, passing the man and runnir
against the horse, knocking him down. NJ
Perkins then run his horse to ChestertoW
bridge, not knowing what would come mex
1t seems that he had considerable money wit
him, which must have been known by Il
would-be robbers.
The German Inan,igrdnts.-A correspont
ent OF the Baltimore Sun, writing from Ce
trevile, speaks thus of the German immigran
recently sent to Queen Anne's County: F
several years past the unreiablity of far
labor has greatly embarrassed u.s. but Ge
man immigration to our county has commenc,
and gives US brighter hope for the futur
Some seventy FIVE or eighty Germans ha
been recently hired in New York, and ha'
thus far proved steady and reliable laborel
Others have been sent for, who will 90
arrive and we are assured by the agent vi
employs them that any required number C
4 be obtained. They come in families, and VIII
the men quickly learn our mode of doing hea
/ work, the women are equally apt and ready
4 household, kitchen or dairy. II our prese
anticipations are realized this immigrant
will soon effect most desirable improveme
in agricultural affairs.