Smyrna times., 1873-06-04
MARYLAND ITEMS.


A man has started dancing school at
Elkton. .
IAN Alden fruitdrying Establishments to be
started at Easton.
- Post Master General Cresswellis said to have
the finest garden in Cecil county. 1t is at
Elkton, his home.
A farmer in Somerset county has come to
the conclusion that he can buy corn cheaper
than he can grow it. So the Newtown Record
says. y
A Cheese factory at Rising Sun, in Cecil CO.,
is now using ,5O0lbs of milk daily and max |
ing l6O lbs of cheese. Ex-Sherif Reynolds |
has cows that pay $3 per day.
OF the forty.eight public schools In Queen !
Annes county, nearly one half are taught by
females.
Its rumored from Dorchester County that
John r.. Platter, convicted of murder in the
second degree, tor killing his wife, is about to
be pardoned by Governor Whyte, Of Mary
land. This rumor will set badly on many
minds. '-. - ..--s
The morning and evening trains on the Kent
& Queen Ahnes II. Il. was restored ON Mon
day. and connection will thus be made between
these roads and all the passenger trains on the
Del r. r. The extra trains, however, pro-
ceed no further than Massey 5,
Strawberry Blighe--In some parts of Wico-
mico co. the strawberry plants have been
attacked with rust or blight, as the growers
term it, and they seem to be dying. This is
more especially the case where the fertilizer
was stable manure
The new NJ. +. Church in Fairmount dis
trict, Somerset county, was dedicated, on
Sunday week, by DR.. r. L. Dashiell, assisted
by Rev. Mr. Pegg, the pastor, and Rev. j. b.
Mann, Of the Wilmington Conference. The
entire cost Of the building, exclusive of the
steeple, was $4,000. The steeple is unfinished.
John Baggs, Esq. Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Talbot county, hast invented a knife which
cuts meat, saws the bone, and gives the weight
of the piece cut off, all without removing the
hand from the handle. A patent has been
granted him for the invention.
A facetious correspondent of the Salisbury
Bachelor says that a new secret society has
been organized at Quntico, little village near
there. 1t is called the Independent Order of
Lazy Men. A Appointment citizen named Goslee
is president, and the Methodist Minister, Rev.
Mr. Stenge, is the grand worthy scribe.
The gentlemen who are to extend the Della
ware railroad from Newtown to CherrystOne,
went down to Drummondtown last week and
had an interview with the Corporators. There
are SOME uei6CLS IN tue. CnaFloIS WuIcu ~ Will
require a meeting of the Legislature of Eir-
ginia to rectify. This with other slight changes
will delay the work until, perhaps, August.
A young lady, Miss Lizzie Carter, and a
female. friend, were nearly drowned Sunday
week, while riding to Sheperds Chapel, in
Caroline CO. Their horse got frightened and
backed them off bridge in water six feet deep.
Fortunately two gentlemen were just behind
them, and pulled them from the water in time
to save their lives.
Episcopal Convention Annual Con-
vention of the Church in the diocese of Eastou
meets in st. Paul's Church, Chestertown, to
day the 4th of June. This Convention i.
composed of all the ministers of the Episcopa
Church on the Eastern Shore of, Maryland
and one lay-delegate from each Parish. 1t il
expected that there will be present the Bishop
twenty-four ministers, and twenty-nine lay
delegates. .<
The Grand Jury of Talbot county are afte
Capt Timmons, the commander of the Mary
land "oyster navy" with a sharpstick. During
the session of court at Easton, last week, the!
presented a petition to be forwarded to tn
Governor asking for his removal believing
him to be unfit to hold the position, 1st, be
cause they have good ground that the sal
William E. Timmons is in criminal collusio
with the yiolators of the law !; I'd, that he re
fuses to serve writs of summons upon offenders
to bring such offenders before the prope
magistrates, when information has been lodge
by cTeditable witnesses; Sd, that he has, sctuall
and in fact, employed the vessels and the
crews under his command, in aiding violatol
of the law to escape from the penalties
which they were exposed.