Smyrna times., 1874-12-16
MARYLAND ITEMS.

- Qe corner stone OF new NJ. L. Chureh,
IN CrumptOn, was laid with appropriate cere-
monies ON Wednesday, the 18th ult
John Maslin, farmer living near Chester
town, was found on Sunday week on the road,
having persisted from intemperance and expo
sure.
Land SdIe-the farm Of Mr.. Thos. j. Clark,
two miles from EastOn, has been sold to Mr..
Alex Heron, of New York. 1t contains 1T
acres, and brought $4,000.
The horses attached to a Wilmington candy
wagon ran away in Cecilton a few days ago,
demolishug the wagon, and strewing contec-
honery around in sweet profusioD.
The Grangers Of Hisborough, on the 4th
inst, gave a sumptuuus dinner which was
most Hospitality served to all who chose to par
take. About two hundred shared this generous
provision.
A farm near Ridgely, Caroline county, was
sold last week to man from Michigan, for
$l2O0, and the Harrington farm, near Greens
borough, 2l5 acres, to Samuel Forney, Of
Easton, Pa, for $4,000.
The EastOn Star learns that some of the
farmers of Trappe district fattened their hogs
this season on wheat instead of corn, owing to
the low price of wheat. Wheat tattens hogs
much faster than corn, it is SAID.
Horse .Sale-Mr. John Caulk, of Talbot CO.. ,
sold Frank Pierce horse few days ago, to a
Mr. McCauley, Of Philadelphia, for $1,000
cash. The horse is 6 years old and trotted u
mile in = 454 on the Cambridge course.
Donation ofa CtDrch BeH-The Presbyto-
rian Church at fredericksburg, Dorchester co. ,
was lately presented with handsome church
bell by humber Of ladies' of Baltimore, and on
Thanksgiving day it was rung for the first time
at sunrise.
Last Saturday evening about twenty negroes
had fight among themselves in Easton. An
officer named Collier, who tried to stop them,
was knocked down and pretty badly pun
meed and two or three other white men were
also ''hOored' by them. Finally three of them
were arrested and lodged in Jail.
Mr. George j. Meekins, of Vienna, was
Knocked down aud senselesS in Cambridge last
Monday evening, by man who met him and
addressed him as Sheriff. AS Sheriff IIurock
had received a large sum of money that day, it
/ is supposed that Mr.. NJ. 5 assallant intended
rObbing him, and attacked the wrong man.
Some time since, says the Eastern .Shoren,au,
city beau came 10 Salisbury, and spending
his evening with company OF young ladies t.
q late hour, found on his return to the hote
that it was clused. Whereupon he thought he
would go in the back way. Climbing u high
yard fence he jumped into the Stop barrel
! An 1ltercdtton- unfortunate alteration
took place on Wednesday last, in Elkton
bstwsen Mr.. Rskefus, Deputy Clerk Of tn,
Circuit Court, and Dr. Bromwell, President Of
the Board of County Commissioners The
| DIR. intlmated that some charges in q bill
against the county were too high. The clerk
struck him with cane, whcreupou the DR.
''foOred' the clerk.
On Friday afternoon week, Mr.. Kense,
Thomas, living on Chester river, eight mile,
below ChOStertown, sent white boy, named
David Heating. aged l3 years, and a coloret
boy, named Lincoln May, aged ! years, botl
bound to him from the House of Refuge o
Philadelphia, down to boat to Gull oysters
Late in the afternoon he found the negro boy
in thcket who confessed that he had sho
the white boy for slapping him in the face, anC
threw the body into the river. The body wa
recovered, and found to be terribly mangleC
about the the face and head. The boy wa
committed to Jail.
Er- Cor. Thomas Laterric,oea- A New YorI
Herald correspondent has interviewed Hon.
+. Thomas, of Easton, the new Congressman
of the Eastern Shore. Speaking of the asser
tion made by the Baltimore correspondent o
the New York Times that he said he woul,
vote for the repeal of the Fourteenth and FIT
teenth Amendments of the Constitution, am
the laws passed in persuance thereof, tn
Governor denounced it as an infamous falsehoOd
During the campaign just ended he had no
even alluded to the subject He thought tha
the first work of the Democrat party in tn
Forty fourth Congress should be to guarante,
to the colorod people all the rights conceded t
them during the last few years. He would b
the last man to desire the restoration of SLAYER
and he believed the whole South was uni
upon this point.