Smyrna times., 1874-06-17
MARYLAND ITEMS.

The St Michaels Comet is reliably informed
that a horse of that town last week jumped
over two fences and road at single leap.
Mr.. J. S. Hurlock, residing near Chester
vile. Kent county, recently sold fine horse
for the handsome sum of $500, to gentleman
in Chester, Pa.
Rev SeweIl s. Hepbron of Loudoun county
Va, has accepted call to St Paul anu l.
u. Episcopal Parishes of Kent county, and Is
expected to officiate in both Parishes on the
second Sunday in July.
The Easton Star learns that at festival
held in Talbot county last week, tartar emetle
was mixed with ice cream instead OF cream OF
tartar, through mistake, which caused quite an
uneasiness in the inner man, and stopped the
further sale Of the cream.
A negro man named Edward Jones has been
arrested in Easton and held to bail for attempt
ing to outrage the person Of Josephine Sutton,
negress The woman alleges that Jones made
three attempts on her virtue, and she only
saved herself BY physical force.
Short Horns IN TdlbOt-Mr. T. II. Oliver,
of Miles River Neck bought at a sale in West
ern Maryland, recently, bull calf months
old. for 5000 heifer calf months old, for
1920; and hei!er years old, for S625. The
hciier Just as she was to be shipped, turned in
HeT Sldll duu DIOkS A%UotO't OO"''''
Deleontes to the General Conrention.-At
the p Convention of the Diocese of EastOn,
recently in session at Salisbury, the following
delegates were elected to the General Conven-
ton to he held in New York next October
Clerical, Revs Messrs. Barber, Stearns, Cros-
dale. and Fulton Law, Messrs. Adkins, Walk
or. GOdsboroueh and Mackal. The next meet
ing Of the Convention will be held in Centre
vile, next year.
Sudden Death of a Prominent Ctizen-
Horatio Beck. ESQ.,, died at his residence in
Broad Neck Kent CO., on Friday morning last,
sfter brief illness. He ate hearty dinner
on Tuesday, and lay down for a short nap. In
an hour or so he WAS speechless, and died on
Thursday night, or early Friday morning of
congestion of the brain. He represented the
county in the House of Delegates for three
consecutive sessions, and gave general satisfac-
tion to his constituents. He leaves large
number of relatives and friends
Dog Fight in Chrrch-On Sunday morning
week at the NJ. +. Church in Denton, while
the Rev + p. Aldred was engaged in reading
tho morning lesson. two dogs, who hld atten-
deA their masters tOchurch, engaged in rough
and tumble fight among the pews and in the
milst Of the ladies' The battle lasted but a
very short time, not a minute, hut the sight
was ludicrouS one when peace was declared.
Nearly all the women were perched high and
drv on thu backs Of tn" pewS, vigorously hold
ing each other up. while The mAn we're crowd
ing out the aisles trying t. kick the brutes.
M1rylcrnd Ed.tors Re Unjon.-We find the
following in the Marlboro Gdzette whose vet.
cran editor. George W. Wilson. ESQ., is Presi-
d~nt of the Maryland Editorial Association
The execntive committee and subcommittee
on arrangements met in Baltimore last week
to talk over the matter of the annual re union
nf the members Of the Maryland Editorial
Frat"rnitv and it was determined to make a
tiip in july to tie sea shore in Worcester
county in their own State. 1t was thought
that it would be pleasant to Rough it, on
the Beach for a week-b1thing. catching and
fishing, if the proper tents can be secured.
During tha session Of the Episcopal Conven
ton at Salisbury last week quite an animated
discussion arose upon the question of requiring
the law representatives, to be communicates of
the church The debate was participated in
nv R"v. Messrs Marten, Skinner. Dr. Fulton
MIR CrOsdale, and several Of the laitv, of which
latter number Mr.. CruikShank made reall,
eloquent and feeling speech. Mr. Cruik< shank
claimed the privilege for nnn-commnnicant
who We're baDti@~l in the church The motion
was withdrawn. as the sense Of the laity a
least was strongly opposed to it.-Edstern
ShOreman.
Suspicion of Robbery and Foul Plag-Or
Tuesday week an old man, giving his name
Alex. Malcolm, who stated he was forme
citizen of Caroline county, but had resid ed il
Ohio for more than thirty years, arrived il
Elkton. He made his desires known that h
wished to visit Green>borough, when a team
was procured and he started off for Warwick
in the care of one Samuel Stephens, VIII
landed him safely at that place. but rathe
drunk. Stephens returned to Elkton but Ma
colin remained at Warwick all night. In tn
morning he discovered he was minus 81 800
and returning to Ekton, charged Stephen
with robbing him, AMI had him arrested an
lodged in Jail. a hearing of the case was ha
on Tuesday but Malcolm failed to obtain hi
lost funds, and the strangest part of the stOr
l. that he had mysteriou<ly disappeared frou
ElktOn. Efforts were made on Thursday nigh
to find the missing man, but no tidings of hin
had been received, and grave suspicious al
entertained of his having been foulIy dea
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