Smyrna times., 1874-04-29
MARYLAND ITEMS.

in an enlarged and greatly improved torm. 1t
is one of the spiciest and best OF our local
exchanges.
At the late session Of the Legislature an
appropriation was made for house OF cOrrec- |
ton, and now every town in the State has the
most healthy and eligible location for it, aud is
the most convenient to Baltimore. Hence
Oxford, Talbot county, bids
There has been row in Easton ''society.
The Star OF yesterday says: There was
difficulty at the Paragon House on Sunday
morning, between DIR. Wilson and Mr.. Geo.
w. Mowbray, which resulted in the Doctor
accidentally shooting himself in the hand.
There are SO many versions of the affair ahOat,
we refrain from attempting to give the par
ticulars. Both parties were held to bail to
keep the peace.
A Ect0ry-The election held in Worcester
county on the 2lst instant to determine
whether or not the people would endorse the
local option law recently passed by the Legis
lature, resulted in favor Of the measure by the
handsome majority of 4l2. Majority against
license Berlin, 81; st. Martins, 70; Snow
Hill, 30l; Newtown, 243; Colbourn, l9.
Total, go. Majority for license: Stockton,
S5i Atkinson, As; Newark, o. Total, 22O.
Commander Of the Nnruldnd Fishery Force
AT Annapolis, last Friday, the State board
Of the fishery force of Maryland elected Hon.
Jesse Is. Hines, of Chestertown, commander
of the State fishery force, vice Captain Wm
f. TimmOns, of Wicomico county. Mr. Hines
learned the trade of a bricklayer in youth, and
afterwards taught school, engaged in merchan-
dising, and entered into public life in 1852 as
an assessor For the past eighteen years he
has been in public lite, but his record does not
show him to be anything Of sailor.
The trial of William Taylor, for the murder
of Alfred Hitch, at Eden Station, on the 3lst
OF December last, was taken up for trial in the
Circuit Court at Princess Anne on the 2lst
inst, Judges Franklin and Irving on the Bench.
The trial lasted two days and created consider
able excitement. The State closed the case at
0 clock T. NJ, when the jury retired and in
two hours returned with verdict Of murder
in the second degree. The Court room was
crowded. The verdict was received by the
prisoner with bow and smile
Hom hcy En-A correspondent Of the
Crshcld Led'ter tells this: Il don't know
whether the impression obtains to any con
siderable extent, but it seemed to in Salisbury,
that Methodist preachers are wonderfully at
home at the table. And one gentleman to
teS. The capacities Of an itinerant's 5 stomach
loaded his table with all the luxuries to be
mad, and, to make his six preachers feel at
home, led of, himself, in the onslaught But
the results proved that he was the ouly one
damaged by the big supper His guests slept
soundly, while he was in collie agonies all
night. y layman should never attempt to test
an itnerants digestive capacities in this
manner"
Excitement N EYtton.-i .J,t1ge Tries to
CoWh6te an Eijtor.--lt appears that Judge
stump, of Elkton, aud f. +. Ewing, OF the
C'c't ph'g' have had little onpeasantncss"
growing out OF some remarks made in relation
to the recent trial Of Robert kearnsy for the
murder of Thompson Fuller, in the Cecil
County Court, at EIkton, over which judge
stump presided. On Friday, the 18th, the
Judge tried to cOwhids the Editor. The FIRST
account Of the affair was sont to the Delaware
Gazette, and was a foolishly biased account,
as follows: Judge Frederick Stump pitched
into +. F. Ewing of the Whtg, to day, and
gave him Jessie, pair Of black eyes and
bloody nose, and one OF the fullest faces Won
ever DID see. His eyes are i'll full mourning.
ana hope will be for some time. The cause
IS somothlng said about the kearney murder
case. The Judge has not scratch, and he is
out with head and tail both up" The day
after this was published the Gazette published
the following: "A letter from the editor Of the
Cecil wing, states that the report furnished
the Gazette OF the affair between him and
Judge Stump is grossly false that the ,tuslse
did assault him, but that the Judge was
selzed BY Hon Hiram McC though aul him
sell AMI held until he promised to behave
himself, and no blood was drawn as represented
since then correspondents has written TO the
Con3mcrc'1[ to this effect The Judge IyiShc,{
to do all the damage narrated but struck him
but puny blow, and was then seized and held
poWerlcsS. No blood lost and no injury in
tlctcd, except upon the Judges character.
which has greatly suffered. The editor of the
wing could not be whipped by Que of judge
Stump dimensions. And to all this we add
the following from the Wig itself: "On Friday
afternoon last, 18th inst, wo had occasion to
VISIT the office of Hiram Mccullough, and
found that gentleman and Judge Stump in
conversation. The Judge Immediately directed
MS conversation to US We demanded an
explanation, and learned that the Judge con.
sidered himself slandered in our re.
port OF the kearney trial. The Jury in that
case was held some hours after agreeing on
verdict before the Court would receive il. W.
have learned since that the Judges were cen
s"rcd wrOngtully, n verdict rendered on the
sabbath not being legal in this State. Had
the Judge or any of his friends directed our
attentlon to tins error. We would have hastened
20 make correction. We attempted to explain
this to the Judge, whose rage seemed however
TO grow and expand. Suddenly he made a
dash with his fist, which we partially parried
and MIR. Mccullough, who had been reclining
on lounge, sprang up, and both of us rush
ing on the Judge, pinioned him in n few
seconds We thon, at the instance of Mr..
McCullough, walked out Of the office. We
have since learned that he had provided cow
hide, which We suppose he imagined he could
use on us. Mr.. Mccullough says that he
whipped 1t out of his bosom and made slash
Ihls' however, we failed to observe in the
muSs, everything TRANSMITTING in an instant Of
time. The romantic idea of a man arm;ng
himself with cowhide to punish another who
IS physically able to break every hone in his
body in hand to hand combat, is about ns
farccal as our elective judiciary system which
places such men on tho bench to administer the
law. Nevertheless it adds to the enormity of
the oitense against the majesty of the law.
committed by Judge stump.