Smyrna times., 1874-12-23
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Prairie Chickens. The prairie chicken,
which is generally supposed to flourish nowhere !
but on the western prairies, has been success
fully introduced into some of the meadows
near the sea shore, in the lower part OF Mary |
land. They, together with the California quail,
we're placed there by DIR. Purnell five years
ago, and the readiness with which they have
adapted themselves to the new locality suggests
to sportsmen the idea of enlarging upon the
hint.
The Kent County Railroad. = Says the
Chestertown Ne,cs We stated last week, on
what we considered the best authority, that
Mr.. Hood had made arrangements to com.
mencs running trains on Monday last. He
failed to make the necessary arrangements,
and it is quite probable the road will shortly
be taken in hand and operated by parties now
here in the interest of Mr. Jay Gould, who
holds a large number of the first mortgage
bonds.
Horrible Fate of u Bride-On Saturday
morning last Mr.. and Mrs. j esse Truitt, who had
only been married a few weeks. started to cross
Synepuxent Bay to visit Captain James Scott,
we'll known to the public as proprietor of the
Ocean House at Scott's Beach. They were
alone in the boat, which was fiat scOW-like
concern provided with sails When they had
gotten more than half way across, Mrs Truitt
complained of being cold and her husband left
the tiller in her hand and went into the little
cabin for the purpose of making a fire. He
had scarcely entered the cabin when he heard
the sail jibe and sprang on deck only in time
to see his wife carried overheard by the sheet
rope, which caught around her neck in passing.
The frantic husband Immediately put the boat
about and steered for her. As he ls@ the
/ hol,a ro,1 h.. nHok. sako
the wind and passed over the poor doomed
one, completely submerging her in the water
and sitting forever the voice which until then
called to her husband in agonized tones Save
me save me!"-SdLisbury Shoremdn.
A Dangerous Experimental Negro Boy
Hangs ChHd.-On Wednesday week, near
SkiptOn, Talbot county. negro boy - or IA
years old, named Kirby, induced the children
of David Mundey to visit his house during
the absence of their parents. While there he
told little son of Mundey, who is four or five
years old, that they would play hanging"
and he would show him how the Sheriff hung
Ernest Smith. in EastOn. He placed the child
on a stool, tied a rope, htched to a spike in the
ceiling, around his neck and then jerked the
stool from under him. leaving him hanging
there, his toes just touching the 6oor Find.
! ing that he did not die, he stripped his clothes
off and beat him with a stick, bruisng and
cutting him severely. He also struck little
f sister of Mundey's, who ran home and told
I her mother, who had returned, and upon her
arrival she found her child hanging, and his
G side and body considerably lacerated. She
r took him down, but the child was so prostrated
by the choking and whipping, that, our infor
mant states, on Monday he was seriously ILL.,
Whether the boy Kirby acted from malice
pure fendishness or ignorance, il not known
lie was whipped by his father for the act, but
t if he is not of weak intellect he must have
known better EdSton Ledger.
A Female Nin,rod-Mss Clara Hale, O
!, Harrisburg, Pa, who has been visiting he
friends down in Maryland, is represented to b.
remarkably good shot with the gun or re
.. .. volver. Elrly on Tuesday morning last, say
i the Seaford Citizen, she went out and in
= =, short time succeeded in oagging sixteen par
, tridges aud three squirrels. The night Of tht
!, same day she shot eight muskrats, two O
:" :, which, however she failed to get. On Wed
> nesday afternoon she gave few invited friend
> an exhibition of her skill in handling the re
volver. An old fashioned copper cent wa
- fastened to a fence post, and she hit it eigh
" times out OF ten. Several pigeons were let Ou
of the trap, every one of which she brOugh
down while they were on the wing. Miss Hal
is beautiful brunette, about seventeen year
r old, aud her form is Of the most perfeC
le symmetry. She is intelligent, fluent speaker
" and delights in recOunting her hunting adver
IN lures in the mountainous regions Of Penn
'e sylvania Her uniform consists of tight fiji
n ting, light corduroy Jacket, short skirt of tn
y; same material with the inevitable hustle, Whic
"a she utillzeS for the purpose of carrying he
us ammunition, &c, several pockets being neat
n arranged in it, Her cap is also of light corduro
~ with an oil cloth reversible cover, and her fee
's' and ankles are tightly encassd in a pair
ce India rubber boots. She carries one of Rem
r. ington's handsome fowling pieces, and see u
ne greatly attached to her two canine companion
sc who answer to the names of Eloise and Skipp