Smyrna times., 1874-01-28
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Nearly every person in the neighborhood Of
ChesterVllle, Kent CO., are having the worst OF
luck with their potatoes. One gentleman,
Dear there, buried 200 bushels, and lost them
all; another his whole crop, and so on
John Dillen, of Church Hill, Queen Anne's 8
county, was arrested last week, charged with
assaultiug with intent to kill James Cahal, by
firing two shots at him with pistol He was
committed to Centreville Jail for the action of
the grand jury at the May term
Changed again -The Salisbury Bachelor,
which has been published as an independent
paper, will hereafter preach politics from a
Democratic pulpit. Parker, Morgan and Todd
are now the prOprietors Of the paper The
facility with which the papers of that town
change hands is wonderful.
DuselldsQs foT IScndtors.-President Grants
scheme of building houses for Cabinet officers
at Washington has prompted member OF the
Maryland Senate to introduce into that body a
bill appropriatinR $4,000 for the purpose OF
building permanent residence at Washington
for each United States Senator from that
State TFibane.
Singular CASE. Fl. Goodsell, Justice
OF the Peace at Cris6sld, fired pistol in the
streets OF that town the othcr day, contrary to
law. He immediately went before Squire
johnson, the other Justice of the town, and
lodged complaint against himself Mr. John
son fined his brother Justice Of the Peace
$500, as the price Of his sport.
The Centreville Observer gives an account Of
how ii years ago Mr.. Samuel t. Davis was
engaged to Miss Sarah L. Merchant but
the course of true love not running smooth
their affair was broken off and she married
4 MIR. German, had three children. and thcr
was left widow. Last month thk old love-
and the widow happened to cross the bay
together from Baltimore, made it all up, anC
were married in four days afterwaFd.
| Wilmington N. E. Conference. com
mittes appointed by the VI. 4. Church t
arrange for the entertainment of the Whining
ton Conference which begins its session il
Salisbury, Md, on March 4th, consist of Jas
+. EIlegood, j. A. Venables and Thomas n
Williams, who have already commenced thei
work, and have in hand good list of familie
outside OF their church who have kindl,
opened their doors and offered to extend thsi
hospitalitles TO the members OF the Con
ference.
Hunsdnitariaas.-Th other day VIM. T
Davis, a poor, harmless, hard working man
who lived in a log house near Chesapeake City
died suddenly and alone. His body was fount
the day after and was hustled into . pins boz
covered up. This inhuman burial touched tn
tender chord of human sympathy, and tn
people of Chesapeake City bought iue coffin
bad the body exhumed and placed ID It,
funeral sermon preached, u new grave dug
and the remains properly and decently intsrre
with appropriate religious servioes.-Erer
EUening.
Land S0les.-Ths following land sales too
place in Easton last week: The farm ,nea
Easton known as Woodstock" )" to DR.. S.
Harrison st $ll,S20 IL contains 1894 acre
and 10 improved by . large and elegan
dwelling and out.buildings. Also at pr
vate sale the farm belonging to Mr.. Rober
w. Groome, in st. Michaels district, contain
; ing 245 acres, to Mr.. Jacob 7. Bromwell 70
$4,000 The Samuel Frazier farm was ais
sold last wosk at Princes Aune, Somerset 90.
under mortgage, to Jacob Tome, mortgage
tor $4,000. This farm formerly belonged {
: Hon. James u. Dennis, and was sold by hir
to Frazier for $4,000. 1t contains over on
thousand acres.
Ttco Young Men Dro,oned. On Saturda
, week, Joshua Clark, g young man name
Leary, lson of Jas. s. Lsary) and young ma
named Hepburn, went down to the mil-pon
ct the head of Still Pond creek, Kent county
for the purpose Of skating. Clark and Lear
while sidO by side on the ice broke through i
about ten feet of water. Young Leary 500
disappeared under the ice and was drowned
t Clark, who was n good swimmer, still ket
l himself 90 the surface, and young Hepbur
} tied bis skate feathers together and gave hin
hold OF the end thinking thereby to draw hir
upon the Ice, but Clark loosing his hold fe
back into the water aud was drowned. tn
| bodies were recovered in about two houl
. afterward.
Accident from Fire Arms.-A nearly fat,
accident from the careless handling OF pistt
occurred at the residence of Mr.. w. w Ros,
near Wye Mills, one day last week. Viii
, the family were at dinner, two Oolored nurse
one in the employ Of Mr.. Rose and the othc
IN the employ Of Mr.. Wright, were left in ii
Parlor, each with child in her arms. NJ
Hose nurse took pistol from the mante
and pointing it at tho other, said "Lu, al
going to shoot you" Tho other jumped Or