Smyrna times., 1874-08-26
MARYLAND ITEMS.

The County Collector of WicomicO county
advertiseS 4G properties for sale for taxes.
The laying OF the corner stone Of the Catno.
lie church about to be eracted in Chesapeake
City will take place next Sunday, August
3Oth, at 1 p. NJ. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Becker
will ofhciate.
| The Mas mic fraternity laid the corner stone
for a new VI. +. Church near Crisi3ld, last
week, and the knights Of Pythias, Good
TemplarS, &c, joined in the procession gotten
up for the occasion.
Sale of the Rtc. jus. b. Ayars Farm
James A. Pearce, ESD, as trustee, sold at
CheStertown. last week the farm of the late
Rev. JAS. b. Ayars in Still Pond, containing
27O acres, to John +. Moffett, of Baltimore, for
S2j.25 per acre, making a total of S., 80
On the first Sunday night Of the Chesterville
camp the woods 10 some manner caught fire,
and for more than an hour the men at the camp
battled with the flames, and it was for long
time doubtful which would win. Finally after
much excitement and work the flames were
subdued.
4 Grand Sunday School Jubilee for Kent
county, is to be held at WortOn Agricultural
Grounds on Thursday, Sept. u. y procession
around the track for the trial of horses, sing
ing by 5OJ or lO)D voices, with instrumental
terise the day.
James +. Downs, a colOred man. for a long
} time in the employ OF the w. L. Spry family
of Kent county, has been very unfortunate
lately. A short time ago he l"st a cIl
valued at $3.50, AMI he has recently learned
: that he will probably lose 500, which he ha,
? deposited in the Freedmen Saving Fund, o
Baltimore.
. attempted Outrage On Tuesday after
noon of last week, about o clock, an attemp
a was made by a negro man to ravsh Mrs
Louisa L. Barber, near her home, about twt
p miles south OF ElktOn, on the line of III,
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail
. road. Mr.. Barber was absent and Mrs. b. a
a her spring house, when an assault was mad
: upon her by strange negro Fortunately he
. screams attracted the attention of some labOrer
. on the railroad who ran to see what was tn
: matter, and the negro seeing their approach
i fled and made good his escape. Cecil Demo
i crdt.
At 4 Lady on Fire at Camp Meeting.-
e Sunday week, at Chestervlllu camp meetinl
n Just as the minister was entering fairly into hi
IS discourse, the clothes of lady at one of tl
1t boarding tents caught fire. In moment tn
IS news spread and the greatest excitemen
NJ GnSued. The lady proved to be Mrs. Hurt
ID of MillingtOn. The dress being of vely igt
d texture was wholly consumed. without injury
rs herself or setting her other clothes on fir
III The accident, however, might have resute
he more seriously had it not been for the presenC
le of mind Of Alr. }. j. Hurlock, who immedat
al ly enyelopcd the lady in blanket. AnOth
OF man deliberately poured bucket of wat
ks down Mr.. Hurlock' back.
a, ~ Young GiH Tries to Rescue Centreri
- PriSOner.-Says the Centreville Citizen Tho
|
- - prisoner in the Centreville Jail, charged vii
bn bn stealing horse from Simon Swart, Of Crum
as ton. On Wednesday evening last, y)ur
- girl from CrumptOn-whOse name we suppre
>. called at the Jail and asked permission
ne Mr.. Straughn, the deputy sheriff and jaier,
w ,o have a private interview with Rasin in his ce
o., On which was granted, and the parties left alon
Is ' Shortly afterwards, during the tempora
90 absence OF Mr.. Straughn, man named Get
7 mer, also of Crumpton, called and ask
~, permission to see Rasin, which was refused
tIa Mrs. Straughn until Mr.. 5. return L
". W man, however, pressed by Mrs. S. and went
'"' Rasin cell door. Mr.. Straughn returned il
,or few moments, and being informed of what h
:; happened, became suspicious of somethi
w wrong, and secreting himself in an adjoini
, room, overheard the parties planning an escal
The young girl was to remain in the cell W
=, Rasin until after dark, and then an exchau
OF appaTcl was W De mauei anu haSln was
n. pass out instead of the girl. The route for b
VI i: was all laid out, and Getzmer was to furni
-" uo him with 5000 with which to effect his esca
'oi' to distant parts. The girl was also to
furnished with pistols and Gctzmer was oV
' heard instructing her how to use them, shou
the ruse first proposed fail to succeed. I
'est part, Mr. Straughn says Rasin refused
can m assent to. But as Mr.. S. had heard enou
l. he determined to nip the plan before it ?
ceeded further and, calling two or three !
MGR sons who happened to be in the vicinity of
iail, he ordered Getzmer and the girl from
premises, with an injunction never to retu
w. An attempt of this kind to obtain the rele
bot OF prisoner is unusual in this locality, and
the for the watchfulness OF Mr.. 5. would doI
ting lessly have proven successful. The par
New engaged in the attempt, we understand, viii
brought to punishment.