Smyrna times., 1875-04-14
MARYLAND ITEMS.

The Cambridge Nnrz says that nine
trnths Of the doctors in Dorchester county
have such a small practice that they are
forced to engage in other pursuits to obtain
living.
Rev, W. b. Gregg had a very interesting
reception at his new appointment, Still
Pond. The parsonage was nicely fitted up
tables spread and pantry filled with nuncr-
o;lS articles for future use.
The To.' Mnrylo,Ar states that a colorcd .
girl names --A--L' IL 1;~i1,r nrn, Princes,
Anne. lo.l her reason and died last week
hccau,, hcr father wouldn't let her marry
the man of her choice.
Twrntv-cight persons joined the Elkton
Prcsbvtoriaa Chtuch on last sabbath. Tins
! lar.rp accession Of members Is attributed III .
grcat measure To the recent efforts OF I
Rev. Mr.. Cullis the Philadolphia rcvivalst /
FIR. n E7ltm.-Iast Friday morning
Whitcworth 4 Bros carriage shop. IN
Elllton. wa, destroyed 10y fire. involving
loss Of several thousand dollars. The build
iu.. was insured in the Cecil Mutual and
the material wds insured to the extent "i
S2.l0O.
Rev. Charlie, +. Mailrly, pastor OF the
, Presbyterian Church. Of Chesapeake city
+. wa. recently the recipient Of surprs" DO
j.. nation. Besides hcrroviaion7 quite purse
/. was given him. Recently. also, the Ladies
had heater put in his dwelling at AN "N-
t pcnso Of $50.
EgLI,r.-rh, Office of the Clerk for tn"
Il Circuit Court at Denton. located in tn"
c second story of the Court House was en-
i tered on Friday night week and robbed oI
e So in money and til" liccn-" books tol
several years past. and some other paper
: al-tractcd or destroyed.
~ \ hotcl-kccprr living near Bay View
:, Cecil county. who failed to get i license a
the last sitting of the Grand Jury. was =
- ang,rcd thrreat that hc fenced his hote
i and stables in with . worm fence 50 tina
,n thu, travelling public would not be induce
If to stop there under the impression that
on was still a hotel.
ais The lst Quarterly Meeting for Millingto
on Circuit, Rrv. W. N. Warner, pastor. will !
eli held in Nfllington next saturday and SUI
ere day the 18th and 18th. Quarterly Conf,
n,, ,ncr Saturday ; p. NJ. III Millin%ton NJ.
yr. Church. Rev j. Hou4h =. f., will Irra'
for IN th, NJ. f. Cnurch in MiliinIton, Smd
I ,,orniur at IOI o'clnrk Love Feast at
r"t o'clock. \. VI.
+ .N,d tahor.h.-At the burning of t
- residence of Mr.. William r. Byrd, n'
'.'' Crisfeld, on Monday night week. VIII
:" two Of his children, Alfred, aged nine yea
and his sister Dora. aged seven, pcrishrd
:, the flames, three others narrowly cScal
with their lives Susan. aged TWEEN
lcapcd from the window and struck VI
her face and head. and it is thought mu
I herself internally. Then Emma. a
fourteen. lcapcd, falling upon her :
:, br,riSins her arm and back fcarfulyl. III
- little Alice. only four years. jumped
,,l,n, broke her thi gil.
She S";r;h-CharlcS Harris, residing !
id Of Rising sun, Cecil county. committed sui
He early Sunday morning week 10y hang
nowm The unfortunate man had been labo
loritr under Il state of mental alteration
that some time, and had mtimatrd to Il II,
thers Dor the evening previous that he had
with tempted at times to take his own life
had till then been able to resist the fee
and yet he expressed fear that such ter
g She fate awaited him at an hour when he W
lcr Of he too weak to overcome it. The dccC
lriagc was about iS years of age. unmarried
wards very industrious and owned small
ricd in improved farm, upon whic! he res
wever, His sister, who had been keeping hou
ards him, left him the day before, 81 thG
,rs she was left alone on the fatal night.
4"''' Fat% IcrailtS.-A sad and fatal acc
"'''' occurred to little boy, Benjamin
mile. ,Ir. son of b. Rcdmilc, Esq, of
gham ,m1 x.ai, r,,u .o,,,t. on N,nd,r
wives, ~, e 90,
'''' roller. lii the evening he did not &c
Pl"NHi as usual, and some one was sent to 10
INV ~ him. On reaching the field the 0XcI
wv an" found standing still with the heavy
~ I,'' resting upon the head Of the boy,
~ was thus pressed deep into the soft
NUN - The poor hoy was dead though no
'r an" were broken The deceased was
''''P'' twelve years old. While Mrs. Be-
''.' nv was attending the funeral of the lit
,''i''T ~ her own child, about years old, "
= i'''''E dcntally and terribly burned by it,
ing catching fire. The agon1cd
80 Si''' wa> summoned from the funeral of a
''i''' " bors son to attend at the dcath-hrd
" u''''", own child The little sufferer iii
'"lu NOV short time after til" accident,
gradually IjrtE q, ar Ghi t"akor Lni9,-Mi.
aged in Thomas, a wcl!'known and highly re
longed Quaker lady, dind very suddenly
ated su.. residence near Chesterville, Kent
: all that on Thursday, March 3lst, in the
the i'm sixth year Of her age. Miss T.