Smyrna times., 1875-12-08
MARYLAND ITEMS

N 14<A1S LAND
2. Ihe editor of the Salisbury .Nor.,aa,
says that oysters fried with muskrat ar,
q delicious.
The phllanthropists OF Elkton are oreanj
, zlng series of holiday entertainments fol
e the benefit of the poor of the town.
9 A. Frank Parsons has opened in Sails.
' bury on the European plan Il hotel which
Tie ohoTcnaan claims as "the largest am best
appointed on the Peninsula, Wilmington
not accepted"
Nary "pull-hack " is there to be seen
on Chlncoteague lsland-the dear girls of
that romantic home of the sand.Aea couldn't
shin up vessel mast or slide down q ratI;,,
with one of them things ON. YOU Know
'Snoc IfW Messenger
Sleep H9sJaud,y on tie Pcainsazq-.Iobn
" wilson has sold his farm near Friendship,
0arollne county, to Mr.. NJ. L. Baals dF
W Wisconsin; Mr.. Beals, the Fedcralsbura
Io"'e' understands, proposes to engage in
s"Oe huSoandry. lie thinks that the eli.
mate and soil will insure success, N'''
The editor Of the Crisfeld LeqIcr modo =
nero OF himself the other day at one of tLe
great G Moody and Sankey gatherings in
I. iLh1i!ladelphla, by protecting some HELPLESS
lauies from being tramplcd upon by the
e rGeSiiihg crowd, and was rewarded by one
Sl tnem-a very prepossessng damscI-
l"Ineing III ms arms after getting safely
says. P'iFr
., Etcct'on Of DircctorS.-The stockholders of
the queen Annes Kent Railroad. which
runs from Townsend to Centreyille. mot ;n
CehterVlile, Wednesday, Dec Ist. 1878. and |
fIo ell
cteu ~ the M following officers: Hon. Ben. |
Iannih /. Biggs, President, Messrs. John r |
WE John heaveny, Edward Ingersol. c. /
w, W. Leavltt, Joseph Bringhurst and I + |
Taylor, Directors, and p. IT IrTin +, IL L.
treasurer. The report of the President
showed the earnings of the road last veor 70
o De S3I ,6S9-expenses $27.279-net oornings
St'5iO The board declared q dividand
$3l5,6OO VI ''0'N "ii'ch Is
Indicted for an, OH OGsnc,.-Cb.s La.
son SO roS, mas oeen indicted by the Grand jury
OF talbot county for participation in
robbery perpetrated upon Richard Dov i,
@t' Michaels, in 1865. Jefferson was orrastad
couple OF months or more aro. in RoIti
more charged with the murder of Jno. r
irI T1ru' az 81. Michaels, on July Both. last
ne evidence to convict him with that
crime was not deemed sufficient to warrant
a Oil OF indictment by the Grand .Jurv Lnt
" true OIL was found against him for tho
robbery above alluded to, and he was sent
10 the penltentiary for four years.
Arc'ded from heroscmc.-A sad accident
occurred to Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Greenwood !
~ Falriee, IN Kent county, on Sunday even. i
,,hs week, from the upsetting of coal oil ,
lamp; Being about to retire Mrs. G. snotod ,
herself in the floor Of the bed chamber and !
WIN razor commenced cutting a corn a
having the lamp also on the floor. placed $
oeIore her. Their little boy in passinc +
struck the lamp with his foot. In an !
nStant u the mother clOthingwas in flames. as {
'is0 the carpet and whatever else the oil {
laI 'ouched. Mrs. g. succeeded in getting t.
lOld OF piece of carpet, with which the fire f
vasquenched. The neiphbors being alarranJ ,' b
ushed IN and extinguished the fire S
1eiore any material damage was done 10 $,
ne building. Mrs. Greenwood is severely +,
burned, especially in the hands. Mr. q. W
vas very slightly burned, but received n a.
severe cash in the hand from the razor. D
He Wooed and She WouLFnL-Dovn in p
county, a widow who had tolc. II
ated some attentions from an unmarried W
"ain, found herself almost the victim of an u
,hWiiilng second marriage, the other dav. II
, 70 iar' IN TACT, had matters progressed that re
ne AFORESAID youth had procured his license. te
ngaged his minister, and had both re- OF
alred to the lady's residence But NOT a III
'ord had passed between the parties in re-. ca
alton to the marriage; the lady had beor w
.lndly considerate to the fellow. and ba CO
ad misconstrucd her efforts to entertain te
nto an attachment and undertook TO n,orr, an
er without asking. When the minister IN
lformed the lady Of the object of his visit to
nj produced the license, she showed Nj
stonIshment and rage by turns. cast about pa
Dr. revenge, and finally darted for n kettle sa
! scaldlng water, when the young man Tn
no had been all the while demuraly III
altlng in the corner, shot out of tl,o
ouse like an arrow, and was soon lost in
ne darkness. The names of the nortins BE
re suppressed. P''' '''' o,
IHos. H. Hemp. Esq, who was olootod IL
tate's Attorney of Caroline county at tho
tie election, on the Reform ticket. Lod no
caring before the Judges of tho Circ,;t cla
ourt, at informal evening sessions beld - ga
aston last week, on the charge of fors;n, 81.
le name OF James Denny, of Kent Tslsnd WI
uncle OF Mr.. Kemp, to a Trustees bond SUI SUI
y: Kemp in his answer TO the chorno ccp
aimed that he sent TO Kent Island for NJ. IoI
ehny's signature by colored man. VIII ac'
~ ~ hnding Mr.. Denny at home, gave ~
.ter Tor Mr.. Denny and the accomnon,,- q.
Z pond to Mr.. Denny's sister, an elJeri,, I1 ~;
aiuen - iady, who opened the letter reod 4 siC
~ ~ signed her brothers name TO the bond ~
=. .he impression that il was all right ond 49,
~ 1er brother would not hesitate 81 liz n Wy .s
- Judges revoked the trusteeshin laid oou eo',
"'e On Mr' Kemp to show cause WHY he eSo