Middletown transcript., 1875-11-13
Maryland Affairs.


MoRB CoNTEsTlNa. is rumored that
Messrs. Denny and Morgan intend contesting
the election Of Messrs. .Dodson and Fitzjer-
rail-, elected TO the Legislature from Talbot
county, on the ground Of the ineligibilty Of
the gentlemen returned elected. Mr.. Dodson
is the federal postmaster at st, Michaers, and
Mr.. FITZGERALD is at present sheriff of this
county, and both appear to be excluded by
the constitution of 1857. We are not advised
that there is anything serious in the report.
It has been suggested in Mr.. Dodsons case
that if he was ineligible when the ballots
were cast for him, they we're simply 90 many
blank votes and if they were blanks at the
time they were cast, his subsequent resigna-
ton of the federal Office he then held cannot
vitalize those blanks. 1t will be anice ques-
ton for the committee on elections in the
House to determine should Mr. Dodssn's seat
be contested .-Easton Star. "a sai.tasf
LARGE TuKrLE.-Capt VIM. Wallace Of
Danes Quarter, while dredging off Hoynes
Point, yesterday week, caughta tremendous
sea turtle, which he succeeded in hauling to
shore only by the use of three sets Of hal
yards and twelve men. The gigantic fellow
being landed, his dimensions were taken; he
was ten feet long, and from tip Of fin to tip of
I'm 8 feat. 1t is an ordinary occurrence to
see large turtles out in the Sound, but one SO
large as this is certainly a foreigner. We
suggest that conoe be made ont of his shell.
Crisfeld Leader. a' .@ 3.
On Wednesday week the Academy build
ing at Salisbury caught fire on the roof from
some cause or other and for time it looked
as if the fate of that old house was sealed.
Willing hands soon however extinguished the
flames and still it remains the place where the
young idea learas to shoot.
A WNDFALL.-Jamesh b. Powers, of Feder-
alsburg, is in receipt of a letter from lawyer
informing him that q great aunt, Mrs. Emma
Blydenburg, aged 81, died recently in In
dianapolis, Ind, possessed Of property to the
amount OF $los, 900 and had viiled him one
fourth Of her estate = X ? - y >
The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the
Local Preachers and Exhorters Association
of the Wilmington Conference, will be held
in Chestertown, Md, commencing on Friday
evening, November 10th. The annual ser
mon will be preached by VIM. H. Vanhorn.
Mr.. Daniel Bratton, agent, sold at private
sale, to Mr.. Lewis T. Roberts, on Saturday
week, valuable farm, the property Of Vim.
cent s. Caleb, adjoining the village of Cherry
Hill, and containing about lit acres Of first
quality land, for the sum of $l0,0 900.
The Caroline county fair has collapsed. -
There was graveyard in the tract Of ground
directly in the line Of the race course. and as
no other suitable place can be obta tained a
present the exhibition is indefinitely post
poned. u. :. ''''''.f'a 4
| Could anything be more characteristic o
the lower Peninsula than the following item
from the Courier Of Federalsburg? "And
| now the season has arrived when Sunday
visits to fat hogs are made, stt
Firing Of small cannon in the rear Of tht
old Hotel at Salisbury on the day of the De
mocratic Mass Meeting shattered several pane.
Of glass in the Southern Methodist Church.
The crack of the sportsman's gun and yelp
ing of hounds is heard on every side in Dor
chester county. Squirrels and Partridges ART
| very numerous.
Rev. DR.. Phebus is teaching in the Elktol
Academy for few weeks, in place Of Mr.
Wimbrough, who is away on visit to hi
family.
Cecil county Jail is now nearly empty
there being but one man, one rabbit and I
kitten domiciled there, which is rough OIL
the rabbit
Samuel Venables, Of Wycomico county
was accidentally killed last Friday by mad
vertently handling his gun.
Large numbers ducks and geese are re
ported as being in the bay and about tn
mouth of Choptank river.
All kinds of game is scarcer this fall tina
ever before. Another reason why we shoul
have a more stringent game law.-Adceytise'
Many Of the land owners near Salisbur
are complaining Of night hunters cuttin
valuable timber while in pursuit of coons.