Smyrna times., 1876-04-12
MARYLAND ITEMS

m. l.. Hurley, of Drawbridre district
! Dorchester county, lost three children with,
IN twenty-tour hours of each other. last
week, from diphtheria
The Local Option campaipn has oronod
IN several counties on the Eastern Shore
ana public meetings are being held. The
vote Will be taken in May.
Large Havk.-A fisherman named Am.
prose caught at CHERRY Walk" near
queenstown, on Thursday last, over 1000
Shad IN four hauls. This is the tallcst shad
catching we have heard of this season.
Inc ladies and gentlemen of Millington
propose to give q dramatic and musical
entertainment ON the evening of the 1-tL
INST. They will be assisted by the Ivnicorn
Cornet Band, for whose benefit the enter.
talnment is given.
a Aec PaPcr.-The Berha HcreH is the
name of paper that made its first apnear.
ahce on Saturday last at Berlin, Worcester
county. The HeraH is independent and
published by Mr.. w. j. Brown. 1t has =
decidedly attractive appearance.
SAFE Of a Farm.-Mr. T. W. EIiason. mort.
Sagee' sold at Chestertown, on Wednesday
tnc iaruh OF MI John X. Gray, near that
town. containing about $50 acres. If was
purchased by the mortgage for sI305i
subject to prior liens of about S2.SO0
No'hica DcaA.-Mr. Luther Gardner. =
farmer residing near Church Hill. died
suddenly on Thursday morning last. lie
was IN his usual health, and had been fish.
lhg' Upon returning to his home, he was
attacked, and expired in a few hours.
The people of Chestcrville, Kent county.
had trst-class sensation last week in tLo
hirth Of Gypsy baby, in camp near
there. IhrongS of ladies called To nav
their respects, simply because the Iittje
walf happened to be the kind of a waif Il
was. ven -
Fo"ad Dead-A young man namod
Eugene 1obbs was found dead in the nnb,
llc road near Rock Hall, Kent co.. on Mon.
Gay week. He was about % years of ago
an lhqust was held at which DIR. SamIG
lsher pronounced death to have resulted
from heart disease.
Mary Ann Hughes, colored woman
"gea lo' years, died on the 3lst of March. |
at tne ne reSidenc OF herson, Kennard Hughes. |
III nl"ck"ater, Dorchester county. Her I
memory was remarkably correct about /
events that happened seventvand aioIt,,
years ago. Her funeral was the ocoasiGn cf
very large gathering of relatives and
friends. '''VS ana
Inc Prineess Anne True Mary1andcr nm.
Gerstands that several very worthy and |
deserving ladies Of that county bod son'a
S1o,OOo left to them some time AGO Inv
walter Cullen, ESQ.,, of Philadelphia. Tbese
iadles are Mrs. Peter Price. Mrs JoLn
tarks, Mrs. Robert Hickman, and Mis-
Amelia Jones, and they reside in the lower over
Island. Us 'ieel
,LmProcang Peaches.-The steamship OI;o
"iiich arrived on Saturday, brought TO tbis
country from southampton, England n int
9I QI peach trees, consigned to Col. Edward
W wilkins, who resides near Chestertown
hent county. The fruit which grows nno,,
! Shose trees is represented as of n VOW
iha!rdy a species, of fine flavor. of n variotS;,
hltherto unknown to this country. and we'll
a9apted to our climate. Colonel wilkins
VINO has devoted much time and canital 10
pe"ch culture, has at considerable exnpnse
imported these trees, with the purnose #
possible, OF improving the fruit crown IN
|, ms orchards. Some time since Colonel vii
nj hdhs imported number of a new variety
OIL pear trees from France, and has hoo!S
very successful in their cultivation.