Middletown transcript., 1876-03-25
Maryland Affairs.

| BARN BURSED-GRsAT Loss OF SrocK.-The
large barn Of Edwin Haines; dear Rising Sun,
Cecil counri WI syesed Ly fire on satar1
daf ikfkt week fhsshuiidine was alafse
| one, sbont 70 by 10 ct There was twenty
eight head Of live stock in itat the time of the
fire, of which one horse, two mules, three
calves and ,eleisa head Of cattle posssly ,fAf
onesl wffelb dneaIsad roasted alive beside
twenty-five chickens Of extra breed. The
other contents consisted Of thirty tons OF hay,
fifteen tons Of straw, fourteen bushels OF
cloverseed, two thousand bundles Of corn
fodder, DC The loss is fully So. .000--no in-
surance. A tenant on the farm has Been held
10 bail in $500 for firing it Cecil Democrat
D1ep OF INJURIES INFLICTED. month
ago, two colored men, George Bailey and
William Nicholson, had difficulty, neal
Elklon, Md. During the melee Nicholson was
struck upon the bead with jawbone Of an
OK, and felled 10 the ground At that time
his injuries were not considered serious, and
be was arrested upon complaint of Bailey foi
assault and battery. Tn Thursday night las
Nicholson died, and Bailey has been ARRESTED:
upon the charge of murder.
/, EARLY PEs1sspLk ! eBofs LThe Princess
Anne True Aaryldnder ofcshe l4ih says: 10.
beautiful open weather continues yet. Most
of our farmers have finished seeding theil
oats, and some indeed had flushed two weeks
h., vas Gnic chAd
sticking their peas the peas themselves being
some four inches high, and on every farm you
will see the corn6elds turned under for the
planting Of that staple cereal. 8ss
The reason why Methodist preachers are
always poor is because they plant too many
in the hill. d In Salisbury, for instance, the,
plant three to the hill, and expec. long corn
ut that In the fields they only plant one un-
less they expect .sIga,f ,f.nubbin." 1t fakes
rich soil to support more than one stalk or
two vt the most 10 the hill. and Salisbury il
sandy, you know.-Csi.feld Leader.
The BANK The prospect fer the bank in
Ceu,reville is very flattering. Some thirt,
odd thousA nd dollars Of the stock have been
subscribed, and about $4,000 is expected
from another source. which will make nearl,
$4,000. If Subscription hks thss II is pro-
p ps:ss ss, 70 o.s ss.s Ssssfs n S'sS 'i'.,rd
A farm of nine-six acres, with frst-class
dwelling, &C., situated on Town Point, at the
junction of the Elk and Bohemia rivers, in
Cecil county, the property of D. Q. Evans,
was sold last week TO Joseph T. Willisms, Of
Montgomery county, Pa, for $4,275, cash,
subject to mortgages of So, 600.
RswARD OFFERED FOR JAIL BREAEERs. Five
prisoners escaped from The Ches,er,own Jail.
n few days ago. One of the prisoners, Levin
Pierce, who was awaiting trial for rape, is a
powerful man six feet j, height, and Of briehI
ss's' col, .,,s!.l a. fibss 's.''s'' $500 ss'd
oeen onereai<YLE4x assYkh8kJ5
Sale of Real Estae-Messrs. J aud e u
H. Brown, as trustees sold at Crdmpton on
Saiurday tract Of ISL acres Of belonging
to The late johnson Harris, to P. J. Hawk for
81, SOL Also f73 acres of land near Crump.
ton, TO Samuel J. Truslow, Of New York, for
SO per acre. III . III ,s i
The bill authorizing the County Commis-
sioners to issue bonds to tKs amount of S.
600 for the enlargement and improvement of
the Court House in Centreville has pasaed
both branches Of the General Assembly and
become a law. s-'1
! A comrzSYy 6OkRt0a gsnislsnent Iasd or
iranized 4fss4sE club ard :retgdh lEus'
Point, on Elkr riyer, where they Intend 6xing
,hemselves dp With every convenience for
duck shooting 80 sHk .. .i+'.td i.i'''S'