Smyrna times., 1876-06-14

patented curry comb, and has begun inc MANU-
tncturc of 1t, himself, al nome
Recently six double headed terraplns
were found in one nest along mill pond III Dor
chester county. Only one of them was alive
Rev. Dr. Martin has resigned the pastoral
charge of St. James Episcopal Church, OF Port DEPOSIT
and has accepted the call from the Vcsry OF ShTcMs Sht
bury parish, Kent county. Mr.. Martin Is Ill ueIlca't
health
The official members of Dorchester Cir
cult having declined to hold camp meeting at Hur-
locks during the approaching season. an i lMde-
pendent camp meeting IS talked oi III tlle exercises
Of which all evangelical denominations are tl"rtci-
pate.
Excitement IN EoStoa.-Allen Somers,
colorcd man. has been held for the Talbot county
Court to answer the charge of breaking ilt3 tllG nS
of Miss Eliza Cross, in EaSt0n, during tnc hEll
The affair occurred one night last week ana creatcu
considerable excitement. The lady fully Identities
him.
Fire at FrankEn-On Saturday night last
the engine house of the Worcester Railroad at Frank
lin caught fire and totally consumed. together
with the locomotive Worcester" the tender ana
some seven barrels of oil The Worcester" was the
best locomotive on the road. was nearly new, and
valued at Sl2UO. The origin of the fire is unknown
| SaoW LIW Messenger.
! The Snow Hill Messenger publishes this
! item: An excursion made ON the W. r. K. To
! franklin on Tuesday afternoon week tor the purpose
ofgiving parties an opportunity to attend festival
| to LC held by the VI. +. Church at tiTecnhackvlle.
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Chincotcague Island across, among the number being
many who had never seen railroad.
Sentenced 10 Dtath.-Jcnkins Shovel, the
negro who, the 10Th of November last. assaulted
| and outraged the persons of Mrs. lladdcr. and Il
| Colorcd woman. the wife of Levin Dennis, living
near Berlin in Worcester county, was tried at SNOW
Hill, last Wednesday. and found guilty upon each d
| the indictments for the above OlcnSc. On Friday
morning he was brought before the Court and sen
| fenced to lie hung
Kru,tiy Frnc3.-T. II. Hubbard, convicted
nninc cases violation ofthe Local option law h
recent session of Talbot Court has been sentenced Il
pay an aggregate fine of 5000 and costs and in dciul
of payment be sent t. the county Jail until he h
served term of 90 days III each case Henry ZlcgCI
also convicted at the same session, in two Cases iu
selling Liquor without license was fined SO. and COS
in each ease; motions for new trial being Overrulcd
Uanting .HaStok,n.-Some time ago
large tooth was cXCaVatcd from mari bed on tn
farm of George Il. Wcstcntt, near Church Hill Qucc
Amncs county which was sent to Baltimore and thcr
pronounced tu he the tooth of maStOduu. The Mary
land Academy of Sciences. concluding that th
| skeleton of the animal must he some where in tn
same vicinity have dispatched l'r"i utto SugEGr I
hunt it up. lie has reached Chcstcrtown and be
! gun his luburS
The .SaEh,ry Summer Far, which is he'll
annually ON Monday following Whitsunday, and i,
special feature of that town. very largely attcndc
on Monday week. Several thousand persons We're
attendance from NicOmicu and nCighhOring Cnuntc
The of the Eastern Shore and Berlin railroa'
brought a large number of visitors To the town. III
trial of speed took place in the afternoon, and cOi
sisted of three truing and one running races. I'll
rst won by Honest john driven 10y +.
Clark, of Laurel Del: the second by ModOc, drive
by W. y. TWillcy Cambridge the third 10y \. II. Pc
dues Tom Collins and the fourth running 10y \.
Perdue'S Mustang The were quite cXctiI
and were witnessed by over II thousand spectator
Tom Collins got up the best trottng making his mi
e in 80.