Smyrna times., 1876-08-02
NfARyLAED ITEMS.

Tic young men Of tirccnsbogough, caro-
line county, have organized brass band.
The telegraph ma. hocn completed to
Snow Hill, and on Friday last the first G;s
patches from that l'aCc were sent over the
vircs.
Pet partridge, which an LI,.ton lady
has had for seven years past, has this season
adopted a young chicken, and is raising it
land exchanges -ays.
Mr.. Henry Warmer, Of Cecil county, c;t
from field of eighteen acres 800 measured
bushels oG wheat, which by weight matio
Gl0 bushels, an average Of nearly th..ty-
four bushels TO the acre.
.J. b, Gn.t@u.s. The large spoke
manu.actory and saw mil q &attcraelG y
! Moore at Greens borough, caught fire from
| some unknown causc about noon on SatJjr-
! day, and was entirely dc. troyod. i school
| house adjoining was badly damaged.
! Sattcriicld Il Moorc's loss Oh the building
and machinery viii amount to $30,00O,
half Of which is coy,rcj by insurance.
Cles II CTn.r.d Oay1at.-A daughter
| labout ! / years oldl Of Mr. Enoch Moltett
| residing in the Kent forest above Mas,cvs
was outraged by q negro tramp On Thurs
! day morning last II Gems that she had
! been To Al2yseys OH an erraud, and on her
return WAS Intercepted in the public road
/ by the uogIo, when tnc outrage was com.
| mittrl. lie was afterwards seen in the
! road by young IMAM who was approaching.
and fed through q com field The negro
| had hocn in the county but short tiiae.
! but Is well known in that vicinity. having
/ picked peaches in the lcighbogaogG l&et
summer. 1t was supposed that tho negro
went north on Delaware freight train, and
the Wilmington police were EotiG,d 4. Ac.
cord!ng!y, when 81 late freight arrived in
that city young negro man was found in a
sheep car. He gave his lalnc as Geo. Doug
| lass; said lie got on the train ut Middle
town, where he had been for some time.
and was trying to get back to Philadelphia.
Information of his arrest was tclc@aphcd
to MasSeys, but rs no notice was taken OF
the telegram, after the negro had been
kept locked up for nearly a day, he was
discharged
H,,g the NNag'oa Flc qf 1872 ras C,asd.
This big fire is still fresh in the memory
OF most persons. An anonymous writer 10
the Chestcrtown Mars thus explains it.
The letter is from Baltimore and reads as
follows:
L"'t0IS httt -Nc,"2:-In company with 4
friend, | left Centreyiic ut s =. NJ, on
February 2S, lS73, to make Middlctown fol
the morning train, and passing through
Millington saw light in the bar room. We
went in and took drink. \ youn.
Engli.hman was attending the bar.
stepped out and went into the first alley OF
the south side of the street, and whilt
there strucl, a match to light a cigar; i
was about to go out, and lighted roll o
paper ! held i'll my hand. Just at tina
moment q cat jumped up on the fence anc
| threw the roll of paper at her. and i
e went into a window through broker
$ glass. The window Mad shutter, but i
r was standing open. 1t frightened me an,
t | ran out. My friend was waiting, and w,
drove off ! kept watch to see if it die
take fire, and when we were near the ITeat
!. of Sassairas we saw the light, and aslIe,
}. my friend where he thought it was, but h.
h could not locate it. ] was confident that
4 had done it, but it was an accident, and
4 should not now reveal it, but my friend
Is dead. During this last spring was don
Il some work in your county, and sewers
i. times the question of the Millington fir
>. was talked of. Some one had written
letter to Millington purporting to be Il
incendiary's confession of the fire, but
II knew it was false. | am sorry that it s
happened, but too late now