Smyrna times., 1876-12-13
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MARYLAND ITEMS.
It's next to impossible to get So bill
changed in Denton.
A Mrs Hoff, in Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline
county, killed hog last week weighing 8lS
pounds.
fredericksburg, on the line between Caro- |
line and Dorchester counties is improve |
ing it's streets by putting 5000 bushels of
oyster shells in them, each county furnishing
$500.
4 Pen Of Large Hogs.-Mr. John Brice,
residing near the Trappe, in Kent county,
recently killed twenty-five hogs, which
averaged 342 pounds. The heaviest
weighed 69l.
Mr.. w. ]. Daniels lost valuable horse
few days ago, which was taken sick at
Smyrna, whittier his wife had driven it,
and she was obliged to hire a horse to
return to her home.
Rev. G. R. Bristor, Of Bethel NJ. f.
Church, Cecil county, has introduced poet
ical readings with his sermons. Last Sunday
he read N. P. Willis's "Healing of the
Daughter of Jairus."
Tile Fat Jlen Of Trqppe.-The town of
Trappe, Talbot county, in poplaution of
275, has six men weighing RESPECTIVELY 2O7,
POI, 1876, POP, 1876 and POS, aggregating 1907
pounds, and averaging 2O34 pounds.
AcciLcm.-Whilst Messrs. Westcott Faith
full and Roe Cos of Centrevile were out
cunning a few days ago, the latter shot
the former in the face by accident, and
psppered him pretty badly, but not danger
ously.
Thanksgiving in Denton was not
| observed. All business places were open
and doing business as on other days. No
religious services were held in any Of the
churches. Efforts were made in two but
failed for want of a congregation.
| Tcenty Nile Race.-On Tuesday last Mr..
| A. Ii. Perdue, of Wicomco county, trotted
his celebrated mare, "Queen, twenty miles
i'll one heat on Point Breeze track, Phila-
delphia. The trot was for a purse of $500
and the stipulated time was inside of SO
minutes. Perdue won the stakes, Queen
| going over the course in 7l:l0.-SaLS6uy
Eastern Sh0reman.
A Sad Accident-The Denton Union saws
A man naMed VIM. Lewis met with pain.
ful accident last week near Burrsville, in this
county. He was assisting i'll slaughtering
hogs, and the hook he was using in drawing
a hog from the scalding tub, slipped from
his hold and was thrown with such force
that it caught in his hose, tearing the
nostril open up TO his eye, making an ugly
and painful wound.
Some of the members of the NJ. +
Church, of Cambridge, were very much ex.
cited on Thanksgiving Day because the
Pastor, Rev. Mr.. Murray, invited a colored
preacher in the pulpit. At first that divine
refused, but when he was urged a second
; time he advanced and took seat in front
of the congregation. The Crisfeld LeadcI
is informed that some of the lady members
were highly offended at this course on the
part of their pastor.
Heary Contract.-The British bark iSu,
beam, that went ashore on Nov. 20th a
Ocean City, near Berlin, Worcester CO., i.
yet lying in the surf, deeply imbedded il
sand. The owners have contracted will
Messrs. Baker & Bro, of Norfolk, for he
safe removal. If the bark is gotten off ant
: delivered safely in harboT the Norfolk firm
Is to receive ten thousand dollars. Tn
difficult job has begun. The vessel wa
nearly new and was valued at $4,000.
g Two children have been nearly burne,
7 to death recently by coal oil explosions, i
\ Somerset county. The latest occurrence
S was near Newtown, last week. A little son {
r Mr. Stephen Redden, who resides abou
. three miles from Newtown, was horribl
G burned by the explosion of can contain
J.; ing coal oil. The child was in the house a
the time, his parents being absent in tn
fields when it commenced playing with tn
u can, and pouring some of the oil upon
l. hot stove, an explosion followed and tn
d little fellow was badly burned from hi
n right knee, all the way up his right sid'
n as also upon the entire surface of his fac'
h ,Snoo Hill Messenger.
n an Eastey7s Shore Matrimonial Fhury.-Th
a Crisfeld Leader of Saturday last tells thi
Il story: The residents of Somerset county
:. in the vicinity of the town of Prince,
, Anne, have recently had occasion for IL
q little amusement over an occurrence whic
n one does not often chance upon in q lif
" time. 1t seems thatin the vicinity ofPrince
If Anne there resides u widow, who, for som
\ time past has been the object of attentio
d from youth in the neghborhood who hg
e reached the age of nineteen years. Th
le young man seems to have been confident
a the ultimate success of his attentions.
N few days since he repaired to the clerk
10 the county court, and procured license f
II the marriage of the widow and himsel
n. secured the services of n minister, and wit
the minister and two friends as witnesse
~ rode out to the widows house with the pu
n. pose of having the marriage performed
ot once. The only flaw in the matter seems
3. have been the neglect on the part of I'll
II young man to secure the widow consent
,s the marriage before making his arrang
II ments Atany rate the widow was not eve
ns informed of his intentions until the brid
ed groom and his party drove up to her hou
es and was politely ushered in. 1t is n
at difficult to imagine her amazement whC
nd she was informed of the object of the vsi
he To assume that she would marry him fort
,Iv with without ever having been asked, W
ed at once declared piece Of masculine pr
,ts sumption which could not be tolerate
an She did not say whether she would
ms would not have chad" him if he had a
m preached her in a different manner, b
he under the circumstances she would nev
mt have him. The youth tried to reason h
nd case with her and she had to threaten
an. take the conceit out of him with kettle
TO hot water before he would leave.
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