Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

FELTON,, Del. Mr. Gibson followed them 10
Church Hill and had them arrested, but
the magistrate, not feeling authorized to
hold them, let them 60. 1t is supposed
they are now in Delaware.-CentreviHe Citizen.
Who did a?-Last week we spoke of the,
mysterious murder of Nancy Scott, near
Onancock, Eastern Shore of Virginia. A
correspondent of the Crisfeld Leader says:
+" 1t is said that several married women in
the neighborhood whore she lived were
Jealous of her, believing their husbands to
be too intimate with her, and it is
thought some of them hired the killing of
her. This of course is mere supposition; /;
but no other motive for the perpetration of
so heinous a crime can be conceived, since
she was quiet and peaceable person and q
stranger both to fame and fortune"
The pier at Oxford having been COM
pleted to length of four hundred feet,
last week President Huntington and Samuel
w. Bates, together with other Directors
and officers took special train from Easton
to Oxford on visit of inspection. They
found the pier reaching depth of water
sufficient to accommodate vessels carrying
1000 bushels. The work, material and plan
gave entire satisfaction, and the Directors
determined, to accommodate larger vessels
and steamers, to extend the pier 100 feet
further. Grain can now be carried from
all points on the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad to Baltimore, expeditiously and
cheaply, giving facilities to a large number
of growers who have heretofore been more
convenient to the Philadelphia market, =
EdSton Ledger.
Nander.-Some of our Peninsular ex
changes have copied, without questioning
slanderous article recently published b,
Salisbury paper, rejecting upon tn,
moral character of Rev. w. r. Graham,
well known young minister of the NJ. 2
Church. The article gives what purport
to be an account of a personal attack upOl
Mr.. G. by Mr.. Bounds-the latter charg
ing the former with having taken libertle
with his wife, and is doubtless eXaggerate
to suit the sensational taste of the writer
The paper which first published it state
that ain the neighborhood where the priT
g cipals reside the alleged cause for the assault
is said to be wholly imaginary" and give
, an extract from a letter from Mr.. G. i
which he declares his attention to "pros,
cute the case to the fullest extent of til
!, law, and force the matter to the mo:
! scrutnous investigation.-Kent Ne,cs.
I1Oc@ OpJtOH-A IOcdl OptlOn OOIVcl
' ton, composed of fifty-nine delegates frol
the counties of Wicomico, Somerset, an
4 Worcester was held at Salisbury, last weel
Rev. A. c. IIeaton, Presbyterian minist'
of Princess Anne, presided. An effort W.
q made to get a petition asking the Legisl
ture to grant a license law in place of IL
n present local option plan, but the measu
4 failed. The most important feature of II
I Convention was the intelligent expositiC
= of the results which have been secured u
g der local option in the several COUNT
;, where it has prevailed. Coming from re
:, resentative men, their statements may
}, accepted as truth. In Worcester count
where it is claimed the system has been
failure, it was represented that much goo
!, has been accomplished notwithstandii
|. the abuse which has crept in through Il
Y pretended drug stores. This abuse, no
5, ever, chiefly arises from inefiiciency of Il
n grand iuries and former States Attorne
,r Crime, it was said, has been lessened tw
r, thirds in Worcester, and the clerks fe
s. arising from criminal business have fall
10 off two thirds since it has existed. r.
10 Office of States Attorney, which former
10 paid $1,000 per annum, is now worth abO
,r $400. Many families which were here
1t fore debauched and sunk in poverty al
Il, wretchedness have become respectable,
le ligious, and much more prosperous.
a. Somerset, the law has been executed al
ID proven an unquestioned success. In Ca
N line, while some of the officers of the Il
1t have been remiss in their duties, it /
e. proven the greatest boon ever conferred
h. the county.