Smyrna times., 1877-09-12

Drorncd.-We understand that VIM.
Foxwell, clerk of the steamer Mystic, step.
ped off the gang-board at Corsica Wharf
near Centreville, on Saturday night, and
was drowned.
The new Bank recently started at Cen
treville has been charging per cent for
discounts, but it has now come down to =.
What would Delawareans think Of such
rate for money as per cent?
Deccascd.-John Kennedy, one of the
founders of Kennedyvile, a thriving village
in Kent county, and the owner Of valuable
properties in that county, died at his resi-
dence, Port Kennedy, Pa, on the 4th inst,
aged 63 years.
A cowhiding case occurred in North
East Cecil CO., on last Monday week.
man by the name of Bruce cowhided
young man named Elwell for speaking dis
respectfully of his wife. Bruce was held to
bail for his appearance at Court, when both
sides will be heard.
4 Cecil County Nan ,S,cindlcd.-Thomas
Kennard, who resides in Cecil county, was
on Thursday swindlcd out of $3.50 by
sharper in Philadelphia, who induced him
to invest in game of "bunko." He lost
and complained at the Central Station
held in 81 200 bail for appearance at court.
Rcopcniug Of the H. Z. C1urch.-On Sun
day morning last, the NJ. f. Church of
Easton, which had been closed for several
weeks, for the purpose of making altera-
ton, and putting in new pipe organ, was
reopened for divine service. There was a
large congregation present, Rev. Mr..
GLENN, of Baltimore, assisted by Rev. Mr..
Tompkinson, the pastor Of the Church,
officiating. The expense of making the
organ chamber, and putting in the organ,
was about $4,000.
Layc IIcW Of UHrat-Says the Easton
Leigcr: Last fall John Rose, living near
! Wye Mills, bought his seed wheat in Balti-
more, and found one bag of two bushels
different from the rest. This he seeded
separately at the rate of five pecks to the
acre, and kept it apart from the rest, and
it threshCd out 49, bushels, being over -
bushels to the acre. The wheat was sowcd
in November, on corn ground without fer
tili2er, which makes the yield the more ex-
traordinary. 1t is a bearded red wheat but
the name is not known.
IacendaY FGlr.-In Queen Annes. on
Monday night week, Sd inst, the stack
yard of J. NJ. Brown, of Kent Island, was
destroyed by fire. When the fire was first
discovered at the stack yard two men were
seen running from the fire, and f. F. c.
Jeffries, white man of respectable connec-
tions, residing on Kent Island, was recog-
nized as one Of the parties and arrested.
1t seems that Mr.. Brown is the father Of
Jeflries' wife and that, from some cause.
Jetfries has harbored i'll feeling against his
father-in-aw for some time The loss is
not estimated. There was no insurance.
Il DouJic Mr,}cr Nesar Eagtoa.-Savs the
Easton Star: " This cummunitv was
greatly excited on Saturday by the an
nouncement that James Fitziarrell and his
wife, Anna a. FitZjarrel, two old people
living alone, at Jawclltown, in Chapel dis.
trict, had both been murdered in their
beds. The old man was IS years old, and
his wife was the same age. She was Mr..
Fatzjarrcl's first wife's sister, and was a
widow Clark when he married her. The
house they lived in was an old one story
building, with a small kitchen attached.
There are no stairs to the kitchen but the
room over it is connected with the room Of
the second floor of the main building by a
small window about two feet square.
| There is a stairs in the corner of the main
building leading to the second floor. The
old man had been suffering with chronic
rheumatism, and had not been able to
leave his room for the last seven years
lie could not get in and out of bed without
assistance. lie slept on the first floor, the
bed standing i'll one corner of the room.
lie was murdered in his bed. Mrs. Fitz-
FARRELL was very deaf but was an active
woman for her age, and slept on the second
floor, the bed standing in the middle of the
room. She was also murdered in her bed.
| IN, tboi, a.
presented a most horrible spectacle The
instrument used was a blacksmith's chisel-
hammer-a sharp chisel at one end with
hammer at the other, with handle about
fifteen inches long. 1t had been about the
house for some time. 1t had the marks of
blood on it. The old lady received three
blows; one terrible blow over the right
eye, that Drained her, and must have killed
: her instantly; another severe blow over the
left eye, and one slight blow on the right
hand. The pillow on which her head
rested was saturated with blood. The old
man received nine blows; three on his
head, one cut on his throat, two on his left
! jaw; one on the left side of his nose and
cheek; and one on his right collar bone
The blow on the head and eye split the
skull. The murder was not discovered
/, until about 81 o'clock on Saturday morn.
ing; it was probably committed between
midnight and day the same morning,
during the heavy rain which prevailed at
the time. The night was very dark, and
favorable for such deed of crime. Mrs.
Fitzjarrells son, Mr.. Clark, was in the
habit of making her, at intervals, large re-
mittances of money from California, and
she had been talking lately of going out
there to visit her son. 1t is known that
she had as much as $500 in the house, and
, may have had twice that sum. She talked
a good deal about her money, and said if
, she died, she would put it where no one
could find it. She positively refused to
6 deposit it in bank. She had been unwell
lately, and was under the treatment of DIR.
: Thomas III. Holt. Since the tramps have
been around, the old people have some.
times been afraid of nights, and several
/ times called Mrs. Kate Waddell, who lived
just across the road, to come and stay all
: night with them. She says she has done
} so several times, and was probably more
familiar with the premises and the pecu.
mary affairs of Mrs Ftzjarrell than anv
one else in the neighborhood; and as she
bears bad character, and has, since the