Smyrna times., 1877-01-31
MARYLAND ITEMS.

place at CrumptOn on Feb. :.
Bartus Trew's farm of 300 acres, in Kent |
county, has been sold to S. c. Trew for /
$3,7OO.
1t is said that the Chester river has not .
been SO icebound since 1857 as it is this /
winter.
At st. Martins, Worcester counnty (near
Ocean City, after the breakup last week,
one seine, in one day, caught over three
hundred bushels Of rock and perch.
! Three colored men recently attempted to
cross the NanticokP river near its mouth
! from WicOmico to Dorchester co., in an old
/ boat. When about half way across the boat
sank and two of the men were drowned.
Thos. Wright. of st. Michaels, Talbot
/ county, and all of his children, five in mum
Der, have recently died of diptheria. The
mother is the only one that survives she
has recovered from the disease and sout Of
! danger.
The Easton National Bank reports for
the last quarter loans and discounts
amounting to nearly $3O0,O00 IN
dividual deposits for same time S538,2lG,,
81; capital stock 100000. surplus fund
| $l00,000
a Man i'll ST. Mchaels, last week, in mis-
take, gave his little child dose Of sugar of
lead instead of dose Of cough medicine
The result was that the parents were
frightened out of their wits but the child
was not ''phazed."
An oyster shipper at Franklin, some
weeks past, received in one of his empty
oyster boxes ballot box from Ohio, sealed
and locked. The box on being opened,
showed large majority OF ballots for the
Democratic ticket.
Alkaline Berry colored), living near
Rising Sun, Cecil CO., was committed to Jail
on Tuesday, charged with the crime Of
child murder. The dead body of her
infant was found beneath the poarch of the
house. At the inquest the medical men
testified that it had been living child.
drunken youth went to a protracted
meeting in Snow Hill on Sunday week and
pulled off one OF his Shoes He elevated
his unbathed foot, covered in a very dirty
stocking, to the top of the stove. In a
little while he would have had the church
to himself, but he was carried out that the
congregation might stay.
A boarder in an Easton boarding house,
last week, on wager ate dozen eggs at
/ one sitting. The Easton Lcdgcr says he
! opened and ate the first half dozen in four
. minutes, and the next in three minutes,
and then called for beeisteall and hominy
: The landlady has very iudcously raised
> the board of this egg eater.
A man nearly frozen to death, was found
; in the stackyard of j. n. Usilton, near
! Chestertown, one day last week He had
made his way from the oyster boats down
the Chesapeake, and to keep from starving
> to death on his boat he became nearly
frozen to death on tramp for food. He
was discovered barely in time to save hi,
life.
A young man from Newtown professed
, conversion at revival meeting, held in
; this town, on Saturday night last. Iii,
: shouts Of glory astonshed those present
and when he stated that he had been con
7 verted seventy-five times and had the
> receipts in his pocket, they all knew thai
: he had some whiskey in his makeup
t CrjSfcM Lcadcr.
r Destructive Frc-A destructive fire occur
IS red at Joseph +. Tunis's new town o
il Claiborne, in Talbot co. on Saturday morn
r ing, destroying Mr.. Tuns' office. black
d smith shop and barn. The Watchman lei
II n box of ashes under the stove, and wen
II to the steam mill. In short time the
Il office was discovered to be on fire, and al
e was rapidly consumed. In the barn wer,
d so barrels of corn, and many other articles
II all of which were consumed. Loss abou
,, $2,000-no insurance.
e Religious Rcrirals.-At both the Methods
:, churches in Chestertown revivals of unusua
l. interest are in progress. The meeting a
'S the NJ. K. Church, Rev. Mr.. Hutchin, Pastor
le has resulted in nearly thirty conversions il
II u two weeks and the altar is yet night,
l' thronged with penitents. At the meeting
d. at the Methodist Protestant Church, Rev
D. Mr.. Jones, Pastor, the interest up to thi
e time has been Unprecedented. The altar
70 crowded with seekers while the large con
u gregations manifest concern in rel giou
s' matters which promise even greater result,
N Outrageous AssGuu-On Thursday morn
Of ing last, negro man named James Henr
lv Haridan, alias Jim Grant, entered tn
40 house of Mrs Elizabeth Faulkner, q wOma
sd more than seventy years Of age, who live
10 alone in dwelling in the suburbs of Ceci
n. ton, and committed an assault with inten
is to outrage. The screams of Mrs. F. cause
so the wretch to desist and make his escape
But he was subsequently arrested an
lodged in Elkton Jail. The excitemer
he among the people was great when the fac
al became known, and threats of lynchin
he were INDUCED.
a. Il Minister Creates a Sensation.
er to the Cecil DemOcrata sensation has bee
ne created in the village of North East, nps
on Elkton, by the NJ. f. minister, Rev. J. 4
. B. Wilson, formerly of Leipsic. There hi
T. been pamphlet circulated in the tow
re. supporting to be two sermons preached i
'st Mr.. Wilson, upon the subject of Tempe
nncP, which are decidedly personal in the
DIS application and reference, it is sale
nt' Although published by request and at II
Iat expense OF "a wealthy gentleman Of the
IN, town, they are sold by the pastor at
cents per copy. 1t is intimated that NJ
re: w. is not fully sustained by his flock.
he Professional Vist.-Prof Neal of Philadt
on phia, visited Salisbury on Wednesday e
he the purpose of performing n delicate oper
ton upon Willie, son of DR.. w. L. Snit
"a formerly OF Smyrna) in case he shou
60 consider il necessary. The operation CO
02 templated was the removal Of fragments
the skull, the result of sleighing accidei
90 which occurred before Christmas. After a
on examination of the case the Profess,
M deemed the operation unnecessary, ar
Iaolnrad tho efapar in No iunnalio