Smyrna times., 1877-12-12
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Thomas F. Brown, of Kent Island. Queen
AnneS county, has calf now three weeks old which
came INTO existence without eyes.
SADIE BELL BEATEN.-At Norfolk. on
Wednesday last " Ed Wilder an Ohio horse heat
sadie Bell in three straight mile heats Time 33S,
The NJ. +. Chapel at Ridgely, in Caroline
CO., will be dedicated on the 10th OF thi, month Rey
ton. wy w '''
The farmers Of Cecil county have passed
resolutions declaring that all dogs running at large
snail he declared at the mercy Of the community
lhey are determined to protect their sheep.
Samuel l.. full's store, near Quindocua
IhuTch somerset county, was burned the ith inst
The loss is a6ont 5000 with partial Insurance.. and
the fire Is SAID to have been inccndiury
Hard and Fast on tie .More-The steamer
Ralcigh, running between Hillsborough and Baltf-
more, went ashore i'll the Choptank, on the 18th of
last month, and was still hard aground at last ac-
counts.
\ Deals Island letter to the E.,stcr,.
NGfcman says the oyster season there has been a
failure Plenty of oysters. but no market Boats
have left the sound for the bay Yankee vessels are
not plentiful, and there is 10 money.
4 Yaljot County Nan Dropacd.-On Satur-
day night last James I. Slaughter of Talbot county
waSdrowned in the Basin at Baltimore by accidentally
walking overheard at the wharf, while attempting to
board the steamer Glorgi{Ra The trouble was that
ne was too full of whisky.
Death Of RGp. DR.. Fu}t0a-Rev. William
Fulton d. D.. an eminent Episcopal clergyman and
for seven years rector of Spring Hill Parish Wcomco
county died at his residence in Salisbury on Thurs
day morning last His sickness was of short duration
ana MS death unexpected.
y citizen Of Ellton has taken a patent
for improved milk from which it is impossible
to steal milE and if the should be upset the milk
can not run out or in any otherwise escape. The
Baltimore Sun asks: Can not this inventor invent
something by which water not be found in average
milk?
.Ha{aiscu G Brothers, the extensive woolen
manufacturers of MilngtOn now furnish the Phila-
delphia House of Refuge with goods as they also do
the state Reform School, at Jamesburg New Jersey
ana the state Reform School, at WeSbOrO, MasSachu-
CtS. with various smaller institutions of the same
kind An idea of the increase of this houses manu-
manufactured about ten thousand yards of goods
during the year. now they make from eight thousand
to ten thousand yards per month.
HAMMER AND RAzoR-The st. Michaels
Comet says that last week there was a festival near
that village by coored people Allen Green and
klnsey BROOKS were amongst the party There was
also a coored damsel. to whom it seems Allen was
trying TO pay attention, and it also appears that ne
was jealous of every else upon whom She smiled
some time after midnight this girl started home i'm
wagon. Allen Green got between Brooks and the
wagon, and accused him of taking off his girl at the
same time he drew his oyster hammer and struck
several times Brooks drew Il razor. and to use his
own words. made an effort ID cut Allen Green's head
Off,, and he nearly succeeded. After being cut Green
got club with which he struck Brooks blow on the
head which Knocked him senseeSs in the road
where he was left for deal, but he rallied.