Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
MARYLAND ITEMS.


young men, Charles Harris and Henry
Spear, thought they would try the speed
of their horses, and as they ran over the
Sandtown bridge Harris horse slipped and
fell on his rider, breaking one of his legs
just above the knee.
Major Richard Smyth, a prominent citi.
zen of Kent county, died last Friday morn
ing, aft0r prOtracted illness, in the S6th
year of his age. Mr.. Smyth was a soldier
in the war of 1912, and served with distinc-
ton at the battle Of Caulk's Field on the
Chesapeake, near Chestertown. He did
more to improve Chestertown than any one
| OF its citizens.
Sale Of Queen Annc's Real Eaatc.-John B.
& F. II. Brown, attorneys, sold at Trustees
! sale, at Church Hill, last Saturday week, a
! tract of land containing l6I acres, it being
part of the S. S. F. Rochester farm, near
|. b., to Jno. F. Goodwin, ESQ.,, for S24. IS
per acre; also the undivided half of the J.
o. Rolph farm, containing ITO acres to
VIM. F. Massey, Esq, $36.60 per acre.
Victory for Sadie BeH-About one thou
sand persons assembled at Campostella race
track, Norfolk, last Thursday, to witness
the trotting race for purse of 81 900, best
three in tive between Mr. Daniel Steever's
Maryland horse Carrollton, and Sadie Bell,
the famous Chincoteague pony, owned by
Mr.. Connell of Accomac county, Va. The
race was won by the Virginia mare in three
straight heats. Time 248, 2.45, 2.46. Her
dam was ChincOteague mare, and she was
sired by Toodles.
An adams Express RoJ6cry.--On Wednes
day evening of last week, an Adams Ex
press robbery took place in Newtown,
Worcester county. $l,l00 had been paid
to the agent, to send away in the morning
train. During the night the car was
broken open and the Adams Express Co. s
safe was taken off, no one knew where
On the following Saturday, it was found in
a road about two miles away from the town,
and had been broken open, and SIS, all
that was in it, stolen. No doubt the thieves
expected to find the 81 100, but that money
had not been put in the safe.
Railroad Accident.-Quite an accident oc-
Cured to the down train on the Queen
Annes and Kent Railroad on Wednesday
night last, near Centreville. 1t ran into a
horse, which threw the train from the
track and tilted the locomotive and tender
down a bank some eight feet high into a
, ditch of water. The engineer, Alexander
Richardson, the fireman David Green, and
brakeman, Christopher Coursey, who
were on the engine at the time, were
caught under the wrecked locomotive and
, Mr.. Richardson was scalded quite badly
about the face, neck and arms. The cold
. water in the ditch, some three feet deep,
prevented the rush of hot water from the
boiler doing much more damage to the
men than it did. The loss it is supposed
will not exceed $500 or 5000. The horse
? which was the property of a colored man
: named Kane Thomas, was completely
} ground up.
Fight WiH a Ha,Ck.--A correspondent
. writes from Hillsborough to the Centreville
n Observer: One day last week Mrs. Kate
= Roe, on the Hopper farm, was visited by q
+ hawk of large size an unusual daring. He
swooped down into the poultry yard and
0 commenced a desperate struggle with an
old duck, whereupon Mrs. r. went boldly
. forth to its rescue. After laying the in
. truder low with club, she returned in
/ triumph, rejoicing over the downfall of her
feathered enemy. But who can describe
. her surprise, a few moments later on
4 beholding that the hawk was alive and
4 unsubdued. This time she sailed forth
!. with still greater determination than
r before and after killing it a second time
0 went back again to tho house. When 10
!. upon looking back she found that thC
J. hawk was ready for another battle. Thi:
n time she took the AK and split the hawk in
n twain from top to bottom and from one
n end to the other.
!. Alleged DefdLcation in Elkton.-An Elktor
e correspondent of the EVe,y EUe,,i,,g and Com
d n.erciat gives the following in regard to the
e alleged defalcation of Richard Mcfarland
former cashier of the Elkton National
IS Bank: "About year ago Jacob Tome, ESQ.
5 president of the Elkton Bank, offered {
+ per cent. on deposits of 81 900, the amount
o to remain in the bank one year. There
e were some who took advantage of this Offer
d and made their deposits, but were not
:. credited on the books of the bank, and
e such state of affairs escaped detection
IS until recently, when Cashier Mcfarland
g was confined to his bed by consumption
n and found he would no longer be able to
G Ill the position. He resigned, and Charlie;
/. b. Finley was elected TO fill the place. In
g a short time the hooks showed the deposits
a short about 81. 900 or $S, 600, and Mcfarland
:, acknowledged Immediately that he had
y used the 81 900 deposits, and accordingly
l his securities, two of whom, it is learned
IS were David Palmer and ii. FL. Brady, Of
). Chesapeake City, will have to pay The
d amount. IL is impossible as yet to ascer
k tain the exact amount usod by Mcfarland