Smyrna times., 1877-04-18
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MAN Ak1NO AA6n
"Sadie Bell" will trot at Cambridge next
Friday.
Peach trees are in full bloom down the
Peninsula.
The citizens of st. Michaels have voted
in favor of having Market House.
Miss Mollie Stewart, daughter of the late
Capt. James Stewart, has been appointed
Post Mistress for Oxford.
A dwelling on the estate of the late Mr.
Downey, near the Bear Tavern, Cecil CO.,
was destroyed by fire last week. Loss
$4,000.
The Berlin Herald and the Snow Hill
Messenger have got married, and hereafter
the twain will be one, the Messenger holding
the fort.
Mr.. VIM. Gould, of Spaniard's Neck,
Queen Annes CO., finished planting corn
on Wednesday last,-ten days later than
usual for him.
A gray horse was stolen from the stable
Of VIM. 0. Green, near Warwick, last
Saturday night week. lie offers reward
of $25 for his recovery.
ASJ1Uy Ch,Uch B,rncd.-The colored peo-
pies Methodist Church in Easton was des-
troyed by fire on Friday morning, between
9 and 10 o'clock.
A workman in a chrome mine near
Rising Sun, Cecil county, recently fell a
distance of two hundred and forty feet
into the mine and escaped with no other
injury than broken leg.
Rev. Herman Carter, son of Edward
Carter, of Henderson, Nd, who graduated
last year at Drew's Theological Seminary,
has joined the Southern Kansas Confer
ence of the NJ. E. Church
Oyster Police Captain Dismissed The
Board of State Fishery Force, by a unani-
nous vote, decided in favor of the dismissal
of Capt. w. c. Bryan, of the oyster police
sloop Mary Compton,, for neglect of duty.
Moses Young, a colored youth, laid down
on the Dorchester & Delaware railroad one
day last week to take a nap. In conse
quence of the severe attack of a locomotive
he will never take another nap. He was
, killed
A man named James Dorman, of Hope
well, Somerset county, was found dead ir
his yawl boat in the Patuxent river last
week. His legs were entangled in the boat
and his head was in the water, where he
, had drowned.
Clinton Mccullough Trustee, sold OF
Tuesday of last week, at Chestertown, tn,
Howell's Point farm of Thomas Vandyke
in Kent county, containing 3l4! acres, t,
Mrs. f. B. Groome, of Elkton, and Mrs
Sarah B. Young, of Philadelphia, for $l4,
e OOO
VIM. \. Cunningham, cashier of the neV
bank at Centreville, has resigned. Whel
he accepted the position it was understood
that he did so merely for the purpose o
assisting in the organization of the bark
' r. +. Feddeman, has been elected cashier
! vice Cunningham, resigned, and Jos. j
! Hall, teller, vice Feddeman, promoted.
5 FIRE at HWsJorOngA.-The steam saw mi
o at Hillsborough, owned by Messrs. Fisher
@ Flemming & Station, was burned on Thur
Il day morning last. 1t was discovered abou
: o'clock in the morning and it is suppose
that the fire was caused by sparks fallin
on the saw dust. The loss will be abou
y $500, upon which there was no insurance
!. The May Bennett Ducl-Judge Stump il
d structed the grand jury of Caroline count.
l. last week, to investigate the May Benne
d duel, and to indict principals and acce
e. sories if the offense was committed in thu
d county. The grand jury has adjOurne
r. without obtaining sufficient evidence ft
er an indictment The whole thing sounC
le more like buncombe than business.
5, accident from Vesta OH.--A few da.
A since Miss Annie P. Dill, daughter of j.
ct Dill of Queen Annes county, and who
r. attending the Conference Academy, Dove
n while home on visit was cleaning pair
r. kid gloves on her hands with vesta oi
or leaving a little of the fluid in the vessel 81
was using. She threw this in the fir
nd when it suddenly ignited, caught to h
n. gloves, and was not extinguished until h
as hands and arms were severely burned.
ur An Unfortunate Man.-Joseph T. Tuni:
g. steam saw mill at Claiborne, on Tilghmar
,r- Creek, Talbot co., was entirely detroyed
mt fire on Tuesday afternoon of last wee
mt together with quantity of lumber al
no material in an about the mill. Mr.. Tur
rk estimates his loss at $1,000. He had $3,0
he insurance upon the property. Only fl
of months ago he lost some valuable proper
1t- by fire, and had no insurance at all on
lie He states that in the last five years he h
Mt, lost $27 900 worth of property, and that t
he insurance companies have lost thrOu
int him counting the insurance on the prese
of. loss) 000,-leaving him net loser
ill the extent of $1,000 year through fires.