Middletown transcript., 1877-04-14

y Tuesday, by Clinton Mccullough, Esq, Trus
Ie tee, 10 oex-Gov James B. Groome, for $l4, 900
IS Mr.. George W. Brown, of Queen Anne't
It County, has been appointed keeper Of Ken
Island bridge. He must be provided with 8
!, very large salary, or there is not much proii
: in the position, as the Record says it takes
: eight men to turn the draw.
On Easter Monday, in Millington, two
young men. Charles Harris and Henry Spear,
thought they would try the speed of their
f horses, and as they ran over the Sandtown
: bridge Harris horse slipped and fell on his
E rider, breaking one Of bis legs just above the
, knee.
On Monday last the Circuit Court for Caro-
: line county met at Denton. Judge Stump, in
J his charge to the grand jury, referred to the
, duel that had been fought at Marydel, in
} Caroline county, between Bennett and May,
! and instructed the grand jury to investigate
the matter fully, and, if the law had b!en
} violated, to present the guilty parties.
Major Richard Smyth, prominent citizen
Of Kent county, died last Friday morning,
after protracted illness, IN the s6ih year of
his age. Mr. Smyth was a soldier in the war
Of 1912, and served with distinction at the
battle of Caulk's Field, on the Chesapeake,
near Chestertown. He did more to improve
Chesleriown than any one Of its citizens.
Newtown must be something like Middle
town judging from this, from the Record Of
that town:
If we thought it possible that the thing
would be kept up when once started, we
might be induced TO recommend that read
ing room and literary society be organized at
once in Newtown, in order to relieve our
abie-bodied young men from the necessity Of
loaing around the hotels and stores during
the evening. But it's no use. The thing
would start of splendid and theu-eOllaPSe.
Improving Chester RiUer Oystsrs.-The 81.
Michaers Comet says: Since the opening Of
Kent Island Narrows, and the free passage of
the salt water Of Easton bay through the mar
rows and into Chester river, the oysters of
that river have very perceplibly improved in
favor. This is a fact, stated both by the oys-
termen of Chester river, and BY the people Of
Queen Anne's who are accustomed to use the
Chester river oysters.
On last Wednesday night week abont 70 |
O'Clock the grist and -four mill of W. R. Mat
thews, situated on Big Northeast creek, about
two miles west Of Bay View, in Cecil county, |
was discovered to be on FIRE by members of
the family, and was rapidly consumed with
the contents The origin of the fire is un-
known, and nothing could be saved. The
loss, including stock on hand, will probably
reach SIS, 600. There is an insurance of ST.,
500 on the mill. Through the exertions OF
the neighbors the saw mill was saved Cecil
Democrat.
An adams Express Robbery On Wednes-
day evening of last week, an Adams Express
robbery took place in Newtown, Worcester
county. 81, 100 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 Oompany's safe was taken
off, no one knew where. On the following
Saturday, it was found ia road about two
miles away from the town, md In j sseeF be
ken open, and SIS. all that was in it, stolen.
No doubt the thieves expected to find the
ST, 100 but that money bad not been put in
the safe.
A Sailor Lost.-The steamer Maggie, ply
ing between Snow Hill and Baltimore met
with a squall on Monday on her trip up the
Pocomoke. The wind blew so strong thai
she had to anchor between Crisfeld and New
town, not reaching Snow Hill until Tuesday
evening, and returning to Cfisfeld on We'd
nesday, day behind time. When opposite
Rehoboth, landing on the river below New
town, one of the hands on board named John
Brown, was let down in boat 10 help to
keep the boat from striking the shore. The
boat however was upset by the gale, and
Brown being precipitate' into the water, the
steamer passed over him. he came to the
surface afterwards but all efforts to save him
were unavailing.
Fight nth a DE--A correspondent writes
from HillsbOrough TO the Centreville Observer {;
One cay last week Mrs Kate Roe, on the
Hopper farm, was visited by a hawk of large
size and unusual daring He swooped down
into the poultry yard and commenced des-
perate struggle with an old duck, wherenpon
Mrs. R. went Dol lily forth to its rescue. After
laying the intruder low with a club, she re-
turned in triumph, rejoicing over the down I
fall of her featbered enemy. But who can
describe her surprise, few moments later, on i
that the hawk was alive and unsub-
iued. This time she sailed forth with still
greater determination than before and after ,
killing it a second time, went back again to |
The house. When 10 upon looking back she
found that the hawk was ready for another s
battle. This time she took the axe and split
The hawk in twain from top to bottom, and
rom one end to the other.
Railroad Accident quite an accident oc- {
cured to the down train on the Queen Annes
md Kent Railroad, on Wednesday night of
asst week, near Centreville 1t ran into a
horse, which threw the train from the track
ind tilted the locomotive and tender down
bank some eight feet high into a ditch of /
water. The engineer, Alexander Richardson, h
he fireman David Green, and a brakeman,
christopher Coursey, who were on the engine a
IT the time, were caught under the wrecked :
locomotive and Mr.. Richardson was scaIded
luite badly about the face neck and arms.
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leep, prevented the rush of hot water from il
he boiler doing much more damage to the
men than it did. The loss it is supposed
viii not exceed $500 or 5000 The horse, !
which was the property of a colored man
famed Kane Thomas, was completely ground .,
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Business gutals.