Smyrna times., 1877-09-05
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MARYLAND ITEMS.
The Easton laundry has failed, the
fixtures and machinery having been sold
at Constable's sale, and scattered.
Alday Clements has bought the Catlin
| farm, near Chestcrville. Kent co., part of
which lies on the opposite side of the road
/ from the home farm Of his father, David
! Clements.
At RowlandsvilIe, Cecil county, on We'd
nesday, fire broke out in blacksmith
shop and communicated to wheelwright
and carriage shops, all Of them being con
sumed.
Two weeks ago the drying house owned
by John I. Sangston, in Greensboro, with
lot of cured and uncured fruit and the
east wing Of the old tannery building, was
destroyed by fire.
The dwelling house of Wm. T. Boulden.
at Locust Point, on the Elk river, near
Elkton, was consumed by fire on Sunday
afternoon last, together with the greater
part Of its contents. Loss 81, 500.
John w. Voss, residing near Wesley
Chapel, in Caroline county, a highly es-
teemed citizen, now in his 18th year, is
suffering with a large sized wart cancer.
which has closed up the left eye entirely
and has become somewhat painful.
The continued illness of Rev. T.. G.
irwin, pastor in charge of Galcna circuit
NJ. +. Church, has wholly untitled him for
the further performance of his pastoral
duties, and he has resigned the charge.
Mr.. Irwin has been an earnest and faithful
laborer in the iteneracy for about twenty.
five years. Rev. c. X. Morris, local minis
ter, OF Sassafras, has been appointed to
I'LL the uneXpired term.
Making a Camp Gromd-The trustees of
Bakers Woods Camp Ground, near Ches-
| tertown, held a meeting last week, the
Kent NetcS says, and determined that the
trees on that portion of the woods known
as the old camp ground should be cut off
and new shade trees planted. The ground
has become too sunny for camp-meeting
purposes. A committee, consisting of T.
w. Eliason, |. r. Leverton and Jas II.
Baker, was appointed to take charge of the
grounds and to carry into effect the con-
templated improvement.
HghWaynae,a IN Queen Anncs Co,oaty.-Dr.
+. ). Wilson was assaulted on the public
road one day last week, while riding through
apiece Ofwoods, by some one throwingst
at him. Had he not put his horse in run,
he thinks he would have been murdered.
a. Purnell, young man residing near Sud-
lersville, had a desperate renconter with
two tramps, who attacked him on the pub
lie road in the day time, and attempted to
take his horse and buggy away from him.
He succeeded in beating off the rufIians,
but reached Centreville with his clothes
badly used up.
Charged acM Outragc.-Wm. Green, color
ed living with C. c. Wood, in Piney Neck,
Kent CO., was arrested on Saturday week
and committed to Chestertown iail after a
hearing on the charge of committing rape
upon Mrs. Caroline Brady, a white woman,
whose husband also lives with Mr.. Wood
Mr. Brady has charge of one of Mr.. Woods
threshers, and was not at home when the
heinous offence was committed. The in
jured woman detailed the particulars of
the outrage in her testimony before the
justice, when the negro was committed for
the action of the grand jury.-Kcnt Nems.
Northern Methodists-Mr. Busteed, editor
of the Centreville Observer, is now at Saratoga
for his health. He thus refers to the service
in the First Methodist Church of that "City
OF Spa,' which he attended last Sunday:
"One thing in the worship, however, struck
me, and it may be interesting to note it.
" hCH In0 minister CllleQ J0e COngfegat ION
to prayer the small amount of noise
attracted my attention, and looking around
to ascertain the cause, ! was astonished to
see that not soul in that large church
knelt, but simply leaned over some not
even doing that much. The minister him.
self stood up to pray, and his colleague sat
bolt upwright on his chair 1t was so diff
ferent from our primitive mode of worship
at home that | could not but be impressed
with it,"
NarrO,o Escape from Frighttm Railroad
Accident.-One day last week, a large log,
chained to a timber wagon, was hauled
through Elkton, and as the log team at.
tempted to cross the railroad the log be.
came jammed against the track, and could
not be moved. just at that moment the
Limited Express came laundering down at
a rate OF not less than sixty miles an hour.
w. E. X. Frazer, the chief telegraph
operator, took in the situation at glance,
grasped red flag and ran with despera.
ton toward the coming train. In his effort
to leap over the log across the track, he
fell heavily, but was up in an instant and
ran on. Not two hundred yards from the
crossing, the train met him. lie signalled
desperately, and the engineer whistled
down brakes and put on the air-brake. At
that instant the situation was frightful.
Across the track lay the huge log, and
dopp IN n he fuas., ,.,os r,,.f. - A.