Smyrna times., 1877-10-24
MARYLAND ITEMS.
Centreville has had the sensation of two
marriages in church in one short week

| 'Oii' AtoH Nech. ne SOI OH some HuSG
music
One of the Elkton papers announces a
new 6Oarder at the NJ. f. parsonage there
"a little girl-which Rev. Mr. Ridgeway is
quite proud of
There are two cranberry bogs at Sails
bury, upon which 263 bushels of berries
were grown this season. The growers are
pleased with the result.
T. NJ. Sumption, (son of the late Rev.
lhos. Sumption, formerly NJ. +. minister of
Smyrna Circuit,) has been appointed Post
master at llavre de Grace.
According to an Elkton paper, a clergy
man OF that town put Paris green on his
cabbage, to keep the bugs off, and now he
Is about as shy OF them as the bugs were.
Several years ago a young Mr. Castle
man, from West Virginia, taught school in
Talbot CO., near st. Michaels, and one day
last week he came back and married one
OF his pupils, a Miss lIazlett. A big wed,
ding was made in the Episcopal Church.
,Stlc Of hcnt Coeuty Ratlroad C5nErD,eL-
Chief Judge Robinson, last week, in Ches-
tertown, after reviewing the objections to
the sale of the Kent County Railroad.
raised by certain bondholders, announced
the decision of the Court confirming the
sale.
Conductor BaynorFS Murigyc.-Savs the
st. Michaels Comet: " Tuesday last in the
NJ. p. Church of Easton, by Rev. Mr.. Reed.
Jos. Baynard and Miss IIennie NJ. Cham
bers, both OF Easton, were married A large
audience witnessed the nuptials, and wished
the couple great happiness The bride
groom is the popular conductor Of the Md
d Del. X. Road. The bride received nearly
nifty bridal presents from her many friends
4 JIoitst Nan.-.James Alfred Pearce. of
ChestcrtOwn, who has been mentioned as =
! proper candidate for United States Senator
Tor Maryland, has written a letter to the
Chestcrtown Transcript declining to be n
candidate for this position, saying that in
ms Judgment the public welfare required
! that their representatives in the Senate
! chamber should be from the ;blest and
most experienced men in the State. and rs
he does not pretend to be numbered among
! those he hopes a man will be selected who
| does.
a colored youth of 10 tried to kill his
employer, W. Harris Legg, jr., of Kent
Island, Queen AnneS CO., one day last week
lie had been punished for some disobe.
dience and another colored youth twited
hlm over it, when he "went for Mr.. I,
with an AK, knocking him down in the
doorway. Mr.. l.. warded off the next
blow, and then Wilson, the boy, ran. He
was afterwards arrested and sent to Cen
trcvllle Jail. 1t was a week or more after
his logging that he decided to kill Mr.. /.
for doing it.
Hoeo I6ow H?-Speaking about the in
sertlon OF mcmoriam stone in the wall of
the NJ. +. Church, in Chestertown, bearing
the name of one of the old ministers of the
church, when Conference meets there. the
hct NcrS says the information is news to
the NJ. +. congregation there, and asks the
| ZINES to furnish the name Of the minister
referred to? We are glad to furnish the
Nc%H with locals whenever we can, but we
think 1t could find the information nearer
| home this time. \ correspondent signing
himself W. II. II. sent the information to
the Milford NerS, and we reprinted it from
that correspondents letter.
4 Scene N Chprch.-A Rev. Dr. Killrore
has been carrying on Il revival in the Meth
odist Protestant Church in the village of
Winchester, Queen Annes CO., for several
weeks and correspondent sends the fol.
lowing item to the Centreville OLScrrer
On Friday night, the 18th, he preached
from Revelation 4th chapter. and lst verse.
While treating the subject with great zeal
the Holy Ghost fell upon the preacher and
people. Inc doctor was prevented from
closing his sermon by persons rushing into
the pulpit and embracing him i'm their
arms crying "Glory Glory y The doctor
then gave the invitation to penitents. and
the altar was soon crowded. The doctor
then said he wanted to shake the hand of
every christian in the house. and requested
them to form line in the two isles from
the door to the pulpit He then proceeded
to shake hands, followed by the members
with great rejoicing. The doctor then re-
sumed his place in the pulpit, and closed
MS subject with most affecting remarks.
and said there was no need of church diff
ierences. The response of the NJ. sand
NJ. rs, echoed through the house no.
no.
4 Sad Case.-One day last week a poorly
clad woman. with three little children, !
were on the train coming from Snow Hill |
10 Georgetown, and during the trip a child |
was born to the mother in the water closet.
1t seems that the newly yborn child either |
Tell or was thrown into the closet nan bv |
the mother, as it was found on the track |
under the car when the train moved off |
from Selbyville. 1t was alive, but soon |
died. DIR. Bishop, Of Snow Hill, happened |
to be sitting near and offered assistance to |
her, but he could not get her to say any |
thing or tell him her trouble for some |
time. The good people of Frankford took
the poor unfortunate woman and her three |
children in charge and at last accounts she
was in dying condition The Milford !
Nc,cs accuses her of infanticide, but some
OF the other papers say she was partly in.
sane. The Snow Hill McsSenqcr saws
"We are informed that the women is the
daughter of wealthy parents residing in
New York; that against their wishes she
married a dssipated young man who has
recently been employed in the romantic
occupation of wood.chopping in the lower
part of this county, whittier the wife had
but recently come to share his humble lot
his appetite for rum leading to his spend
ing nearly all his earnings for drink, she
was compelled to solicit aid to return to
her friends in New York; it was cheerfully
given by kind. hearted neighbors, and at the
time of the circumstance above alluded to
she was returning to New York. At last
accounts she was said to be in very criti
cal condition" The woman has since
died.