Smyrna times., 1877-08-01

fruit and it all dropped off. This condi-
ton is worse in Cecil county, is bad enough
in Kent, but below the Chester river does
not prevail.
The Ccntrevillc Observer says that Nathan
II. Green has, during his life, lost three
children, all Of whom were girls, all dying
on the 2d day Of July, about the same
hour, and were buried on the Sd of july at
about the same hour. And strangest of all
the funeral sermons were preached from
the same text, although by different minis
ters and several years between them. The
children were almost exactly of the same
age.
4 Terrible Accidcnt--On Sunday week.
Ephraim Godfrey, of Bishopville, in Wor,
cester CO., near the line in Sussex, at
tempted to shoot bird that was sitting on
the yard fence, and in taking out his run
the hammer caught in a chair and the gun
was discharged, the whole load passing
into his left eye. His child was playing on
the tloor near by and he fell on the child,
covering ii with blood. He lived but
little while.
William Brewster, a Baltimore shin car.
penter, was arrested few days ago on the
charge of committing a criminal assault on
Mrs. Peter King, who resides in Pine
Neck, near Ccntrevillc. The assault is
alleged to have been committed two or
three weeks ago. She made similar
charge against German, Nick Volst. and
then Withdrew the charge in both cases.
when Brewster was Immediately dis
charged. 1t is not hard to see through
such 'put up job"
What q Whrlwind DM.-One day last
week a whirlwind struck the farm of w
AlJah llayman at Kingston, near Princess
Anne, uprOoted q number of his annie
trees, blew his strawberry crates all over
his farm, smashed the window lights out of
his house, knocked articles off the mantels
ana broke them, ripped a number of
shingles off the roof Of his dwelling, took
Oil the henhouse, unroofed and blew off tho
foundation of the smoke house and unroofed
the carriage house and barn. Some of the
roof was carried mile and half
4 Very PaintM Accident-John Gcary. of
Sassafras, mail driver between Middletown
ana SaSsatras, met with an exceedingly
painful mishap on Thursday morning.
When lie had got about mile and half
from Shssatras, as he was DESCENDING q
small hill, the harness broke, allowing the
stage to run against the horse, which BEGAN
Kicking violently. Mr.. Geary was kicked
on the leg, his leg being broken, so that
the bone protruded through the skin. lie
was picked up from the roadside and
taken to Warwick, where he was properly
cared far, and is doing well.
During heavy thunder storm last week
IN "lcomlco county, the wheat crop of
one John Bounds, which had Just been
harvested and stacked in the field, was set
on fire by lightning and entirely DESTROYED
ms BOUNDS, year or so ago, created
quite ierment III charging adultery upon
ms wlle and Rev. Mr.. Graham a young
Methodist Protestant minister. What
rendered the case particularly oxciting WAS
the tact that the minister had but RECENTLY
married prominent young lady of Chns.
tertown. 1t was always believed that
Bounds was actuated by pure malirnance.
as there was not the least foundation for
the charge, and he knew it.
Liquor as. BurS.-Michael Hartnett. of
Easton, was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Bond at Baltimore. last
week, charged with violating the internal
revenue law by selling liquor without
license. The accused keeps grocery store
at Easton, and sells Maryland tonic bitters.
lie claims that he sells bitters as a medi
cine, though he admitted that he sells it at
ten cents, and that he had right to do SO
without retail liquor license. But
Deputy Collector L. A. c. Gerry, of the
district of Delaware, embracing Talbot
county, testified to having found Hartnett
selling the bitters, and reminded him that
he was violating the United States revenue
laws The case was continued by the com
until the 10th of August in
order to obtain flrthar tnst;rnor,,