Smyrna times., 1877-06-27
MARYLAND ITEMS.


There has been telegraph Office estab-
lshed at Woodland, on the Md. & Del.
Il. r.
Grand Rcgatta.-The young men Of Ches-
tertOwn, fond of sailing, propose to have
regatta on the Fourth Of July
Thos. r. Smith, the Postmaster at Sails
bury, died last week. He had Just been re-
appointed to the office, his first four years
having expired.
A colored boy named Dennis, at St.
Michaels,. Talbot CO., cut his foot with
piece of glass last week and he died from
lockjaw in few days.
Col Edward Wilkins, Collector of the
Port, Baltimore, is the largest peachgrower
in Maryland, having about 100000 trees on
his farm near Chestertown.
The body of a negro woman, Ellen Brew
ington, was found dead in the river at
Salisbury last week. A coroner's jury was
unable to find out how she died.
A boy of Is, Eddie Walker. was drowned
near Denton on Friday the 18th, in mill
pond. His parents live in Philadelphia,
and he was on a visit to some friends.
Sudden Death.-Mrs. Anderson, wife of
the late Charles II. Anderson, of Centre
vile, on Thursday last was attacked with
heart disease and died in few minutes,
before q physician could be summoned.
Satterfeld & Moore are erecting large
steam mill and basket factory in Green's
boro. Mr.. Richard Mitchell, formerly of
Smyrna, is experimenting the work. They
expect to turn out three thousand peach
baskets daily.
An El<ton literary man, while fishing in
the creek the other day, found that his
fish disappeared as fast as he threw them
upon the bank. Examination revealed the
presence of huge bull frog who compla-
Gently reposed among the grass with the
tail of the last fish protruding from his
mouth.-C Cecil DemOcrat
Painful 4ccident--While Mr.. J. w.
Sparks was drawing a pump stalk at Mr.
Geo. II. Snitcher's, i'll Queen Annes CO., on
Wednesday morning last, some of the
hosting apparatus gave way and the stalk
falling upon his left arm fractured the bone
in several places between the shoulder and
elbow. 1t is though amputation will have
to be made.
4 Tortoise aciM Record.-In 1924 Matthias
Tyson carved his name on a land terrapin
on his farm near Elkton. In 1857 his son,
Levi L. Tyson, carved his name beneath
that of his father on the same turtle. Last
week William Tyson brought the same
terrapin to the Cecil Democrat office and ex-
hibited him. The names are still distinctly
legible. William Tyson says he has seen
the tarrapin every year since his father first
made tablet of it.
A BurgLar.-The man who blew open the
safe of merchant named Price in Cen
treville few weeks ago, has been Gagged in
Caroline, in the attempt to rob n store in
that county. The check which Mr.. Price
advertised for, was found upon his person.
He confessed that he was the party who
blew open the safe, and also the party who
forced his way into the store of Mrs. Welch,
at Crumpton. lie is now in Jail at Denton
to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Death Of TtcinS.-The Salisbury Advertser
says: " "Ridgeway Ellis, of this county,
died last week. He was SO years old, was a
twin brother with Wilmore Ellis, who died
one week before. They were so much
alike that intimate friends could not tell
them apart. Whenever one was sick the
other was similarly affected and though
they lived several miles apart, and each
had family, either could always tell by
his own feelings when the other was sick.
ABOUT SIX months ago Wllmore lost his
appetite, and commenced declining in
flesh. His brother commenced looking
badly but kept going on, but on hearing Of
the death of his brother, he said he felt
the pangs of death, and in few days was
laid in the tomb"
Queen Annes Real Estate.-The Centreville
Observer records the following sales: Mrs
A. r. Culbreth, assignee of mortgagee, sold
last Tuesday, the "Passwater Farn," neal
Willoughby's Shop, 100 acres, to Amandu'
and Patrick Boyle of Pennsylvania, fol
Sl,l50.50. The estate of DIR. Nathan Browne
has been sold by trustee, the farm called
Bachelors Hope" 240 acres, to James Z
Bailey. for $4,000; and the farm known Al
the Hammond Farm" 225 acres. to Thos
A. Embert, for $1,000. Messrs Mancha 4
Gibson, real estate agents, sold last week a
private sale, the farm known as the Colds
borough farm on the Centreville and Wye
Mills road, 2j4 acres, to John A. Bennett
of New York City, for $l6 per acre. Also
the farm belonging to the Building As
sociation, on the Church Hill and Sudlers
vile road, lG0 acres, to same purchaser, fol
$500.