Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

The political campaign in Caroline 60.
promises to be spirited one. full i'll
dependent ticket is nominated against the
regular Democratic ticket and considerable
opposition is manifested to Hon. Eanicl
Fields, candidate for the State Senate upon
/ the regular ticket
BaL-ConstaLle ScwcIl, who arrested the
woman Waddcl!, OF Fit2jarrell- 1amc
has himself been arrested in Easton on
the charge Of trying to scdUcc her whilst in
his custody. 1t is further charged that lie
| threatened to shoot her to scare her into
submission. So says the Elston Star.
\ BOGUS detective visited the locality OF
the recent Fitzjarrcll murder, in Talbot
county, and assorted that he had found a
clue by which he could lay hands on the
murderer. On the strength 0fthis the CRATE
iul and gratifod people loaned him several
sums Of money, and now the people would
Ike to lay hands on him.
,SalA[a D,olE.-John II. Lowe, Clerk Of
the Circuit Court Of Baltimore. fell dead
whilst on Il visit to his farm in Talbot
! county one day last week lie started to
90 cunning, and was in seemingly excel
lent health, but fell down and expired
before lie reached the lawn gatc-oi apo
pleXy it is supposed. lie leaves a family
and a good estate.
D.aad .,,gn H4ho,Moj;q.-A son Of John
=. Edc*, about five years old. died Of hydro.
phobia at the residence Of his grandfather,
near Edcsvillc, in Kent county. on FYiday
morning ot last week. The family had re
moved from Baltimore a r.w days previous.
in which city the lal was bitten bv dog
some seven weeks ago, but it Va. not
known that the animal was mad.-H.t
Nsr..
H"Eg ,Lm.ay H..4@ End H.n.-Thc st.
Ilchac!a Cya.i talbot col report, the
death ofscvyn horses in that nc;ehLorhcod
from what IS supposed to be blind sta.gars.
and that thc hog disease is 4 singular one.
and unlike any other disease that has
Aerctotorr prevailed amongst hogs in that
section. Hundreds Of dollars wortl Of
hogs have been lost in St. AIichaels and
around il.
i b. Nte.-ofu I've find the
ioi.owing item going the rounds Of our
Maryland exchange. to wit: John ".
Kemp, Of Bay Hundred, Talbot county.
killed @3 snipe At one Shot with single
barrel one day last week. The shora an.
pcarcd literally covered Wit, birds after the
shot and such a Aoppin. never was seen.
]
ono shot, but then he DISCHARGED both
barrels At the locl
I %.a .No.ta his F'H...-Sav, the Cen.
teyiile r'..tsr: :" Last Tuesday. p ult..
Alexander Merchant and lis .on Richard.
residing IN the upper part Of Queen Auncs
county, went to MiHiugton and both rot
drunk. On thcir way home a quarrel
! sprung up between them, and Richard drew
his revolver and fired at Lis father seven
shots, two Of which took effect in ono OF
the old mans arias. iuiiictiuc painful but
not serious wounds Richard, VIC learn,
has given leg Lail.
IT. I5lles Far, at IIamllc.on Park, last
| week. must have been q tame affair. The
1t. Nlchae!s f,olE says Of it: ." Ii Talbot
county cannot make any better show of
/ her agricultural products and of the
mcch2nical skill Of her people than was cx-
! hIbitcd At the " Fair" at Ilamblcton Park
tins wec,,, she had better close up tie Lusi-
ness. Senator Eayard, who was to deliver
an oration was not present. The best time
/ on the track wa 81 by T. r. Scymour's
] horse, Careless Boy.
-laaIrr .lrra. T.. NJ F,e.trrH Cas..-A
colorrd woman has been arrested and
/ lodged in El-ton jail on uspicion of having
/ some connection WIKI the Fitzjarrel
! murders. She went to store at Cordova
and asked to have 4 $40 bill changed.
! This excited suspicion at once. and led to
the inquiry whore She got the money. She
/ sad she had received it in letter from
/ Delawagc-but so unlikely was the account
given by her that she was brought to jail.
/ Mrs. Waddcll claim, that the colorod
woman stole the money from her
&rsnut-Ilon. Thos. L. Blyard spent
| Wednesday night in Chcstcrtown, the
| guest OF J. \. Pearce, Esq, where he was
serenaded and was called on during the
! evening by number Of prominent citizens.
! lie delivered the Grafton at the Kent
! Co. fair, at Worton, that day, but the au-
| dience paid more attention to the fast
| horses than to Mr.. Bayard, who was terri
! bly, interrupted by the managers allowing
! parties to drive on the track right while he
was trying to entertain them. He was
| better treated in Chestertown.
Dcw m tie Srftt.-On Thursday after.
noon a strange colored mar, about thirty
! years of age, was wandering aimlcsslv
around the streets of Chesapeake CITY. IS
he moved slowly along the sidewalk he
asked the colored barber to grasp his hand.
saying he was dying. The next moment
the man fall. He seemed to have convul.
| sion succeeding convulsion for nearly an
hour, and finally died before any means
could be devised to remove him. Ills body
was taken i'll charge by the authorities.
Nothing was found on it by which he could
be eidcntifed.-7'mscypt
Burned 10 D,aL.-On Saturday afternoon.
tho 22d ult., Alex. II. Wilson, commonly
called Sandy Wilson, living in Eastern
Neck, Kent County, met with horrible
death. lie had been smoking, whilst
riding along the road to Rock hall, and,
after knocking the ashes and fire, as he
thought, from his pipe, placed it in his
inside coat pocket In a short time his
clothing caught fire, and in attempting to
eXtinguish the flames, he was SC terribly
burned that death resulted the next day,
after trightful commissions Mr.. Wilson
was about 43 years Of age and left a wife
and four children.
Sale Of Qncc,, limos RcaI Es,atr-Israel
Urlan's l8S acres, near Bakers Wharf. in
| Queen Annes county, has been sold to
George W. Thawley for $4,5l2; and Joan
Frcls farm of 10 acres, % miles from
Centrevillc, to John w. Glanville for $50. 10
per acre. Both Of these were forced sales.
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