Smyrna times., 1878-01-16
MARYLAND ITEMS.

to their old homes
John Hammersmith, of Cecil county, has
thrashed lot of oats from IA acres, yield
ing so bushels TO the acre.
The Catholics of Chestertown cleared
$500 at their fair, with which they start
building a new church in the spring.
1t requires ffty-one spittoons in one
church in Kent county, to supply the
Sunday-go to-meeting tobacco chewers.
One exchange says there are not enough
partridges left by the gunners in Talbot
county for seed. Better plant the feathers.
A colored church in Elkton is gradually
disappearing. The members are using the
weatherboarding to keep themselves warm.
1t is estimated that over %, 900 signatures
have been obtained to the total abstinence
pledge in Baltimore since the first day of
October.
Tilghman n. Chance, Register of Wills
for Talbot county, has resigned. The
judges of the Orphans Court have filled the
vacancy by the appointment of Capt c. R.
Mullikin, of Trappe District.
Good Corn Crop.-The best crop of corn
yet heard of is reported from Cecil county.
Samuel Clifford, near Zion, whose field of
corn while growing was considered the best
between Northeast and Oxford. has harves-
ted 900 bushels of shelled corn from 12
acres, an average of IS bushels per acre.
A Strange Case.-An Elkton man, last
week, shot a valuable dog, which he sup
posed was attacked with symptoms Of
hydrophobia. Afterwards he had post
nOrtem examination of the remains made,
when a snake, between ten and twelve
inches long, was found coiled around the
dogs liver.
There lives man in Talbot co., who a
few weeks ago, had a flock of about dozen
turkeys, out of which flock he had sold up
to last Saturday, thirty-one turkeys and
still had some fifteen turkeys left. He
has also sold large number Of geese out of
this same flock of turkeys. This is hear
say.-Denton Journal.
The Easton Star has joined in the de-
mand for abolition of the State Fishery
force steamer Leila So far as the press is
concerned there is unanimous opinion in
that direction. Nobody has yet ventured
a statement to show the steamers uses, or
an argument to sustain her being kept in
service. Sell or sink the S3Ha.-S. lGchqcLs
Comet.
Thos. A. Windsor, the contractor for the
building of the depot and graneres at Mil
lington, Sudlersvile and Prices Station,
on the Q. a. Railroad, has nearly completed
his work. The one at Mllington is almost
finished, and the Others will be done by the
middle of January. The buildings are
30xG0 feet. He employs from twelve to
twensy-four hands, and receives 81 200 for
each building; the contract is only for the
wood work.
Another Pistol Aecidem.-On Sunday week
Clarence, eldest son of DR.. VIM. II. Downes
of Denton, aged about - years, while
handling a pistol an accidental explosion
took place, the ball entering the lower part
of the head behind the right ear and i'm
bedded itself in the bone. Dr. Downes
probed the wound and succeeded in ex-
tracing part of the ball. The patient is
doing well and no serious apprehensions
are entertained of fatal results
Death Of Judge John r. Frankin-Hon.
John R. Franklin, associate judge of the
first judicial district died in Snow Hill on
Friday. Judge Franklin was first elected to
the bench in 1867, but in a contest was
thrown out by the Legislature in favor of
Hon. Thos. A. Spence. He was reelected
to the bench in 1869. He had previously
served in Congress, was once Speaker Of the
House of Delegates of Maryland, and a
member of the peace conference in 1861.
According to the Easton Star Cupied was
on bender last week in that town-there
being no less than FIVE church weddings on
Tuesday and Wednesday. 1t says its re.
porter fully intended to give an elaborate
description of the double-quicking of the
ladies from church to church, to make sure
of seeing all Of the marriages, but he got
run over two or three times while taking
notes, lost his pencil and paper and there
fore must apologize for the brevity of this
notice. 1t is fearful to be on the street
when Cupid is on a bender.
The people of Chestertown are dissatisfied
with the time they get their mail matter
Heretofore it has been delivered at Chester
town az about halfpast one o'clock, p. NJ.
but Mr. Gerker, lessee of the Kent co. r
R., changed the time table so they do not
get it until o'clock too late for business
men to answer correspondence in return
ing mail. They have decided to ask the
post master general to allow it carried by
stage from Clayton, as by this means ii will
reach them by 4 o'clock and cost the Govern
ment no more than is paid the railroad
$l400.
The Penn Yam Coiony.-Messrs. J. Alling
ton, GeOrpe Waddell, Ira r. Brundage
Alfred Rose and G. Hadley Rpmer, of Pen,
Yan, were at the Maltby House, in Balti
more, Friday, on their way to the recently
founded colony on Cabin creek, Dorcheste
co. This is the third party of colonsts t.
that place. Reports are to the effect tha
between twenty and thirty dwellings hav
been completed, and work is progressing
actively on a hotel, saw wmill and packing
house. The last comers are all well-to.d
men supplied with money to carry out thei
plans, and say that they mean business.
I'm going to retrench |" said an Elkto
man, one evening last week, as he entere
his sitting-room in an angry manner
kicked the cat under the table and threy
his hat on the floor, "two pounds of suga
in one week and eighteen yards of calic
for one dress is simply ruination, and II
thinking its pretty near time for retrencf
ment and reform y
81 am exceedingly glad to hear it," r,
piled the wife pleasantly. as she hung u
the reformer's hat, particularly as yo
have been chewing nearly a pound {
tobacco per week. and only this evening
found an empty pint bottle under the bac
stoop."
That man has not uantionad .atno. Il