Smyrna times., 1878-08-07
-xnuvIAND ITEMS.

..,,boat and omnibus competition,
BsiEeeesna made quite lively in Easton.
Ding ,,,;,on saws E. Wilmer is engaged in gather
The RtPi for personal history OF the late jacob
Tone. ..,u,a h, ,rmorsion in Cocil
.onnty sunday lsi. i u'-''N'
haiii" ,bo salisbury advertiser, says the early
Malone OF oIctis6ed TO Delmar goes like a streak OF
train from ,Tr6,,gh crab apple Orcard How iast Is
lightning "'''
that? ,orod obo,t t,vont,.- fo,,r
Charles H. COSbs Soen committed TO Jail in Easton,
wears old. mas oDiols assault upon Maria Sherwood,
charged with ielonlorS old
eolOi'O' Atlantic Hotel has 20 guests, and is
Ocfan CdyIn'tFiid Nj tFed The Seaside has 100 guests
lust conlfoTaoi! fnr some reason unknown, nave mad
The other hoIeis is M season. The Atlantic and Seaside
but few yisl.oa n.a monopoly of the business.
%eN' -,.nd Steamboat Company are building
The Mar! "a stas,ner for the ChOptank river route
competed it is believed Sne VIII DC te hmeS5 mes;
boat hal and make her first trip about the first of
be c"i1 ,li She is to be called the Chop'd"E'
,e,.,,ers in the county (SOmerSeD and eSpe-
Seyeiai his section have lost large number of
elail! ~ inbickens ducks and g0slngs' IN a manner
young he accounted for. Ihey would pen their
that caiV' night and the next morning some would
poul! leaving no traces behind OF their where
be ms or what caused their disappearance James T.
aboup O ,n i'm this section is one of the untOrtun-
lawson. and as he and his wife were laying in
ate peIo-si nights ago commenting upon the myste-
bed eStoDnearance of their poultry, they heard Il
rious ~ LPPiio and Immediately they went to the
cheAC; C;,b lanlp in hand. and just as they arrived
coop ~ saw 4 huge snake emerge with a chicken
theIt io,th w Mr. y secured a hoe and the snake
N ~ l 6Sbt but he succeeded in ending its existence
o"syste is what is called cow-sucker. and
Inc e,rSd about six inches around the body and
lataS-'S; w faet in length-C-iEfcld Leader.
,..,, V,ir Eftf9n.-Between 9 and 10 oclock on
U,iI9rigbt last Mrs John f. Wilson, the wife of
fI,I ,n LAWYER and lady of great reSpec ability
NtllHns,v with her niece, was returning from town
IN which is about quarter of mile out o
% .,' and when within 80 10 80 yards of their OWL
t'"L' ova assaulted by two negroes. who sprIng on
del' ~ cIoSe along the sidewalk and seized boil
"a ~ q ~ Tho niece however. made her escape anC
IA' :, the house and gave the alarm. but before MI
AI ~ ,ld oct 10 his wife her aSsailant had throw
VIZ, no errOUnd and was trying to choke her. He
M ~ ~ ~ murder and the noise of Mr.. Wilson com
~ s-rro the house caused the negro to run. Whel
w ,riIsn reached his wife he found her in pool
ia Uer head was badly cut by her fall, and he
"a. considerably bruised. The next morning whel
~ fect of the assault became known, suSpiciO
woo raSte,i upOn the two negroes employed as dec
IsD5s on The steamer Port Royal, running betwee
rittrr and Baltimore. The boat had left early tn
~ rnNrnins with an excursion party for TolcheSte
- INT nm her return she was boarded by officer
1 s,,r neoroes were arrested, but it was with muc
i;ic,Irv that they were gotten to the jail thrOug
,La evcitai crowd who swOre they would lyme
,hcrS crowd of between 500 and 600 persons fO
loved the officers to the jail doors.