Smyrna times., 1878-04-24
MARYLAND ITEMS.

c,,,i.1 lhG 80 southern Convention of the p. +.
Church will meet at Pocomck ke City on May l2th
Il 'chale has been seen at Ocean City. and
the QkerS say ii came there 10 blow for the new
| ing place. ~ ~" ""'e'
IhcSt. Michaels Comet, whenit gets to usino
more ink, VIII be one of the best local papcrs nm ne
! Eastern shore. Pc ''i ''''
Tile Eastern Shore now has two full grown
cities, Chesapeake City ami Pokomoke civ. win
| Cross Roads. - ''i'' i'i'
Cri&hcld Leadcr: The fruit in this section
was not seriously hurt 10y the late cold smell 4
grower examined his trees and all the buds he nlrc
| eel were in sound condition. F'''NN
., ieHn Ega Htckers, daughter of Geo. T. Vickers,
heap last Wcc w6an WAS playing by around burning brush
50 ureadiully burnt that she died. El'' :" 's
Last Monday week, near Pocomol,e Citv
young man who loved not wisely hui foo ,ycii }
committed suicide by drowning himself in n w~h
because the girl he loved said No"
Queen Anne's and Talbot counties are
going 70 law in consequence of the latter refusing to
building the bridge over Kent Narrows
4 Prolific Goosc.-Mr. Solomon pinder
OF Spaniards Neck, has goose which has laid him
ity eggs since January sth last and is still Law
ing This Is no fish story.-CcmrerWe CUi,cn.
The grand jury Of Somerset county found
eigLty three indictments during its late session. in
Guiding violations of the liquor law dredging with
out license, homicide assault and battery, etc
The commissioners of Caroline don't
know wheather to bridge the ChOptank with an iron
or wooden structure The former will cost SIS OO
'he iatIer $1,000. We predict that it will be wood
Last fall the Cambridge papers assured
us that no legislation for the protection of fish was
needed. Now the NeiCs says that nearly nll rhn
capital put in the business this spring has been sunk
The Kent NcWS asks for our authority for
the statement that there more persons ont of
employment in Kent county, than az any former
Eastern Shore papers ''
Mrs. Margaret Maddor. aged seventv.fva
years after giving evidence before the grand nr, Of
somerset county. on Wednesday last attempted To
Her disease was apoplexy. '''
i" Fishing on the Choptank is a failure.
flkeS' weirs and nets have killed the goose that
layed the golden egg" laments the FedeTaIsbnry
60arer and calls upon Mr. Ferguson to stop ali fish
iIlg, except by hook and line. Too late with thar
wall, neghbor Courier.
Il Good MOUemcnt.-In compliance with
anumerously signed petition, the County Commits
] ]sioners ON Tuesday last appropriated the sum of
for the purpose of putting an iron fence ornnnd ne
court House Green. 1t is the intention of the Tovn
ol ten feet additional.
, A Ne0 Pastor.-Rev. A. w. Lishtbourne
Lebanon
dependent Methodist Church. baltimore the pastornte
~ Whlcn mas been vacant for some months. Rev Mr.
4ishtppOurne stpurne Is young man, the son of Rev. j. H.
Llghtbourne, now retired member of the Wiiming
Ton Conference. The pastor comes from the NeSy
York East NJ f. Conference VIZ ~"
attempted Murder.-Peter L. Davis, well.
known known farmer OF Whaleyvle, Wicomico county was
shot at and slightly wounded by some unknow;n nor
son ON Friday night last lie was sitting i'm The
uinhg room OF his house. when pistol bali was fired
through the window, the bail grazing his fnee and |
also the neck of hired girl who was In the room
Inc perpetrator OF the deed was not discovered |
Lent as Time Of Reuivak-It has been
suggested that would be good thing If all religons
bodies would devote the same period of the veir ~
special means of grace and extra religious exercises
a1 . tne Lenten season being already reorganzed
au thus employed by large portion of the CRrstfen
world could also be made the season for revivalS %
,6 IN meetings by the evangelical churches and
'us % ~ VINO profess ane call themselves Chris
earl e@ns e%oalq % 9e nnitedly praying Thy Kingdom
fr la u lIaporng ~ ior deeper personal holiness tor