Smyrna times., 1878-03-27
MARYLAND ITEMS

The Dashaway Club " has 10000, mem,
Caroline County can no longer rejoice at
their empty Jail. Its filing up
The Maryland citizen, at Centrcyiue.
which has been suspended, i, resumed by Iohn r
Hand as editor and publisher
The Legislature Will finally adjourn on
Monday next that being the last of the ninety dav3
Tor which the members receive pay.
john W. Hines, for eighteen years teller
OF tnc Kent County National Bank has resigned and
Harry hickey appointed IN his stead.
The, The growing wheat is reported from all
sections OF the state being in splendid condition
III several places 1t Is now - inches high.
1t is said by the Easton Ga-eHe that \
Whale was seen last week of Poplar Island in Chcs.-
Peoke Day Slshy-"nd not very likely whale"
Tho dredging schooners Elizabeth Aaa,.
0I baltimore, and an unknown one from Philadel-
Phla c9IdeI and sunk in the Chesapeake BIy olf
| Sharp island The crews were saved.
In Cecil county, under the contract sys.
TEN Ten n2'52 miles of public road worked for SI2
-9h$V IN Cecil the roads sold at public sale tn
Tue Io"es' bidders by election districts.
1t is said that since the conferences wero
IN session in Chcserown and Easton when stranger
Is seen entering either Of those towns big roo,icr
and hide. '
WV oSloty oyster planter nave hP0O on
Me. river for the last two weeks procuring oysters for
planting in Jersey waters. This is mn n1nSnoiIy
early period for such work but the oysters are in cx
ceiieI condition IN consequence Of the mild winter
At Ingleside, Queen Annes county. re.
Gently young man named Day aged ls wears was
stabbed in the abdomen, by a young man named
Jackson. The wound was several inches in length
ana SO deep as to cause the in estncs TO protrIde
caused by an old ieud. "N' "''
Passed.-The local option bill for Queen
Annes county has passed both houses of the General
Assembly and snow law. The bill says the CbscTrcr
third fifth and sixth districts on the 2d of Apr nevt
each district to decide for itself the question of license
or no llsense within the dictrict.
The President has nominated William,
Il lawson w IN FOR collector Of customs at Crsfeld in
place OIL Ih0s >. lIOdsOn. The change was made ON
the recommendation of number OF prominent Re-.
pupiCahs, ana also OF Senator Dennis. The office is
creatlhS quite stir for so unimpOrtant a nosirion
anu HOdson IS in Washington labOring for lis rcten
ton. " - -N'O''
Sheriff Griffin, of EastOn, Talbot county.
was attracted by unusual sound coming from, ono
of the of the jail Tuesday nipht Of iaSt ,y
ABOUT dark when on entering he found the bolts had
oeen taken out of one of the white oak boards thai
line the cell and humber of bricks e,1I c slat
the vail Seven prisoners were confined in the room
anu II was only the timely discovery that preyened
general Jail delivery Ii is suppos5d tbat srith % @
matter. ''e'e"uei III 'iie
Bishop Fosters Experiences -Bishon Foetar
stated in the Conference Love Feast on Sunday weel,
at Chestertown, that he had been a preacher from "
very small boy Attwelvc years of age he was deeply
convicted while conducting his boy services with
congregation OF children, which resulted in his con-
version and three other boys. At thirteen wears of
age he was licensed by the church To exhort and ot
fourteen licensed TO preach That in looking back
ne had no regrets, no hopes or aspirations untitled
except the one great hope of at last reaching Heaven
Maryland ". p. C5gfereace.-At Eastop.
last Thursday, the session of the Maryland Confer.
ence + Church, adjourned finally. The PENN
sula appointments were follows:
SUB Districts No. l, d. W. Bates President II u
variant, Chairman. Newark. S. Graham; Cecil G. n
SoGhell; Kowlandyille, Henry Bruner; Warwick r
>. Rowe; Kent. J. b. Jones, G. b. Middleton: Chesa
Peake' q NJ thompson Kent Island j. L. KilImCre
z2ueen Annes. j. A. Wiegand; Centreville ! ID Kin
ser Crumpton, L. T. Smith Leipsic j. Nj Yinglin~.
Easton, j. n Read St. Michael's, T. b. Valiant; Tai
bot, A. ID. Melvin. - ''' i'H
Sub District No ., B. F. Benson Chairman faro.
line, a. d. Dick and J. l.. Leilack; Preston. ] II
Lucas: Dorchester, w. J. Neepier and w NJ Witt:
Seaiord, y A. Hoblitzell and T. A. Moore, supernn
merry; Milton, A. A. Harryman; Sussex w A CrouSe
Whaleyville 4; T. Melvil; Salisbury H. f. Miskim.
mon; Union. w. G. Holmes: Somerset II + Renenn
snow lIill w. NJ. Strayer and S. J. Smith Pocomoka
q. Q. Bacchus; Newtown J. Z. 4. Ewell Chin@o,
league Isaac T. Adkins; Accomac r. H. Muilineanv
Quantico, d. n. Gilbert; LAUREL j. L. Stranghn