Smyrna times., 1878-11-20
MARYLAND ITEMS.

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The Kent Ners wants Maryland to have the whip 1
ping post. Il
Rev. +. H. Pur,ly the evangelist, is AT New Market
on Dorchester Circuit. n
About 900 gallons of oysters, solid measure, are
shipped from Cambridge daily /
Maryand's official Democratic majority i'll the SIX
Congressional Districts IS l6,2J2
The NJ L. Church. at Wcseyyc, Wicomico county
was burned one night last week
It is estimated that over 5000 paid to oyster
shuckeIs, at Crisield, on saturday last.
Miss NJ J. Reynolds is preaching and "cxhorting'
in the NJ. L. Churches Of the Eastern shore
Five thousand ducks were killed in the Susquc-
hanna flats the first day of the duCkln8 sciaoh
1000 acres Of land belonging to the estate Of Pere
Wilmer were sold at Centrcyille one day last week
for S329195l.
On Tlslman's Island, Dorchester CO., nearly every
adult resiCen has been converted III aTcNlNaI uh"t
visited the locality.
Mcssrs Jacob Williams and William Mason of
Easton are having brick buildings put up where
their former buildings were burned
The tcmpcrancc people had a bonfire aud torch
light procession in ChcstcrtOwn last week III ccIcbra
| ton OF the victory Of local option IN Kent county.
Judge E. X Wilson of Worcester county hopes TO be
candidate for Judge on his circuit next Fall having
been heretofore appointed t. III Ilc N"hc! cau'o'
by the death of Judge Franklin
Last week in Talbot county, little son Of Rev. j.
D. Hank, while playing win & bo% an, H arrow; IA @fa i
deually shot his elder brother a8cd tl years III 'iIc
eye, entirely destroying the sight
iPct,rniogt IN uotrr Chprcb-The religious orsanza
ion or society, in Corsica Neck, near CcntTevillc,
which organized under the NJ !. conference mas
by vote Of the society been transferred 70 inc NJ j.
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Some of the striking oyster shuckcrs have left Balti
more for Cambridge, CIisied and other oyster towns
on the EastcIn shore. where the trade WaH never :"
brisk as now Three hundred dredging licenses have
been issued 50 far this season.
E,jjqious-A great revival Of religion has been in
nrnl,rt,, at Rock Hall NJ f. Church. in Kent county
f,rf Inc TA~t weeks. under the lnaIa'EclIltJ t
y Rcvs Jewell and J. Mex. lrewingtom. some forty
+ persons have already protessed conversion
+ Ilulss Of Bj<lop Lay-Right Rev II. G. Lay, bishop
of the Diocese Of Eason is in such feeble health th"
Il his physicians requires him TO lay aside all work alid
take ali absolute rest for six months which III thrr
opinion affords the only chance tor the restoration "l
q | his health.
l. Henry NJ Hayer of Cecilton ha, fed to Ihila|cl-
phia to escape prosecution for forgery. He iO:2ci
y several notes selling one to f. W. LOCKWOOD oi Md
y dlctown and another to j. Spence Frazer, Oh Chcs
pcakc City. Both of the notes bore the signature oi
N William I. Clark, well -tO-do farmer, who lives ncai
ut CccltOn.
lr IN Oid Cd-A lady who resides on Tangier Island
y By the name of Mrs, Richard Evans. has Thomas
ne Cat" that has been in her poiGsoon Al year. yea M
She SAYS the cat was given 10 her when full grown
i'll consequently She can give no account ot his age
al CrtJittd L'dief
tr When Captain l. r. sterlin. took The body Of Mr.
u. Tarclton one of the victims of the Express disaster
~ which he found floating lear Hedges straits. over L
Smiths creek, on the Potomac, il was for the purp9>
IL of intermcnt only. but by chance he landed at tn
house where Mrs IareltOn was born, married am
0r lived up 70 the time OF the storm.
ne ts stated that the directors Of the Eastern Shor
or Karupd Company have consented 70 the sale OF IN
road under the bill fled in the United states Court
Nc few months ago The Somerset H'5"i4 thinks n, ma
Gf when the road passes into other hands la likely ti
" iirstclass steamers will be placed upon the r9ul
between Cr~teld and Norfolk ana through III
ion will be established between the Northern cities an
lyS the South.
fns 4 Hea,y RoJjery--Of a $4,000 robbery, the q,
no WING of saturday, says that on Wednesday cvcnlI
@ tered and robbed of SI.5I in cash and some 5000
n government bonds Jane johnson, Mr.. stOuts colort
that She and Benjamin Barley white man. We
ng the robbers. She showed the way TO wood pi
the where She had hidcn the Sl&I BARLEY was GTrcsc
ad ! He said that he had burned the bonds. Both We
ont lodged in the Elkton Jail. hartley was raised at
and swamp, near Newark, ana worked III North IA
WAS rolling mill. lie has wife and several chltr
and living at North East.
-" 4 Minister Lost-Bro s. T. Gardner informs us IL
his colleague Rey J. F. Harrington left his fed
hos Inn,inned he started for North East purchasing
eds ticket tas we informed for this city but ne d
in appear have arrived AZ either thi, city Or Nol
sity East The general opinion amongst his friends
He that there has been some foul play. There does
,cc appear any good reason why lie should take fiji
1871 leave Of his work for he was boh popular and ;
=, cessful There several rumors Hioat bu. as II
NJ uic seemingly without foundation we torbear tn
5G In mention If any one can give us or his friends
InaI information respecting his whereabouts, it will
re! | thankfully receiVcd.-Co ConJcr1ce H0rkcr.
ann The Ccioa HooicjdcA brief account Of the kill
the of Mcdfurd Spencer alias Waters by Jenkins Wha
ngro appeared in Erefg ErEg Friday. Ii turns out
h an Whaley the man that was killed and not att
The Gel UhiJ Of saturday morning gives the fu
ne at 5r ,r nor rnInrnd and III roo Sbite m
pur \yGr,. rnpoGed husinr corn for Mr. Richards ON
arSh crn t.,ToIni Nv Iit7 Lpynan VVar-icI, auJ a.,
| t,,n Jisn,I,a :rIsn batyncn Wattnrs aud IVb,
! are about the number size of some shocks OF q
agiC when angry words passed between them, and bl
hat Vat,.rs ron ~ ts hoy7Sn If c,ornl Tnrson oud
float rat,1r,iS,, no fr,l t,rC sLts ~ vvioi,.
missing him and the other taking effect in his
ldng breast, killing him almost insianty-hG having
hich time 70 eXcIalm 70 one nt MS fellow wOrkMeh
SnOt DeloTe ne icl rive men witnessed tle 81
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iltn refused give any information against him until
I'm G Deputy sheriff promised 10 protect them. Wa
udcr | abScOndCd and is still at large
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