Smyrna times., 1878-05-22
MARYLAND ITEMS.


Po$ipoacd-The grand coronation May
party to be given near Sudlersvile has been
postponed until the 3lst of May, owing to
unavoidable circumstances.
Wicomico county is erecting Court
House at Salisbury, which. when completed,
will be the handsomest structure Of its kind
on the Eastern Shore. tbs to cost $24 600.
The Snow Hill HeSsenqcr refers to a Young
lady in that town who went to church on a
recent Sunday morning with a new Spring
bonnet on, and the result was, she had two
proposals Of marriage before 10 oclocl That
night.
The County Commissioners of Caroline
county have awarded the contract for an
iron bridge over the Choptank river at
Denton, to the King Iron Bridge and
Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio,
at $4,000, the county to furnish the piling
and lumber.
The following sales in Princess Anne
county were effected last week: j. W.
Clarll's farm, II acres, to J. w. Minor, Of
! Lycoming county, Pa, for $4,000; John
Schwatkas farm to Rachel Baldwin, of Pa,
for$6, 200; w. II. Ely's farm to I. J. IIewett,
for $500.
P.J. Hawk, Esq, has purchased of Ch aries
! IIartshorn, Esq, OF Philadelphia, the W. II.
! Ely farm, near Crumpton. for the sum of
! $1,000. Mr.. Hawk has resided on the farm
! during the last two years and likes the
farm so well that he has purchased it
CrnhcciHe Record.
At the late session of the Maryland Legis.
lature an act was passed, prohibiting, under
| heavy penalties, the capture Of any Diamond
Back Terrapns or the destruction OF their
eggs between the first day of April and the
first day Of November, of any year. The
law is a very stringent one.
The acreage planted in corn this Spring
in Queen Anne's county is very large, proba
bly, exceeding that of any year previous
The large immigration of farmers from
Canada, New York and Pennsylvania dur
ing the last two years has had wholesome
effect upon the farming interest of th'
county.
Ertcasicc Sscdiag.-W McKenney, Esq.
the most extensive farmer on the Peninsula
seeded last fall on his numerous farms il
Queen Anne's county, nineteen hundred
bushels of wheat, averaging ono and
quarter bushels to the acre. The year pre-
viOus he seeded two thousand bushel;
averaging one and a half bushels to til
acre, and if his seeding had been rs thicl
last fall as the year previous 1t would hav
taken twenty two hundred bushels to hav
pitched his wheat crop. Present prospect
indicate that he will raise at least. 5000
bushels of wheat.-CenrcrHc Record.
Mr.. Philip Medders, of Galena, Ken
county, Il highly respected citizen an
sheriff of the county in lS76-77, died j
Baltimore, on the llth inst. His remain
} were conveyed to his former home on Tue,
; day last by the Sassafras river steamer
l and inferred at the ". L. Church in Galen;
D followed by large concourse Of friend.
Mr.. Medders was one Of the most worth
and estimable citizens Of Kent. 4 part {
his boyhood was spent in this town, hay
ing served an apprenticeship with the fir
Cahoon d CarrOW, at carriage manufactu
i ing, and will be recollected by a number {
q our citizens. lie died from cancer.
E, Larqe and Err{y P0t1toes.-C. +. HOLLAND
Il Esq, sent to this office on Friday samp
e of the Alpha Irish Potatoe measuring seve
!. inches in diameter. also samples of Il
d Victor, measuring six inches. r. r. Mo
e gan also brought samples of the Beauty
IF Hebron, measuring inches and Early Ro
e measuring s inches. The Alpha, Nict,
II and Beauty of Hebron were raised fro
e samples furnished by the Agricultural j
It partment at Washington. The Beauty
Hebron, Mr.. Morgan states to be remar
II able prolific, bearing 20 to p potatoes
e the stalk, more than doubling the Ear
e Rose, planted at the same time and in d
e same soil.-iSadsburg INorsman.