Smyrna times., 1879-11-12
xrApYLAND ITEMS.

MARYLAND ITEMS.
r.o dwelling house of H. II. Smith near
lLnnleyille, was destroyed by fire on
sunday week.
.oovster trade is getting lively all along
Jug rFost'n Sho" and hundreds Of shuck
rs rs are at work.
old colored woman named Leah
AAnford. of Salisbury, last week received
u 1852 as pension arrears.
Tho most glorious deed which the people
8 Cecil county did on election was to roll
On ~ a majority of 2l3S votes in favor OF local
option
In Caroline county the peoples ticket was
.handoned and the Democrats had things
AO O"ttv much their own way. Votes were
pm to fifty cents and one dollar each.
uoIden's NJ E. meeting house near Mil
ton caught fire on Sunday evening last
nLile Mr.. O'Neal was preaching. ltcreated
.areat excitement among the congregation,
bet the building was saved.
The Ceci Democrat, one Of the first papers
.,t the Peninsula to hoist the Bayard stand
o,d in 1876, again urges his nomination in
TCSO in an able editorial, and is joined by
,b3ut all the papers in the country.
Nearly all the springs and wells on Slate
Ridge. Hartford county, have gone dry.
MANY farmers have been hauling water for
borsehold purposes for more than month,
and drive their stock long distances to
water.
Thomas Fields, fourth son Of Hon. Daniel
Fields. Of Caroline county, while out
enpnins last week, accidentally shot himself
in the throat. He fingered on in great
agonv for ten hours when he died. The
accident occurred in swamp.
The ducking interest has become Of such
Importance that all of the ducking shores
Z in Bush River Neck are rented and occupied
INV clubs from other States. The ducks
have not made their appearance in as great
numbers as usual at this period.
In Queen AIMS Co.. the Democrats cleo
ted the whole ticket by over 600 majority.
In Wicomco Co., the Democratic majority
is said to be 500 In Kent Co., the Demo.
Gratis have 800 majority, in Talbot the same
party have $50 majority. Worcester Co.,
is 500 Democratic.
Tile Pistol IN Queen Annes.-Last Sunday
evening, as VIM. T. Roe was driving out of
his gate, about four miles from Centreville,
with his wife, some unknown person, secre-
ted near the gate, fred at them three times
The third shot grazed Mr.. Roe's hat and
came near hitting his wife in the face. Mr..
Roe has his suspicious as to who the party
was.
There was once q large, spacious brick
building standing upon what was known rs
the Boston farm, in Town Point, Dorches
ter, and many dark deeds are said to have
been done there RumOr said that an old
peddler had been seen to approach the
house hut never to leave it, and that he had
besn murdered there. Last week, az
Samuel Thomas. the present tenant was
cleaning out a ditch he found a human
skeleton. in a remarkable state of preserva-
ton. All kinds ofrumors are being revived
about the haunted house and some even
recognize the features of the old peddler,
who has been missing over twenty years.
Tile Election IN Talbot Co,n,ty.-The Easton
Gazette has the following about the late
election: There are many things since the
election that show the marks of Tuesday
proceedings, and it is not hard to tell those
who have heretofore boosted Of their Repub
lican principles, on Tuesday partooi of the
Democratic feast that was set before them
There was man who pretended to have
money from the Union League of Baltimore
to use in behalf of the Republicans, vine.
it is known no such money was ever furnish
ed him and he spent the day in using
tickets that mad the Republican State
of ho on1 ba no1onapatif
county ticket at the bottom. All these
characters are known and would not he
trusted with three cent piece if it was t
accomplish any amount of gooG. To sum VI
the matter in few words, the Republican
party contained traitors, willing to sell on
and they had no trouble to find purchasers
Iii said some of them established regula
brokerage-the more votes they sold tn
heavier were their profits.-The Democrat
claim IS colored votes to have been secures
for their ticket in this district.
The Central Nebraska Press (Republican
published at Kearney, Nebraska has til
following reference to a member of a we
known family: "John T. Mallalieu, a. NJ
the nominee for County Superintendent
was horned near Millington, Kent Count,
Nd, on the Ord of September, 1852 II
attended district school the greater part
the time until his fourteenth year, at whic
age he entered the wooden factory ownt
by his father. He pursued this vocatiC
until the Spring of 1870, at which time
commenced attending the Reynolds elias
cal and mathematical institute of Wilmin
ton, Delaware. Here he remained UNI
the close of 1872, and in January of ;
passed his examinations for admission in
the Freshman class of Dickinson Collee
Carlisle, Pa. From this institution
graduated in 1876. During his collegia
course, he received the gold medal, in t
Sophomore year, for excellency in conn
sition and oratory.' At the commenceme
in June, 1879, the degree of Magister Artir
was conferred upon him by the truste
He came to Neb. in August, 1876, and
been engaged in teaching ever since.
has entered upon the third year as princil
of the Gibbon Academy and the succ
which has attended his efforts, is tell
testimonial Of his ability as an instruc
and rnanaonr