Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
.pvIAND ITEMS.

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-. Dlanting has commenced GOWN Tue
TerinsnIa' ,,ont;rnl in the lower
sOptank' .a 81 old and rrom.
Dr. inUSr i,;sen of Kent county, died last week
a,nt cltlze" y
~,gsd Il ..,,;,o, ot C.nbri,lce
Dl''o1 o6e hundred protessed conversion
aNCai. ai.,Ued the Church.
''1. .,,;,m son of DIR. w. T. Smith OF Sails
WailIJJ, at the Dental College in
rl'S.inhia, on Friday last.
E1 o,,;.burv Aduertiscr says that the out
los ' of Wicomico cost more than lta
.ie isuSsf Sst 10 board all the cows in the coun'
''a,Ih " "an hay at $40 a ton
,.,,o,.BiagC gCcntirence.-The Session of
TEdNLiond Annual Conference of the
be ASI! ASIi!.,r.b will commence next Wed.
y l.i,, /, the 18th of March at Centrevill''
H''' ,.r = J. Williams, of Millington,
Iae nn6ned to his room, but is thought
j. snl eoonyalescent. and hopes are enter
q Oe .j" .%a, he may be able to go to Confer-
.scs me- III March
..,f Etst9a.-The footing up of the
B'Sa.S al that the annual business Of
fglEs' 'nrv,eeded the sum of $2,000,000,-
hl',. hison. including the Bank and other f.
S,T S,neil Institutions.
D' rr.s,,rv with a population of $500 has
SAl'iS ~ Tonor saloons in full blast--one bar
esn' iiT1 s,r every $50 Of its inhabitants. If
rom I've :" no paupers down there it is not
iae. va rsnt Of the means to manufacture
,ten.
-, u-1tas Ttaij4t.-The sale Of the late
,,,,n4l wilkins personel estate, occupied
lo.I,t ..lr three days The most of the prop
lF"l' ',.,acjaly the liquors, brought good
EN, ''fIt II is estimated that from 1000 to
NJ nar.ons were in attendance the first
dy
p, H. Purdy and his lady helpers
,,;,b me. and God is crowning their
s,rs with great success. Sunday night
80 80 vas an unusual influence felt. One
W. y o,r monument citizens arose in the con
o ION v, and said, i will lead sinners
E''s.,.sy 70 hell, but to Heaven" and then
vent to the altar.
"'''' = WV. r. McFARLANE, Marydel.
r. P74.4rs.s .SicceSs.-The Denton
r..g in speaking of Mr.. Purdy and his
hi, belpers. SAYS there has been great re
'.5rs awakening in this community
- so.ls converted and church member:
.,,~:al 10 duty. The visits of these reviva
has been great blessing to the churcl
.rsr a. tothose who made no pretention!
',rsl;c,on. They left US on Saturday fo
n V,rvdsl. and we part with them with re
,,,,: We would that they could remain
With Us for months to come.
j.. l,.,-,pt,{ TTr't.-An unsuccessful attemp
| -. made last week to swlndle, by using tn,
s.7 name Of Kersey & Thomson Of Easton
Il ! nan representing himself as one of thi
i'm bought goods Of Sharpless & Sons
psa,ielpbia. The scamp had them ship
Alyia the Eastern Shore Railroad whicl
i in Wvcomico and Somerset counties, bu
u ne freight agent on the Delaware railroa'
Y moving their place and thinking it a mi:
erection hal them transferred at Ciayto
i ~. the Delaware & Chesapeake K. r. Blu
u 3, this Sharpless & Sons would have los
& TER goods The goods amounted fror
4 s..l0 to $1,000 in value.
.i,-sst9f C6n.tafet,r5.-Last Saturday Us
n i1yernment detectives arrested W. II. i
,,ll and John hopkins of Cambridg'
4 Li. sn1 Benjamin F. Bradford, of Accc
nc county, Va. for dealing in counterfe
,.is dollars. Hopkins, formerly barker
:on the Steamer Gecrgeanna, was arreste
n Baltimore, Bradford, gambler, was a
:etsd in Philadelphia, and Todd, formerl
Il merchant in Cambridge, was arrested ;
III lnbrdge. Report says they bought tt
N 91n;erfeit coin at the North at S26 for $l(
nipassed it at par. Hopkins father liv
III cambridge, and is wealthy. 1t is like
M @sea serious business for all three of IL
runp men-Egsfnr STIR