Smyrna times., 1879-11-26
~ARYLAND ITEMS.

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III. ovster packers at Cambridge, Oxford,
ID Upper Paramount are calling for more
oyster shuckers'
The survey Of the experimental line of
~ FIkton & Middletown railroad, was
..oompleted, on Thursday last.
dorchester county's new officers will
= their duties this week. Among the
ustE;r;ne officers is Colonel Francis ]. Henry,
rho has been Clerk of the Circuit Court
for twenty eight years.
The friends of Local Option achieved
.,ast victory in Cecil county, on Thursday
eeflest week. The question of submittingit
a. tho vote of the people was decided In the
Affirmative by majority OF 2, lSS votes
Tho case Of Jesse L. Woodcock, accused
r citing his store on fire in Easton, has
49, removed to Caroline county for trial.
The feeling against him in Easton would
-snder the securing a fair trial doubtful.
earn husking matches have been as much
.ho rage in Cecil county as walking matches
sisewhere. One man succeeded in shuck-
INC ninetv-one bushels in six hours, another
nne hundred and fifty bushels IN one day.
Col Sanford, the superintendent of the
Cbasaneake and Delaware Railway, is
ranairine the road between Easton and
oxford and putting in new ties in place of
tho decayed ones, with view to run the
cars to Oxford.
GA Friday evening, astweek, while Ruth,
s;cbt wears old, daughter of Ambrose
Wilson, Esq, of Hicksburg, Dorchester
county, was swinging behind a moving
buggy, her right leg caught in the wheel,
and she suffered o severe fracture of the
limb. The bone was broken in two places,
and the flesh dreadfully torn under the
knee.
Rev. E. L. Hoffecker, of Talbot Circuit,
has had year of marked success. Nearly
200 probationers have been added to the
church, parsonage has been purchased
and refitted and handsome new church
has been erected at one of the appoint.
ments-Tilghman' Island-to be dedicated
next Sunday, Both inst.
The Centrevile Record says it is ? fact
little understood that oysters are yearly de-
creasing both in Wye and Chester rivers
Less than twenty years ago, oysters were
abundant several miles above where they
ara now caught both in Chester and Wye
rivers and now not an oyster is to be found
on the bars where they were so abundant
few years ago.
DR.. J. Edwards, Of Philadelphia, has
bought the Fleetwood farm in Caroline
county, and will engage in the raising o
stock especially goats, which he expects t.
be profitable because of the value of th'
akin of the kids An Englishman who ha
served l3 years in the British cevalr!
ser vice has moved upon the farm to super
intend the stock raising.
Col. Thomas Hughlett, the efficient FISH
Commissioner for the Eastern Shore, ha
lately distributed about 500 carp in pond
in Talbot, Caroline, Queen Anne's and Dol
chester counties. He has fixed up pom
at his Pleasant Valley farm for the use q
the state, where he expects to cultivat
them and distribute them throughout tn
the Shore. 1t is the opinion of some of tn
most eminent cultivators of fish, that tn
carp will be found a most profitable fish t
cultivate in our waters. J. A. POppe,
California in a letter to the Fish Commi
sioner of Iowa. says carp wall grow an inc
week under favorable circumstances; TIL
from carp inches long he raised 5000
year. At this rate the 800 put out tn
season by Col. Hughlett ought to produ'
by this time nextyear 1000.
DedicatiOn.-The new NJ. f. Church {
Tilghman's Island will be dedicated {
next Sunday, Nov. Both. The church is 6
English gothic structure, 34x5S feet wi
recess pulpit The total cost of the bull
ing is $4,000. The people of the Islar
have made many sacrifices to erect the ne
church-the old one, which was erected
1876 bv handful of members and dec
Gated the 18th of July the same year
Joseph Aspril, now gives place to Il
beautiful new church and membership
more than 125. The cost of the NJ
church has been met except small balant
The dedicatory services are expected to
very interesting. The following minist'
are expected to be present: ]. B. Mann
Union Church, Wilmington J. f. Smit
Of Denton NJ. E. Church; I. D. Vallisi
St. Mchaes' NJ. P. Church T. f. Bell,
Royal Oak; R. II. Adams, of ST. Michae
E. II. Miller, of Kings Creek. The pub
are invited to attend and we guarant
satisfaction to every one.
Ed L. HoFFEcKER, Pastor