Smyrna times., 1879-07-23
MARYLAND ITEMS.

49,, Eent county agricultural fair will take place
september TO- Il anu 10
t,hn : Hurlock a prominent citizen of Kent |
MI. MI; died suddenly last Thursday.
.-.. MARYLAND Republican Convention will meet in
,i,;more on the 18th OF september next.
-. .eld of wheat on many farms in Tuckahoe
Caroline county reached 80 bushels to the acre.
,.,or Carol. of this State and Governor Hall. of
tSNsl tSaro will review the Fifth Maryland at Ocean
Ciy this week
.,ors;vc preparations are being made for the con-
oySa Of the peach crop by water from Kent and
ye!ana Anne's counties. The Chester River Steam
Que will run four boats out of Chester river
OoSSi ga Us tributaries this season.
.,,.x Clements near Chesterville finished threshing
ASsat AS on Tuesday his crop turning out 800 bush
n, G mis- is all average of about 26 bushels to the
es. He used his own thresher, and was nine days
acS. St.,oSSinr il out. making average for the ma
u nine Of eli bushels each day.
~ c,,a MlrEet-Transactions in wheat in Balt-
nsin two days this week aggregated the sales of
M!Sn6 bushels The market is active with decline
2sSSysraI 49, cents per buShel Advces from Europe as
o. ;Ss condition Ofthe crop there are more favorable
Prices it thought, Will improve later in the season.
rr-b, ps1ehes-Chas F. FARRELL, near Hillsborough.
been shipping peaches of a new variety in small
h-sDtites h-s This peach is Seeding which was found
~ Jarrell'S farm, and which he budded into the
gu oanftiree we'll grown trees by way of an experiment
T much larger and harder, land therefore better
;nnng peach than HaleS Early, and is fully matured
yiheS 81 Ol Jul!' 'oiieA iA''' i"ll!' nc lhtehus
to calh
Nlinqon CHrip.-The managers and people of the
viIineton camp met on the camp grOundon Saturday
i. 1T the purpose of drawing for sites of tents and
Tsriing the privileges, when the entire front row
S,ss taken and number on the second row and
'yannes MIS- T. r. Quimby and Mrs. Saml MallG-
;sn will occupy their old stands with their large
hcSrding tents. The bread stand was awarded to
md 49,
pound to James H. HURT
,GEaoson M E. ChWch-The Conference U0rker of
wilmington Del, gives the following particulars re-
gariing the NJ. f. Church at Millington: Work has
Commenced on the NJ f. Church at Millngton. 1t
will moi however be finished, ready fer service much
before November next. The people are and have
ieqn bending all their energies towards its COM
io.ion The church in its unfinished condition has
M 5000 On this amount there has been paid
shNt s 800 leaving balance due of $500 It. will
cost s. $50 to finish the church, $500 OF which has
been obtained among the people of that place
1as Hail Sorm-The papers of Maryland give
her accounts Of the hail storm of Friday the 1lth
ins The friends returning from the funeral of John
HurloeE were caught in the storm and it was with
Aificulty that they could manage the horses The
horse Of Charles England commenced running and
Kicking In getting out of the carriage to get his
horse by the head, his hat knocked off and the
big Jumps of hail came down on him so strong that
Recalled to his wife still in the carriage oh Lizzie
I'm gone. The Goodlng properly IN CheStervillC
suffered most III loss of window glass. the hail break
out about eighty paneS. Otner houses In the vii
ae suffered more or less in the same way. The corn
felds Of 5 W Aldridge " F. Pennington. c. Strain
SchWatka. Risden Crossley, J. E. Edwards j. W
Jarnan NJ A. Spray, W. Z. Sanders and others suffered
yery much the first six terribly Mr. Jarman suffered
very much in the loss of peaches also. The hal
stones varied in size from hickory nut to hen egg
and were Of peculiar shape. Mr.. George Moffitt re
siding near Suddlersvlle was knocked senseleSs by
heavy hail stone which cut his head badly. Mr.
Charles E. Wright of Cambridge had seven shee
killed by the hail. The Mallelieu WoOlen Mill a
NilngtOn, had 10 panes of glass broken out. Nj
Reese. one of Major Biggs tenants thinks that 400
baskets Of peaches were beaten off his orchard 1t
believed that it destroyed 25,O00 baskets of peache
and many thousands bushels of corn in the cours
Of the storm. 1t was equally severe down in TalbC
county. Mr. Lambert ?. Kirby of Oxford Neck, who's
com was cut to pieces and whole fruit crop destrOreC
damaged by the storm to the amount of 81 90
70 water melons, peaches, apples or pears were lie
stefe the storm struck. Mr.. Jonathan Leonard {
aald Creek says his corn and Gruit are ruined. NJ
Em J. Marvel, of Oxford Neck. says his farm was al
2-enty In the centre of the storm. and his cropa al
II destroyed. Mr.. Edward WoOdell says no crOI
have been left standing on his place: corn. vegeti
bts fruit and the foliage of trees are all ruine
Dr. Joseph A, Robinson. of Poval Oak. saws at hi
Place bushels Of hail stones might have been gatherC
up On saturday morning Hopkins Neck. Oxfol
Neck and Island Creek Neck appear to have suffert
mcst The duration of the storm was from 20 minut
70 half an hour in different places. No such ha
storm has passed over this country since the great ha
EOm Of 1928. which destroyed most of the whe
eFcp Of that year. About fifty window lights we
brken in the Episcopal Church at Trappe. The GRO
On tie farms of Messrs. NJ. T. COlsborOugh. Jasp
YeEel, F. H. Johnson. F. C. Goldsborough, DR.. Tho
Il Martin and DR.. Trippe, in Bailey's Neck. were
more or Less damaged by the storm. Mr.. T: 7. Sc
nour at Jamaica Point. says his and his neighbo
eorn and fruit are literally torn up. In Deep Net
and Ferry Neck the ravRges Of the storm are awfl
NJ Aleade Pratt. on Plaindealing. had two fields
corn utterly destroyed. Mr.. Joseph HarringtOns co
and fruit are ruined. Mr. solomon Brimsfeld is
heavy loser by the hail. Hon. OrmOnd Hammond
eorn was very badly damaged and his fruit crop d.
Hoyed. The hail there was as large half bricl
sale weighing ever three pounds Mr.. Hammo
witnessed his carriage horse knocked down thE
unes in his yard by the hail before it could reach
IAce oi shelter On the line from BettertOn to Ke
neayVile Mr. george W. Davis. who had remarkat
ne crop OF PEACHES lost says the Kent Ners, not i
nan ten or twelve thousand baskets. and his &C
sH also badly damaged The peach orchard a
etn hed Of Mr. George ". Price suffered to nearl!
y1fesponding extent. John F. Beeks, near s.
tuno village estimates his loss at ten thousa
sSRels OF peaches and almost his entire corn crt
Ine mree farms Of George W. T. Perkins betwe
Asnnedyvlle and Harmony. suffered feerfully;
snaes the loss on the three farms at six thousa
agias Many others whose names are not mention
A1sed more or less from the effects of the storm.