Smyrna times., 1879-05-14
~ARYLAND ITEMS.

~ of the diocese of Easton, now in
BisnOP; exnected home about June l.
b~Of ore being made to- start bank at Cam
Efforts nd one gentleman has offered to subscribe
.5&SSss :.55Ss anu ' !, =, .n, .,,,, ., u.,,, uu,
rat 9s Esseton the other day. and the child died
ann sorn the wound
HO- .,vie will open the fitting. The first tourney
SudlerssIon will be held there on Whit-mOnday,
fine twenty-five knights Will enter.
The 10Th ilth and 18th of september, as the time
on the thps;r IVsI' annual fair at Hambleton Park.
"' ,.o,son aged Ii years. was drowned at Cam
Wm IacATS Iat week He fell overheard from vessel
bridge he harbor when no one was near to render
Ei1Ia KIM assistance
farmer in Cat swamp Cecil county, has has, resorted
taInoI wav of relieving chickens suffering with
70 anoHTGa cuts the wlndpipe open and removes TIE
gapes md hen sews up the skin covering the wind
TOflns Tbe treatment gives immediate relief
Tf Cochran, Esq, who lives near SasSafras,
Renns.bu verv severe and painful accident last
net VIII WIN ~he driving a fractiOuS colt. He was
Thusuii iiroIn his carriage and his leg broken below
aVsnee Although qulte serious tle accldeht IL Is
.n .snned will not result ia'"l!'
H'f 1,,,,, Crr1p Metting-At a meeting of the
BOo1 IGtf nf the Wood Lawn Camp Meeting Associa-
NanaSseiI IN the ground on Thursday May Sth, Rev.
ion RrSwn of Port Deposit was appointed to take
y M NJ Of the religious exercises Inc camp VIII COM
ianss enS,ss on Tuesday, August I-th.
fl, Iocal Option-At the town election of
ItdOy In ~ Monday the 5th inst the following gem
CeeOn,, we're elected town commissioners; Geo. n.
temenh G. W. Mcgee, Henry w. Black and Jas.
Cr9Uon OF fOrty-one votes cast only one was for
NJ ,f intoxicating liquors, which shows that the
the ss Of Cecilton nearly all temperance men.
-, r7sc,ion-The annual election for President
.,stsry Treasurer and Board OF directors OF the
SecIeH innes and Kent County Railroad was held at
queen on Wednesday last Major b. I. Biggs
CenIated PRESIDENT Robert Craven Secretary and
neeevSor and MesSrS. ISaaS Hinckley, Joseph Bring
IIessu'IH Iacoh Tome b. 4. BiggS, Edward Larkin, W
nul's1ford nuls1f and I. Morris Perrot, Directors
=. Tuesday afternoon the 9Th two sons of Benz
IN, VI residing at Knights Corner, on the CheSa-
.ase road. during the absence OF their parents
6egan obo1t he house. when it was discharged the
ke ,sgirg effect in the left side of the younger
gHi gHiNn,ediately fell to the floor. Medical aid was
nc le,n0ned but the boy died before 1t arrived.
s,..5 bv an Eaqle-A gentleman in the neighbor-
CSf 81 Csntrcville vouches for the following. which
~ OISiWself witnessed. He says and my son were
Ij;nC near the farm house, IN an open field, when
9Tied three dark objects about the size of small
W. far M in the air. crcling and darting hther
S oa ,bitber We watched closely and after awhile
iLsy approached nearer to the earth We then dis
tls!,5 tls! ~ they were two ducks and bald eagle: the
Wv en,leayoring To capture the ducks, and the
5sts exerting themselves to elude their purSurer.
TT.svov i'm the distance we could discern the main
4cE from which the two ducks had been separated,
s;, steadily 10 the cover of the forest. The eagle
!n5 first p1unce upon one and then relinquish it, in
.jsr IN capture the other. Dropping that he would
-n m his first capture seemingly like the dog in
NV table greedy to secure both This was kept up
Ae - tr7,4 when the eagle. suddenly durtng for
sni struck one of the birds with his talons. then
nnriILr up)n the other struck that too. The first
lid Pl at our feet we had hardly time to pick it up
bsn tbe other fell with the eagle following. We
ri~tei up tie second one, and the eagle observing
t nv nraspnce lew screaming away. On examination
II Fas found that the eagle had struck the duck on
me head neatly severing the heads from their bodies
Ttar we're fne-SiZed canvas backs. and we had them
.n'ia5 for dinner" The witnesses of the affair are
SerOns of undoubted veracity.-Dc!GWGre Garette.