Smyrna times., 1879-06-11
MARYLAND ITEMS.
r,1linpsheep in Kent.

,,.us a,e killing sheep In Kent
.,,dce wants public park.
80 oat snakes in Wicomico.
..o,;lle has four-legged duck.
!. a.cood price in Queen Anne's.
VIZ ,a,nrovements are brisk in Cambridge.
~. -, has number of Sabbath breakers.
0'' ,nue,s County has cut the teachers salaries
alSeen percent
-, cu,an Soloway, of Queen Annes county, died
MEEK aged 81 years.
farm known as Milton" near Easton, 253
The ss S,in been sold to F. H. Johnston for s5,951.
SUI 1av confirmed several candidates in st.
BsnoPP oPPhnTch nh Pocomoke City, Eastern Shore Sun
Os'' The wheat harvest in Queen Anne's coun-
h;li begin probably on Mohuay Next tue 1o'h' ana
KSS w 10 General by the 2Oth
W." ,relling kitchen and meat-house of Capt.
The u u"Rk "RakeT near Berlin, with nearly all their
sOlonnlV,ae we're destroyed by fire last week.
''I Corm-A terrible hail storm passed over Bald-
Bla 1rty last Friday afternoon. The hail stones
were a About 500 acres of the growing crops were
desEOyed' --,
,,,r,s hni; storm was very destructive in several
fno@! fn III Frederick county At MonrOvia and
se!;ty several hundred acres of wheat IS reported
Ile;Lad and near Jefferson luXurient wheat fields
rGleS' S'rasated In the neighborhood of RohTSyille,
Eees Eees;ngon GS county. great damage to the growing
nSSl"iba Vas Is also reported.
-, ,notla. Netu dper.-Arrangements are being
~ sar the publication of a new weekly paper i'll
made Oi Caroline county to be called the Caroline
pen.Un,, e. p Steele and NJ. S. Mutchler are the
RngnSn RnSSen who will devote their brains and spare
genI, ,bis effort for journalistic fame. This new
eash H;stbe out-growth of a feud i'll the Democratic
party.
IT. centreville Record tells of an elopement at
IiI9ssmoeyslie last Sunday, withholding names The
al man drove up to the girl, who was walking to
yeu.sb with her brother sprang out and before the
enuS enSer suspected what was going on. had borne off
9fOuS;ze like young LOchinvar who came out of the
!Tf The couple drove over 10 Suddersvllle as fast
As they eoIllu' anu "eio =! 'ie NV MI
Miller.
I'm, F,sh-The Cecil Uhig of Saturday, says that
i60 young shad deposited in the Big Elk near
~ Nchells mill on the previous S sunday evening.
InS! wore about an inch long and quite sprightly.
anu ana Quantities of these fish were also put in the
LT TIeters of the SaSSafzas and Bohemia rivers on
gpprday week by son of Col. Hewlett, one of the
Tisb Commissioners
,,..f C,unfy Democratic NoR'indtiOns-A very large
IN was pOlled in the Kent county Democratic
ngmares on saturday. The successful nominees
sS. register of wills, Joel c. Slaughter sheriff.
i'Sgpne Gouding; State Senator, W. I. Hepbron
EusSinated House of Delegates, w. II. Ford and L.
T3nme The vote for clerk was as follows Beck
\; a Wicks ljS: for state Senator, HcpbrOn 1,20l
snsncer s Sl7; for register of wills. Slaughter SD
Stevens SIC, Calder o'o'
Tho Dysr.Heqrn Trial-The trial of Miss Duel
bsr,ei with causing the death of Miss llearn by
Sta7 shot is still going on at Snow Hill, but viii
Rrcv he concluded by the last of this week. The
;mstances are strongly against Miss Duer As the
sse now stands the S-ate has shown decrease i'll tht
",macy between Miss Hearn and her friend:
nsTrel the right before the shooting, apparently re
rei inst before the time of the shooting; the Hines
~ Mis- Hearn aiterward her dying declaration tina
n Tss,y ,yillfuy and Intentionally done and descrip
Ron If prior attempt upon her life in Hearns woods
She died of nervous prostratiOn, superinduce
bv the shock on the other hand the defence ha
i:id before the jury evidence showing Miss Duer
Sacaration at the time of the shooting that it wa
nnintentiona and accidental; that the alleged qual
ral 0f the night before never took place that ther
rss the same affectiOnate feeling between Miss Due
and the deceased when they met after the shooting
ami that 2l6l grains of cOlOral were purchased tO
Mis- Heari so the case rests. The relaxation OF tn
Sfretuess of Miss DuerS confinement and hercOnStal
Intercourse with friends together with the fact thi
The testimony is now all in her favor, has caused he
health to improve somewhat, and she looked le
baggard and distressed and was more cheerful col
smiling with her counsel frequently and OCCASIONAL
smiling at amusing incidents of the trial. The exam
nation of witnesses will probably be finished o
Thursday, and the case given to the jury by Frid3
night.