Smyrna times., 1880-06-30
MARYLAND ITEMS.
c population of fsalisbury is 2,526.

Inc population of Salisbury is 1926
The population of fredericksburg is 577.
The new paper mill at Easton will soon be readv for
Dr. Alex Hardcastle values his peach crop at GOOO
bury and Ocean City. wa '7
, The wheat crop is turning out remarkably well in
tne Eastern Shore counties.
Vessel building in and around Cambridge is very
ton.
DR.. L. Adkins of EGston, shipped IS boxes of Bea
triee peaches to Philadelphia asweek. They brought
y crate.
The Tuns Bros. raised the present season ,I 1900
bushels of wheat from 30 acres OF lahu1near Mics
River Neck, Talbot county,
new NJ. f. Parsonage will soon be completed at
Pomona Rev. l. n. Foreman, pastor Quite a hunu, %
sum of money was realized at recent les'i'"l
at that place
C. T. Soulsby has sold ll6 acres of his farm near
ROYAL Oak Talbot county together with crops part of
stock and farm implements for 5000 to f. u fluni'
of New York.
The Methodists of Hillsborough circuit will cele-
brate the Fourth of July on Monday the oth ON the
old Wye campground There Will De speaking by
Rev F. s Smith. Rev. J. +. Mowbray 'and Kew. A W.
Lightbourne.
The citizens of oxford are petonlIg the Postotce
Department TO extend mail facilities from EaSton to
that place Now that the cars on the Delaware and
will give them a regular daily mail.
The farm known as the Home Farm of VIM A.
Brice 200 acres i'll Kent county, near SaSSafrHs has
been sold TO Richard a. Brce. John c. Brce, Ella W.
Earnest and james NJ Earnest, assigneeS of IL mort
gage from Mary a. Hrice, at 1867 per acre.
F5rty Sheep Killed By yLigh,niag-Georse H. Beck. who
resides i'll Kent county ON Saturday week during the
storm which visited that locality lost forty sheep and
three hogs which had taken shelter under large tree
in the centre of the field and killed by lightning
Lost and F0uRd.-A gold ring lost on a camp ground
in Kent county, by Mrs j. A. Pearce seven Years ago
was found the other day by colored man, and re-
turned to the owner for which the fellow received $40
from Mr. 2. The land has since the loss been cleared
and put in cultivation.
DR.. C. c. Cox who recently returnedfrOm Australia
where he was sent by the State Department to renre
sent the United States Commissioner TO the Austria
liam Exposition, was on saturday admitted 20 the
Government Asylum for the Insane, owing to soften
ing of the brain, which has made him hopelessly iu
sane. DR.. Cox Lieutenant Governor of the
= State of Maryland during the term of Gov. Thomas
Swann, and afterward Commissioner of Pensions.
Bursting of a BOier-At Geo. Snitcher's. on the
Round Top larm near CrumptOn. on Monday "a boiler
burst or the threshing floor breaking the leg of boy
nltwo places. domoshing three wagons; piece
passed Underneath the feeders arms and broke the
eoheave ofthe threSher, another piece flew distance
OF ~ yards :nocng the door casing to pieces where
awonan wa sitting and another piece of the boiler
weighing 5OClbS. flew distance of $50 yards and
cut aDeach tre in two.
j. lIrIy StdnSoa.--ThiS is the name of Il boy eleven
yearDd. who astonishing the natives with his eO-
QuelF' ne spoke III ElktOn last week and the
papS there say that his elOquenCe surpassed that of
Goul' lie is tine-lOOking boy and his appearance
on stage lmpreSs1S one with decided convictions
OF wonderful powers His opening selection on
Meesday evening was Richard HarringtOns speech
tnfown defense when on trial for the famous safe
r0Hy III Washington and the brilliant rendition
eleiHed the small audience the Jury that first
ne! II were moved. The speeches of Representa-
tlW3ackDurn ana BurriS for and against the poiti-
cauGrs on the Army Appropriation bill. were reci-
teuth original VIM and emphasis. lie is ubOut to
en- upon an engagement in Boston and will take
ny rfi a
pG Four years ago he spoke at the Republican
NAL Convention i'll behalf of Secretary 'BristoIv
Troubles 4J a Maryland FdHiHy.-The New York
81 last week says: " Mrs. Alice Walter who ran
airom her husband. Levin l.. Walter of Princess
\ was before Judge McCue in Brunklvn Satur-
tNith her three children, whom her husband
50 obtain by habeas corpus Mrs Walter alleges
tlc was obliged 10 leave home because of her
And ; extreme cruelty to herself and children
PyS she Is now anxious 10 live apart from him and
support the children. In court Saturday the
children Shrank from their father, and expressed
srhest desire 10 remain with their mother Judge
lc, after qcslioniES the children. said that he
postpone further consideration of the case for
nOnth. the mother i'll the meantime 10 keen the
rem II al the end of that time the differences of
PARENTS were not reconciled lie would take up the
RltreSh on its merits. When Mrs. Walter left her
and she went to her mothers in BROOKLYN
hg with her her three children. Her husband
swed her. and on Thursday sued out a writ of
fas corpus to recover his Childeen. returnable
&c Judge McCuc, with the results above stated