Smyrna times., 1880-05-26
.rApyLAND ITEMS.

>, ,,ro,omiuC wal run the Excursion House
,tCScean City. >-oo,.
The NJ, p.N y: SiIDE ! +. smith officiating.
sunu"'' of NfiIlngton passed through here or
T. F. j. Smlui istof fine lambs one of which weighed
Monday with lo'Oi
SOpOunds' ,,...oo.;,, hos ;,st o,o.o, a., mai.
The Chestei sSs commencement of its successful
year: I'I Il has never nl'eu 'Aii iSSue
eaie'' .oo Ashermen must hang up their nets, as
After HaS Js the hauling of seine of any descrip
the law tolD tS in the waters of the Choptank river
tOn whiaIt3es"aries. whateTsslr
and its trlouN'''>o
So strong goached Church Hill. Two of its citizens
that !, @ ay were committed to jail the charge of
public druhA'N-|
D. h;S cannery in that town. When it is compile
t9M ~ will have one Ot the largest and best appointed
teahhishments tea on the Shore.
tbree wears of uninterrupted prosperity grow
Fory ;b lis strength. has placed the Baltimore SuH,
ing WIN .ons condition for its forty-fOurth year
IN We msO newsy reliable. and neatly printed, it is
5,Wsys ASSs' welcomed by rs thousands of readers.
90 right last week, Charles Dill. of Chestertown,
rysnt county was attacked by two negro highw9ymen
sIst AsG driving hOmewArd on an unfequented road.
WhlSS n;H Ieaped from the carriage and dealt the
MT pii the two blow with the butt of his whlI
He then closed with the other powerful man, and
ieaIlut snife and having stabbed his antagonist i'm
Sk and abdomen, shook himself loose and drove
uS % Issving the wounded negro prone the roadside
.sb oolored boy at Denton. on the Eastern Shore,
ss allowed TO occupy an empty cell in the county
va IN consideration of his doing odd chores about
Snrison Either from association or natural deprav-
~. s tboweyer the boy robbed milineT'S shop, AMI
s1sn the same night in the jail with the stolen money
in his pOcket. is a conse quence, when he awoke
~, ~ ~ morning he found his cell door locked the
sheriff having searched his pockets while he slept
The officials are greatly ckled at this neat capture
1c,dd in a Lie Insurance SuH-A jury in the
I-ned states Circuit Court Judge Norris in suit OF
Wm Massey and James Massey, executors of VIM. H.
Massey of Caroline county against the Penn Mutual
10 Insurance Company, brought in sealed verdict
Wonday for Sli632 and costs amounting to 81 253 A
,nOtion for new trial was made by Mr. Poe for the
comnany II was stated the jury had nothing to dc
with finding the costs the court fixing that. The suit
was on policy for s. 500 the life of VIM B. Massey
iSSned in November, 1877. The defense that there
Sss MISREPRESENTATION as to the health of Massey thai
he had had pneumonia and other diseases, which
were not acknowledged in the answers to question.
when he applied for the policy.
4 for hs Potato Bug-A correspondent send:
Ms the following letter in reference to this subject
which we published for the benefit of our readers
The remedy is much cheaper than Paris green, and il
worth trial: Mr.. TORBERT:-As the potato bugs seer
to be gathering very numerouSly this season. 1 will
by this means. give you the result of little experi
meut tried for their determination. | saturated
peck of wood ashes probably coal ashes would do
with quart OF coal oil, costing three cents theI
sprinkled small portion of the mixture over tht
potato plants. The result was that the Ougs made
rapid retreat without any injury TO the vines since
| used this preventative, a much smaller number
have shown themselves in my patch. Should yoJ
have potatoes growing, try the plan yourself. If /
proves successful then for the benefit OF your read
ers you can make the announcement The reasol
why was induced to try coal oil, was that had fO
wears back been killing the caterpillars by means of
few feathers fastened TO the end of stick which
dipped into the coal oil and sprnkled on their nest
thus suddenly killing them.-Ceca Wing.