Smyrna times., 1880-01-21
-xApYI.ANn ITEMS.

n las l.. ByrH was lasG Hech IS-~leS'Sa
~, and examiner of the school Board
seer Rochester county at salary OF $l,OOO
year.
Snry. son of Mrs. NJ. a. Spry, has
o. a. eortnnes with Miss Sallis Tracy, one
J3slTS . bellies, and daughter OF Mrs.
Morris Welsh
r.o nublication Of a weekly paper, to be
j5.nsndent in politics, is to be commenced
lnuI Gfrseusborough, Caroline county, by
4 A. Christian.
tobn L. Caldwell, late Superintendent of
Mi & Del. r. r. gees to Brazil shortly
" Snnpriatend the construction OF road
IN that country.
Vannort has purchased the Mount
~. farm, the property of the late Daniel
4"1 in Kent county, containing POI
. nr on private terms.
The deepest Eastern Shore we'll is on
rs Island. 1t is PA feet deep, and an
pi..vbaustibe supply of pure, sparkling
sst.r is obtained from it.
p.v Fay H. Purdy, the evangelist, whe
-. been working on the Shore recently,
ras at Crumpton on Sunday last and pro.
EOS laboriRg there tor awhile.
1obn Yinsling, OF Westminster, the
w., citizen Of Carroll county, diOd last
~" ~ in the ninety fifth year of his age
We ~ VAS soldier in tho war Of 1912. and
'.,icinated in the battle of North Peint
Rev. c. f. Minor, rector of Worcester
IRISH. diocese of EastOn, has accepted an
!iIa,ton to the rectorshio of the church at
nsrton. in tIla same diocese. He will take
nS.rge of his new duties the first Of Feb.
ruary next.
Mas Fanny Corrden, farmers daughter
u Cecil county, fell from peach tree three
oars ago and injured leg. After sndur-
.nce Of great pain and suffering since the
accident, she has been compelled to submit
to aaputa'i9h'
herring was caught in Perch creek
coye on the Elk recently. The ElktoR
democrat saws: "On the Both of December.
1868. I. C. Davis caught one, on the lIth of
January following he captured seventeen.
The weather as it has been this Winter,
was mild.
On Thursday last at Templeville one of
tho Purdy E7angelists," Miss Nellie Pax.
son, was married to Mr.. Spry Andrews Of
Dorchester county. The ceremony was
performed at the house of DR.. Knots. the
happy bride having come on from Phila-
del phia for that purpose.
C. W. Spry, of SuddlersVill, lost a valua.
bic stallion, nice mare, Il yoke of oxen and
two fine calves last week. The stallion
died Of lung fever, the mare and calves OF
other disease, while t2e oxen by some
means were straAgled. The whole was a
pretty heavy loss on o young farmer.
D-,akenaess..-A bill is before the Legisla
ture for action which proposes to break up
drunkenness on the streets and highways
1t makes it penal offence for a man t.
appear on street or highway drunk, anC
fines him 81 for every offence. This is jus
the feature Of drunkenness that has made
whisky such n terror to ladies, and tn
present bill is expected, if passed, to correc
this ugly evil Of staggering about the street
drunk CentreviHe (Md.) Observer
"The Pirates Of the Rappahannock" ar
feet Of forty bold oyster sloops manne
BY daring crews who are dredging tn
waters of Virginia. and carrying off il
bivalves in defiance of the authorities &
that State The bold pirates are from
Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania, an,
the Virginia Legislature has appropriate
$500 for a campaign against them. Tn
struggle is expected to he a dreadful one
hut the sacredness of the waters of the OF,
Dominion must be preserved at all hazard:
Distressing Accideat at ST. Mchaels-A mos
Distressing accident occurred at St. Michael
On SATURDAY morning. Samuel. IA year
oil sen Of Denny Williams, and two oths
bsys, went in boat to Tenants beach t
gun for ducks. The boys beachPd the hos
and young Williams got out to 90 after
duck. In the hurry of pulling the gun OF
Of the boat after him, the hammer hit tn
seat, exploding the gun, the whole loa
taking effect in the hoy's temple. shootir
off his jaw, and horribly mangling the sic
Of his face. The other boys put him in tt
boat and rowed back TO tswn. DoctO
Gibson, Miller and Dodson were summone
but the chances now are that he will n
live. The distress of his father and fani
can he better imagined than expressed.
Easton Star.
an Ugtauorable Report j. s. Griffith, II
old gentleman who goes through the cou
ties occasionally visiting the ialls and alr
houses, has just published a report of
trip through the Eastern Shore, in viii
he gives Queen AHns's county seve
drubbing. He says: s. have never be-
more thoroughly convinced of the gre
Importance and advantage of the rig
enforcement Of the Local Option law tn
at the present time. In travelling throu
Talbot, Dorchester, Caroline and Ke
counties, during three weeks of last Augu
did not meet single person under
lhhusncs of liquor, for in NEST ali the d
tilctS Of these counties the Local Option !
IS enforced. | next visited Queen Ann
county, whore they have three distri
where the Local Option law exists a
three where il does not. reached Cent
vile on Saturday afternoon about 4 0 clO
and had only been few minutes in
place when | saw several men Keeling ale
the street, scarcely able to stand. In vi
ing the Jail. learned from Mr.. j. 5. Spar
deputy sheriff. who referred to his rec
book, that l63 prisoners had been CONN
ted to the Jail from January, 1878,
August, 1879. He stated that almost al
these prisoners had been sent fron tn
three districts where the Local Option
does not exist, and that men were
quently brought in drunk, and in SC
cases, the Officers who brought them "
likewise intoxicated. Ia several vi
made to Denton, Caroline county, vii
The Local Option law has been rigi
enforced for the past five or six years,
has been proven beyond doubt to b
grand success, found no prisoner in
jail, and by consulting the Jail record, fo
that only 80 for petty offences had b
committed from Japuary, 1878, to Aug
n 1879. The sheriff stated that now
n really had very little uss for Jail III
n county. Taxes have also been rsdu
year after year.
The brief dispatch concerning the ol
Yatlona of the fnial .nlar aclinse ON