Smyrna times., 1880-04-07
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MARYLAND ITEMS.
Senator Groome, eats apples and peanuts
in the street cars.
The tax rate, it is said, will be the same
for this wear as for 1879; 1877 cents on the
hundred.
James Johns, Esq, lawyer of Centre
vills and a native of Delaware, died sud
denly of apoplexy in Queen Anne's, on the
Goth of March.
Robert II. Wright, Of Centrevills, chal-
I.nges to run his horse, Big Tom, against
any horse in the State, half mile or a mile,
for S2j or $50.
4djlu7, n1ent Of the LegiSlature.- Cen
eral ASS 'mbly of Maryland completed its
constitutional session of ninpty days, and
adjourned sine die at midnight Monday
night.
The Maryland Legislature has passed
lscal option bills for seven counties, viz:
Cecil, Prince Georges, Carroll, Frederick,
Montgomery, Allegany and Charles. Local
option laws will now be in force in more
than half the counties.
Land Sales.-The Bishop farm in Queen
Anne's county, $50 acres, has been sold to
r. B. Roberts, former owner, for $525,
subject to a mortgage of s. $40 The Dud.
lev farm, in the same county, has been sold
to VIM C. Dudley for $3,760.
Tie Telephone C0mpany.-A movement is
on foot to build telephone from Centre
Vile ria Prices and Church Hill to Chester.
town or over the railroad line to Massey's
lust as the people at the different points
respond in the way of stock subscriptions.
Some workmen, while grubbing out a
stump on the farm of the late Horatio Beck,
in Broad Neck, Eastern Shore Kent. IN.
earthed decayed canvas bag containing
about peck of old English copper coins
dating from l720 to l146. Among the lot
was one silver piece.
Impr0rements-Th CentreYille Observer
says it is gratifying to note that in all parts
of the country the people are improving
their lands. Old swamps, branches, ETC.,
that have for years been an eyesore, are
being cleared up, and all tillabie land is
beng put in cultivation. Thus the country
is being opened up, improved and made
beautiful, and the bogs and ponds, which
have stood for years breeding disease and
giving US chills, are disappearing i
Miss Mary B. Showell died at the resi-
dence of her father, Col. Lolnuel Shovel.
near St. Martins, Worcester, on Friday
morning, March Goth, aged II years, 4
months and 26 days. The demise of this
talented, lovely and sstimable young lady
cast gloom upon the entire community
in which she resided. Miss Showell had
been attending school in Baltimore CITY,
and shortly after the first of the year was
stricken with the disease which caused her
death.
Almost Riot.-The great Southern Min
Strel Troupe advertised to give concert at
Eastsn on Friday. Frank Howard, well
known in Easton by many of our citi-
zsns, and who brought a fine company here
two years ago, was the manager. At the
appointed hour the performance com.
menced; and such a performance was never
seen in Easton; the actors could neither
play, dance nor sing. The audience, be-
tween two and three hundred persons, very
soon began to give signs of Indignation, and
the performance was not half through
before the audience left. The "boys'
made directly for the stores, and very soon
nearly all the eggs on the street were sold.
The leaving of the hall by the mnstrels to
take the bus for the steamboat, WAS the
signal for the war to open. The performers
laid down in the bottom Of the bus for pro-
bSSIlOA WAlllc lu0 IeW lIllCk anu IdSI,
smashing the glass of the omnibus fore and
aft. Finally the driver cleared the crowd,
and by fast driving made the boat. After
the performance Mr.. Howard, the manager,
went to the hotel to pay his bill. While he
was settling with the proprietor, the boys
rushed in upon him, to the number of over
hundred, and then the storm commenced.
The lights were put out, and all made their
complaints at once, st the top of their
voices, rendering the hotel worse than
bedlum. The sheriff and town baliif did
all they could to quiet the multitude. At
last seme one called out, "take him to the
magistrates Office" and instantly the in
furiatsd crowd rushed cut of the hotel and
made for the Squire's office, the Sheriff
taking Howard off ts the JAIL and locking
him up for protection. The crowd then
made for the Jail, but did not get in
Many OF them remained round the Jail
until after midnight. About 1 o'clock
Saturday morning Mr.. Howard teok horse
and carriage for Cerdova, where he took the
train for Baltimore. The receipts were
over $50, and the hall rent, hotel bills, hire Of
band, &C., were all paid, and when MIR. How
ard got through paying his expenses, he
had very little money left, and the so.called
performers got nothing, and had to pay
their passage to Baltimore themselves.
The Star says it won't do for people to come
here expecting to humbug Eastonians.