Smyrna times., 1881-07-13
MARYLAND Items.

Maryland Items.
Georgia watermelons have arrived in
Baltimore.
The wheat crop of Talbot county will
fall short One-third that of last year.
A driving-horse belonging to VIM. U;
Green, of Warwick, died at "ooulahu
Beach, Del, on "Wednesday.
TR Strong of the ChestertOwn Kent
county neiohborhOod has made small
Shipment of peaches of the Amsden June
variety.
local camp-meeting of Denton and !
fredericksburg circuits will be held at
chestnut Grove. on the Denton road, 81
miles north of fredericksburg, commencing
August 10.
The barn and OuthOuses of Mr. John
Spedden, Neck district, Worcester county,
were struck by lightning Wednesday even
ing at 6 O'Clock. The barn and contents
were consumed. Loss $1,000; $500 in
Surance.
The st. Michael Comet says: THE
wheat Weld in this section where threshing
has been engaged in quite generally this
week. is found to be fair one. The aver
ace is about twelve bushels of crop to one
bushel of seed, about Is or 20 bushels to
the acre"
During thunder storm at Cambridge,
Thursday evening last, trees were blown
and branches twisted off, telegraph poles
Frustrated and the spire of the new Nj. L.
church, in East Cambridge, was complete
ly demolished. and other parts of the frame
work considerable damaged.
The Baltimore & Ohio engineers are
now said to be making a final location
through Cecil county of the line of the
new railroad between Baltimore and Phila-
delphia. Four thousand dollars is the
modest sum demanded of the b. 4 0. rail-
road. by Cecil farmer for the privilege
of crossing his farm with the line Of their
new track.
THE SEASON AT OCEAN CITY.-On the
beach everything is lively. At Tracey 5
hotel there are about 100 guests; at Selby
new popular house an equal number, and
at the Seaside about seventy.iive visitors
Three excursions on Thursday, July, IA
u and 2S, from Wilmington and interme-
diate points to Ocean City, have been ar
ranged for by the p w. & B. r. r. divis
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad.
ToIchester Beach was lively with eX
eursiOn parties Friday. At one time five
large steamers where at the wharf, namely
the Matilda, with Sunday-schOOl from
Annapolis: the Pilot Boy, with schOO
from Port Deposit; the Chester, with ;
school from Northeast; the Nelly White
with the Church of the Messiah (Balti
morel school, and the KeypOrt, which haC
TO be chartered to assist.
The Maryland Steamboat Company
Howard B. Ensign, president, has pur
chased 566 feet of wharf property on tn
WcOmicO river at Salisbury, with the in
tention of establishing line of steamer
between that place and Baltimore, ant
also direct communication with Oceal
City. The first trip will be made abou
two weeks hence, by which time tn
wharf which is in an unfinished state, vii
be completed.
j. Martin, living OH the Lusby part G
Mrs. Dodd's farm. near ChestertOwn, ha
mare and colt killed by becoming Ell
tangled in a barbed wire fence on Tuesda
night of last week. The colts throat wa
cut from ear to ear. and the mare cut S
badly that she had to be killed. Afte
becoming entangled in the fence sh
dragged five or six panels fifty or MOI
yards, and all the thick parts of her tOl
legs were gashed to the bone.
EXPLOSION OF A PORTABLE STEA
BOILER-FOUR PERSONS KILLED.-A no
rlble and distressing accident Occurre
about O'Clock p. NJ, on Thursday,
Trappe district, Talbot county, on II
farm of Mr.. Edward Shahan. A pOrtab
engine used for threshing out wheat e,
ploded and was blown up in the air to
height of thirty five yards. Solomon Me
rick, James II. White and Alexand'
Bantum the latter cOlored, were kill6
outright. All were fearfully scalded, al
Bantum's back and neck were broke
James Cox, cOlored, was mOrtally seaide
and died shortly after. Mr.. Sbahan
6adly though not dangerously sealde
-Four other hands received severe injuri
irom scalding, &c. A valuable horse W
Killed. The explosion was caused by 4
lowing water in the boiler to get too lO
and t then filling suddenly with cold watt
when the explosion took place Mr., ;
htIie son was standing close by, when t
engine, in its wild leap, went clear Oy
.he ehlld's head without doing him serio
INJURY. The engine door was blown abo
SqqaFter of mile. After the explosi
ssames White asked whether any one y
aut and expired in two hours from inil
les himself received. The cOroner's ju
nave found that the engine was unC
saperintendenee ofa person who was eitl
culpably careless or incompetent to
such position