Smyrna times., 1881-04-27
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Rev. E. B. Newman, it is said, intends to
;oin the NJ. E. Church South.
There have been two more deaths from small
nov vt Ouantco, Worcester county.
Fishermen are catching black bass placed in
the choptank three years since by the fish COM
missioner
Rev. Thos. L. Poulson, we'll known on this
Peninsula has been transferred from Baltimore
to Alexandria, Va,
The broken bridge at Denton is to be repair
ad ut a cost of s., 500 to S2OOO or possibly new
span may be put in at even greater expense.
Wilson & Rutter, at the Gridiron fishery,
on the North East river, caught five thousand
three hundred herring at one haul on Monday
last.
The Protestant Episcopal Church at Chester
town. Kent county, l06 years old. has been
torn down to make room for a new church
building.
Rev. W. Blackiston has been appointed to
take charge of the NJ. Z. Church at Snow Hill
This is the appointment to which Rev. 4. b.
Newman was assigned.
A wicked Snow Hill dog was eating lamb,
when the farmer gave chase The dog ran
holding on to the lamb and soon came to a
we'll into which he fell and was drowned.
Several Sassafras Neck farmers are planting
Spanish chestnut trees, this spring. There are
snumber of these trees in bearing in that sec
ton, and the crop is said to be very remunera-
tive to the grower.
The MiddletOwn (Del.) Transcript says
that the Delaware 4 Chesapeake railroad is
going to issue an order prohibiting people
from walking on the ends of the ties on that
T ad 1t breaks them off.
James McClements went into the drug store
Of Samuel Boyer, at Marydel, the other day,
and asked for small quantity of alcohol. In
mistake clerk gave him bisulphate of carbon.
McClements came near dying.
Fresh shad are selling in this market at 40
cents per pair; herring at 81 per hundred, but
the Delaware fish traders, like the fish hawk,
capture all that is caught and it is with diff
Guilty that our citizens can get enough to sup
ply their tables.-DentOn URiOh.
Great revival at Newark, Worcester county.
Converts every meeting. The whole cOmmu-
nifty aroused ON the subject of religion. The
merchants close their stores, the mechanics
their shops, and the farmers stop their plOws.
Rev. I. j. Prettyman is pastor. At an official
meeting recently held it was decided to raise
the pastors salary and build first class par.
sonage by contract.
Captain Andrew Woodall, the gentleman
who owns nearly One-third of the upper dis
trict proposes 10 tear down his grainery stu
ated at Georgetown on Sassafras and erect il
its stead an elevator with holding capacity o
10000 bushels. Thomas Solloway will be tn
architect and builder. 1t is but just to motto
here that this gentleman has recently compile
ted for Captain !. Fletcher Williams one q
the handson1est residences on the Eastern
Shore.
Neal Do,o on BayGrd.-Neal Dow lectures
in Baltimore, on Thursday night and in tn
course of his talk mentioned Senator Bayard
who be ventured to assert never read tenn
perance book, and never gave five minute
thought to the matter in his life. The only
way to reach politicians he said, was by til
ballot-bOx. Politicians talk about the publi
gOod-they mean their own good. This o
any other question is all the same to them
they want to take up the question that will
win. Then pray that Gods will be done
His will cannot be done until drunkenness
ceases, and it is impossible for Gods kingdom
to come until men cease from drinking intoxi
eating liquors.