Smyrna times., 1881-08-17
MARYLAND Items.

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Nomore excursions to Ocean City this
season, we learn.
Crisfeld oystermen are preparing lor
the oyster season
Benz. Daugherty, of Somerset county,
died last week, aged 50 years
Peter Davis was badly cut few days
aoo in an alfray at ParkertoWn, Nlcomnco
county.
xoor,,. = million and half of alcwives
,ra nSed weekly by the fish factories near
Crsfield.
Rocent land sales in Montgomery county
Indicate that the price of real estate Is
looking up.
In Cambridge during the past five years
$50 new buildings have been erected anu
20 remodeled and improved.
The most office at Sassafras. was broken
into on Friday night, and robbed of stamps
and letters The mail bag was also taken
BY the thieves.
Mrs Margaret W. Gilpin, relict of the
late Henry II. Gilpin, and related to some
Of the leading families in Cecil county,
died near Elkton few days ago.
The Easton Gazette, Of Saturday last
slvs: The corn crop i'll Talbot county
Is already doomed. There is scarcely one
field out of dozen that is not burning up.
The local option party of Baltimore will
nominate candidates for the Legislature If
the political party candidates will not give
pledges to vote for prohibition Of liquor.
Shanahan. of the Central House st.
Nich;els. is charged with attempting 10
burn the town hall of that place. He has
been held in $500 for his appearance at
court.
We learn that two horses were stolen
from the vicinity of Sassatras, Thursday
night One was taken from the stable OF
George Tarbutton and the other from the
stable of ii. Rosen.
Jacob Richards, a prominent farmer Of
Cecil county, died August 9TH, aged 50
years. Mrs. Chapman. mother of VIM. NJ.
Chapman, of the same county, died last
week, aged 80 years.
VIM X Stackh0use, of Cecil county,
has sold hispeach orchard of about 500 trees
in bearing for the sum of $1,000. he to
deliver the fruit on the shore, thus saving
his boxes and freight.
There lives in Salisbury a gentleman
who says he stood upon his fathers door
step and witnessed the march of Napo-
icons army to the bloody field of Water
loo. He Is skill very active. and looks
like man Of % years.-Adrertiser.
James Acworth. of Wicomico county,
died last week aged ST years. He was Il
lifelong democrat, having voted for Gen.
jackson as far back as 1924, four years
before he was elected, and had the pleas
ure OF helping to make him President
twice afterwards.
Fairs will soon be in season. That OF
the Kent county Agricultural Society will
come first, opening on September 18th.
Inc Peninsular Fair, at MiddletOwn, will
6egln on the 2Oth Of September, and the
Dover Fair will open OH Tuesday of the
following week.
lhe strawberry crop of WicomicO county
tins year sold for one hundred thousand
dollars. The balance of the berry crop o.
al KINDS 1t Is supposed apprOXimated sixty
thousand more, with a fair wheat anC
potaio crop, and with u prospect of one o
the heaviest corn and melon crops fol
many years.
The State authorities of South Carolina
nave chartered for five days, during tht
1OrktOwn celebration, the steamer b. S
Ford, of the Chester River line, for the sun
l 5000. The Ford will be employed Il
running from Portsmouth, Va. to York
tI9Wn, and will convey the South Carolini
militia, mum bering five hundred.
fEAchEs.-1hePe were 5000 loxes q
peaches in Baltimore last Tuesday-whicl
may be regarded as the "glut'' of tn
EARLIER varieties. They all sold at goo
Pnces-sl.75 to $3.50 per box. The ARR
vans III Baltimore on other days than tina
aooYe mentioned, have been very small
yn the very next morning after the " glut
'he total receipts did not reach one thous
and boxes. assess
wye camp-meeting, near Wye riyel
queen Anne's county, which began ON IN
81 inst, broke up Friday. there havin
been 81 conversions, 80 of which were y
the last day. Rev T. E. Martindale nr,
siding elder NJ L. Church :. Ra,J s IN
Mnrfay, OF Middletown, Deli; Rev. M
Wiley, sassafras; Rev. Alfred Smith.
oxford, and others were present. n
ents were on the tWo-story cottage styl
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catching sharks. with hook and lii