National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-02
TERRAPIN TALK
A Budget of Items From the state of
Maryland.

Corn planting is generally in progress
| in the Eastern Shore counties.
Rev. f. L. Barker, pastor of the Baptist
Church, Waverly, is lying very i'll of pneumonia
Rear-Admiral Robert H. Wyman, COM
| manding the North Atlantic squadron, is on visit
| to his home, near Ellicot City.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Off
| Gals passed over the Somerset and Cambria road
| on Wednesday on a tour ofinspectiOn.
John Gist, Noah Stocksdale, John Orem,
John Caple, and Harry Crawford, of Finksburg,
| have recently gone to Kansas to reside.
Stoufer & Brill, Gamers, of New Wind
sor, expect to put two hundred acres in sugar corn
and fourteen acres in pease this season.
The Kent NeWs learns from many peach
| growers that at the present time the prospect is
| good for considerable crop of peaches in Kent
| County.
Rev. J. NJ. Jones has been assigned to
st. Johns Catholic Church, Long Green, to fill the
! vacancy caused by the death of Rev. James I. NJ.
! Starkey.
Mr. Thomas J. Turner has disposed of
his control and editorShip in the Prince Georgiqn
| of Marlborough Nd, to MeSsrs. Jarboe and Van
| Antwerp.
Some time during Wednesday night
burglars entered the residence of Mr.. W H. Koch,
on Main street, FrOstburg, through a window, and
carried off his solid silverware
Five dwellings in Westernport We're
destroyed by fire on Thursday, the loss being about
property
to Mrs Hogan, J. H. Getty and the Miller Brothers
State Capitol Lodge, No. %, Independ-
ent Order of Mechanics, of Annapolis, have &C.
cepted invitation to participate in the process
sion of the Supreme Lodge of Mechanics, in Balti-
more, next Thursday.
Rev. Father Eisenhite. of the Capuchin
Brethren, at ST. Peter and st. Pauls Church, Cum
berlund, who was recently ordained at Woodstock
College, read his first mass at that church yester-
day morning at the ten o'clock service.
A L. L
went to the residence of John Baker, near Man
nington, West Va, and shot at Baker through the
window. They then entered, felled him with an
AK searched the house, and obtained 500.
Rev. E. B. Newman, who refused to ac-
cept the appointment at Snow HILL has forwarded
to the presiding elder his resignation of both his
ministry and membership in the N. Z. Church. II
is said he has determined to join the NJ E. Church
South.
The SURVEYS for the new route of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore
and Philadelphia are expected to be completed by
June |. Three parties are at wOrk-one surveying
from Havre de Grace south one from Port Deposit
north, and the other from Wilmington north
The following appointments for Arch
bishop Gibbons in Charles County are announced
Sunday, May S, st. Marys Church, Bryantown;
Sunday, May s. p. m, st. Peters Church. Bean
town; Tuesday May 10, Newport; Thursday, May
May Is; st. Thomas Manor; Tuesday, May IL,
Cobb Neck. From Charles the Archbishop viii 90
to st. Marys and then to Prince Georges.
Mr.. NJ. Conlan, of Talbot County. the
owner of a peach orchard of nearly LOCO trees be-
.. The offer was promptly taken up by Mr.. NJ.
Mccartney, blacksmith, and papers signed
Since then it has been discovered that nearly one
third of the supposed frost bitten buds are begin
ming to bloom. The blacksmith is accordingIy
happy, and refuses to dispose of his cheap bar
gain.