Smyrna times., 1882-02-08
Maryland Items.

The people of Hartford county are agita-
ting the local option question.
DR.. Samuel G.. REGISTER, State vaccine !
physician. has resigned on account Of i'll |
health.
Mr.. l. Il. Ceilings has sold his farm in
Elk Neck, containing 547 acres, to Mr.. f. |
C. Knight of Philadelphia, for $l5 900.
The Rising Sun Journal don't want
Guteau hung, but wants him confined at
hard labor, such as shaving the tails of
festive mules.
The fair and festival in aid OF St. Fran
els Church, held at Warwick last week,
was very successful, the gross receipts
amoueting to over 5000.
A bill will he introduced this week in
the Maryland Legislature giving the Gov
erner power TO veto an ObniXiOus section
or sections Of bill without being compel
led to veto the entire bill.
John H. X. Shannahan Of Easton, has
purchased q Carre ice-making machine,
with a capacity for manufacturing three
tons of ice per day. And now he would
like TO see an open winter.
The Democratic majority in the Mary
land Legislature are paying $4,000 for
the legislative printing to q machine
man when other enterprisng publishers
offered to do it for $50, 900.
/ George Miller, young negro of Denton,
I was arrested last week on the charge of
assaulting and attempting to commit an
! outrage upon Rose Griffith, a white girl
! of hot l. hoe
committed to await trial.
The oyster police force have not yet
succeeded in capturing the five dredging
boats from Fishing bay, known as the
/ Cook Fleet" and they are still dredging
where they please and opening fire on
who ever comes in range of their rifles.
The law-abiding people of Dentoa are
nOnplussed. 1t has come to light that
Mr.. Thomas Melvin has been acting as
Justice of the Peace for the last two years
without having qualified. The question
is how to make his official actions legally
binding.
Henry A. Wise, sOn of Nr. John f.
Wise. belonging to family Of good stand
ing. went to his room Monday, stripped
himself. and shot himself through the
heart twice. He was about twenty-four
years old A letter was found in his
clothes stating he was tired of living, and
that he blamed nc one for his act. His
death is much lamented by large circle
of relatives and friends in Crisfieid.
4 Paper Factory at ChestertOWn.-ThC
: Transcript says a paper mill in Chester
r town is an assured fact. The incorpOra
: tors are, Thomas w. EliasOn, John K
+ Aldridge, r, w, Eliason, Jr, Geo. B
WestcOtt, Wilbur Eliason and Chas. T
Westcott. The capital stock Of the com
pany is $4,000. The title Of the company
2 is, THE ChestePtown straw board apC
= manufacturing company of Kent county
/ There are six in tho board Of directors
r who are the same as the incOrporatorS
3 ! The president Of the company is Chas. 7
. Westcott, and Il. W. Eliason, Jr., is treas
/ urer and secretary. The grist mill of Mr
: III. NJ. Brown, formly known as Whaland'
mill, together with all the lands ant
waterways appurtaining, have been pur
7 chased by the company at cost of$10,0 ,0OC
e There are from ten to twelve acres of goo
8 high land attached to the mill, besides
: large pond of water. The site is abou
/ one mile out from ChcstertOwn. Build
j ing will be commenced by the paper con
d pany as soon as the weather will permit
e It is to be of brick, and is expected to cos
:. from $4,000 to $4,000. Beside the bullc
ing proper there will be great deal I
costly machinery to put in, and it is nc
j presumed that the factory will be read
3 for operations before the first of ne1
a October. The manufacture of straw boar
alone will be Hndertaked at first. Th
l. manufacturing capacity Of the mill is il
/ tended to be seven tons Of board dali.
= which will consume eleven tons of straw
s The Anglo-French tunnel projects al