Smyrna times., 1882-09-27
Maryland Items.

The value of the assessablc property
in Caroline is $685., ,431.
Dorchester county pays her vaccine
physicians the sum of twenty cents for
each person vaccinated.
Joseph Gibbs, colored, died in Caro-
line county last week, aged so years
His youngest child is 20 years old.
r. Hynson, trustee, sold at private
sale last Tuesday, the Shriver farm, on
WOrton Point, containing 305 acres, to
Mr. VIM. r. Gale, for $9,7G0.
John Vansant, Il tenant on the farm
of Mr.. J. j.. Goldsborough, in Wye
Neck, was taken ill very suddenly last
Thursday with the cholera, and died
in few hours.
ID. +. Wiley, of Hartford county, and
p. a. Scaggs, of Prince Georges county
will ride this month near Baltimore for
the tournament championship of the
State and Il purse Of 500.
Samuel Jennings, Of Greensborough,
a journeyman tailor, 22 years old, com
mittcd suicide on Sunday at p. m,
by shooting himself through the heart.
The cause of the act was dissipation.
When the fish pond of Il. j. Shall
cross of Kent county broke few days /
since after heavy rain, he was sur
prised to find the 80 linger-long carp |
he placed in ii seven months ago grown |
to weigh two pounds each.
Captain J. ii. Evans of Church Hill, |
Queen Annc's county died last week. |
He began poor as builder in Centre |.
vile, and amasscd Il fortune of 5000, 600. |
He was once Judge of the Orphans /
Court of Queen Annc's county.
The Cecil County Fair which has /.
heretofore been among the most attrac- /
tive i'll the State, promises to measure
fully up to its past reputation this fall.
The exhibits i'll all departments will be
full and interesting. The purses for
the races are liberal
The Republican Congressional Con-
VentiOn which met at EastOn, WcdncS-
day of last week, nominated James c. /
Mullillen, Of Talbot county, for Con-
gress. The nominee is forty-onc years
of age, and has recently become Il
practising lawyer in Easton.
\ correspondent writes from Preston
that Charles McNash, of the Fourth
Caroline county district, died suddenly
on Sunday last at the home of his son,
ut Fowling Greek. McNash was -
years Of age. An ancestor of his was
an officer in Lafayctte's army.
The Mcthodists will have big time
in Baltimore in December next, the
/ Tooth anniversary of their first confer
ence. In honor of the occasion they
will raise Il fund Of $2,000,000, to be
| applied equally to church extension,
education and foreign missions
The contract for the building of the
new county Jail at Cambridge has been
awarded by the commissioners to Mr.
William lIuey, of SeafOrd, Del, for
thirteen thousand eight hundred and
fOrty-fve dollars, he being the lowest
bidder. The highest bid was seven
teen thousand and thirty dollars.
The Rev j. A. r. Wilson, formerly
of Wilmington but now of Paramount.
Somerset county, is having some
difficulty because of his espousal of the
negro woman Eliza Johnson, who was
shot by Dickinson and Tull pair of
ruflians of that ncighborhOod. One
newspaper constantly calls him the
Rev. Tug Wilson"
Death Of 4 TrOttcr.-On Tuesday last
Mr.. II. c. Hess, of Elktom, lost his
valuable trotting horse Joe" by lock-
jaw. The horse had been entered in
the 2.45 and $50 races at MiddletOwn,
but died on the first day of the eXhibi-
ton. The horse gave promise Of MAX
ing fast trotter and he was valued at
!, 5000. The disease was caused by a
decayed tooth.
The Kent County Agricultural Asso-
citation proposes for next year, to post
pone the time of holding its fair till
: two weeks later in the season making
, it begin about Sept. the 9th instead
: of Sept. 18th. This is the old time of
holding the fair, and is more cOnve-
nient, especially when there is peach
crop to be handled This is the time
now appropriated by the Dover fair
, but the Kent fair claims prior right
f, to the date.
$ In the Amusement Department oi
the ElktOn Fair special attractions will
be offered. The mule race on the
: second day, where the mules will trot
< to harness for Il purse of $50, entrance
n free, will be one of them; and on the
e third day a mule running race under
c the saddle will be u second one alsC
Y entrance free. On the fourth day
Y trOt between horse and an OK, half
IS mile heats, two best in three, for ;
:, purse of 500; the horse to trOt ont
l. mile, while the OK trOts half mile.
n NdrroU Escdpe--Judge Robinson
made n narrow escape from bein.
killed at his farm in Queen Anne
t, county on Wednesday of last week
Of He attempted to mount his horse, bu
Sc before he succeeded in getting in tn
" saddle the horse became frightened
s. and bOlted and threw the Judge to tn
n ground, his foot remaining fast in tn
re stirrup. The horse ran about seventy
as five yards dragging the Judge wit
30 him, when the saddle girth broke
as thus releasing the saddle and savin
ut the Judges life. lie was badly bruised
Us odd dFellOWShip.-The sixty-fourt
- atllAi1ttbA SNSStOit vi lilC HDONCIClSn
" Lodge of Odd-FellOws was opened o
he Monday week in Baltimore, the seat
is the order, with bclitting ceremoniC
d, and an appropriate welcome hom,
er The Importance of the body will b
he realized from its official reports, SHOW
y ing that the delegates represent
d, membership Of 556,591 men, and tn;
on the increase of members during I'll
nd year has been over 10000. The toti
ed revenue of the order was $4, ,S54, SIT ft
re. the year, and its relief disbursement
,st aggregated $l,S3l,1 i'll, an. increase
q $135, 1872 over the preceding year.
=, HeaUy Damages. s.-The suit of Charlt
III +. Kemp and Adeline Kemp, his wifi
ay VS.. the Baltimore City Passenger Raj
=. way Company, was concluded Ia
OK Wednesday in the circuit court f
er- Howard county, the jury rendering
verdict for plaintiff for $40, 600 damage
m The suit was brought in the BaltmoI
est Citv Courf tn rppovar goo OO0 dou,o,.