Smyrna times., 1882-11-08
MARYLAND Items

Rev. Henry Ward Beacher will lee
ture in Music Hall, Easton, Wednesday
evening, December 9th.
The NJ. f. Church in Centreville
will be re-dedicated on Sunday next
November the 18th. Revs. J. s. Willis
and John f. Smith will pc present.
The beautiful granite NJ. f. Church /
recently built in Cambridge, will be /
dedicated Sunday, the 18th inst. bv |
Bishop Andrews and Chaplain McCabe. |
Seats free, all are invited.
+. l.. HOFFECKER, Pastor.
The Centreville Observer publishes in
full the excellent speech of John b. |
Brown, Esq, N favor of local option,
/ delivered ut the Town Hall in Centre
vile on the oath ult. Such an address,
from such source, cannot fail to have
great weight.
/ Edward II. Comegys and Miss Lizzie
l., daughter of james w. HURT, of
/ Kent coun y, were united in marriage
at Shrewsbury Church on Wednesday
/ week. The wedding was il very bril-
liant affair and was attended bv a great
number OF persons, friends of the bride
and groom, from both this State and
Delaware.
Duck shooting was opened for the
season at HIavre de Grace at an early
hour Wednesday morning last. In
box shooting the highest number killed
was 260 ducks hy DUhson and Leiteiser.
George Chamberlaine and ii. !. POPLAR
each captured 225. In sneak-boats
Robert Green carried off the palm. Sc
curing 81. There are no canvas-hacks
on the flats, and black-heads are also
scarce. Red-hcads are, however. num-
erous, nearly all killed the first dav
being of that species.
Joe Norris Again.-Sheriff Calder,
accompanied by ex-Sherilf Davis, con-
veyed the penitentiary cOnvicts across
| the water Monday week. There were
l but two for the penitentiary-Joe Nor
ris, the murderer of Mrs Turner, and
George Wilson, colOred. for cutting
, and one, Perry Trusty, colOred, for the
;. House of Correction. The three were
! marched down to the steamer Ford and
locked up in the baggage room. Nor
a ris, on the way to the wharf puffeC
q away ut his cigar as unconcernedly a!
though bent on pleasure trip, anC
/ after entering his coop took his seat oil
II trunk, and was ready to convers,
:. with any one. The prying eyes of tn,
v curious, looking through the bars O
Of the temporary prison, seemed not t.
discOncert him in the least The officer
say they had no trouble whatever wit
)r Morris he was perfectly dOcile all tn
S way to the prison and his cheerfulnes
y never tagged.
Death Of Richard iSemaas.-Richar
Semans, an old and venerable citizel
ne died at his home. near Cecilton, Satin
y, day week. Mr. Scmans had lived b
j. yomd the allotted time, having reacht
to the good old age of four-scOrc yea
p and ten, and during his many years
nj exemplary life, as 4 citizen, a neighb
and Christian, he added to his MAJ
other attainments that of being frs
~, class farmer, his farm near Cccilt'
(" being known as one of the model farI
|" of Sassafras Neck. Mr.. Scmans NOV
''c from Kent county to Cecil in the yc
e. 1888, having purchased Il fine tract
o"- land on which he made such imlrON
: ments, both as to buildings and frrtil
'H' of the soil. that his farm ranked at
time Of his death as one of the M
o,. fertile. His funeral took place Tu
iii day of last week, the services being h
> in i'm ZION NJ. +. Church, CeciltOn, Rev
6ih D. MerIl'l ollieiatil'S; Iii me lii'erni
yns was in Zion Church Cemetery.