Smyrna times., 1882-04-19
Maryland Items.

Still Pond NJ. E. Church is 10 be remod-
slsd and improved at an expenditure Oh
$4,000
CT Micaaels Comet estimates the number
of ducks' killed this season ia Maryland
waters at $4,000.
Edward B. Emory, OF Queen Anne's
county, has a twO-year-old bull which
weighs 1870 pounds.
The congregation of the NJ. +. Church,
ut Trappe, have commenced the work Of
rebuilding their church.
The pink-eye' has made its reappear-
ance among the horses in the neighbor-
hood of Church Hill, Queen Anne's ceun-
ty.
The oyster season has ceased al the
Baltimore packing houses and for month
or six weeks active Operations will be
confined to cleaning up for the early fruit
season.
The Chesapeake ana Delaware ship
canal bill advanced to another stage on
Wednesday, being reported favorably to
the House by the committee on railways
and canals.
The contract for the new parsonage at
Crisfeld has been awarded and work upon
it is to begin at once. The Crisfeld peo-
pie are delighted with their new pastor
F.. l.. Hubbard.
William T. Croasdale announces that
he has purchased the whole stock of the
Baltimore Gazette Publishing Company,
with view to speedily effecting the
changes and improvements contemplated
by him on assuming eOntrel of the paper.
A shooting affair occurred at HillsbOro
Monday night, at which the better senti-
meRt of the place strongly revolts. A son
of DR.. Hacket, for no offence, struck col
ored man who was making an effort to re-
turn the blow, when Hacket drew q
revolver and shot him down.
The Cecil Wing claims that the Cassiday
peach orchard in Sassafras Neck was the
frat large peach orchard in that state. II
was planted in 1887 by John Cassiday, 8
Philadelphia merchant. It is still fine
productive orchard. OF course the tree!
have been rsplanted again and again.
4 Kent County Iadustry.-The Chester
town Transcript gives some interesting
particulars about the new straw boarC
Chestertown are building there. The fac
tory is to be the most complete of its kind
in the country. The building and ma
chiRery will cost about $4,000. The
building will have front of l50 feet, will
be constructed of bricks, and will be two
stories high. The furnaces will consum,
ten tons of coal daily, and, when in opera
ten, sixty men will be regularly employed
The company is having built eight large
wagons for hauling straw. They expect
to have the mill ready in time to use thi
seasons straw crop.
ItCo- Thirds of a IOiCn in dshes.--Two
thirds of the business part of Crisfeld wa.
burned Sunday morning. The fame
started at about O'Clock in the store anC
dwelling of James Booth, adjoining tn
Custom House, ard spread with such rap
idity that the lives of nearly three hun
dred persons were endangered. Boot
was arrested on charge of arson.
seems that his stock, which is worth 81 90
only, was recently insured for 81 SOC
When the flames were at their height ant
about thirty houses and stores were burn
ing, movemant was started to lyme
Booth, but he was got en- out of the Wa
and placed in Jail under a rong guard
There were no fire engines in the town
aad the high wind prevailing rendere
futile all the efforts of the extempOrize
bucket brigade. The spread of the flame
was phenomenally quick, and within ha
an hour after the alarm the entire tow
was aroused and the streets were file
with people attired in their night clothing
fleeing for their lives from burning builC
ings. Nearly every store had a famil
living over it, which made the number {
persons rendered hOuseless very larg'
At first it was believed that the entiI
town would be destroyed, but the win
fell, and the spread of the flames wa
then checked. The citizens worked mar
fully with tn ir buckets, and several live
were saved by their bravery. The burne
section includes all that part of the cit
on the North side of the Eastern Sho
railroad, running half way frem Somer
Cove to the railroad depot, and back
the waters edge. Booth has since had
hearing and was released for want of sy
dence as was a man named Hall, said
be an accomplice. The loss is placed
$4,000, not half of which was insured.
s=-===----====-=s--==-==-=
49, -as-.- -..as 90 a1-ts.r re.rsaz=