Smyrna times., 1882-02-22
MARYLAND Items.

Herring have made their appearance in
Maryland waters.
OF the two thousand dollars required to
equip the CecilwoOd creamery, near Elk
ton, 81, ,175 has already been subscribed.
The Hough farm, two miles below
Denton, has been sold to George Redden
of Delaware and his son Frank for 81 O0O
The Cecil, H'hig says that Local Option
grows more popular as time advances.
Notwithstanding the opposition displayed
in some quarters.
The EastOn paper mill now makes 81
tons of straw-board daily, but the company
is about to put in additional machinery.
to increase the daily average to tons.
The village Of Rising Sun, in Cecil
county, Md, was visited by fire Wednes-
day night last, which destroyed a number
Of the principal business houses in the
place.
A revival of unusual interest in the
Chesapeake City NJ. E. Church is reported
by the pastor, Rev. j. +. Cochran. Over
one hundred persons have professed con-
version.
A leading physician of Frederick saws
that the 1,200 hog pens of that city arc
mainly responsible for the terrible diph-
liberia scOurge which has prevailed there
for some months.
The public school law of Maryland pro-
vides that every child must produce a
certificate from a regular physician that
he or she has been vaccinated before being
admitted to the public schools.
Mrs. Julia McGonigal who died near
Greensboro, on Monday last, left will in
which she provided that the Goldsborough
Church shall receive an annuity of $50
and bequeathes 800 to the Sunday school
of the same church.
Mrs Jas. H. Holmes. residing near
Bethlehem, Md, is the owner of COW
five years old the first dav of March next,
which gave birth to two large prosperous
calves on the Sd inst. She is the mother
Of six calves before she is five years old
The farmers along St. Mich@ls river
below the town, have had fine sport
shooting black-headed ducks, during the
past two weeks. They build blinds offthe
shore and bait them with corn, and the
ducks come taere in flocks to feed, afford
ing rare sport to gunners, who kill numb
ers of fine ducks often at single shot.
Mr.. Elijah B. Green, highly esteemed
citizen of this county, died at his residence
Chesterfield" adjoining Centreville, ON
Saturday last, aged about 63 years. Mr.
Green was a native of Delaware, and
came here some ten or twelve years ago
He was much appreciated by the people
here, and made many friends among US
CentreriLLe Observer,
A Curious Cdse,-The Somerset Herald
saws "The marriage of Miss Ella Shores
to Howard E. White, of Danes Quarter
district, this county, ON the 9Th inst.
deserves more than passing notice. On
the 5th of February, 1880, Miss Shores
then but thirteen years of age, was married
to her step-father, Sidney Shores. The
latter as well as the minister who perform
ed the CEREMONY" says the Herald, "wert
arrested and tried for violating the law:
forbidding the marriage of persons so re
lated. Shores was sentenced to pay a fine
but escaped from prison, and the minister
was acquitted. The marriage was anRull
ed by the court, and on the same day o
the same month two years afterward Ella
was for the second time united in the holy
bonds of matrimony.D She is Is and ht
is 10 years old,
A Surprise Visit.-was paid the Rev. I
HI. Haynes, the minister in charge of thu
NJ f. Church, ON last Tuesday evening