Smyrna times., 1884-01-23
Maryland Items.

Maryland Items.
The Greensborough Free Press cele-
brates its fourth anniversary with the
current issue.
The Byrd Opera House at Salisbury
is now flushed, and on Monday night |
the Alice Oates Opera Company ap-
peared there.
a bill has been introduced in the |
Maryland Legislature providing for a
reduction in the cost of marriage licen- |
ses, from $3.50 to fifty cents.
The straw board mill near Chester
town, which was completed two years
ago at "A cost of 100000, is now idle
1t employed about fifty hands.
Col. Thomas Hughlett has been ap-
pointed clerk of the circuit court of
Talbot county to succeed Mr.. Turner,
recently elected State Comptroller.
On Friday night ball was given by
the young people of SudlersVile and
vicinity at the town hall i'll that village.
There was about forty couples present.
Rev. +. B. Newman, of Baltimore
has been delivering temperance lee
lures in several towns on the Eastern
Shore, and organizing Good Templar
Lodgea.
The Kent County Agricultural So
ciety has elected new officers and de-
cided to hold fair this year. A reso-
luton to have no trials of speed was
voted down.
DIR. L. w. Humphreys of Salisbury
wants to be fish commissioner in
place of Colonel Hughlett, recently APP
pointed Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
| Talbot county.
In suit closed at Elkton. January
10Th, George II. Stebbings recovered
81, 800 damages from the p, w. & B.
Il. r. Co., for a leg lost on a branch
road of the company.
Prof d. r. Wyatt, went to Elktoh
/ on Thursday. The Professor proposes.
with the assistance of local talent, to
render the beautiful ''Oratorio Of Esth-
er," at an early date.
The new water-wOrks at Havre de
Grace were thoroughly tested or We'd
nesday in the presence of large con-
course of citizens and invited guests,
and pronounced perfectly satisfactory.
Saul Smith, colored, of St. Michaels,
pleaded guilty before Justice Wiley
! on Friday to four separate charges of
violations of the prohibition law. lie
was fined $50 and costs in each case, in
default of which no has been committed
to Jail.
l. Thomas Smith and Miss Sarah w.
Wilmington, both of Kent county,
were married at the residence of the
bride by Rev. T. l.. Tompkinson, on
Wednesday last. The groom is the
son of Il. J. F. Smith, residing near
Millington, one of the weighty men of
the county.
At Kennedyville, on Wednesday, the
9th instant, Jonathan w. Shallcross, a
prosperous young merchant, and Miss
Susie J. Bennett, daughter of John r.
Bennett, were united in marriage.
, The ceremony was performed in Grace
Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. w.
w. Reese, the pastor.
The Jury in the Heisler damage case
tried at Elkton, for burning the barr
, and outbuildings of the plaintiff, rem
dered verdict for Heisler on Wed
! nesday and assessed the damages al
81, ,75O.25 against the Philadelphia, Viii
? mingtOn & Baltimore Railroad Com
5 pany The property was set on fire
t by sparks from locomotive.
A correspondent of the Kent NetU
r says: 'As to local option one of you
( correspondents thinks. it failure il
, Kent county. This is q most egregiou!
8 mistake so far as this neighbOrhoOC
(Rock Hall) is concerned, excepting al
election times, and Christmas holidays
a drunken man has become quite ;
curiosity: and even then we feel per
fectly safe in saying there is not
: tenth of what there used to be.
\ The senatorial contest at Annapoli
has ended in the election of Judge vii
:. son, of Worcester county, and thu
:, another Eastern ShOreman succeed
y Senator GroOme. In 1880 and l8S
!, the same county also carried off tn
:, congressman from the district com
= posed Of the Eastern Shore counties
!, Worcester county has not meddle
:. much in the German Hamilton cor
:, troversy, and this fact has perhaps ha'
- much to do with the election of the ne'
- senator. An abler man than MI
). Groome, Judge Wilson will make a re
= snectable. able and honest senator
"a But he will hardly cut the the prom
a nent figure that Reverdy johnson dic
y y MiILinqton. following change
in this town are noted: j. Z. JohnsO
+, has removed with his stock of stoI
- ~ goods to CeciItOn, and his brother, I
70 20 M. Johnson, has taken his place with
% new stock in MillingtOn; b. F. Val
70 70 SAINT. of the firm of Pratt & Vansan
~ has taken dwelling and store room TO
q merly occupied by T. r. Quimby as
II furniture store; Jerome Hopkins,
=, ~ Centreville, has engaged in the stov
~ sheet iron and tin business on Cypre
y. street: Miss Belle Goodwin has lease
~ the store room of Mrs. M. E. Turblt
.u near Thomas Hotel, where she inten'
vi keening a grocery and confectionel
-, store. r. J. McWhorter has CONNIE
nd ced building new double dwelling
ts his lot adjoining the old parsonae
'' and rumor says that Messrs. j. Z. Su
ton and B. NJ. HAZEL have bought u
: old store house formerly occusied
ev. n + Vansant, which they intend
ed, enlarge for machinery and agricultur
OF implements.