Smyrna times., 1884-07-30

Maryland Items.
Centreville, Denton and Salisbury
are all putting up new banking houses.
Bug Cephas is to be hung at Cam
bridge next Friday, for the murder of
Mrs Celia Bush-Murphy.
The Chestertown Transcript esti-
mates the average yield of wheat for
Kent county at 223 bushels per acre.
1t is estimated that $500 pounds of
twine, costing 1890, were used in bind
ing the wheat of Caroline county this
season.
Since the recent fire in that town,
Easton people are talking about water
works, and are raising subscriptions
for that purpose.
Charles II. Blackwell of Denton, has
taken from one bee stand over GO
pounds of fine honey, which he sold at
20 cents per pound.
VIM. H. Price, residing on Mr.. Nc
Kenney's Carmichael farm, Queen
Anne's county, raised this season IS
bushels of wheat per acre.
Caroline county Democrats are
unanimously urging Hen. Phillip W.
Downs. of Denton, rs the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the First
Maryland district.
The wheat crop grown this year on
the land owned by Col. VIM McKen-
ney, of Chestertown, will reach be-
Vond the enormous amount Of fifty
thousand bushels.
Sidney Bayard, an old ElktOn negro
who claimed that he saw Gen. Wash
mgton pass through the Chesapeake
& Delaware canal, died in the Cecil
county almshOuse last week.
Weeden Clary, of Frederick county,
last week threshed the produce of ten
acres of wheat, yielding $40 bushels.
or 81 bushels to the acre, which is said
to be the largest yield yet reported.
Cambridge promises to be a lively
place in the near future. Bug Cephas
will be hanged there next Friday and
the Democratic congressional con-
vention will meet at the same place ON
the following Wednesday.
On Thursday last Kate Wroter,
about IS years Of age, living at Tate's
Bank. near Cambridge, was terribly
and, it is thought, fatally burned by
the explosion of Il c0al-Oil can while
attempting to kindle fire.
It is alleged that the twin babies OF
John w. Robinson, of Salisbury. died
from the effects of Paris green, which
was fed accidentally with potato tops
to the COW from which the milk used
bv the children was obtained.
Jacob Tome, Of Port Deposit has vol
unteered to contribute $25, 900 towards
the construction Of a new scientific
building at Dickinson College, Pa
The new structure will be called the
Jacob Tome Scientific Building.
Joshua Seeney, residing near Price.
station, Queen Anne's county, has 6
three-year-old COW which has as many
calves as she is years old. When two
years old she brought a calf, and thi:
Summer she brought twins. All three
calves are living.
Mrs. Fannie Gibbs, wife of Isaac
Gibbs and daughter Of Robert ;. Grit
fifth Of Kent county, died at the resi-
dence of her father, near Sassairas
Thursday morning, aged twenty-si'
years Mrs Gibbs had been i'll 70
about year, of some malady no
clearly defined by her physicians, ant
had suffered greatly.
We Canp.-Wye Camp began yes
terday, the 18th inst. This meeting a
Wye is expected to be the largest ant
most interesting ever held on this his
toric camping ground. The service
will be under the immediate super
vision of Rev Il. +. Terry, pastor c
the NJ. +. congregation in Centreville
The camp will continue for ten days.
The Salisbury Times reports Il rio
which occurred last week between tn
Italian and negro laborers employe
on the new New York, Philadelphia
Norfolk railroad, near Shadysid
northampton county, Va. AboI
twenty persons engaged in the fraca
the negroes getting the better of
One Of the BOSSES who interfered g
his head cut by an axe and is not e
pected to live.
A Baltimore drummer by the nan
Of Irving J. Mills, shot and killC
Capt. T. c. Davis at PocomOke la
Saturday. The latter had objected
his paying attentions to his Gaughte
Mrs. Mary L. Ross, n widow, n
meeting them on the road in a bugg
grasped the horse by the head and 9
dered his daughter to get out, whi'
50 enraged Mills that he drew a rev'
yer and shot Davis through the hea
killing him instantly.
William Daniel, the vice-Preside
tlal nominee Of the PrOhibitiOnists,
Of Peninsular nativity. He was bO
in Somerset county, January 2l, lS'
and has been an active temperal
man since the days Of his youth.
represented his native county for {
terms in the house Of Delegates a
one term in the senate and has be
president Of the Maryland State Te
perance Alliance since 1873. Sli
1858 he has lived in Baltimore.
The following yields of wheat
reported from Caroline county: FIR
As acres William Hubbard received
bushels; from 30 acres Robert Jarl
threshed 587 bushels; from 81 aC
James HOrsey realized about ],
bushels; Noah Sipple got $50 bush
from 80 acres from the same uum
Of acres James Harrington recei
573, and r. b. Curry did still bet
with the same acreage, realizing
bushels The crop at The Plail
was 100. J. il. Bernard got
bushels for one seeded and A
Russell 20.
The riot at Chestertown, on Sun
last, says the Newark Ledger, a
shows the demoralizing effects
whskey has on set Of depra
white men and ignorant negi
Some fifteen hundred of the latter
ticipated in the melee, slashing
razOrs in a most reckless man
One man was nearly killed outr
and many others were badly bei
The FIRST and best thing to be do
TO forbid meetings Of this chaTa
and secondly to keep men OIL
street with sick horses as u targe
the "wielders of the razor"
William II. Jones, of Cambrldg
charged with forgery, and also
theft of q horse and buggy belOl