Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
MARYLAND Items.

Maryland Items.
There was free fight at a colOred
camp-meeting in Cecil county Sunday.
The late Bishop Lay of Easton had
his life insured to the amount of
$4,000.
The Kent county registration last
week netted an increase of twenty-five
voters.
The annual registration in Queen
Anne's county decreased the list of
voters by seventy-six names.
Thomas SauerhOof, Of SharptOwn,
claims to have peach tree that bears
clings and free stones alternate years.
Thomas Enos, cOlored, under arrest
at Port Deposit charged with attempted
outrage on colOred girl, made his es-
cape.
Rev. VIM. E. Tomkinson, of Kings
Creek, has been sent to Charlestown
Circuit to take the place of Rev. E. E.
White.
Most of the farmers in Cecil county
have finished sowing wheat, except
those who will sow it on their stalk
ground.
John Daley, one of CarOline's veal
thiest and most prominent citizens, is
lying dangerously ill at his home, near
Marydel.
The farm of the late Samuel Spry at
Church Hill, Queen Anne's county was
sold last week for $7,957 SO. 1t con-
tains 153 acres.
The Easton District Preachers Asso-
citation met on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of last week in Sudlersville. A
delightful session was enjoyed by all.
The evaporating house at CordOva,
Talbot county, was burned to the
| ground last week. All the apparatus
and fruit stored therein was destroyed
Loss about $4,000.
The North East Star has placed at
the head of its columns the State Pro-
hibitiOn Ticket. This is the first time
such a ticket has been placed at the
head of a newspaper in Cecil county.
The jury at ElktOn on Friday award
ed $4,000 damages to Mrs. Ringland,
an elderly lady, who had brought suit
against the p, w. & B. railroad for
being pulled off car with violence by
q breakeman.
Prof. D. p. Wyatt gave rendition
of the cantata, 1.-The Haymakers," at
Centreville, on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, by class of seventy five
amateurs. The proceeds to be divided
between the two churches, NJ. f. and
NJ. p.
The old canoe Methodist" in which
"ParsOn Thomas" of Deals Island, no.
tOriety, used to make his voyages over
the Tangier and up the WicOmicO and
POcOmOke rivers when called to preach,
is still preserved and is a popular craft.
WicOmicO Record
Extensive preparations are being
made by the managers of the Cecil
County Agricultural Society for their
fair next week, and with fair weather
much greater crowds than ever before
are expected to be present. Last fall
the attendance on the last day was
$4,000.
A Baltimore grand jury took occa
sion short time since to bestOW high
praise upon the whipping post, recent
ly introduced into Maryland for the
purpose of furnishing wife-beaters. The
report says that this offence formerly
so common in that State is becoming
extremely rare.
They are spelling harmony with ,
very small HI down in Maryland. Tn,
announcement by Judge Brown that h,
would accept the independent nOmina
nation for Mayor of Baltimore is com
, monty regarded as the first step in ,
, rather determined movement tha
has for its object the ultimate retire
ment of Senator Gorman.
Geo. w. Ingram, real estate agent
has sold for A. T. Price, of New York
the farm in Caroline county, known a
/, the Plains" and containing 800 acres
to w f. Smalley, of Christiana. Del
for S35,OO0 This is said to be one O
, the finest farms in the United States
the buildings on the same alone cost
ing nearly 100000
William McKennev of Centravillo
has bought of Colonel r. NJ. Dennison
| known
, " My Lords Gift" situated on Cheste
river and Queenstown creek, contain
: ing 664 acres ut $40 per acre, aggregat
/, ing $26,56O This farm embraces abou
300 acres of the finest timber land o.
the Peninsula, and is beautifully locat
ed.
t. 4 Brakeman ed.-While riding q,
/. box car Monday, Charles G. Collins
: for six or seven years a freight brake
man on the Delaware railroad. was in
2 stantly killed by being struck NV
/ bridge near MillingtOn. Until recentl,
t he was employed only during the frui
r seasons. The body was carried to Wi
} mngton and prepared for burial Abou
, two weeks ago the deceased celebrate,
} his 18th birthday. His wife and tw,
t young children survive him.
,, The Republicans of Caroline count
have placed the following ticket i'm M
held: For State Senator, Andrew +
/. Roe for Clerk of the Circuit Court. r
! Gotee Stevens for House of Delegates
James Green aud Charles w. Wright
for County Commissioners, Charles w
Hobbs, Robert r. Edgell and Geor0
W. Ernst; for County Treasurer IA
FRANK Towers for Register of Wills
John II. Stack; for Sheriff, Thomas d
Curry for County Surveyor, JohI
Whitaker. S'"'
Opinion cfG Maryland EditOr.-Th,
su0Iolned is an expression of opinion n
handed in from the editor of a Mary
land Journal: " mary
Not only with feelings of disgust