Smyrna times., 1885-11-11
MARYLAND Items.
Harry Harris, aged 10, was drowned
in WicOmico river on Saturday.

Maryland Items.
Harry Harris, aged 10, was drowned
in WicOmico river on Saturday.
Somerset Oystermen have been con-
victed of taking oysters in WicOmico
waters and fined.
A verdict of suicide was rendered in
the case of VIM. McCarter, who was
found dead in Still Pond.
c. w. Kennard will establish chick
en- hatchery at Chestertown, Md. He
proposes to use incubatOrs.
J. o. Rasin, wealthy and respected
citizen of Centreville, died yesterday of
Bright's disease, from which he has
been a long suffere, in the 55th year of
his age.
The festival at Millington last week
for the benefit of the P. f. Church was
a success realizing the net amount of
1928. The ladies have now succeeded
in paying the church debt and all are
happy!
Sam'l c. Rowland, acting for citizens
of Port Deposit, has entered suit against
the B. q o. r. R., charging unlawful
obstruction of the waters of the Susque-
hanna in building the new railroad
bridge across that river.
Samuel Lure, the engineer at VIM. T.
Hignutt's mill at Smithville, Caroline
county, met with a terrible death Fri
day afternoon. He was putting on a
belt when he got caught in the ma
chinery and was carried around until
he was killed.
The election in Caroline resulted
quite evenly as to numbers-six Demo-
Gratis and four Republicans pulling
through and Graham and Green tying
on the House of Delegates. All the
other counties of the Eastern Shore
went democratic.
Geo. S. Tygert, who was serving a
term in the Jail at Centreville for horse
stealing, escaped and was recaptured at
Townsend in the Summer, has been
sentenced to eight years in the Peni-
tentiary. He is but q years old, but
has been guilty of several thefts.
One of our young and ambitious
sportsmen says that before the law ran
out, you could turn over any hickory
nut shell and kick out halfdozen rab-
bits, but now you can turn a ten-acre
lot up edgewise and never even find a
last years trail.-FrederdLsburg Courier.
Returns from all the counties of
Maryland show that the vote of Turner,
democrat, for comptroller was 103, ,544 ;
Miller, republican, 72,375; Turner's
majority, 81 ,169. The vote of Taylor,
prOhibitiOnist, will probably cut the
actual majority down to about $4,000.
A bride and groom, hailing from
Worcester county, came to Salisbury
Monday to spend their honeymoon.
They stayed two days, slept at the Pc
ninsula House and ate, in that time, on
ly two meals. Their bliss was too
ecstatic for them to trouble themselves
much about such a mundane transac-
tiOn as eating
Shot Dead.-A young man by the
name of Richards, who was a resident
of Baltimore, was accidently shot at
Elk Neck, Cecil county, last week by
his uncle. Richards was trying to re-
move a shell from the gun-which was
a breech loader-when his uncle took
the gun from him and while trying tC
brake it," the gun was discharged
The load entered young Richards left
side killing him instantly.
Finger BOards.-A writer in the Cecil
Neirs compliments the firm of G.. w
Kennard & Co. for their enterprise il
erecting finger boards at every crossing
and fork of roads in Kent county to ad
vertise their goods, all done at an ex
pense of S137, and calls upon the pro
mOters of true progress in Cecil county
to get to work and have like needed
/ improvements in Cecil county. Finge
boards are certainly Of very great ad
vantage to all travellers on the public
highways unfamiliar with the roads ant
localities.
HymeniaI-A very pretty churcl
wedding was solemnized at St. Luke
p E. Church, Church Hill, on Wednes
day last at two o'clock. The churcl
was handsomely decorated for the oc
casion; the bridal party passing
through floral gates in the ailse an,
standing just beyond a second portal t.
take the marriage vows. The contract
ing parties were William Straughn, {
Baltimore, and Miss Bessie @. Mitchell
daughter of Richard Mitchell, a res
dent of Church Hill district, formerl
of this town.
The North East Star in speaking {
the late election in Cecil county, says
"It was a regular field dayfor the Ind,
pendent voter, and he was abroad j
full force, party lines were drawn, an
party whips were cracked, but all
vain. Party didn't enter into the COZ
test; but the people did. Both parti'
were defeated, badly defeated. N,
) five per cent. of the ballots cast wei
straight The successful DemOcra
were elected by independent Republ
/; can votes, and the successful Republ
can was elected by Independent DEM
) cratic votes"