Smyrna times., 1885-08-05
MARYLAND Item :.

Reports from Baltimore state that
the Chester River is furnishing the bulk
Of the peaches now on the market.
The NJ. E. Church at Pocomoke Citv
is to be enlarged and otherwise i'm
proved. The changes will cost over
$4,000.
Wilson N. Taylor & Bro, the new
editors of the Easton Gazette are mt
ting that paper in the front rank of East
ern shore journals.
The store of J. B. Burchinal in Ches-
tertown was entered by thieves last
Friday night, and $40 in small change
was stolen from the money drawer.
Mrs. Susie Poluska, polish woman,
who lived in the lower end of Kent
county, lost her life July 10Th, through
pouring coal oil on the kitchen fire.
Burglars entered the store of Joseph
Stafford at Wye Mills, Queen Anne's
county, on Thursday night and stole
$50 in cash and 800 worth of clothing.
A warrant is out for the arrest of
Gus" Wheatly, cOlored, of Preston,
Caroline county, on the charge of at
tempting a brutal assault on a 12-year-
old white girl.
Heavy rains were reported through
out Maryland Monday, doing consider
able damage in Frederick and Carroll
counties. In Cecil county there was a
destructive cyclone.
During the storm on Tuesday a bolt
of lightning melted the telephone wire
at Fairlee, destroying for u time the
connection between ChestertOwn and |
other points on the line.
Kent County Telephone Company is
running lines all over the county, and |
connection is now had with Queen |
Anne's, Talbot and Caroline counties
by telephone, and it is working nicely. |
Thousands of bushels of wheat is be-
ing sent from Queen Anne's and Kent |
counties to the Baltimore market. |
Chester river is white with sails, the |
vessels being loaded principally with |
grain.
Edward B. Emory Esq, of Poplar
Grove" has sold his "Gibson Farm"
situate in Spaniards Neck and contain
ing l35 acres, to Jervis Spencer, ESQ,
of Kent county, for $4,000, little over
S4S per acre.
The Oakland camp meeting in Caro-
line county was opened July 29th, with
the Revs. j. f. Kidney, c. +. Wyatt
and L. .. Ayres were also present, the
latter opening the exercises by an ad-
dress. There are thirty-seven tents on
the ground and two boarding places.
Every body boards. T. B. Curry & Co.
have charge Of the horse pound and
bread tent.
Walter II. Thompson, one of Easton's
most enterprising merchants, has retir-
ed from business. He entered business
40 years ago and has scarcely seen
leisure day since. He knew the value
OF printers ink and spent large sums in
advertising annually; consequently he
has been one Of the best known and
most successful merchants on thepenin-
sula.
Oakland Camp was attended Sunday,
by people from every direction until
the crowd numbered in the thousands.
In the morning the pulpit was occupied
by Rev. I. i. TOmpkinson, of Milling
ton in the afternoon and evening by
ReVs. Hubbard, and Murray respective
ly of Wilmington. Rain began to fall
in the early afternoon and dampened
the ardOr of all present.
Died at Ocean Gtg.-Wn. B. r. Sell
by, Esq, died at Ocean City, on Tues
day last. He has resided in Philadel-
phia for the past thirty years and held
the Office of PrOthonatOr of that city
for ten years. He was a native of
Worcester county, where ne has large
landed estate near Ocean City, and the
/ Congress Hall Hotel, at that resort is a
part Of Mr.. Selby's estate. He was
about So years of age WicOmicO Re
cord.
There are over a hundred sailing
crafts of all sizes and builds now in
! Cambridge harbOr, and about fifteen or
sixteen new vessels in different styles
of construction. There is more ship
building and repairing going on here
than in any other port in Maryland or
Delaware except Wilmington. Cam
bridge as Il seaport is Just commencing
to boom. Her unrivaled harbOr facili-
ties invites commerce, and she is going
to get large share of it Cambridge
Chronicle.
Last week we chronicled the death
from dyscntery, of Miss Eva f., daugh-
ter Of VIM. II. and A. = MOwbray, OF
this county, at the age Of sixteen years
eight months and twenty-five days
On Friday last Miss Eva's twin sister
Emma, succOmbed to the same disease
The young ladies were bright and stu
dious and were working hard to make
themselves ornaments, to their sex
The double calamity is almost crushing
to the family. They are sisters of the
Rev. A. w. Mowbray, of Marydel.-
GreensbOrOugh Free Press.
A correspondent from Kent county
to the Baltimore Sun says: The corr
crop appears to be a good one, but thu
! June drop Of peaches will reduce tn,
! crop about one-half, notwithstanding
the bright prospect in April and May
Some Of our farmers are alarmed abou
+. the dying of young peach trees.
e small black beetle is killing the yOunj
! cherry trees, and the same enemy is a
5 work on the young peaches. 1t is
= small beetle Or bug not much large
f than a gOOd-sized flea. A small hole
= punctured near the bottom of the lea
Y and the egg deposited. A little gur
J. soon exudes and the leaf fdies, and fnal
= ly the tree.
Abner Morton, tenant on James Il
e CovingtOn's farm at Woodland, TalbC
r county, came near meeting with a ser
e Gus loss on Friday. He was threshin
1f wheat, and wagon load at the thresi
le er took fire. The team started to ru
n towards the straw ricks and a numbC
IS of other loaded wagons; the straw o
st the ground around the thresher got afr
re and for few seconds it looked as
1T everything on the yard would burn u
le But admirable presence of mind WI
" shown. the mules attached to the burr
ing wagon were turned around head
~ wind and forced out into the open iielC
e. the fire on the ground was beaten on
q. and only wagon load of wheat and
or wagon were lost. The wagon belongC
fv to d. J. Barber.
IT, The Largest Peach GrOUer.-JOhn !
a. Groves of this county has been for son
a am.N