Smyrna times., 1885-07-01
MARYLAND Items.


Prof. Wyatt and "Queen Esther"
are at Still Pond.
GreensbOrOugh, HillsborO' and Mary
del, together promise to furnish 100, 900
baskets of peaches.
Emory X. Burnite, Esq, who was
recently admitted to the Bar, has hung
out his shingle in Easton.
The Riley's Neck (coloredl Camp
Meeting near MillingtOn will COM
mence Friday July 24th.
The wheat crop of Talbot county
now being harvested will prove about
three-fOurths of an average yield.
The first arrival of new wheat was
received in Baltimore on Wednesday
from Lancaster county, Virginia, and
sold at 81 per bushel for good and Sl.5O
for inferior
The New York Sun in referring to
the strawberry crop of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland this season says:
"This region promises to become the
great trucking garden Of the Atlantic
coast"
J. Frank Turner has sold the Dundee
farm, lying near EastOn containing
25S acres, to +. II. NickersOn and
Brother for $4,000. Mr.. Turner
bought the farm two years ago for
$500.
Salaries of preachers have been in
creased at Odessa. Townsend, Chester
town. Church Hill, Queenstown, Tai
bot and Kings Creek the last Rev. w.
f. TOmkinsOn pastor, has advanced
from $400 to 800. The whole district
is prospering.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
have given notice to the shippers of
strawberries along the line of the rail
roads near Salisbury that they will pay
eleven cents per quart for berries on
the Boston train that were in the
wreck near Middetown, Del, on June
2nd, but will not pay for broken crates
or baskets.
A four wear old child of George H.
Phifrr. of Queen Anne's county, died
on Monday of last week, from the cf-
fects of quinine. While the parents
were absent from home the child took
forty sugar coated quinine pills.
Emetics were given and the child re-
lieved of some ten of the pills, but con-
vulsions ensued and the child died in a
few hours.
The value Of an adequate supply of
water to town in case of fire was
/ twice demonstrated in ChestertOwn
| last week. On each occasion the flames
were promptly extinguished. But
for the ready supply of water" says
/ the Kent NelCs, 'the building which
caught fire and many surrounding
structures might have been destroyed" :"
ChestertOwn has only had water sup
ply for few months, but already has
reason to congratulate herself her en-
ter prise in securing it.
1t is claimed that a company of capi-
talists from New York and the East
have announced themselves ready and
willing to build the ship canal between
the Delaware and Chesapeake bays by
the Sassafras river route if Baltimore
merchants will approve, but that such
approval is withheld because the Bal
timoreans prefer the more expensive
route by the ChOptank, which none
are ready or willing to undertake.
This may be the spirit CT true progress,
but it does not have that look.
The Democrats of Cecil county held
their convention at ElktOn on Tuesday
and nominated the following county
ticket: For Clerk of the Circuit Court,
DR.. r. r. CrOthers, of the Sixth district
for Register Of Wills, Reuben f. lamar
of the Third district for State Senator
Clinton Mccullough, of the Third dis
trict; for members of the House Oi
Delegates, a. B. McVay, r. L. Thomas
Jr., J. Granville Richards; for County
Commissioners, William II. Deshane
I.G. Griffith, William Il. Cooley; fol
Sheriff, Robert Mackey, of the Fourth
district.