Smyrna times., 1885-02-25

The Baltimore Oriolen has gone
up the spout" All the paraphernalia
of the concern has been sold at auc-
tion for a mere song, and the great
humbug will be known no more for
ever.
The revival meeting which has been
in progress for the last five weeks at
the Wesley M. z. Church, (colored) in
Centreville, has been a grand success
SO far upwards of $50 having prOfessed
conversion.
Pasqual Manzo, the young italian
who was beaten and robbed by Thomas
u. jackson, at North East, January %.
died from his injuries in Elkton jail on
Saturday morning. His murderer is
still at liberty.
A skating Carnival has been enjoyed
by the young folks on the river oppo-
site Chestertown. The ice is about
four inches thick and will bear the
skaters all the way across to the
Queen Anne's shore.
Denton wants a railroad, and now
they talk ofbuilding one by private sub
| scriptiOn to run from Ridgely to that
town and ask the Pennsylvania to Oper-
ate it. 1t would cost $4,000 to build
| such a road and erect the necessary
stations.
The GreensborOugh Free Press wants
the court house Of Caroline county to
be located in Greensborough. The
Denton papers Of course combat the
proposition, and considerable ink and
talent is being wasted in a controversy
that will probably end in the old court
house not being torn down at all.
Cambridge harbor and the Choptank
river opposite the town are affording
fine skating, and the sport is
being largely indulged in. Nine pas
sengers for Cambridge who came as
far as Oxford on the steamer Ida last
Friday, walked to Cambridge, a dis
tance of twelve miles, on the ice
The Easlon Star says the number of
people seeking office at the hands of
the incoming administration is some-
thing astonishing and that Mr. Glib
son, our able young congressman-elect,
is besieged night and day in person
and by mail for promises, from the old
and young guard of ." the unterrilied."
who desire 10 serve their country for
consideration, either great or small.
The ice embargo has brought the
oyster traffic at cambridge TO stand
still The oyster houses are closed and
and vessels frozen in. Many persons
who are dependent upon their daily
work at the oyster houses and in the
river for support are thus thrown
out of employment and deprived of
the means of subsistence. Many cases
OF actual want are reported throughout
the town.
1t is a well-established fact that
country newspaper editors live on
dried apples and turnips. There is
one Peninsula editor, however, who
appears to be an exception to this rule.
From the best information attainable,
the editor Of the Smyrna Times lives
sumptuOusly on Delaware marsh musk
rats.-CbeStertOra Transcript On the
contrary the aforesaid editor HASN'T
tasted them but once for a year. They
are scarce in the market.
Inc MetnOdlStS are making efforts
to secure the use of the court house at
Snow Hill, for religious purposes during
the coming session of the Wilmington
Conference. 1t has been denied all
applicants heretofore, and the county
commissioners refuse to open except
for county purposes. The Methodists
claim that religion is a cause to which
the country is indebted and an institu-
ton Of much benefit to the citizens;
that political parties should not be
given precedence over religious bodies,
and that the church members repre-
sent a large proportion of the taxpayers.
Whether the authorities will yield to
these arguments remains to be seen.