Smyrna times., 1885-11-25
Maryland Items.

John H. Baggs has rented the Brick |
Hotel, in GreensbOrough now occupied |
by w. H. Cohee, and will take posses
sion at New Year.
The Centreville Record denounces
the LowandO-C Clifton company as apoor
affair throughout and fraudulent in its
distribution of prizes.
Edward S. Quigley, of Cecil county, |
well-knOwn teacher, is dead, and |
Arthur w. Mitchell, formerly clerk of |
the the same county, has also died.
The Centreville Record gives a recipe |
for Fattening Our Thanksgiving |
Bird" The directions omit one essen /
tial, though viz: how to get the bird.
James Green, Republican, of Caroline
county, will contest the election to the
House of Delegates, with his Demo-
cratic competitor who has been return
ed as elected.
w. c. Satterfeld, of Greensborough,
has closed a contract with Montgomery
& Howard, Boston ship-building firm,
for the framing of a steamboat of two
hundred and eighty foot keel and sew
enty-twO foot beam.
J. Guest King, the lowest bidder for
the State printing, says he will bond
for the execution of the work. ]. H.
Medairy & Co., of Baltimore, have been
awarded the contract for furnishing
stationery for the State.
1t is said a recount of the vote for
Senator in Worcester county shows a
majority of II for Henry, Fusion, over
! Dennis, democrat, but the latter says it
was a partisan count and does not sat
isfy him. He will leave the disposal of
the tie, as returned by the judges, to
the State Senate.
1t is stated that about 81 5000
worth of terrapin are taken annually
from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
That means that something like 1,O00,-
600 terrapin are caught each year.
How long will the supply last at that
rate of exhaustion? Muskrats are said
to be great enemies of the terrapin, as
they feed on them.
The grand jury of Queen Anne's
county asked the court to direct the
sheriff to notify l. N. Mills, superinten-
dent of the Delaware division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, that complaint
is made of the obstruction of the public
, road by cars of company in the town of
/ Sudlersville, and to request Mr. Mills
/ to prevent the occurrence of such OBJ
2 structiOn.
, The railroad case of w. H. Scotten
VS.. the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore Railroad Company growing
: out of damages sustained by ScOtten in
d the collision at Clayton one year ago
e last September, was compromised al
! EastOn, Thursday. ScOtten, through
g his counsel, Albert Constable, Esq, oil
n ElktOn, brought suit for $4,000 dam
| ages. 1t was compromised for $4,000
7 Deceased. -Catharine r., wife of Hon
); A. B. Roe, of GreensbOrOugh, died al
the residence of Rev. ]. +. Smith, il
d Wilmington, on November 23d. AbOu
e three months ago she went there on
'e visit, when she was taken sick, and lin
l. gered in extreme and painful Hines
Il until death brought welcome releas
3. on the above date. Her remains will
ID be removed to GreensbOrOugh, wher
IN they will be inferred tomorrow.
- ADr. johnson who went from Bridge
- ton N. j., to CrumptOn year or tw
~ ago, where his wife died and he subsC
uuently moved to Church Hill, elOpe
as a few days ago with the wife of Richar
~ F. Meredith the hotel keeper of tha
n. place. She sent note saying sh
IN never expected to return it is though
I'd they have gone to Florida. Mr.. Mere
ds dith who is left with a family of fOU
a children, is a half brother of Edwar
a. Reck of Smvrna
by A Dual Wedding.-Wednesday {
e. half-past two o'clock, the M. E. ChurC
on of Centreville was filed to OverhOwiI
mt with an audience assembled to witne
the imposing marriage ceremony b
:, tween Miss Dorothy Arters and Fred
ac +. Thomas, of Kent Island, and Mi
VI Annie Arters and VIM. Il. RinggOld,
WI WI Kent Island. The two ladies a
~, daughters of Rev. J. A. Arters, past
loI of the NJ. f. Church Centreville. II
1o no ceremony was performed by Rev. Jol
" France, presiding elder of EastOn d
'II- trict. and Rev. J. A. Arters, father
" the brides. The happy couples to-
~, ~ the afternoon train to Philadelph
SyS' ~ whence they will proceed to Baltimo
w. and thence to Washington.