Smyrna times., 1885-09-16
Maryland Items.

ed postmaster of Crisfeld.
Samuel F. Smith has been appointed
postmaster of Princess Anne.
In a week 25O oyster longing licenses
were issued in WicOmicO county.
Legal steps have been taken to fully
test the cOnstitutionality of the Mary
land oyster carrying tax.
Dudley's Frank and Gales Lady
Byron were the winners in the trOtting
race at EastOn Saturday.
1t is estimated that $4,000 barrels of
sweet potatoes were shipped weekly
from the Eastern Shore counties Of Vir-
ginia.
The Maryland Military Academy at
twenty-seven States, enrolled for the
session.
James H. Douglass, has been nOmi-
mated by the democrats for a member
of Delegates from Caroline county in
place of Col. p. w. DOWnes, has also
declined.
The large stock of goods in the store
of Messrs. Bottomly & Johnson, at
MillingtOn, is being disposed of at cost
by Hope II. BarrOll, Esq, trustee for
the creditors.
Geo. w. Raughley, of Tuckahoe
Neck, is one of the successful peach
growers of his section. His daily ship
ments are about 200 boxes. He re-
Gently refused an offer of 81 900 for a
small orchard of four acres.
The disafected among the colored
Republican voters and the cOlOred
Democrats of Talbot county have put
out an Independent ticket, which con-
tains one colored man and nine white
men; of the latter two are on each of
the regular party tickets.
At the meeting of the General Board
of Church Extension held i'll Philadel-
phia on Wednesday last, 5000. was APP
prOpriated to aid the erection of a
church at Charles City and the same
sum for a church to be erected at
Parksley, also on the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia.
Thos. B. Gardner, Esq, who has been
in the law office of c. H. Baker, Esq
at Chestertown, the past year, and is q
promising young member of the Kent
bar, has gone to Drew Theological
Seminary. He will take a full course
and after graduation go into the active
work of the ministry. Mr.. G.. is a SOL
Rev. S. 7. Gardner, of the Wilmington
NJ. E. Conference.
A. A. Christian & Co. succeed Satter.
field & Moore of Greensborough, in the
/ general merchandise business. At the
/ same time Mr.. Christian has taken {
/ partner, Mr.. Plummer, in business will
! him in the management of the Ere,
Press besides which he fills the Office o
/ Justice of the Peace. That old provert
of "Too many irons &C. does not seem
/ to have been made for Bro. Christian
Jonathan Murphy lives near Greens
/ borough and raises some peaches a.
evidenced by the fact that he picked
twenty-five baskets of White Michigan!
from one tree and sold the fruit to d
S. Truitt, Gamer. Wesley Baynard
colored, near Greensborough, picked
sixty-three baskets of Crawford's Lat,
from six trees. Andrew Johnson, o
Ingleside, picked sixteen baskets o
MOOre's FavOrites from a single tree
GreensbOrOugb Free Press.
About fifty-four scrape-bOats, seven
ty canoes or longing boats, and twelv
or more oyster packing houses are EN-
ployed in the oyster trade of Oxford
Only three of the packing houses ar
running owing to the poor condition Q
oysters in the Tred-AVon and Chop
tank rivers. The demand for fat Oys
ters is active. The prices of oysters i
their present condition range from l
to 35 cents. The prospects are tina
they will fatten later in the season
The scrape-boats begin work Octobe
lst.
The latest swindle is as follows: A
individual calls at a farmers house a
, the representative of firm who is gel
= ting statistics as to the quality of graf
raised in Maryland, ne being assigne
I to this county. He then puts dow
the farmers name, place of Tesidenc'
and gets from him the number of busi
els of grain of different kinds RAISED
, the number of acres from which tn
! grain was grown, the quality of Ian
5 and kind of material used for manurinj
etc This statement is read to I'll
farmer, and the sleek young man ASK
him to sign the report, which will |
sent to Chicago, and when the book
out he will get a copy. The farm,
signs and the young man departs. ]
a short time the farmer is notified
+ come and pay a negotiable note left
! the bank for collection. Cecil NelU8.