Smyrna times., 1885-11-18
MARYLAND Items.

David Scott, well-knOwn Cecil
county farmer, is dead, in his 10th year.
Two men were drowned in Choptank
river Monday, by the capsizing of an
oyster bug-eye."
Lewis Z. Bouden was killed Satur-
dey by the accidental discharge of
gun near Chesapeake City.
Charles Williams was covicted at
Cambridge, Friday Of feloniously as
saulting Mrs. Eliza J. Keene. The
penalty is death or Imprisonment in
the penitentiary.
The tenant house on +. H. Harper's
Pond Farm" on Sassafras river, was
destroyed by fire Thursday morning.
Loss about S350-insured in the Kent
Mutual Company, for 5000. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
A tramp printer, to whom the editor
of the North East Star gave quarter
two years ago, acknowledged the kind
ness last week by an editorial on Mary
land hospitality in a prosperous Min
nesOta paper, of which he is now the
editor and proprietor
Col. Francis Carroll GOldsborough,
son of the late Tilghman GoldsborOugh,
and Miss May Hill GOldsborough,
daughter of Nicholas GOldsbOrOugh,
/ were married at Christ Church, Eas-
ton, at 6 o'clock Monday morning, by
Rev. Chas. +. Buck. They took the
early train for Chicago.
Deputy Attorney General John Biggs
has purchased, for $24, ,259, a farm of6lO
acres, near Millington, belonging to
the estate of the late Charles Noble and
regarded as one of the finest properties
in Queen Anne's county. There are
$500 peach trees, and good buildings
on the farm, about $50 acres of which
are under tillage.
A correspondent to the Denton Jour
nal makes these Wilmington confer
ence appointments four months in ad-
vance of the meeting of the conference:
Grace church, Wilmington, as a matter
of course is to have u transfer from
Newark conference in the person of
DIR. Todd, the man who made himself
notorious by his One-sided rulings in
the case of DIR. BristOr; St. Pauls, w.
i. 5. Murray; Asbury, J. +. Bryan !;
Union, Adam Stengle; Galena, Z. K.
Stevenson; Greensboro, G. Prettyman =;
E Cambridge, T. o. Ayres; MiddletOwn,
r. II. Adams; MillingtOn, - Nelson
Talbot, L. p. Cochran; st. Michaels,
w. Z. Tompkinson; Denton, w. ].
O'Neill Trappe, A. Prettyman; Fed
eralsburg, DR.. Underwood; FELTON,, 1.
n. Foreman; Burrsville, - Mitchell
. GalestOwn, w. Dawson; Harrington
: l. Jewell; Houston, Geo. Hopkins
: Lelpsic, f. Morgan; HurlOck's, J. Car
| roll; Beckwith, w. Green; Nassau
Geo. Burke; Milton, V. Collins; Wen.
ma, Jas. Connor; Wyoming, Geo Bow.
, man; Smyrna, ]. o. Sypherd; Tangiel
4 Island, J. B. Quigg; GumbOrough
g Warner; Church Hill, J. Van. Burka
low; CeciltOn, A. Smith; Appoquini
G mink, J. E. Kidney; HillsbOrOugh, Ed
] Davis.
J. TwO Still Pond Burglars Caught
!. The robbery of the store of George w
= Harper at Still Pond on Wednesday
= night last mention of which was mad
!. in the Morning NelUs, was a very nicely
r arranged affair, but the plans of tht
burglars miscarried somewhat after all
+ The goods stolen amounted to SIP il
e value, consisting for most part of boots
/ clothing, watches and money. Two Q
= the thieves were arrested Thursday al
W ternoOn near Kennedyville and tn
,e greater part of booty was found upo
" them. Each one was sporting a neV
10 pair of fine boots, bearing Mr.. Harper
m cost mark. After a hearing befor
o. Squire 1. r. Starkey of Still Pond, the
n were committed to Jail to await the az
IS tion of the grand jury. The names {
m the parties arrested are Benjamin SEQ
and Alex. COrse, cOlOred men, both {
whom lived near Lynch's Station i
e. Kent county. They implicated thre
as others in the affair; one named Dick
p, Johnson, a notorious character: frOl
We MiddletOwn, Del, another is Charlie
Ia Melvin and the name of the other
ne unknown. 1t has been ascertaine
le- that Johnson boarded an afternoO
ne train at Blacks Station for Delaney
OF Del. The authorities have offered
no reward of $25 for JohnsOn's arrest,
ON he is thought to have been the lead
ed of the gang. This is thought to be Il
ne same party that has committed sever
he similar robberies in ChestertOwn with
OF the past year or more. The method
IL procedure has been the same in ea'
Al case, that is, boring and removing pc
up tiOns of the door, thus gaining acce
ger to the bolts and bars with which thu
ne were fastened.