Smyrna times., 1886-12-29
Mar1rland Itaths

Maryland Items.
Rev. J. D. Rigg, of Sudlersville has
so far improved we learn as to be able
to walk about his room.
The Court of Appeals of Maryland
has confirmed the judgement by which
Mrs. Hannah NJ. HOgeland was award
ed $1,000 damages for injuries received
on the p, w. & B. railroad in Cecil
county. The case was tried at the last
April term of the Circuit Court for
Kent county.
Mrs. Belle GOslin, the noted female
farmer of LinkwOod district, Dorches-
ter county, got tired of managing her
fine estate and on Wednesday she took
unto herself husband. William Tur.
pin is the lucky individual. He halls
from Salem in the same county, and he
is a farmer too.
Wilmer c. Pennington, of Middle
town, was married to Miss Ella Hof-
fecker, at the home of the brides
brother, J. w. HOffecker, Legoe's Point
near Baltimore, Wednesday, at p. NJ,
N the presence of a company of friends.
The bridal party left for Washington
about o'clock in the evening.
Canvass back ducks are now selling
for six dollars a pair, while red heads
bring a dollar and half. Yet few can
tell one from the other while the
feathers are on and fewer still can de-
tect any difference in the flavor after
they are dressed. What a costly COM
modify " fancy" is, to be sure.
Satterfeld & Moore's large steam
saw mill at Greensborough, Caroline
county, was burned on Christmas night
at a loss of over $4,000; insurance
$1,000. The fire moved with such
rapidity that the adjoining buildings
were saved only with the greatest ex-
ertiOn. The mill had been burned be-
fore, about 1876
The Hog ChOIerH.-Dr. F. w. Patter-
son of the Department of Agriculture
has been investigating the hog cholera
on the Eastern Shore and reports that
the plague was first introduced in Car
oIine county in the latter part of 1885
by a diseased hog which was brought
from Talbot county by a farmer living
near Preston. 1t infected the others of
his herd, and from there it spread until
about 80 per cent of the hogs in that
part of the county were DESTROYED.
The loss is estimated at nearly $3 900.
In Talbot county the loss from the
plague has been over $4,000.
A remarkable result is now occurring
in Baltimore. John +. Morris. a Sun
reporter, obtained some information of
the secrets of the Grand Jury room
and published it. The Grand jury de-
manded Mr. Morris authority. He
refused to divulge. He was cited before
Court and still he refused Several
days were given him to consider. Still
refusing he was placed in prison, and
still IS there. Nobody blames Mr.,
Morris, nobody blames the Court, and
nobody blames the Grand Jury. Still
Mr.. Morris is prisoner. Is there
such thing as a crime that is not /.
wrong?
4 Drunken R0w Ends in Fatal
Shot and Arrests. Charles Biddle. a
young man of North East, Friday even
ing shot and fatally wounded .Josepb
Lynch, saloon keeper Of North East.
Lynch and young Biddle's uncle. a
man named Pierce, were having
drunken quarrel in the formers saloon.
when the young man came along and
took the part of his relative. Lynch
resented the interference. drew re-
Yolver and threatened to shoot BiddIe
IhereupOn the latter went to his home
got shotgun, returned to the saloon
ana through window of the bar-room
nred the contents of his weapon into
L4ynch's head, fairly riddling it with
shot. Lynch is not expected to live
Both Biddle and Pierce have been ar
rested and brought to Elkton to iail.
4 Musical Prodigy.-The Greensbor-
ough Free Press, gives the following
account of blind boy of that town
VINO promises to be rival of Rlind
Tom: " Roe Richards, only child of r
w. Rlckards, of Greensborougb was
porn blind. Everything was done To
give him light but the best sneciaIistS
ialled utterly. Roe has thriven and
Deen happy child and it now seems
likely that he is to feel a soul-ligbt of
nature. On Thanksgiving dav he as.
tonlshed his aunt by saying he had
taken couple of her tunes from her
whereupon he proceeded to plav upon
the organ two familiar hymn-tunes. In
the brief space of four weeks he has in
creased his list to fifteen pieces and
mas celebrated his fifth birthday
besides. Roe played some selections
CHRISTMAS night at the Sunday School
at Mozart HaUn