Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
Maryland Items


John Robinson, colored, suspected Of
Cne EVersman murder in Wicomico
county, has been released.
Thomas S. Hodson, Esq. will accent
the republican nomination for Con0resS
IN the first district on certain condi-
tions. OOilOi-
The OritOriO of Queen Esther will he
given at MillingtOn on Thursday Fri.
week. '-'''
The attendance at the Kent county
iair this year, taking the four davs into
consideration, was says the TraascyiDf
rather above than below the average
Within the last three weeks the six
bright little children of Thomas Hill of
near Suddlersville have been sick with
scarlet fever, and four have died from
Its baneful effects.
Hon. Henry Lloyd, Governor of
Maryland, will be married to Miss
Bette StaplefOrt, a beautiful and ac-
complished young lady of Cambridge.
on Monday, the 18th inst.
Po0le's Island in Chesapeake bay be-
low WOrton creek, Kent county, CON
talns 23O acres of arabic land and is
owned by a BaltimOrean. This wear
us peach crop realized $4,000.
Robert G. Thackeray, counsel for
Paul Reed, colored, convicted at Elk
ton last week of numbering William
Green, has asked for a new trial for his
client. Reed had selected to be tried
by the judges.
Immense shipments Of sweet potatoes
continue to be made from Accomac to
Baltimore. In addition to what the
sail boats carry, the steamers are fire.
quently compelled to leave hundreds
OF barrels at the wharves.
Colonel Lemuel Shovel of showell's.
IS said to have realized $15O,OOO this
year from an oil speculation made in a
moment of thoughtlessness in Philadel-
phla four or five years ago. The colonel
mad about come to the conclusion that
the Investment would never pay him a
cent
Tomorrow, the third day of the
ElktOn Fair, has been selected bv the
temperance people of the county as
Temperance Day" 1t is expected
that there will be great attendance
of the temperance people on that day.
The County Prohibition Executive
Committee will hold a meeting on the
grounds at II o'clock.
The new town hall in Chestertown.
which has been in course of erection
for some time is nearing completion,
and will be a very handsome and or
namentai structure. 1t is a four-story
brick building, with stone trimmings
and mansard roof, surmounted bv a
large square tower. The hall will
have seating capacity of about 600.
A petition signed by the ministers
| and lawyers of Elkton, the board of
town commissioners, and numerous
other prominent citizens has been pre-
sented to the Judges of the Circuit
Court, asking them to pass a rule ex-
Guiding boys under the age of Is years,
during the trial of all criminal cases in
which the testimony is unfit for them
to hear.
There are 49 persons, residents of
queen Anne'S county, VINO receive
pensions from the federal government
on account of injuries received during
the late war. The amount paid them
collectively per annum is $6,484, an
average Of $114.25. Talbot received
$685. per annum, divided among II
persons; Caroline $22,3OO divided
among 80 and Kent, $35, 1914, divided
among 63.
The Episcopal convention, which
met at Centreville, on Wednesday,
elected Missionary Bishop Wingfeld of
Northern California to fill the vacant
episcOpate. Bishop WingHeld was
chosen on the fifth ballot. He is q
native of Portsmouth, Va, is So years
old and was at one time rector of Christ
Church, at Rock Spring, Hartford
county. He has been in California for
the past 81 years and it does not ap-
pear, from anything in the published
reports of the convention proceedings,
| that there is any assurance of his leaV-
ing there to accept the new dignity
which has been conferred upon him.
N. B.--A dispatch in yesterdays paper
says the Bishop returns thanks but can
not accept. They will thus have to
make a sixth selection.