Smyrna times., 1886-06-30
Maryland Items


Inc Caroline county peach crop, it is
said will be a failure. = %
The Baltimore papers quote nav
crop wheat at from 85 to S8 cents Der
bushel. pei
The wheat yield in Wicomico county
harvest. "0'Oi0
The choice of bishop of Easton will
probably be postponed until after M tbo
general convention Ofthe P, E. Church
The peach crop in this county will be
very light, the June drop having nearly
cleaned out many orchards. 0Easton
Star. ''O''
Sallie Jefferson has been taken to
cambridge from Delaware on reouisi-
ton charging her with deadly assault
on her husband, John Jefferson.
Rev. and Mrs. George w. Burke. of
fredericksburg, celebrated their tin we'd
Ding on Monday evening, June 28th.
Inc occasion was highly enjoyed by a
large company.
Elkton has another Doctor. DR.. J.
w. Cooper, formerly of Chestertown.
mas hung out his shingle. He is
homeopathic, and the only one of that
school in the town.
A fire in Port Deposit. Friday burned
the canning factory of Reynolds Bros,
and stable, besides damaging other
buildings. LossabOut $26, 900, partially
insured. Moses Rogers was severely
hurt by falling from roof.
Colonel VIM. McKenney, of Queen
Anne's county expects to have a Weld
OF wheat amounting to 10000 bushels;
and the Centreville Record says that
LOO self-binding harvesting machines
will be used in that county this year.
Harmony is to have a grand Fourth
of July celebration at the NJ. E. Church
on Saturday, Sd proximO. Rev. II. 0.
Ayres, of Denton, Major VIM. E.
Stewart and Colonel J. G. Mullikin, of
EastQn, have been engaged as speakers.
n brass band will be in attendance.
James T. Truitt, who was a promi-
nent candidate for the postmastership
at Salisbury, Saturday, received notice
of his appointment as deputy collector
under Collector Causey. This is the
position now held by Mr.. Foble, of
Cambridge. Mr.. Truitt will qualify
and enter upon his duties July 1st.
1t seems to be a sensible suggestion
to incorporate the dioceses of EastOn
and Delaware, and thereby consolidate
the entire peninsula in one diocese to
be called the Diocese of Delaware. AS
the salaries of the bishops of these dio-
ceses are now inadequate, by uniting
them, it would be possible to pay a
salary in some degree commensurate
with the dignity of the of1ice.-CecU
| Democrat
The Caroline Democrat says the sur
vey for the Baltimore and Eastern
| Shore Railroad was made through that
country last week. The line laid down
crosses the Choptank little south of
Dover Bridge, and runs near Bethlehem
and Preston. 1t crosses Hunting creek
a few hundred yards south of the old
mill now called Linchester. The line
runs near Hurlock's and Vienna, in
! Dorchester, and thence to Salisbury.
On last Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
James Stafford of Burrsvile, Caroline
county, was very seriously frightened
by walking suddenly upon a snake.
! She and her husband were trying to
drive some young chickens out of the
rain. When she saw the reptile she
exclaimed: "Oh! there's q snake" and
they were the last words she uttered
until the following morning. Her hus-
band did not notice anything the mat
ter with her until they got to the house
when he found that her teeth we,e
clinched. DR.. Theodore Saulsbr,rv
was Immediately called.
The Peninsula Peach CroD.---The
Chestertown Transcript seeing That the
bulk of the Peninsula peach crop is
likely to be in Kent county, did n pro
digiOus piece of work last week BY
enumerating the peach trees of that
county and getting estimates on the
probable crop by communities or dis
tricts. It's report suggests the follow
ing totals of trees and probable basket:
of fruit: East Neck Island, 32,8OO tree!
and 30,700 baskets; Rock Hall, Go 400
and 81, 100; Iankford, 81 200 and 1O3,
700; Fairlee, As, 200 and SO, 800: Swar
Neck and Colchester, Is, 500 and IA 300
Broad Neck, 16,900 and 25,5OO
+. Quaker Neck, 139, 100 and 132, 200
/ ChestertOwn, IS, 800 and 152 600; Wor
ton, 81, 400 and 145, 500; Lynch's, II 90,
, and $1,000; Still Pond, 2O8,O 900 ant
) 451, 100; Kennedyville, 81, 300 ant
100000; Blacks Station, 81 900 baskets
, MillingtOn, 29, 900 and Is $50; Massey s
:. 3S,4OO and 39,l00; Galena, 10000 an,
$4,000. Total, 1,O55.3OO trees, anC
; 1,495,O5O baskets probably. The Ken
: NelCs says: The crop in Kent count
= will be larger than ever before know
p and will probably reach 1 100000 bas
i kets, nearly as many as will be grow
on the balance of the peninsula tOgeth
4 er. Delaware will not have over 500,
600 baskets.