Smyrna times., 1886-03-24
MARYLAND Items.

The cold snap and low tides killed |
thousands of young crabs. Large |
quantities of them were washed ashore |
last week.
Herrings the last week the
weather has been mild and beautiful
As consequence herrings have made
their appearance and the people are
getting sassy. ."-DentOn Union.
HambrOoks farm, situated on the
ChOptank river, about two miles from
Cambridge, has been sold by DR.. f. G.
Waters TO Edward Prime and DIR.
Henry Nash of New York, for $4,000.
The Office of the Globe at Cambridge
was burned out early on Friday morn
ing. Messrs. Phillips & Thompson,
who owned the paper, lost everything
except $400, the amount of an insur-
ance policy. The loss on the building
was 5000.
The NJ. z. Church, at Massey's, will
be re-opened for divine worship on
Sunday, April 4th I'd. W. Several
Ministers are expected to be present
on the occasion. Service in afternoon
at O'Clock and in evening at -. All
are cordially invited to be present.
Robert P. Cannon of Dorchester, is
trying to raid $4,000 out of the Balti-
more American's treasury because that
esteemed contemporary called him a
"Pirate King" It. remains to be seen
whether the verdict will justify our es-
teemed contemporary's facetiOus as
sertiOn.
Mrs Sallie l.. Kurtz, widow of the
late DR.. John Kurtz of Dorchester
county, died at her residence in Cam
bridge on Thursday afternoon, after a
prolonged illness, at the age of 81
years. Mrs. Kurtz was the only sister
of Bishop John f. Hurst of the NJ. L
Church. Bishop Hurst was present al
the time of her death The deceased
leaves six children.
Miss Georgia Spear met with a very
serious accident last week at the HON,
of her brother, James J. Spear, at Mas
sey's. Mr.. Spear had been i'll for som,
time with typhoid fever, and his sister
who was nursing him was bathing hin
with turpentine, while so doing tn
, turpentine on her hand caught fire ant
burned her hand terribly. Mr.. Spear
, who was very i'll has since died, itissup
!. posed from the shock. The unfOrtu
! nate lady went 10 Baltimore on Wed
nesday to have her hand amputated.-
a MiddletODn Transcript.
3 Died from His Wounds. -Williar
v Green, alias "Billy the JOKER" VIII
: was found last Thursday afternoon i
: q terrible condition from wounds +,
y ceived in the cabin of a barge which h
u had inhabited near Chesapeake Cit,
i Cecil county, died from his injuries q
Q Sunday morning. Coroner LitzenbeI
= summoned jury, with Il. b. Hoppe
l. = as foreman, which heard the testimOn
u of about % witnesses. The stOnem
le sons hammer with which the deed W;
committed was identified by HenT
er Bumgard as his. He had lost it out
Nv a wagon when going into Chesapeai
III City on Tuesday evening. He saw
Ut sT man back of him at distance, who
"a thought might have found it. He WI
On corrOborated by Richard Fillenger aT
d. Joseph FOulks, fellow workmen.
of was shown that Green was last see
it Wednesday afternoon, thus explOdiI
~ buo butuNy previously hCAu bh"V wy !
lis sault occurred on Tuesday nigt
Us Mrs. Alice Duffy, who lives near q
u barge, saw three men, strangers, goiI
ne in the direction of it about dusk We
ht nesday evening, Henry Boots testiti'
that Green told him that he "wrestl,
them.n Green said they called hi
out, and as he opened the door tn.
he struck him. There were three, and
IS. did not know them. Several witness
Nv testified to Green having lately exhil
he ted large roll of bills. Two gypsi
no were seen to ride from the direction
ar the barge on horseback on Wednesda
lis II was proven that Green had had tro
BILE with some gypsies some years }
K fore. IL was also intimated that
he woman, said to be his wife lived WI
nv gypsies. A pOst-moTtem examinati
X was made by DIR. Karsner, assisted
". Drs. Wallace and BrattOn. DIR. III
20. sner testified that there were nj
m wounds. Green stated that he h
bis $500. There were three assailants, b
only one struck him. At first, when as
i'll ed who it was, he said he didn't kno
lry Afterwards, when he was told
RI would die, he named Harry Riley, W
Is said TO be gypsy. He named b
,si- more than once. Green's skull v