Smyrna times., 1888-09-12
Maryland Items.

William D. Taylor of Vernon, Del,
has purchased the farm of Robert ].
Jump in Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline
county, for $500.
Esma Lowe, aged 67 years, and one
of the most prominent Democrats of
Caroline county, died at Greensbor-
Ough on Sunday evening.
w. W. Hackett, farmer near Cam
bridge, was swindled out of 81 900 re-
Gently by two sharpers claiming to be
agents for a patent hay fork.
Twelve colored men were arrested at
ChestertOwn last week for gambling.
They were caught in the act in an old
stable back of the town and fined by
Justice Burgess. Much disorder and
fighting in the place was the cause of
the raid.
Dorsey Vickers, young lad was ac-
| cidentally shot in the mouth in Cen
treville, Md, several days ago by Erd-
man Bramble, who was handling a cat
rife. The ball passed under the
tongue and imbedded itself in the left
cheek, from which it was extracted by
DR.. James Bordley. The wound is not
dangerous.
A Present for HdrrisOn.-We saw
Friday unique present for General
Harrison, the Republican presidential
standard bearer. 1t was a basket OF
peaches of the Crawford variety. The
peaches were all of fine size and beau
tifully colored while the basket was or
namented with the national emblem
and excellent portraits of the candi
dates, drawn by the artist hand of the
donor himself-Mr. John H. Redue, o
Pomona. The present was dispatched
by express to IndianapOlis.-Ken
Ne1Os.
Death of Mrs. AnnQ B. MITCHELL
The death of Mrs. Anna the wife of th'
late Richard M. Mitchell, of Greens
-boro, Md, occurred on Tuesday of las
week. At noon she was stricken will
paralysis and at night she was a corpse
She died at the residence of her son
, John S. Mitchell, where she has resid
ed since the death of her husband a few
J years ago. Mrs. Mitchell's maidel
name was Anna Baker, and she wa
= born March 81, 1922, in NewpOrtville
, | Bucks county, Pa, where she marie,
3 her deceased husband, October 2, 1885
f at the early age of II. Seven children
: four girls and three boys, survive he
f and grieve over their severe loss. Th
f earIv part of Mrs. Mitchell's marie
Z. life was spent in Smyrna, Del, and th
i latter part in Maryland. Abou
y twelve years ago the family remove
to Greensborough, where they mad
,oo,,rv MANN friandg
e Ministers at Loggerheads-The Can
e bridge papers publish long accounts
=, the disagreeable controversy betwee
d Rev. Alfred Smith, pastor of the Zio
,r M. E. Church, of Cambridge, and Re
/. JE. Smith, of Easton. Both mini
b ters are we'll known in Caroline coun
re and have held the pastorate of church
n there. Rev. Alfred Smith recently d
is liyered a lecture in the Preston M.
Y, church on the "Vagaries of Swedenbc
ID gianism,u and on Wednesday OF la
IL week Rev. J. +. Smith lectured in l
dependence Hall, Cambridge, replyll
10 the attack on the faith Of Ne
~ Churchmen. He also spoke of an
., tack which the Rev. Alfred made
y the Cambridge church ou the 25th
"a The pastor had assailed the characi
~ of his former colleague in the Wilmir
~ ton Conference and produced q leU
a. to support the charge. In MS re!
~ ~ the Easton minister said the accusatl
s .nS was " base slander, and the last
~ ~ sort of q defeated man." He also s.
~ that If the pastor were responsible
% me amount Of $500 he would bring 8
IN ~ for damage before leaving the town.