Smyrna times., 1888-02-29
MARYLAND Items.

The Governor has pardoned Alex
ander McFaul.
Gov. Jackson has fixed upon April
9th as the date for the execution of
Biscoe, Capt. Dixon's murderer.
A board of trade will be organized at
Salisbury in a few days. All of the
leading merchants are interested.
The first conviction under the local
option law in Centreville, occurred on
the 7th. The party convicted was a
colOred man by the name of Johnson.
He was fined 5000 and 80 days in Jail.
Messrs. R. E. Feddeman and w.
Finley Collins have purchased the
hardware stock of the late VIM. Green
at MillingtOn and will open frst-class
and well-stocked hardware store there
this week, under the firm name of
Feddeman q Collins.
A young lady living in EastOn re-
ceived a special delivery letter. The
messenger handed her the book to sign
for it. She took the book, and instead
of writing her signature she wrote :
Dear John: Glad to hear from you.
Come up Sunday night"
Guion Miller, son of the late Francis
Miller, of Montgomery county, and
Miss Annie Tylor. of Denton, sister OF
the editors of the EastOn Gazette, were
married on Wednesday by Friends
ceremony at the residence Ofthe brides
brother, Wilson NJ. TylOr, at EastOn.
1t is not likely that Port Deposit will
be in any further danger this winter
from ice gorges. Its escape this time
was due to the fact that the rise in the
Susquehanna Saturday morning cleared
! the channels of ice from Port Deposi
! to the mouth of the river before tn
i breaking of the gorges above had lib
Grated additional masses of ice ant
brought them down on the rain swol
: len food
, Caroline county has incorporated
:, mining company. This company ha
its headquarters in Philadelphia. Ber
. iamiu House, of GreensbOrough, is on
i, of the prime movers in starting tn
+ enterprise, and now that he has S,
= cured the attention of PHILADELPHIA
capitalists, work will be pushed ;
once. 1t is said that the Caroline minI
te will yield several hundred thOusau
tons of iron ore.
= A heavy rain-stOrm visited ElktC
y Saturday morning and caused Il
~ streams to rise very high, seriously e
"a dangering bridges and dams, as well
- washing roads badly. At VIM.
= Singerly's Providence Paper Mills Il
o.. water entered the works, and they hi
to be shut down. 1t was feared tn
the damage at these mills would
ed great. Water also entered sever
on grist mills. The road leading to Ola
se cow and the Delaware towns was co
at cred with four feet of water betwe
he the residence of Hon. J. A. J. Cresw
MS and ElktOn. The dam of the Mari
IT. Paper Mills were broken in two plac
set Proposed Liquor LaU Vote in Cecil
e.. Petitions are in circulation in Ct
county asking the Legislature at
present session to pass a law submittl
he to the voters of Cecil county at
o. election for Congressman in NOvem
The next the question of retaining the pr
&C. ent prohibition law or of substitut
ent for it a high license law. Some of
uT- petitiOns have already received nun
ng- Gus signatures. The present prob
B. tory law was selected by the voters
esi- the county at the congressional elect
A in 1885, receiving 213 votes more i
t a the proposed high license law.
as Drohibitory law in force when the p
lew ent one was adopted was passed in
the by Il majority of 1,674.