Smyrna times., 1888-02-22
MARYLAND Items

y -. ~: Oueri VINO murdered his |
wlie In Northampton county recently.
mas been declared insane, and will be
sent to an asylum.
Levy's concert was a red letter ocoa-
sion in Salisbury. Every seat in the
house was filled and not few persons
stood through the performance near
ly 800 persons came from Berlin and
other stations.
The Caroline Democrat saws: The
Union is advertised for sale by its
owner, Mr.. John H. Emerson Mr..
Emerson has not had charge of the
paper for a number of years, it having
been leased to several parties in the
past five years. The sale will be a pri-
vate one.
A special to the Baltimore Sun from
Elkton. says: A. B. Sherwood, of
ScOttstOwn, N. j., the newly-elected
principal of the Elkton Academy, did
not open the school yesterday morning
as was expected, and it was learned
had left without explanation on an
early north bound train.
During an attempt to arrest an lille
gal dredger in Chesapeake Bay, near
Annapolis, Saturday, the state oyster
police schOOnar Folly was attacked by
three vessels and quite a fusilade fol-
lowed. Afoer the fray it was discov-
cred that Captain w. F. Whitehouse of
the schooner Albert Nichols of Balti-
more, had been killed.
William Sudler, the only son of
James r. Sudler, died on Monday 18th
inst. at Sudlersville, after lingering
illness of six weeks. The attending
physicians, COmegys and Sudler saw
he died of malarial poison without any
other complication of diseases. He
leaves young wife and four little chill
dren to mourn their great loss.
The ScaLps BOunty.-The Easton
Ledger wisely says:
We are opposed to the abolition of
the bounty on hawks and owls heads.
but favor its reduction to twenty or
twenty-five cents, and would like to
see the law made to apply to all the
Eastern Shore counties and afterwards
adopted by Delaware and the Virginia
peninsula counties.
The Salisbury Md postoffice was
broken into on Tuesday night of last
week and robbed of 81, 700 in money
and stamps. Three men were arrested
at Norfolk on Wednesday morning on
the arrival there of the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk ferry steam.
er, and from the large quantity of post
age stamps found upon their persons,
there is scarcely any doubt that they
are the guilty parties.
Last week was an unusually gay one
for the young people of Denton. A
series of leap-year parties were given
by Miss Clara Van Gesel, Mrs. l.. H.
Gadd, Mrs. George NJ. Russum and
Miss Clara DOwnes, in the order
named. To each of these parties the
young gentlemen were escorted by the
young ladies, and some Ofthem seemed
to be highly pleased at the idea of
waiting, with their " fixin's" on for
their gentle escorts to call.
Candidates for Congress from the
first Congressional district, are loom
ing up from almost every quarter.
Talbot presents, the Hon. Charles II.
Gibson for the third term, Caroline
presents DIR. G. W. GoldsborOugh and
Marshall S. Mutchler. Col. P. w.
Downes, from the same county is also
, spoken of. Dorchester presents the
names of Ex-Gov. Lloyd, Daniel NJ
: Henry, Jr., and Col. George F. Austin.
In Somerset Hon. Robert F. Bratte1
and Col. Henry Page, are talked of by
their friends. The Democracy of the
} district will not want for candidates
( Kent, Queen Anne's, WicOmicO anC
Worcester are yet to be heard from.
! The pastor of Cecilton, and st. Paul.
: Rev. +. G. Atkins, has lived in thu
. midst of an almost perpetual donation
: for nearly two years. Scarcely does
! day pass that some token of kindness
and love does not find its way to tn
parsonage. This continual drOppin,
O eliminated on Friday night Februar,
e 10Ch, in a shower. Ice cream, cake ant
l. lemonade were served to all, and
Il generous supply left for the pastor ant
= family. The friends departed abou
# 1870, leaving an abundance for man
Is days. Flour, hams, fruit, dried ant
o canned; potatoes, apples, prunes
ir sauce, sausage, lard, chickens, all adde
to an event which the pastor Ough
and doubtless will keep green
Ot memory.
DUH OtOuyNo HtltCU.-1 ll6 may lSJIdL6
q trial of the Clough-JOhnsOn shOotin
I. ARRAY, which occurred during Chris
! mas, ended Thursday in the cOnvictiO
= of William r. and Jas. H. ClOugh i
N both the cases of assault on Mr.. Johi
y son. Thomas ]. Heating, attorney fC
=, the ClOughs, pleaded the case of hi
clients before Justice Goldsborougl
but the justice found Jas. H. Cloug
IN guilty of the assault at Starkey's CO
a. ner, timing him So and costs, and Wi
ID liam r. and Jas. H. Clough TO be IL
Ia aggressors in the assault at johnson
81 residence, they having followed JOhl
ce son to his home and acted in such
70 manner, the justice held, as to justi
IN the discharge of JOhnsOn's gun, whi'
be wounded VIM. r. Clough. In tn
a both of the Cloughs were fined 5
he and costs. The total costs will be f
VIM. R. Clough 500 20, and for Jas.
Clough S344O. The case of assaI
Ort with intent to kill brought again
xt, johnson by the ClOughs was argu
he for the defense by Edwin H. BrOV
es. and resulted in the acquittal of job
leh son.
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