Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1888-02-01
Maryland Items

oallsDury's new opera house was
opened last night.
Capt. Edward G. Carter, a oaroliae
county farmer, is dead.
The horse disease which was preva-
lent near Elkton has broken out again.
There is a scarcity of oysters at An
napolis owing to the protracted freeze
The legislative committee on cleo
ton will meet Thursday evening to
work on the new election law.
The Mccullough Iron Companv's
works at West Amwell, Cecil county.
will be indefinitely closed February 90
The condition of the Susouehanna
river at and above Port Deposit indi-
Gates that serious damage will follow a
thaw.
An unknown man died at Cambridge
Md, under circumstances indicating
that he was dredger who had been
tOully dealt with
The trustees of Grace NJ. E. Church.
South, at Cambridge, have made an as
signment of the church property for
the benefit of creditors.
Littleton H. Mock, of Salisbury. and
Miss MOllie Walton, daughter of Rev.
w. B. Walton, were married at ST.
Michaels January oath. Mr.. and Mrs
Mock will make their future home in
Salisbury.
Petitions are circulating throughout
the State, asking of the Legislature an
appropriation for the purpose of erect
! ing suitable monuments to mark the
! positions OfMaryland soldiers upon the
battlefield of Gettysburg.
Mrs. Dare, widow of the late Rev.
Joseph Dare, who was a member of
Scion COnclave, No. %, independent
order of HeptasOphs, of Salisbury. re.
ceived last Saturday $4,000 in cash, the
full amount of Mr.. Dare's benefit GER
tificate.
The grounds of the new agricultural
society, recently organized at Cape
| CHARLES City, have been surveyed and
lald out. The grounds, comprising "a
/ acres, are on the Hollywood farm of
Hon. w. i. Scott, who has given the
society free lease of the grounds for
a term of ten years.
There was a grand skating carnival
on ChincOteague bay one day last
/ week, when more than thousand DeO-
pie, representing every age, sex and
condition, could be seen on the ice at
one time. All the schools were closed
by order of the authorities, business
was suspended, and general holiday
prevailed.
The managers of the Cecil County
Agricultural Society have decided that
all gambling devices, that have in
former years taken up considerable
space, will not be allowed on the
| ground, under any consideration. This
IS just and proper, but it will take away
lots of amusements for those fellows
who come to spend their cash.
4 Wedding IN Baltimore. Jesse w.
son and Miss Edith Johns were married
Thursday at the home of the brides
parents. The society people who an
ticipated "a public wedding were disap-
pointed. Two days before the an
nOuncement appeared that there would
be no public wedding because of death
in Mr.. TysOn's family, and the prying
eyes of the social gOssips missed seeing
the young bride and the mature BRIDE
groom, for she is only nineteen and he
is sixty. The bridegroom is wealthy
and one of Baltimore's representative
merchants. The bride is pretty and
one of the leaders in young society.
The wedding of Mr.. Tyson and the
funeral of Mrs. James w. Tyson, his
sister-in-law, were only a few hours
apart.
4 Terrible Experience. John Powell,
who recently died of paralysis at In
gleside, had terrible experience a few
days before his death. He discovered
the floor of his room which he occupied
on fire and he in bed unable to rise or
do anything to prevent the flames from
spreading, except to feebly call for help.
He became nearly exhausted in his
efforts to make his distressing cries
heard by the other inmates of the
house, and just as he was about to give
up hope and resign himself to be burnt
alive, neighbOr came in and discOv-
cred the condition of affairs. The room
was filled with smoke almost to sufFO-
cation, large hole burned in the floor
and the flames rapidly spreading. The
shock was so great to the unfortunate
invalid that some hours elapsed before
he could naTrate his terrible experience
during the trying ordeal of the prOba-
bility OF being burned alive. Mr..
Powell died few days afterwards.
The deceased came to this county a
year or two ago from Caroline, where
for many years he taught school
CentreUiLLe Record.
During the season of 1886 numbers
of peach spectators conducted their
operations in Kent and few of them
failed to make good their contracts.
Among the latter was the firm of
Greer, Orr & Parsons, who operated at
Lynch's Station. These men bought
the orchard of Mr.. James W. Chap
man at 55 cents per basket, and when
the peaches drugged on them they
threw up their contract. Mr.. Chap
man was not disposed to allow such
conduct to pass unrebuked, to say
nothing of his loss. He brought suit
in the courts of Rochester, New York
where the parties resided, for all his
loss under the contract, and the case
+ was tried before jury last week. Be-
fore it was concluded the defendants
counsel abandoned their case, so clear
was the evidence against them, and
the Jury rendered a verdict for 81 49,
Sc, the full amount claimed, with in
terest. Mr.. G. thinks the parties will
now settle without further litigation
? Peach-grOwers will be pleased to learn
of this result of a test case, and specu-
: lators may profit by it alsO.-Ken
ma. NeiUs.