Smyrna times., 1889-09-18
MARYLAND Items

months.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Charles S. Smith, of Chester
town, to Miss Emma S. Orem, of Balti-
more, to take place in the First Pres
byterian Church, Baltimore, on Tues
day, September 18th.
r. G. Dillworth, representative of
Gordon & DillwOrth, New York, has
left Centreville for Washington county
to purchase Heath peaches for the New
York firm. He has bought all the
Heath peaches there, paying from
1915 to $500 box for them.
Cards have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T. DeFOrd, well known to
many citizens of this county, annOunc-
ing the marriage of their neice, Miss
Lizzie II. Rawlings to 9. S. Davis, at
Central M. P. Church, Washington, d.
T., on Tuesday evening, September
24th. Miss Rawlings is a daughter of
the late William A. Rawlings, and is a
native of Centreville.
The sham 5ombardment of Fort Nc
Henry by the war vessels Pensacola,
Yantic, Ossipee and Passaic, represent
ing the British feet, took place Friday
night, and was seen by thousands of
persons ashore or ahOat. The spectacle
was magnificent. Nobody was hurt.
A number of countesies were extended
to Governors Biggs and Jackson. The
visiting militia departed Saturday.
PERsONAL.-MissA Addie E. Dill and
friend, Miss Emily Finn, of Whining
ton, are visiting friends in Greensboro.
Misses Eugenie and Pauline Evans.
daughters of DR.. L. w. Evans, of Tenn
pleville, are visiting friends in Will
mington.
Thomas Carter, formerly teacher in
| the public schools in Delaware is now
very i'll at his home in Templeville.
While the water was so high in Del
aware last week, the water in the North
| East river and other Eastern shore
| streams was never known to be so low.
At some places it was possible to walk
from shore Ito shore. On Wednesday,
thousands of fish were picked up where
they they had been left high and dry.
The steamboats, plying on the Chester
and Sassafras rivers were run aground
owing to the scarcity Of water.
Eugene Clark, a farmer residing near
CeciltOn, secured a young girl named
Matilda Roberts, and aged about 13
years, from a Baltimore institution
about three weeks ago, to assist his
wife in the house work. While his
wife was away recently the girl stole
$25 and started for Elkton. Mr. Clark
started in pursuit and found her at the
Elkton station. She threw away the
money when discovered, but it was
found. Mr.. Clark decided not to pros
ecute the girl, but will return her to
the institution -EIktOn NelOs.
Washington Colleges NeU President.
Prof Charles w Reid, A. NJ, Phi. D.,
Doctor of Philosophy of Boston Univer-
sity, and late professors of Greek and
German at st. Johns College, Anna.
polls, has been elected by the Board oil
Visitors and Governors of Washington
College to the position of president O
, the college, which position was rendered
vacant by the resignation of Prof. Thos.
n. Williams in June last. Prof. Reid
graduated at Dickinson College in the
class of '65 with the highest honors anC
:
course at the Universities of Bonn
GOttingen and Berlin. He held the
chair of modern languages in Allegheny
: College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, fol
seven years, was then transferred t,
the chair of Greek in the same college
which he filed until the summer O
1886, when he took the chair of Greel
and German at st. Johns College, from
which place he comes to Washington
College. We bespeak for the coming
! president the hearty support both o
the town and the community. Som,
sixteen years ago he married a lady o
Milford, Del, Miss Allie Anderson.
At Ocean City during the storm las
: week old ocean rose with thunderinj
/ sound over its barriers aud sent tire
mendOus pillows roaring across th
j little island to the nesting Synepuxen
; bay, thus merging the lesser hody {
u water into its caresSes. Bath houses
: paviliOns and stables disappeared, ant
sea water surged through dining halls
Il sitting rooms and parlors of the hotels
= The breakers Tuesday afternoon reacl
y ,, ed the second floor of the Atlantic hOte
and the porch was gre atty damaged b
e their mad fury. Some of the cottage
a were severely used up Tuesday afte
l. noon the remaining people on til
! island were taken off, except job
- Tracy and wife, L. w. CoulbOurn an
!, wife, and VIM. Purnell, who moved {
y the second floor of the Seaside Hote
I. These refused to come away. Whe
- reminded of the danger she was incu
n ring by staying on the island. Mr.
~ Tracy replied that, "the same prov
W denGe that cared for those on the mai
n land would protect those on the island
rs Wednesday the sea had subsidized an
or it was discovered that several feet
of sand had been deposited in the hot
Il corridors and on the railroad tracks.
a 4 Henderson merchant Deals a Dead
IA BIOlO to NegrO.-A fracas occurred
IsT Henderson, Caroline county, on Mo
lu day night of last week, that is causiI
a merchant of that place considerab
To- trouble and anxiety. On the eveniI
nv of that day young man by the mar
el- of Brown became intoxicated and G
re tered the store of Hynson Gooden al
lr- becoming disorderly he was order,
,se out of the store which he refused to
ss and was again ordered out. On
lis refusal to leave Mr.. Gooden we
an around the counter and picked up
he axe handle and struck him over t
he head knocking him insensible. As
nv failed to regain consciousness D
lis Goldsboro and Hardcastles were su
bv moned by Mr.. Gooden and everythi
we was done for the suffering man, |
his they failed to bring him out, and
ice remained in a comatose condition {
1v- spite the efforts of the doctors. SAT-
as day morning the physicians gave up
ng hope of his recovery.
The father of the young man we
before Squire Richards and got out
+. writ for Gooden, when he appear
of and gave bail for 81 900 for his appe
rm ance at the next term of Carol
M court, pending the result of the
up juries.
APPS Mr.. Gooden is one of the large fam
to of GoOdens living at Willow Gro
'rm Del, and is peaceable, quiet and
md offending citizen and has the sympa
is of the people generally y.-EUery EUeni
md --.-.-
he'd
hat His name is Il. J. Mckinney;
Oss residence is Woodbury., Hill coui
ak Texas, his statement May, 1889:
ten little son was cured by S. S. S. of
ub- sores and ulcers, the result of a gen