Smyrna times., 1889-03-20
Delaware and Maryland Items.

Delaware and Maryland Items.
The Dover NJ. Z. church is in a
tisurishiRg condition number of mem
bers 5O4; probatiOners, 68; total 572.
The annual farm dinner at the Glen
dale Farms, near Milford. of the Rev.
). ,. Willis, will take place on May "a.
One thousand quail from Huntsville,
Ala, will be distributed down the
State by the Delaware Game Protec-
tive Association this week.
Ex-Gov J. P. Cochran sold the brick
iwelling on north Broad street. Mid
'iletOwn, occupied by JnO. A. Reyn-
lids, ESQ, to James Williams, Esq, of
kenton Del.
John Wilkinson, one of the oldest
and wealthiest citizens of Queen
Anne's county, died at his residence.
IN Centrevlle, on Tuesday last, in the
olst year of his age.
BY a unanimous vote of a large
meeting Of the NJ. P. Congregation at
ChestertOWn it was decided to invite
he Maryland Annual Conference to
meet in Chestertown in 1890.
The first haul of this season for her
ring was made in the Delaware CITY
canal locks on the 9th instant, and the
atch was 200 being the largest num-
DER ever caught there in the first dip.
White Caps whipped james Hatton,
a prominent colored politician, at Pun
soteague, Accomac county, Va few
lays ago. Hatton was left unconscious
oy his assailants and is very badly
used up.
The last report of the Cambridge
Bank, of Cambridge, Md, showed
1926, 600 deposits; loans $4,000. 1t
paid dividend Of is per cent. last
year on its $50 600 stock, and left un-
divided profits amounting to $4,000.
N. Lank, the shipbuider of Freder-
ca, has contracted with Ex-Governor
Hall to build two large schooners.
One OF them is to be the largest ever
quilt at Frederica shipyards. Wald-
man Of FELTON, is to furnish the timber.
The NJ. E. church of 8Iiddletown.
was lighted by electricity Sunday
evening. There are 68 lights having
an aggregate of 700 candle power,
rhe wiring Of the building will cost
he Electric Light Company about
5000.
Taylor Boyd of Cecil county. Md.
caught on the 9th of February at one
aaul ninety eight German carp in a
small winter seine. The fish were
caught in salt water at the confluence
of Principle creek and North East
river.
William W. Rothwell, brother of
Gideon E. ROthwell formerly of Mid
| dletOwn, now Of Denver, Colorado, in
the post Office of that city, with his
| wife has been on a visit to MiddletOwn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rothwell are looking
well, and speak highly ofthe West.
A disastrous fire occurred at Magno-
liza Wednesday morning. The follow
ing buildings were destroyed: NJ. S.
Van BuakalOw & Co.'S, evaporatOr and
iwelling, insured for $4,000 and two
dwellings insured for 500; Baptist
Church insured $4,000, original cost,
$4,000.
The Newport (Del) Enterprise, ed
tied by J. B. Brigham and published
ny William J. Fell, made its first ap-
pearance on Saturday March ,. 1t has
twenty-tOur columns. is neatly printed,
and is devoted to industry, commerce
and education. In politics, Republi-
can in religion, Christian, and in all
things progressive"
The main exhibition building of the
Wilmington Fair Association was to-
tally destroyed by fire on Tuesday,
the 18th inst. 1t is supposed to have
been set on fire accidentally by tramps
who sought shelter there. It cost
$500 and was insured for $4,000. A
new building will be put up at once on
the site of the one destroyed.
It is our private opinion publicly
| expressed that man who is able to
subscribe for his local paper, but bor-
rows it from his neighbOr instead, is so
stingy that he will talk through his
nose to keep from wearing out his
teeth, and wipe his nose on his coat to
save his handkerchief. This is not
personal but general.-EdstOn Gazette
The dwelling of Judge Levin T. H.
| Irving, situated on Prince William
street, in Princess Anne, was entered
| Tuesday night of last week by an un-
known man, who was discovered in a
sleeping room occupied by two female
COlored servants, who were awakened
! by his taking hold of them and COM
manding them to make no outcry.
One of the women, however, screamed
for assistance, which frightened the in
truder into making hasty exit. The
dwelling of Absalom Spiva, on Main
street, was also broken into during the
night under like suspicious circum-
stances, and possibly by the same
party.
DR.. G. H. B. Massey, residing near
Massey's X roads, met with quite a
painful accident last week. The Dr.,
who has for number of years been
paralyzed in his lower limbs, necessi-
tating his using canes, was walking in
the yard at his home when he slipped,
and in order to save himself from the
iiil hIuDptu MS htick III olutE 10 bnN-
BILE him to tighten the fall with his
hands. The canes have curved han.
dies one of which caught the leg above
the knee, throwing the doctor across
the lower portion of the cane, which
snapped the bones in two places, one
just above the knee and the other just
above the ankle.
The men who lynched the negro
Magruder Fletcher for outraging Mrs
Mary r. McCready near AccomaC
Court House, Va, on Sunday night
last, left his body hanging on a tree
with this legend written on paper and
pinned to his breast We will pro.
tect our mothers, our wives, our sisters
and our daughters. Committee The
place where the negro was hung is in
the midst Of a pine forest near Taylor
Branch. Hundreds Of people visited
the scene Of the hanging, and many
carried away branches Of the tree on
which the negro paid the penalty O