Smyrna times., 1889-09-25
MARYLAND Items.

J. T. McCarter, merchant of Eas-
ton, died CT apoplexy in Baltimore on
Thursday while in attendance at the
celebration, and his remains were taken
to Preston for burial. He was the son
Of Col. J. NJ. McCarter.
The farmers have had another slap
from the hand of adversely. Much of !
the fodder crop has been ruined on |
the ground by the heavy rains ana hot !
weather OF recent date. That which |
remained on the stalk was beaten to |
pieces by the wind.
The late storm was disastrous to the |
oyster interests along the Delaware
Bay shore. Many of them were
washed ashore and covered with sand
while those left on the beds were
smOthered by mud. In digging off the
Belle Of Dover at Slaughter Beach last
week, oysters were found covered by
several feet of sand.
The residence of Mr.. aud Mrs. Jas.
! Simons, near Greensborough, was one
of the gayest wedding scenes on We'd
nesday night that has occurred there
about for many day The occasion
was the marriage Of their youngest son
{ O@t'Aif ~ 44lSc 44hniClLOs tue OutN
daughter of Mrs. Mary Kuhn, who
SirA0ns manor.
The Baltimore Herald sees so much
danger in depopulating the oyster beds
of Chesapeake bay under the existing
system OF taking oysters that it urges
Immediate legislation for the abolition
of dredging or at least its limitation to
Que or two months Of the year, with
such increase Of the penalties and of
the oyster police as shall suffice to
make such legislation respected and
effective.
Death Of Marshall S. MutchIer.-
shall s. Mutchler, a prominent lawyer
and Democratic politician of Denton,
/ died Saturday in Philadelphia, where
be went to consult a physician. Mr..
Mutcher was 50 years old. He went
to Caroline county in 1876, just after
graduating from Dickinson college,
and began teaching school at Castle
Hall. lie was admitted to the bar the
following year. In 1880 he and Mr..
! Z P. Steele started the Caroline Demo-
crdt In 1888 he was elected States
attorney for four years and ut the ex-
, ! plIattOsA vi l4lC llAnC UCIilt4Cu y lCAOln-
ination. He leaves quite a valuable
3 estate His wife survives him.
r Death of Jesse K. Hines.-Jesse K
K HiueS, insurance commissioner of
Maryland and for years one of the
Democratic political managers of the
state, died Friday last He was borI
} on Nov. II, 1929, near MillingtOn
q Kent county. His early life was de
s voted to business pursuits, having &C
/ quired his business knowledge in tn,
d store of P. j& Z. Spruance, Smyrna
u Del, and it was not until 1857 that he
began to take Il prominent part il
political affairs In that year he wa
y elected clerk of the Circuit Court @
- Kent county BY the Know NOTHING
. party. In 1868 he was reelected clerl
- by the Union party. In 1864 he joine'
- the Democratic party and was elected
= hy il to the same office in 1887. HI
~ then studied law in ChestertOwn ant
was admitted to tte Kent county ba
4 on Nav 2, 1868. In 1872 he was dele
a. gate to the Democratic National Cor
g. vention which nominated Horac
re- Greely. In 1878 he was elected to th
rv House of Delegates from Kent count
lv and was chosen speaker of that bod
= in the January session of 1874. l
Nav. 1874, he was appointed cOmand'
OF the Maryland Oyster Police Nav.
ch and filed that position for two year
,er On February 1, 1877, Mr.. Hines WI
w. appointed state insurance commi
Id sioner, and continue to hold that OH
to by successive reappointments up to Il
as time Of his death.
hu Reception in Honor of Walter
HumBkregs. Nearly sixty ladies ar
,lo gentlemen visited Camden Hill" Il
,rs residence of Miss M. Alice Freeny
nd Salisbury Monday evening to do hon
,re to the twenty-first birthday Of Walt
zoe G. Humphreys nephew of the hOste
1t and son Of the Hon. Thomas Hump
ore reys.
The guests began to arrive at
o'clock and were received by M
ap- Freeny, Miss Tilghman, Miss Graha
ny Hon. Thomas Humphreys and Wall
get G. Humphreys. The residence "
i is brilliantly lighted and the gue'
car moved at will through the vario
r Il apartments and out on the lawn.
ton Refreshments of cream, fruits
is cake we're served at 10 o'clock in
dining hall.
During the evening some excell'
'ahS music was rendered by Miss An
SOL, Stevenson, Of Dover, Del., Misses ID
s! snts Cannon, May Martindale, Mamie +
iius u.s ton. Kate Tilghmau, BERTHE Benjam
ms ms Maggie Fulton, Mr.. G.. Sellman '
Oall liams and DR.. Samuel A. Graham.
loh- Mr. Humphreys was the recipien
30 numerous congratulations on his b
ING attained his majority, and n
ava. Freeny evoked expressions Of admi
,sen ton on her qualities as charm
! for hostess. -AdUertiser.
pre- The issue between the pool sci
ratio and the w. c. T. U. IS the rock
;tion which the Elkton Fair is in dauge
they gtranding. The former say that
ne II inc pools Is no more gambling
oney racing horses for purses or sta
And the latter say that if pool sci
-. is permitted they will retire. And
Isa,,o H. is III, -
ppsc ps You TSa Be- dashed if you do and be dashed
d ig- -EIktOn DemOcr'
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