Smyrna times., 1890-12-03
Maryland Items.

Farmers are receiving for their milk
a price equivalent to 35 cents per pound
for butter, and therefore but little but
ter is brought to town, where it brings
only 20 cts.
The Rev. 7. II. Haynes has been in
vited to continue pastor of Sudlersville
Md. NJ. E. Church during he next
two conference years, making term
of five years.
A company has been organized in
Crisfeld Mary ylsnd Tor the purpose of
lighting the town with electricity. The
capital stock of the company, has been
| subscribed and officers elected
High license @aat into effect in Geo
county, Md. on 9eS' I, and Elkton the
county seat, will have three licensed
hotels and three 1alOoSs. Lscal option
has prevailed in tbs seuFty fer several
years. -4---+r-
The pupils Of she pssNc schools in
Easton were given . free excursion
over the BaltinSrs AID Ohio railroad
to Salisbury, Friday. AbOnt 800 were
in the party. They were accompa-
MED by the teachers.
Preachers have their jokes as we'll as
other people. The usual question in
meeting at camp meeting, in the sum
mer, "how are you, and how is your
work, " was varied the past summer
with how are you, and are you pub
fishing paper p
ErceIsior The present age has
witnessed rapid strides in the arts and
sciences, but the progress Of the Gull
nary art is simply amazing. Rabbits
are no longer skinned but scalded and
picked like chickens. This latest i'm
proved method owes its origin to q
lady of the first district.
The barn on the farm Of Mr.. S. f
Gerdy, situated about two miles from
Salisbury, was totally destroyed by
fire Friday with its entire contents,
consisting of about 80 stacks of straw
The loss will amount to about $4,000
The oYgin of the fire is unknown.
The Cecil Democrat speaks hopefully
of the project for building a railroad
from Singerly to EastOn. Such a rOaC
by the route proposed, would be 65 Il
7 20 miles in length. and would tap el
, rOnte, three existing feeders of the Del
aware railroad, the Kent county AM
Smyrna, the Queen Anne and Kent
and Delaware and Chesapeake roads
A FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED
! freight train on the Queen Anne's an
Kent railroad broke an axle on tn
third car from engine, at l P. NJ. o
) Monday of last week, while ruanin
: at the usual rate about half a mile sOHt
, Sof White Oak Switch. Three car
were wrecke ed-twO loaded with cos
1, and Que with general merchandise.
9 Happy Russell, the trotting stalliO
= belonging to Edward B. Emory,
: Queen Anne's county. was sold at au'
: ton in Centreville last week, for SlC
= O3O. Mrs. Emory was the purchase
The sail was forced one, Mr.. EmOr
having lost considerable money in a
unwise speculation, the horse had ia
len into the hands of his creditors.
: 4 Certain Cure.-One of the mo
y reliable and intelligent farmers OF Kel
. county informs US that he has four
arsenic to he a certain cure for nc
cholera-and indeed the only one tn
had come under his notice. He fir
tried it on a very sick pig A te
.e spoonful of powdered arsenic was p
e in an apple and the pig ate it; tf
'e was done six mornings in successi'
OF and the pig recovered. All the 9th
IS hogs which were afflicted were the
e. treated and the cure was effected
n every cOse. Do not give the medici
IS in small quantities bat in heavy dos
"a spoonful in each pig or hog-a
piled in whatever she animal will mo
at readily eat. Tryit.-ChSStsTto'sn Ne'