Smyrna times., 1890-01-08
MARYLAND Items.

1900 bushels of oyster shells were
spread on the streets of Salisbury last
week.
The Peninsula Horticultural Society |
will hold its next meeting in Chester
town on January 28, % and 80.
Rev. J. B. Quigg one of Smyrna's for
mer NJ. E. Pastors, has been asked by |
his congregation at North East, to
continue for another year.
The comptroller of the currency
Thursday authorized the Pocomoke
City National Bank of POcOmoke City,
to begin business with a capital of
$4,000.
The Maryland State steamer Cover
nor McLane captured four schOoners
for dredging for oysters on Sunday.
The crews were taken to Annapolis for
a hearing.
William H. Council, for many years
and until recently the owner and editor
of the Easton Gazette, died last week
in Philadelphia, where he went several
weeks ago for surgical treatment.
A news item says that Centreville's
waterwOrks are now completed, and
that the people of that town are con-
graduating themselves that now they
have good protection against fire.
DR.. w. H. DOwnes, formerly a
a prominent physician of Caroline
county. died at his residence in Denton
on Wednesday, after a long illness of
necrosis Of the bone and blood poison
ing.
LARGE BARN BURNED.-A fire broke
out between and 2 o'clock Friday at
Samuel G. Lees, on the Hurlock farm,
near Hainsville, Kent county, which
destroyed all the Outbuildings, fodder
and hay on the premises, also one calf
The Outbuildings were insured ia the
Kent Mutual for S1.26O, but the loss
will be nearly double this.
The marriage of Samuel n. Smith,
Jr., Junior editor of the CentreTille Re
cord. and Miss Salie n. Bishop, eldest
daughter of John Bishop. Esq, prom
= inent farmer of Wye Neck, was sol
emnized on last Thursday evening al
3 the residence of the brides parents, iu
the presence of quite number of init
) mate friends and relatives of the re
: spective parties.
D SELLING A CANNERY's STOCK.-ThC
: stock of canned tomatoes left by Mr.
Bellingham, who left Lynch's Station
Kent county, in the fall, without pay
: ing his employees, has been sold t.
! Joseph Downey at SO cents per dozen
The amount of the sale will be apprO
: priated for the benefit of the person
= left destitute. The sum realized, how
ever, will only pay about IS cents ol
the dollar.
: WEDDING CARDs.-Cards are on
announcing the marriage of Miss Ami
Walls to Edward p. Jester. The ceTe
mony will take place at the NJ. +
/, Church, Church Hill, this Wednesda
4 evening.
u Also this evening the marriage {
John Y. Todd, Esq, of the EdstOn Den
&C ocrqt. to Miss Sallie Morris, neice {
j. Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Leonard. Th
D. ceremony will take place at Trappe n
e. f. Church, Talbot county.
u While there are some rumOrs Of
- contrary character, it is said with
u GOOD deal Of confidence that Mr.. Wi
a son. Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
is sure Of reelection to the Unite
u States Senate. Mr. Wilson represen
il the better element in the Democrat
of IF his State, and it is likely that
81 Mr.. German could have prevented h
on re-election he would have done s
he Rut Mr. Wilson's friends appear to
al too strong and too united TO allow
en- this. and they have notified Mr.. &c
man that opposition from him wou
;mneriI his own reelection two yea
no hence. Il is encouraging to discoV
as that there il a limit to the number
Ter atates in which the one man power q
'as absolute control Of the movements
1 1r- the dominant party.
ar. The session Of the Maryland Legis
-. .,;re which convened on Wednesd
civ will be a very important one. y
aseeasment law and new registrar
and election laws are among Ihe .
70 iects of general interest 20 DC cons
'er- cred, and they concern NOT only tne
on payer and politician, Dut the nl.lssoa -
mo well. A United States Senator is, ls 70
ern elected in place OF senator Wis
OF state Treasurer in place oi steven
ppi Archer, and a police commissioner
''o' Baltimore in place OF Comnl,sslo l,s
BAR John Gill. Jr. The State Tax Conn
an s;oner and Insurance Commisslo
";lI he selected by the board Of .pu
rol- ,vorlrs unless the Legislature chan
Se, re law in reference to these otic
NE Tbe bodv organized with Presid
men Brattan IN the oehaee' 0p0'''-o'
ring in the House.
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