Smyrna times., 1890-10-15
Maryland Items.

Chesapeake Bay oystermen report
the bivalves as being unusually scarce
The state of Maryland is making
war on the musical and social clubs for
violation of the local option laws Of
the Eastern Shore.
Mr.. Barrett c. Catlin, of Chester
town, has purchased the weekly
paper called the Maryland Farmer,
published in Baltimore.
A certain farmer in Kent finding to-
matoes a drug on his hands invited his
neighbors to help themselves. One
accepted provided the fruit was picked.
Gov. Jackson commuted the SEN
tence of Hudson, the negro murderer,
who was to have been hung at Snow
Hill, on Friday next, to imprisOn-
ment for life.
Mrs. Juliana Vickers, widow of the
late Samuel Vickers, of Queen Anne's
county, died at the residence of her
sOn-in-law, w. w. Busteed, Esq,
Thursday morning in the 10Th year
of her age.
Mr.. B. F. Fleming reports new corn
in Chestertown for shipping at 40
cents per bushel on the cob. 1t weighs
heavy, nearly all reaching 80 pounds,
while the standard is TO-
Anumber of Queen Anne's farmers
have been forced to draw upon the
Baltimore city labor supply to procure
hands for the fall season, and can
scarcely afford to get them there owing
to the extravagant prices demanded.
Miss May Martindale, daughter oil
Rev. T. E. Martindale of salisbury, has
been seriously i'll for several days. Her
illness grew out of a surgical operation
performed recently on the optic. Hap
lily she is now improving.
DIR. J. +. ClawsOn, of Philadelphia
is at the home Of his brother, r. Plum.
mer, in GreensbOrough where he is
| giving medical aid to Master Lyman
| Plummer, who has been quite i'll dur.
ing the last ten weeks from typhoid fe.
/ yer.
Sunday was a beautiful day and the
churches in Chestertown were largely
attended. But on account of the abun
dance of chestnuts and the fine OppOr-
tunity of gathering them, some were
enticed from the services. Fighter
young men were seen Sunday morning
threshing trees and hunting for chest
nuts in one woods and many Others
wandered through the country in search
of the same things.-Kent Ne,Os.
Rev. DIR. ]. H. Wiley, pastor of th,
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Ches
tertOwn, has been invited by the Off
cial board to the pastOrate of the lar
gest Methodist Church in Syracuse
New York. The consent of the pre-
siding bishops has been given to tn
transfer and the probabilities are tina
the doctor will accept the "call." Un
der his able ministry the congregation
in ChestertOwn has largely augmented
and his departure would cause univer
sal regret.-Kent NeiOs.
The contest over the 800 damon,
ring and 500 gold watch, offered b,
the Talbot County Fair Association t
the most popular lady and gentleman
in Talbot County, to be decided b,
ballot, at ten cents each, closed o
Tuesday evening. The vote shove
that Mrs. ]. NJ. WOoters, of COrdovs
was entitled to the ring and that Hor
J. Frank Turner would secure tn
watch. The total number of vote
cast for the ring were 934, and fO
the watch 1911.
A rather romanticwedding took plaC
at Centreville on Saturday. Capt ]
w. Kendall, aged SO years, marie
? Miss Lulu Booker. of Talbot county,
pretty and vivaciOus maiden OF Is sun
, mers. The ceremony was sOlemnize,
quietly by the Rev. Mr.. BalderstOI
: Both parties are we'll known and th
! oddly-mated match is the subject {
much comment. Capt. Kendall is
! skipper and is said to possess conside
! able wealth, but it Is declared Ma
, took December because she truly love
t him.
} The EIktOn Fair.-There was a muC
larger attendance at the Cecil count
fair Friday than on the previol
davs. and it is estimated that theI
/ were 1900 people on the groand
, The grand stand was crowded in th
afternoon by the many who desired
: witness the racing, which was we
! contested. The Delaware COllel
cadets were present and drilled in Il
afternoon in front of the grand stan
q The lads acquitted themselves vel
Q creditably.