Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

large business now conducted by his
father F. H. Harper.
The Democratic Press Association of
| Maryland will hold its second annual
meeting in EastOn on Tuesday June
3Oth, and Wednesday, July 1st will
make an excursion to Ocean City.
Kent has two representatives in the
graduating class at Western Maryland
College this year-Miss Lizzie Caulk,
daughter of MIR. B. F. H. Caulk, Sas-
safras, and Mr.. G. J. Barwick, Kenne-
ldyyille.
VALUABLE HORsE.-Mr. John P.
Hendriekson, of Kennedyville, has
sold to Mr.. Edward B. Emory agent.
Of Poplar Grove stock farm, his suck.
ling ills by Happy Russell 2.2l3 dam
Daisy by Bashaw Jr., 2244 for 5000.
III. A. Elliott bought some Paris
green in Ceptreville aud going home
left the package in his carriage. One
of his colts, three years old, valued
at $l25, got hold of the bundle aud ate
some Of the poison and died in a
! short time
In BaltiEore.h N movement is on foot
| to Organize new Know Nothing party
on the basis of the secret nativist or
ganization of 1854 Baltimore was Que
of the first Cities captured by the Know
| Nothing party, and it remained under
their control for some time after the
| party had disappeared nearly every
where else in the country.
The Salisbury WicOmico Aduerteser
| says There seems to be a total alb
sence of everything like Farmers Ali
| ance representation on the Kent
| county democratic ticket lately nomi-
mated, although the alliance presented
| to the convention number of names
to select a legislative ticket from.
What effect this will have upon the
ticket on election day remains to be
seen.
Fruit Exchanges. The project of es-
tablishing n fruit exchange ut EtstOn
and another at Queen Anue, in view
of the prospective large peach crop
| this year, is IA move in the right di-
rectiOn. This mode of handling fruit
has been successfully operated in Del
aware, and in Kent county, Maryland.
| Face to face come the producer and
the purchaser,-the former with his
fruit in his wagons and the latter with
his money in his pocket They do
their own bargaining, aud make the
exchange of money for peaches.
Dr. c. II. B. Massey Dead.-Dr. Char.
les Henry Bedford Massey, one of the
wealthiest and most widely-knOWn
/ nifiyana Of an tn1 -
home near Massey's on Thursday night.
of malarial fever,in hissixty- year
| DR.. Massey was stricken with PARALYSIS
in his lower limbs fifteen or twenty wears
ago, since which time he has been to "A
great extent helpless. He was posi-
bly, the largest land owner in Kent
county and has been variously estima-
ted to have been worth from $l50,OOO
to 5000, 900. He married Miss Oldham,
daughter of Mr.. Geo. Oldham of Cecil
county A wife and six children sur
vive him-twO daughters and four sons.
ReyHGrd'S FeGst.-Mr. Emory Roe.
who resides on the farm of Mr.. w. J.
Price, near Wye Mills. has had hard
luck recently with his poultry, due to
the depredatiOns of a full grown fox
that has been making nightly visits to
his poultry yard. His foxship cOntin-
tinued his visits, and one night last
week after having had a grand feast,
started for his den, but in making an
effort to jump the fence surrounding
the poultry yard his head was caught
in the fence, and when Mr.. Roe's fam
lily arose in the morning, Reynard was
found stone dead, having heen chOked
in mis- efforts to release himself. The
fox had killed fifty chickens and sew.
enteen ducks belonging to Mr. Zoe,
before meeting his death.-CentreViL
Observer.