Smyrna times., 1892-11-23

'
3 | school with a pretty silver bell the
presentation speech being made bv
, Dr. Smith, aud was responded to nv
/ Superintendent Elect, J. II. Anderson
r each in happy style. The SuDerinten. i.
dent requested the school to meet in
| the church at 10 o'clock, SUNDAY morn.
2 ing next, when they will be classified
3 and put into working shape.
I EsMERELDA.
ChesCOId, Noe. %.
M arVland Items.
Northern buyers secured over .OOO
geese on Kent Island last week, paving
$I.25 each. ''s
: VIM. Falls, of Elkton. for many
years proprietor of the Howard HoIs,s
died on the 18th, of paralysis.
Miss Mary Goldsborouqb. C.,,r..
vile, has been appointed snDerinten.
dent of the Union Protestant Infirmarv
Baltimore.
Captain J; G. Slaughter, formerly
ihegister OF Wills, of Kent, is now liv
ing in Dallas, Texas, and writes for
the TerdS Farmer. "a
Cards are out announcing tho sun.
tlals ID Salisbury on November Both Of
Miss Mamie Y. Toadvine and Mr.
Dean W. Perdue.
The Democrats of Cecil county. Md.
are preparing fOr big 1Ollficalion and
OK roast celehyatiOn at Cecilton some
time IN the latter part Of this month.
me thlrty-fOnrth annual meeting of
the local preachers and exh3rter's
association Of the Wilmington M. F
Conference, will he held in the North
East NJ. H. Church, beginning on Fri
iatai aud contagious disease. re.
sembling anthrax, has caused the death
OF Tour horses belonging to MicbRI
Connolly, of Queen Anne's county. whn
resides on the Baynard farm, near
Centreville.
The Church Hill postofice will be in
great demand. Some of the few appli.
cants are: Thomas Barcus, w ].
Evans, J. S. TarburtOn, w. W. Thought
George A. Trenchard, James w. Mere.
dlth and Jonathan c. Spry.
DIR. VIM. II. Jacobs, from Delaware
City, has located in Millington. and
has moved into the dwelling formerly
occupied by DIR. ]. H. Hill. DR.. Jacobs
Is graduate of the Hahnemaun HON
eOpathic College, of Chicago.
Lingo, the colOred man who has mat
been set free by the New JERSEY an
thOrltles. having been acquitted of the
murder OF Mrs. Annie Miller, was EN-.
pioyed in the livery stable of A. Smith
In Snow Hill, several years ago.
hdttrOdd ImprOUements.-It is stated
that the p. w. & B. r. R. MANAGEMENT
proposes to have four tracks between
baltimore aud Philadelphia, in the |
near future. The present tracks will
be used for freight traffic exclusively
PRESIDENT Harrison has hOncred |
Maryland in the appointment of Hon
LOUIS =: McComas, of Hagerstown. as
Judge OF the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Mr.. McComas
mas proved an able representative. of
the state In Congress, and his ability ss
q lawyer is unquestioned.
Commissioner Thomas J. Shallcyoss
while ON his way to Chestertown in bis
carriage, saw a hawk sailing over bino
having a sparrow in his claws NJ
SnaIlcross mad his gun with him, and
oy successful shot killed the hawk.
When the startled and wounded sDar.
row sailed down and sat On the side of
the road near the carriage. "
Inc country Democratic papers have
been saving good deal of comnosit;on
TINS week. 1t isn't that thew reioice
oVermuch, but costs good deal less
to hill three columns of Democra,io
roosters, Haunting flags, booming can.
non, shaking hands, etc. that ara
always lying around loose in every
country printing Office.
mrs. Z. M. Lucas, of Chestertown
Illuminated last night as "A result of
wager with Charles Estes. The har
gam was that if Cleveland won she
was 10 illuminate, and if Harrison won
MT. Estes was to illuminate.
A Chestertown Republican wagered
COW against two tons of fertilizer .
with Democrat, and handed over the
cow like man.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann BARTLETT, died at
he residences of her daughter. i'm
Dover, Mrs. Thomas w. Wilson. ON \
Sunday, November 18th, 1892. She
vas born October 10Th, 1916. She
vas the widow of James Bartlett. who
lied May Sd, 1865. Her maiden name
vas Cheezum, and she was the daugh /
er Of the late Daniel Cheezum. Six
ons and daughters survive her.
=
The death warrants for the three
nen and five boys who were convicted
{ the murder Of DR.. j. H. Hill, April
Ballast, were received at the jail Mon.
ay. There Is some talk Of petition 2
skiing the Governor to commute the
entenoe of the five boys to life impria- l
nment.
n B-rhe papers OF yesterday
lated that Governor Brown had res.
lted them until January 18th.
Found Snakes on the FIoor.-Mrs. &
ohm W. Purnell. living near Snow
lill recently discovered a number of
lrge black snakes Ia an unused room
her home. She had made a Gre and :
as opening the room to air il when
10 discovered the snakes crawling
bout the floor. Five of the snakes,
easurlug from Is inches to 4 feet in
myth, were killed. Several others =
Icaped, but were afterward killed.
On Monday, in company with Hon.
/. b. Roe, we went to the wood of ]
Qrrell, near Oakland, to look at
90 which had grown a hole through
Ielf The tree Is a white oak. AMI
'parently perfectly sound, with an Fo
al shaped orifce through its trunL
n feet from the ground, thronoh Re,
lich man of ordinary size mia6t
IS through longitudinally, The traS
about Is inches in diameter af ha
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