Smyrna times., 1893-05-24
M arv1and Items.

MARYLAND Items.
The Millington public school build
ing was burned Tuesday night of last
week.
The Seventh Day Adventists are Dre.
pairing to organize congregation in
CrumptOn.
Samuel Emerson, a prominent citi.
zen of Ingelside, died Wednesday of
typhoid-pneumOnia, aged 70 years.
Two persons were seriously injured
by firearms in Cecil county, in a So
called practical joke known as beehunt
The steamer Eastern Shore was
struck by tightening in Chesapeake
Bay Sunday evening, but no serious
damage was done.
Miss Fannie Hutson, of Denton. and
Mr.. r. J. Mason, of Wilmington, were
married by Rev. g. w. Townsend in
the Denton NJ. E. Church, Wednesday
afternoon.
Baltimore ministers are emphaticallv
denouncing the proposed opening Of
the Worlds Fair on SUNDAYS. and
strong resolutions embodying their
views were adopted by the Presbyter.
ian and Methodist ministers.
AspGrGguS.-Kent county farmers
find asparagus to be paying crop and
the boats are well ladened daily with
the grass. Early in the season it
brought as high as 1915 per dozen, but
has been as low as a $I.0O.
The Democratic Editors Association
of Maryland, called on President Cley-
eland Monday and left for the Worlds
Fair at 3 O'Clock the same evening.
The party numbered thirty including a
number of ladies. They travelled VIA
Baltimore Il Ohio.
Says the Centreville Record Reports
reach US to the effect that so far about
One-half of the young peaches have
fallen. This leaves the crop still too
large for profitable season, but the
June fall may relieve the trees of
enough to reduce the crop to a paying
basis. -----
Lighteain0 Hit the Bed.-During a
severe thunder and rain storm Mon
day evening, the house ofCharles Mar
Gus, two miles from Elkton, was struck
and badly damaged by tightening.
The bed in which Mr.. Marcus was
sleeping was also badly shattered but
the occupant escaped.
The Baltim ore Sun celebrated its
hfty-sixth anniversary Wednesday.
While this popular journal has always
been Democratic in politics, as also in
principles, 1t has ever maintained in.
dependence in thought and editorial
matter that has been peculiarly charac.
teristic of itself.
A Common Pleas Jury of Baltimore.
Wednesday, broke the will of the late
Bishop f. R. Ames, of the NJ, E.
church, which will give the plaintiff.
Mrs. Emma l.. a. Weik, the Bishops
granddaughter, Il two-thirds interest ia
the estate, valued at between $3.50. 900
and$zOO,OO0 with IA years interest.
The ElktOn canning factory is near.
ing completion. The factory will be
supplied with water hY the MARYLAND
Water Company. Both the factory
and Office will be lighted by electric
Fights furnished by the Elkton Electric
Light 4 Power Company. Quite a
number of farmers are planting sugar
corn who contracted for the same with
MIR. McGaw the past week.
Sunday morning a little four.year
old son of VIM. a. Alfrey. "A farmer Of
the Levels, between MiddletOwn and
Warwick, strayed from home and was
not recovered until Monday evening.
when the little one was discovered hV
the searching party several miles away
IN the Queen Apne's woods. The
child slept Sunday night at the foot of
an old oak in the depths of the forest
People who are killing or framing
Llrds, says an exchange, are herebv
warned that the beautiful MARYLAND
bird the baltimore Qriole, is guaran-
teed against protection by the laws of
Maryland. The shooting, catching or
killing of the birds, the mOlesting of
their nests or eggs, is punishable with
fine of $40 to 500, or ten to sixtv davs
IN Jail. 1t is punishable offence to
even have these birds in your possession
Sheep-KiLting Dogs.-Sheep. killing
dogs baVe become an intolerable nui.
sance in Kent County. Hundreds of
dollars worth of sheep have been killed
during the past two years by worth.
Iesa ours. John Parratt several davs
lost ten and had others wounded oft6e
finest of his flock. joseph Trew. of
kentl and II, ]. Hurlook, living lust
across Chester bridge, in Queen Anne's
are also heavy losers by recent raids of
dogs upon their AOcks of sheep.
A large number of persons attended
the ElktOn NJ. Z. church last SUNDAY
evening week to hear Miss Bessie Ty.
son, Moody evangelist, who has been
holdlng services in that church far the
last ten days, She closed her meetings
on sunday evening. Over thirty Der.
sons nave been converted. Miss Ty.
son left on Monday morning for her
home in Virginia. Mrs. L. c. Matlack
led the prayer meeting, Sunday.
There is great complaint from the
strawberry growers that the rust is in
Jurlng the Michael's Early crop very
much. In some patches the disease
has killed the leaves. Where the her.
ries are very much advanced the rust
attacks the fruit and dries it up, shriv.
elling it as il the berry were scorched.
The presence of the disease is said to
be caused by the cold nights and heavy
rains of last month. This is the first
attack Of the rust for fifteen years. and
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