Smyrna times., 1893-06-14

Merritt S. McNamee has been an
pointed associate judge of the Orpban' I
Court for Cecil County, to fiji the va.
Gancy caused by the death of Judge
james NJ. Evans.
.1 Shippers OF strawberries complain
chaC thelr crates are not returned. An
inexpensive crate is needed, and it. is a
possloillty' viii some inventive gen.
lus put his wits to work?
A Dorchester county merchant
poured out on the ground two weetS
ago all the whiskey he had in stooI,
he became convinced that the sale nf
1t was harmful and sinful.
The marriage of Mr.. Samuel Wbits
Of New York, and Miss Writ Wesson
Of Centreville, will take place at 81
PauPs T. f. Church, Centreville. on
Thursday the 29th of June.
Mr. kllnefelter, Of Baltimore. who
married daughter of the late Col. r
>. . ord, has contracted with r K
flppen for the erection of a fruit and
vegetable packing house on his farm
near chester Bridge.
Says the CentrevlIe Record Tho
June fall" has already begun and
along with it is the disappointment of
Uhe iarmer who expected a large cron
OF peaches. Orchards over six wears
ola VIII average one fourth of a cron
whlle younger orchards will bear an
exceedingly light crop.
Inc William A. Ford farm in Tucka-
noe Neck, comprising 37O acres was
SOFA at public sale Tuesday to Mrs I
w. Bryant, of Baltimore. and Mre N
NJ. Browne, Of AIiddletown. for S11
2IO. The same tract was oferad ot
public sale several years ago. and was
Withdrawn on bid of Sl8. 900,
An intelligent dealer in fruit re-
marked that peaches will bring fine
prices TINS year IF the cholera doesn't
strike us; that Gamers will be pre.
pared to handle immense quantities
ana the scarcity Of canned peaches
now whets the appetite Of dealers for
lhls lrult. The market is almost bare
of it.
The old notion about the hard win.
ter killing all the worms and insects
that worry the farmer, is an exnloded
one. Last winter was the hardest for
years, yet the cut worm, the rose bup
the potato bug, and striped cucumber
pug are on the rampage in as great
number as usual. - lUconico Ne,Os
Among the graduates at the COM
mencement of Dickinson College this
week, will be Edwin V. HinchlifTe of
Elkt0n, and Frank B. Harvey. of
ChIlds. Next fall, Mr.. Hinchlife will
60 TO Boston Theological Seminary
and Mr.. Harvey will attend Drew
Theological at Madison n. J. At the
close OF this course thev will botb
enter the ministry ofthe NJ. f. Cburch
The three-year-old daughter of Mr.
James p. Price, of ConnelIv's Mil |
hent county, while playing about the
yard ana unattended, was noticed bv
9er mother on the porch crying as if in |
distress and acting as though entau- |
gled IN briar. Mrs. Price promptly |
went to the child's assistance and was |
norrlhed upon raising her from the |
moor TO see tremendous water snake |
uncoll Itself from her limbs and droD |
to the floor.
Edgar Price, "A Jealous Seventb-Da |
Adventist, of MilingtOn, was arrested !
last week and taken before Justice of |
the peace, charged with a violation of |
the Sunday laws in having worked on |
sunday. lie gave bond for his an !
pearance before the Circuit Court.
where the case will be tried. On Tues
cay Mrs. Hattie Mansfield. Charles
Ford and John A. Dodd, Queen Anne.s
county Seventh-Day Adventists were
arrested charged with the same offence
The Peninsula Methodist saws the
Eev. Vaughn 5. Collins has notified
the official board of Centreville. M +
Church TO look out for a pastor for
next conference year, assigning as lis
reason that IN looking over the record !
OF the Wilmington Conference appoint
ments he could see no facts as vet ius.
llIylng longer PASTORAL term than
three years. In the few cases where
the church seemed to prosper under a
longer pastOrate the prosperity was
even more marked when the change
IN pastors was effected, with a single
exception.
Rev w. w. Sharp, of Hillsboroupb
charge of the NJ. f. Church, while he
was attending the Children's rehersaI
at the church Wednesday afternoon
preparatory to Children's Day services,
his little 3'year-Old daughter stepped
upon loose board, over the well.
which tipped, precipitating her into
the well. The mother, WHO was near
oy, heard the cry other little one and
ran to the well, from whence came up
out OF the gloomy depths the pathetic
appeal Take me Mamma" Appeal.
Ing to the little one to hold on. (she
was ,clinging TO the pump stock the
mother attempted to get a rope to her
without success, but fortunately, Just
when the child had become exhausted
and loosened its hold Mr. Everett Gale
arrived and at once descended and
lifted the PROSTATE and sinking child.
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