Smyrna times., 1894-10-03
MARYLAND Items.

Hon. w. Cecil Owens, the man who
defeated Col. Breckenridge in Ken
lucky, is a native of Cecil county, hav-
ing been born at Perryville.
Mr.. Jas. Brown, of Church Hill, was
last Wednesday elected a director in
the Centreville National Bank, vice
John F. Goodwin, resigned.
Cards have been isued for the marriage
of Mr.. G. Cox Hopper, of the Chester
town Transcript, and Miss Effie Pierson,
of Chest ertOwn, on Wednesday, Octo-
ber 10th, at 8 o'clock at the P. E.
Church, Chestertown.
Charles Lees, of Elkton, Md, was
Wednesday found guilty of assault in
May last upon 7-year-old Lille Parson,
of North East, with intent to commit a
felony. The penalty is from two to
ten years in State prison.
The last will of Moses Nesbitt, by
which the West Nottingham Presby-
terian Church gets his estate of $4,000
was sustained by the verdict of a Jury
in the Circuit Court for Cecil County,
last Wednesday. The case had been
on for a week.
$4,000 was realized by the peach
growers of Kent Count, Maryland, and
those farmers who were lucky enough
to have peaches, reaped rich harvest.
The crop was considered to be 60,550
baskets. Probably the heaviest ship
per were Harris, James H. Baker and
John H. Porter.
A large monument was erected in
the new cemetery at Leeds, ElktOn,
one day last week, in mOmory of Miss
Sarah Wilson the founder of the first
Sunday School in Maryland outside of
Baltimore, which was organized at
Leeds in 1917. The monument was
purchased by the M. P. Sunday
Schools of Cecil county. 1t is expected
that interesting ceremonies will be
held at the unveiling of the monu-
ment.
The new Jail of Worcester county is
provided with iron cells for prisoners.
The inside of the Jail proper is 23x27
feet 184 feet from floor to ceiling. The
floor is cement and the walls are brick,
neatly whitewashed. This room con-
tains two tiers of heavy iron cells, with
four cells on each tier. The cells are
made of the very best iron and steel.
The hunks are iron, fastened to the
sides OF the cells by chains which hold
them up. The cells are large and
rOOmy and there is no need of the TAILOR
entering them to feed the prisoners.
Oyster Tongers Trle of Woe.-Since
the first of September the oyster ton.
| rNc(
ing their tale of Woe" While the
the catch, during the month, has proven
not over abundant, the quality is re-
ported fine. The unusual hot weather
during the past month has kept
prices down, yet the best oysters have
been going to market Here is
pointer for those who clamor for early
longing. TOngers will never settle The
oyster question satisfactorily to thei
own interest and to the interest of al
concerned until they take up bottom.
and begin a system of planting TheI
and not until then, will tongers be abl,
to control the market and make thr
supply according to the demand
This is a question oystermen shoulC
seriously consider.
4 singular Death Miss Duhamel.
) bright young lady of near Galena, me
with singular death Tuesday night
, the particulars of which are indeed sad
The young lady had suffered durin
: the day with tOoth-ache and finding n,
= relief from the various remedies sug
gested, upon retiring took small dos
/ of chlOrOfOrm. After taking the dose sh
, put the bottle under the pillow within
easy reach should it be needed durin
r. the night. But the cork had not bee
e placed tightly in the bottle, an
a the medicine Oozed out, stealthily tax
: ing way the life of the innocent sleeper
( AS she did not respond to the calls G
8 her parent the next morning, her roor
/ was entered and the lifeless body {
: the young lady found. 1t was a
r awful discovery for the fond parer
j and all efforts to resuscitate the bod
1 was in vain. She was about 16 year
d of age and the idol of the home.-Kel
NelUs.