Smyrna times., 1894-08-08
MARYLAND Items.

There are fifty tents at Wye camp
meeting this year.
The NJ. E. Church camp meeting at |
Concord has opened.
The NJ. P. Sunday school convention
will meet in Clayton on August 16.
Seventy-three poor city children are
at Ridgely, Nd, on fresh air excur-
sion.
The assessment of property in Easton,
Md, just completed, shows total of
81, 449.13O
The annual Convention of the Far
mers' Alliance of Maryland will be
held in Salisbury August IA.
A Chestertown merchant bought
some eggs one day and the next found
that three chickens had been Matched
out.
At the kindling wood mill, at
fredericksburg, Md, more than $4,000
bundles of kindling wood week are
being put up.
Judge Robinson on Monday granted
an absolute divorce to Joshua Walls of
Cause abandonment.
The wheat crop of William Hunter,
near Roseyille, Queen Anne county,
was an average Of So bushels to the
acre from 30-acre field.
George w. Rodenhiser says he
shipped ten lambs to Philadelphia last
week from Chestertown and in return
received check for $1S.85.
The surveyors of the new railroad
have completed survey of the route
as far as Lambson's Station where it
will connect with the B. & d. B. r. r.
]. Wilkin Massey, residing near Sud-
lersville, has planted this season 50
acres in tomatoes which he proposes to
pack. He has built and fitted up a
packing house on his farm.
Nine hundred barrels of sweet
potatoes were shipped from Onancock,
Va, one day last week, as compared
with only titty-six barrels shipped on a
corresponding date last year.
Ten horses pasturng on farm, near
Harrisvill, Cecil county, got into a
shed where some wheat was stored
and ate about three bushels. Two of
them have since died from the effects.
Col. John f. Goodwin will accent
thanks for basket of very fine peaches.
Col. Goodwin has this year from six to
eight thousand baskets on his North
west Point" farm from which he ex-
poets 10 realize $1O,0OO.- CentreUiHe
Record.
4 Little Marylander.-Enos Jones.
OF Mlllington, is possibly the smallest
man in Maryland. He is 27 years old,
feet inches high, measures % inches
around the chest, and weighs 56 pounds.
His mother has several children of
average size.
The prospects for corn crop in Wi.
cOmlco county are the best they have
oeen IN ten years, especially in the cen.
tral and western sections of the county,
The farming community has suffered
seriously for the past five wears from
short corn crops.
An alarming increase in the price o.
ice confrOnts Baltimoreans. The hot
weather created a universal demand
for the article and the dealers advanced
the price to about double the former
rate. The people are kicking and The
newspapers arguing, but there is ne
remedy.
The Democratic press of MARYLAND
furnishes at this time what Josh RiIl.
ings truthfully describes as "mirhty
amosln' readin'," in the character and
f diversity of its comments on the atti
tude taken by Senator German to-
wards Mr.. Cleveland and his hobby O
tariff. In its caustic structures on Mr.
; German, the Baltimore Sun easily take
: the lead.
: A large raft is soon to be floate,
through the Delaware and Chesapeak
Canal. 1t has been taken from tn
Rappahannock river and will ente
the canal at Chesapeake City. 1t vii
be towed by inland waters to Ne,
York. The raft is made up of l27
: logs, averaging so feet in length, an
4 is 100 feet long aud so feet wide. ]
e is owned by J. 5. Hoskins, of Bait
o more.
. Took the LaU in their Hqnds.-Wi
V liam Cornish, of Elkton. 90 years
# age, was alleged TO have acte
k indecently before Mabel Andersen
rt aged 1 years. The father Of the gi
n sought to prosecute Cornish, but ",
= told that a case could hardly be mad
Il out against him. The citizens forne
IF committee, marched to Cornish
IS house, dragged him out and thrashe
.e him to within an inch of MS life.
d 1t is said an Elkton man has di
n covered an economical crab bait i
D. rats, which he successfully used q
lee Wednesday afternoon in the Elk rive
Authority states that he halve
70 the rodents and completely took IL
as crabs by storm and bewilderment .
of that they allowed themselves to |
'e captured in gOOdly numb bers. WI
the inventor is cannot yet be mac
'e public.-Cecu Wing.
m Joe Waller, the bailiif of Delmar al
q bully of renOwn, and Sydney Beac
" also of Sussex, met at Salisbury la
re Monday and attempted to settle
r old family feud. The two men startt
y. from the N. Y. P. & N. station togeth
to so as to be alone. They had not Or
y, ceeded far down Isabella street VIII,
be the struggle began. The two M
d. clinched while setting side by side
ks a road cart. They punched and to
k ct each other, and finally Beach Q
y, in blow which broke Walters nos
ne When the two had finished with eaC
" other they were covered with blot
E and presented sorry spectacle.
he Advertiser.
To Secede from the Church. - 80
members of the holy Rosary Cathol
E Church, Baltimore, have decided to d
0 regard in the future the commands
. the Cardinal, and to establish an
y dependent Catholic Church. Th
q propose to place the management
o the hands of committee, and to e
gage their own pastor. Two of Il
l members were sent to Cleveland
l investigate how the affairs of the
dependent church in that city we
conducted, and they have return
with glowing report. They say tn,
f will have no trouble getting a prize.