Smyrna times., 1894-06-27
Peninsula Items.

was dedicated Sunday.
Tie Wiz. nf Senator KYLE. of North
Dakota, will spend The season at Ocean
City.
The Peninsula Press, the prohibition
organ of the Eastern Shore, saws there
is an awakening of prohibition senti-
ment all over the peninsula.
Rdgely's fire company is getting its
affairs in shape.
Salisbury bicyclists expect to have a
grand tournament July 4 and invite all
the wheelmen of the Shore to partici.
pate.
DentOn's colored people will cele.
brate July 4th. The Odd Fellows are
helping them.
William Yonkers, a Cecil farmer.
whipped his horse. Then he went to
put the collar on it, and the horse
kicked him so badly he will die.
Perryville has man who has been
baldheaded three times and now has a
heavy suit of hair. He is over 80 years
old.
The iron drawbridge to be built
across Cambridge creek, at Cambridge,
Will be l37 feet long, with two open.
iugS, each with a clear width of so feet,
Tor the passage of vessels.
Marydel Council No. 92, Jr..O.U.
A. NJ, has been organized at Marydel
with f. G. Slemmer as Councillor
The central Republican Club OF Caro-
line county has been organized. r. ].
Jump is president, F. G. Ramsdell and
Il. }. w. Carey are vice presidents. and
w. F. Towers is secretary.
Three young men of Lewes dreamed
there was gold hidden in field near
Red Mill. So one night last week they
visited the place and dug up great
quantities of newly planted corn. The
owner of the land came along and
made them replaut the corn, or stand
the consequences of lawsuit
Republicans in every county OF
Maryland are beginning to look ahead
to the campaign of this fall and already
clubs and other organizations are be-
ing perfected looking to an earnest
canvass when the time comes.
Crisfeld's grabbing industry is a big
one, giving employment to 1900 per.
sons. During the season there is
daily shipment of 5000 dozen crabs.
The average catch is from $50 to 300
crabs a day for each crabber One
crabber caught 1000 in one day.
The Denton bank officials say the
straw berry crop netted the farmers
about the same amount of money as
last year but came in smaller amounts
and to more people. The bank handled
about $4,000 worth Of checks.
The Pennsylvania and New York,
, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad have
withdrawn the order requiring the pre-
, payment of freight on Watermelons,
; and the matter now stands exactly as
before except the railroads require
guarantee for the freight.
Political activity on the Eastern
/ Shore now centers around the selection
of a successor to the late Hon. Robert
F. Bratton. Nearly every county has
one oandidate,Or more. Queen Anne's
is not behind her sisters. She has now
two announced Democratic candidates,
, A. Randolph Weldon and P. B. Hop
! per Esqs., and one Republican, Joseph
\ Mallalieu, Esq.
e Though the rabbit is said to be the
5 most timid of animals. yet it will fight
?. at times. Mr.. G. F. Kinnemon, of Tai
i bot county, says, when going to
|, EastOn week ago saw battle be-
/ tween a rabbit and very large black
,, snake. Both fought furiously for a
half hour, when the snake, covered
# with blood, dragged itself across the
e road into the woods, leaving the rabbit
5. victor of the combat
The Baltimore Centennial Exposi-
: ton took shape on Thursday last and
/" will grow daily until it cOnsumates
i into great exposition in 1897. This
= was meeting held at the Merchants
II club at which the leading spirits of Bal
e timOre city and some few others were
. present. There is no better occasion
than the one hundTedth anniversary Oi
: the incorporation of the great southern
- metropolis, and no superior city in
v which to tittingly hold great exposi'
tiOn.
,p CAMPAIGNING CALENDAR, 1894
a Chester Heights, Pa. July 10; COpson's
of Park, Md, July 1890; Camden Union
a Del, August LA; Ennall's Springs
Md, August 3-13; Concord, Del, Aug
4; Hebron, Md, August Alb; Joanni
Heights, Pa, August Ais; Brandy
wine Summit, August GIG; Nelson's
Del, August IA; Ocean Grove, n. J.
10 August 5000.
I'll The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com
of pany has closed the negotiations for &
ty loan of about $S,75O,OOO. The money
Mt from the loan will be used to reimburs
the B. & o. for advances made in &C
20, quiring the terminal properties and II
an their betterment. Part of it will be
'r- spent in carrying on many proposes
ms improvements and extensions, some o
n which have been begun, but were su'
as pended during the recent business de
in preston. The success of the negOtis
,h, tions. it is said, will strengthen the
be & o. Company's financial position ant
'ss put it on an easy footing,