Smyrna times., 1894-04-25

dividend of 8 per cent. on stock of the
Washington branch for the six months
ended March 81, 1894
Mr.. Washington Collins. of Queenstown.
and Miss Harper Hendricks. of Church
Hill, were married at the Protestant Epis-
copal church, Church Hill, last Thursday
at l.3O 2. M, Rev. A. Bate, officiating.
The happy couple will make their future
home at Queenstown.
Congressman Brattan has appointed Fl
i. Beaver, of Chestertown, caoet at the
| West Point Academy and Mervin T. Sud
Ter, alternate. H. s. Walls, who was given
the appointment, has declined on account
OF a belief that his eyes are not up to the
medical requirements for admission.
4 Negro arrested for Murder Near Cen
tregatte. - William jackson, colored is
locked up in the Jail at Centreville for MUIR
uerlng George Il. Leager, an aged farmer,
and fatally wOunding his son, Ira, We'd
nesday. The murder occurred few miles
north of Chestertown. jackson was farm
hand and went to the house and made
threats against Mrs. Leager. Her husband
ordered the negro to leave the place,
whereupon jackson picked up a hatchet
and struck Leager on the head with the
sharp edge The farmer was killed in
stantly. Not being satisfied jackson fred
the, IA years-old-son, had not been idle,
and came to his fathers assistance with a
pitch pork. jackson fred a bullet into
the left breast of the lad, which, the doctor
say, will prove fatal. After the murder
jackson walked to a negro settlement,
where he was later arrested and brought
to the jail. Jackson has worked for Mr..
Leager about three months, coming their
from Arkansas.
DIR. Isaac ii. Houston, a prominent citi-
zen of Vienna, Dorchester county, Md,
| died very suddenly in that town on Tues
day week of heart disease, aged about
sixty years. DR.. Houston was a son of the
late Robert B. Houston, a well known for
mer resident of DagsbOrO hundred, and
brother of the late John Houston, Clerk of
the Peace E. w. Houston, Speaker of the
Senate, Charles B. Houston and Henry A
Houston, of MillsbOrO. He was a graduate
of Delaware College and Medical Depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania.
He married Mary E., daughter of the late
Dr. William III. Rider of Salisbury, Md.
IN 1866, his wife being a half sister of the
wife of Ex-Governor jackson of that State
In addition to the practice of his profess
sion, DR.. Houston was for several years
extensively engaged in packing fruits and
vegetables, and was quite successful in
business.
Verdict of AcquittaI for Spear. - The
| Spear -BrOphy murder trial was concluded
| Saturday at ChestertOwn by verdict ac-
| quitting Spear There was large crowd
present. The entire portion of the room
assigned to the grand jury was occupied by
ladies. Young Spears mother has been
with him constantly during the trial. She
| testified at the Friday night session that it
was a usual thing for her son to carry
| pistol and to the kind treatment received
| by Brophy while in their employ. The
other witnesses called by the defence
were to weaken the testimony of the
| State witnesses. G. s. Thomas testi-
! fed to being on the railroad platform where
| Spear first showed his pistol before going
to Malsbergers store, but he saw no pistol
| Q. s. Stevens was called to show that Spear
went to Malsberger's store on the evening
of the shooting to fill an engagement with
| him instead of in pursuit of BrOphy. a. f.
Huey, William II. Cacy and Herman B.
| Massey, cOntradicted portions of Malsber-
| gers testimony, in whose presence the
affray occurred. The entire day was con
sumed in the arguments, and at o'clock
the case was given to the jury. At $50
| they brought in a verdict of not guilty
| The trial terminated as was expected not
from the facts in the case but from the
relative positions of the two parties. 1t is
said that eight of the jurors were tenants of
the defendents lawyers, Messrs Hynson and
| Wickes.
The murdered man Brophy, WAS raised
by the late John Bilderback, near Smyrna
Had the circumstances been reversed and
Spear killed, Brophy would have been
hung.