Smyrna times., 1894-11-14
MARYLAND Items.

While hunting near huntsville last
week Mr.. ]. w. Porter killed a sku nix,
the first that has ever been reported to
have been seen in that section.
The Methodist Protestant church,
Ridgely will be dedicated on Sunday
November Is. Rev. ]. D. Kinzer,
President of the Conference will be
present.
Cards have been issued for the mar.
riage of Miss Eliza Ellis Tull, and Mr..
Richard Reese, in Trinity Church,
Wednesday, 21st inst, at IL o'clock,
noon.
First Congressional District Of Mary
land Resulted as following. = Henry,
democrat, plurality 1919. Miles, demo-
crat, plurality 1,041. Tull, populist,
Fifty-third Congress, 378. Morris,
pOpulist, Fifty-fourth Congress, SS9.
The wedding of Miss Guile E. Par
rott, of Still Pond, to Mr.. James S.
Benson, of Anne Arundel, is announced
to take place on Tuesday, November
20, at o'clock P NJ. in the Still Pond
M. E. Church.
the Christian EndeavOrers of Maryland
will meet in ChestertOwn December
4th, 9Th and 9th. About two hundred
delegates are expected to be present.
The occasion will be on one of general
interest.
A distressing accident occurred at
Lambson's Station, Kent county, last
week. The two year old son of John
| Reed was drowned in a swill barrel
into which he fell while playing
around it. No one knew of the acci.
dent until some hours later when the
little fellow being missed by his mother
search instituted resulting in the
finding of the body.
At the election the republicans upon
the congressional ticket carried the
State of Maryland by about $500
majority. They had majorities in
| fifteen counties, and a change of some
250 votes would have given them a
majority in Baltimore city. Such a
vote in a State election would turn
over the entire State government to
the republican party, along with a
majority of the General Assembly.
Kent county gunners are restless
| and discOusOlate. Partridges and rab-
bits are moderately abundant, but un-
| been laid upon all cunning IN that
county, except for hawks and one or
two other birds equally valueless for
sport. This prOhibitory law was Op-
posed by many gunners, but the con-
stantly increasing scarcity of game
rendered is absolutely necessary that
some measure should be adopted.
Wheat Crop Cases in Court.-In the
Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County
Centrevile, Judges Robinson and
| Stump, in the case of Wm. J. Price
against John H. Ozman, the court in
structed the jury to find for the defend
ent. This suit involved an interesting
contention over the title to a crop
of wheat. The case of Mrs. Ida Jewell
against I'm. J. Price is on trial. This
is suit for damages arising from the
sale of wheat crop after the termin'
alton of agency.
| Cecil Vent Dry as tOelL as Republican
on Tuesday. result of the vote
| against llC6uSO ldSJ Week was Tue Idl X
of Cecil county While the anti-license
people fully expected to carry the
county, they did not expect the big ma
jority that they received. Only two
districts in the county went in favor o
license, the second and seventh, anC
both by reduced majorities. The maj or
ity against licensein the country is 626
Four year ago license carried thecounty
by 263 majority. That Mr.. Baker sue
ceeded in carrying the county is also
great surprise. Cleveland carried Ceci
two years ago by 600 majority.
The proposed ship canal uniting tn
Chesapeake and Delaware bays is get
ting itself sgitated from official sources
An Engineer Board has been appointed
by authority of Congress to report ol
practical route for a 27.foot cana
between the two estuaries, and sevel
different routes are already under con
sideration, besides the present Della
ware and Chesapeake canal, whicl
would reed much enlarging. Th
routes were the Sassafras river, 1292
miles; the Southeast creek, 1857
miles; the Centreville, 106.38 miles
: the Queenstown, 1929 miles; tn
Secretary and the Ferry creek, 149 8
miles.