Middletown transcript., 1895-08-24
MY MARYLAND.

The peach crop in Frederick county is th
finest ever grown there.
Fifteen thousand melons were shipped
from Salisbury on Tuesday, making thir
teen car loads.
Cambridge was honored with three po.
litical conventions last week-The Repub-
lican, the Prohibition, and the Populist.
| Oxford, Talbot county, celebrates its bi.
| centennial to-day, with the usual demon
| strations. Congressman J.. S. Willis, who
was born at Oxford, will be one of the
| speakers.
A swarm of bees entered the sick room of
DR.. W. Comegys, at Millington one day re-
Gently, and established headquarters near
| the bed. compelling the patient and attend
ants to beat retreat.
The cannery of Hemingway & Co., of
Baltimore, at Centrevile Landing, is now
in full operation. Nearly 100 hands are
employed. A large quantity of raw mater
ial is purchased, placing a considerable sum
of money in circulation.
The second floor of granary on the
farm of Martin Kemeather, on the Glasgow
road, Cecil county, collapsed Saturday, de-
molishing fine buggy. The grain, which
consisted of BAG bushels of oats and It's bu-
shells of wheat. is so badly mixed up it can
only be used for feed.
Joseph Davis, colored, living in Queen
Anne's near Chester bridge, last spring
bought two potatoes for planting purposes
He cut off the the eyes and put them in the
ground, ate the remainder of the potatoes
and has harvested crop of just 100 as a re-
suit of his two-cent purchase.
The contract for building the first sec.
ton of the Queen Annes R. R. has been
awarded to William C. Merritt of Easton,
Pa. Work will begin at once and it is ex-
pected that the first section will be COM
pleted within six months, II will extend
from Queenstown to Denton, distance OF
about 20 miles.
The protracted dry, hot weather has
been of incalculable injury to the corn has
grass crop throughout Kent county. The
very early corn has suffered but slightly,
but unless rain falls within the next few
days the late crop will be out more than
one half and in some cases will be almost
total failure. Pastures are dry and
parched.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson died at her resi-
dence in Easton Monday, aged eignty-four.
She was the widow of the late Charles Rob-
inson, for many years a prominent mer.
chant of Easton and postmaster of the town
during Buchanan's administration. Mrs.
Robinson was the sister of the late Thomas
X. Robinson, the well-known editor of the
Easton Star, and of Joseph s. Robinson,
now living in Easton. J. Harry Coving-
ton, member of the Easton bar, is her
grandson.
A town meeting was held at Berlin last
week to determine what course should be
pursued in rebuilding the town. The ques-
ton before the meeting was "Shall the
town be rebuilt of brick or wood?" A hot
contest took place, but those in favor Of
brick bvildings carried their point by
large majority. Each foot of frontage rep
resented a vote Bricks received $4,000
votes to 1900 in the negative. There is
considerable feeling over the result, and a
number say they will contest the election
in the courts. While many of them have
made arrangements to erect frame build
ings, the brickites say they will be torn
down if built. They will allow no frame
house to be erected within radius of so
feet of the burnt line. Temporary shanties
will be permitted to stand for two years, to
be replaced by bricks Wiconsico Nescs.