Smyrna times., 1895-06-19
MARYLAND Items.

Wheat harvest will commence in |
Kent about the 25th of June. The |
June drop" of peaches has not been
as serious as in previous years.
The funeral of Collector II. H.
Dashiell, of the port of Crisfeld, took
place at Princess Anne Monday, was
largely attended by prominent men.
The people of Ridgeley, Md, are pre-.
pairing TO build large Methodist Epis-
cOpal church there. The present
church building has been advertised
begin in a short time.
Hon. Lloyd Lowndes is strongly
endorsed by many Republicans of
Maryland for the Gubernatorial nOmi
nation. The same thing may be said
of Wm. T. Malster, Charles Westcott,
Esq, and other prominent Republicans.
The State Convention convenes at
Cambridge, August 18th.
George w. Bishop, of West Virginia,
a snake charmer, died Sunday, near
Salisbury, from the effect of rattle
snakes bite. On Saturday night
Bishop was giving an exhibition, and
while handling a large rattlesnake,
the reptile bit him twice on the left
arm. Bishop lived for 15 hours and
then died in great agony. The snake
that bit him was received only few
days ago from Florida.
Cecil Independent DemOcrats.-Mr.
Albert Constable and j. B. Slider, who
are members of the Cecil democratic
| at1
Hess, of the county central committee,
have published a call for the nomi.
nation of an Independent democratic
ticket, also for naming four delegates
to the State convention The call is
made for the 9th day of July and the
: day of the convention is set for the
! Both.
Driving Accidcnt-At Charlestown
Friday afternoon Rev. T. H. Hard.
? ing, accompanied by his wife and
! daughter, were driving when the
horses ran away, Overturning the
vehicle and throwing the occupants
! violently to the ground. Mr.. Hard
( ing was rendered unconscious for /;
I while, but no bones were broken. He
was severely shocked and bruised
Mrs. Harding struck her head agains
e a stone and received a serious suall
o wound. The left shoulder of Mis-
!, Harding was badly bruised.
To Surrey a NelO Line-Contractor
E from Philadelphia have been in Den
, ton looking over the proposed route O
the Queen Anne's and Delaware Rail
road, with a view of making estimate
le of cost Of fconstruction. Chief Enginee
is Troxel and Wilmer Emory, who hav
le done so much to attract attention {
is the feasibility of the road, accompanie
h. them. Two routes will be surveye
in from Denton to Lewes, one tOuchin
ID Smithville, Bridgeville and Georg
re- town and the other by way of Greel
wood and Milton. The latter route
six miles shorter than the forme
ic The survey will begin as soon as Il
rd wheat is harvested.
10 - The lawyers of Marshall E, Pric
=. the Young man who killed Sallie
- Dean in Caroline county, Md, la
az March, are making hard fight to sa'
e. his life, Prices execution is fixed +
II July 5, but several prominent lawye
will endeavor to get a new trial
he taking a writ of error to the Court
es- Appeals. The ground for such vi
ed will be that it was violation of I
IN, Constitution of the United States,
tai laid down in the fourteeth amendmel
ld- to try a case of homicide before I
lrk Court without jury, whether befc
o. one Judge or three, Counsel conte
ke, that under this law it is not in {
power Of the prisoner to select
court trial as Price did, but that
IN must be tried by jury of IL men, a
ect that the judgement of the Court
10 Prices case in the first trial must CT
IN sequently be set aside.