Smyrna times., 1895-06-12
MARYLAND Items.

John Brown on Saturday last signed |
a contract at PocOmOke City, Md, to
build a two-manual organ for the NJ.
p Church of that city.
The money spent in Maryland for
votes is at the primaries. The Demo
cratic primaries were held Saturday,
and in the sharp contest for the nOmi
nations, it is said $50, 900 were spent in
some OF the counties.
Senator Gibson, Gorman's Eastern
Shore ally, seems to be more sensitive
of public opinion than is his associate.
The uprising against Gibson in Talbot
county promises to be very formidable,
| and it may result in defeating him.
The opponents of the Maryland ring
| DO not seem to be able to make much
headway The withdrawal of Rayner,
in the contest for governor, and Glib
sons victory on Saturday are straws
which show the continued triumph of
German in the party in Maryland.
Cecil has adopted the local option
law and already viOlatOrs have begun
their work. Two young men started
laundry and the first shipment of goods
was a barrel of starch Investigation
was made and the new enterprise
squelched.
Washington College, at Chestertown,
is delighted with its base ball team. 1t
is claimed that the Washington College
team is able to defeat the team of any
college in the country except Yale,
Harvard, University of Pennsylvania
and Princeton.
Merchants report that they are con-
scious of a gradual improvement in
business. Their sales are larger, less
: credit is asked, while cash is becoming
somewhat more plentiful. 1t is the be
lief of all that when the summer has
e passed there will be noted a genera
r revival which will be more than .
blessing.
e Senator Gibson Wins in Talbot
: United States Senator Gibson is happy
D His friends carried every district il
I Talbot county Saturday by good ma
d jorities. The anti-Gorman-GibsoT
a Democrats put up a good fight in Glib
i sons home, but they did not expect Il
6 carry more than two districts, as tn
machinery and all the arrangement
Q for the primaries were in control of tn
3 Gibson men.
/ Cyclone in Kent COunty.-A tremend
:. Gus dOwnpour of rain, lasting severa
l. hours, passed over Kent county Wed
T nesday. In Morgan Creek Neck a cy
L clone of great fury and about twenty
* FIVE yards wide swept over the count!
L. doing damage to growing crops. Du
ing the storm, though the lighting Wa
not severe, a gentleman was knocke
nc unconscious for several hours. Tel
- phone poles were shatter and tre
y blasted a horse belonging to Jam
~ NJ. SeVersOn was struck.
en- His Death Warrant. Price Hears Il
It. DOom.-Sherif Berry, of Carolil
rd county, went to Baltimore last We
Iy nesday and read the death warrant
Marshall f. Price, who was convict
of the murder of Sallie E. Dean,
= Caroline county, and sentenced to
as hanged July 5. Price listened atte
a lively to the reading of the warrai
no but did not appear affected by 1t.
~ soon as the death warrant was re
IL Price was locked in cell On"murdere
.u row" and death-watch was placed
uu him. From this time until he is
'ue ~. moved to the Jail at Denton, Carroll
''' county, Price will be under the watC
full eve of one of the wardens of
hat jail Sheriff Berry said he didn't kn
ate when he would remove Price to ID
ley ton. Prices mother is in Baltim
of and visits him daily at the Jail.