Smyrna times., 1895-01-09
MARYLAND Items.

MARYLAND Items.
The dwelling of Congressman elect
Joshua w. Miles was burned in Prin-
cess Anne Wednesday night and he
had to be removed from sick bed to
the house of friend and neighbor.
Mr.. William J. ROlph, of Mllington
Md aud Mise Clara McClain, of Tay-
lOr's Bridge were married at the Smy-
rna NJ. E. parsonage by Rev. Adam
Stengle, on the evening of Dec. 26.
The wedding of Mr.. George r.
Rouse, of Chestertown, and Miss Ida
Jewell, of Worton, is announced to
take at the home of the bride near
WOrton Station, Tomorrow evening.
Miss Lizzie A. Hayes, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis G. Hayes, of
Locust Grove, will be married to Mr..
Wm. L. Money, of Galena, to-day at
P. NJ, in Mt Olivet NJ. E. Church.
Galena.
A bell in memory of the late Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, wife of the ex-
President, will be presented to the
national regent of the Daughters of the
Revolution by the Maryland chapter
of that society.
The marriage Of LeOnOra, fourth
daughter of the late Henry Bramble,
to Baltus Wilkins, son of Bartus J.
Wilkins, all of Kent county, is an
nounced to take place in Salem Nj. h.
Church Jan. Is at $50 p. NJ.
Miss Rachel Alberta Sparks, daugh-
ter of the late w. Kent Sparks. and
Howard f Price, son of VIM. J. Price,
will be married at Grace Methodist
Protestant Church, CentreVilie, at one
O'Clock on Thursday, January 10th,
1895.
The Rev. Isaac L. Wood, of the
Elkton Church, will seek transfer
from the Wilmington Conference to
the Central Pennsylvania Conference,
so as to be assigned to the Chambers
burg. Pa, Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Wood is completing his third year
at Elkton.
The Easton Gazette says that a
Catholic convent will be built in
Easton, Talbot county. Rev. Mr..
WaldrOn, the parish priest at EastOn
was 50 informed recently by Bishop
Curtis, in Wilmington, and says it will
be a large institution, conducted bv
the Sisters of Mercy, and that it will
be built this year.
The community of Milington was
surprised New Years day by the we'd
ding of two prominent citizens, Rev.
Thomas Numbers and Mrs. Mary
Matilda Talbot The wedding was
sOlemnized at the home of the bride by
Rev q. w Burke A pleasant re-
ception was given the happy twain at
Massrl's by the son of the groom, Mr.
Fred Numbers, agent at thot station.
Commission Merchants FdH.-The firm
of William B. Iilghmun 4 Co., com
mission merchants of Baltimore, have
made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors. Richard ;. CuIbreth is made
the trustee, and filed his bond for $l5,-
600. Tne liabilities are estimated at
from from fifteen to twenty thousand
dollars. The firm WAS composed of
Wm. B. IIlghman, and Charles G.
Tilghman.
Sdfe in JdcksonUuie 1t was an
weeks ago that George Il Tweedell
would ride his wheel from Church
Hill, Via Reading, Pa, to Jack ksonville,
Fla, distance of 1888 miles as com
puted by Mr. Tweedell He arrived
safely in Jacksonville the 2lst of
December ultimo, just 80 days out
from the time of leaving Church Hill,
having lost days from rain and other
causes since leaving. Mr. Tweedell
reports the roads good most of the way
and that his wheel did not get out of
order during the trip.
Death from Cuncer. Mrs. Mary A.
Bratt wife Of Samuel Bratt, of Oxford
Talbot county, died at her residence
at Easton Sunday. Her father was
the late Rev Henry Bell, of Baltimore,
who was for many years local
preacher in Baltimore. Mrs. Bratt
was an intense sufferer tor some
months from cancer. She was widely
known for her charity. Her husband
together with two sons and four
daughters survive her. The eldest
daughter is the wife of Rev. DIR. Alfred
Smith presiding elder in the Whining
ton Conference. The second daughter
is the wife of Daniel Baker, of Balti-
more The third is married to the
Rev. J. w. Kirk, pastor of Lafayette
| Avenue Methodist Protestant Church,
Baltimore. Mrs. Bratt was buried this
morning in Greenmount Cemetery,
Baltimore
Many stubborn and aggravating cases Of
rheumatism that were believed to be incur
able and accepted as life legacies, have
| yielded TO Chamberlain's Pain Balm, much
to the surprise and qualification of the suf-
| ferers One application will relieve the