Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
Maryland Items.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever and measels are
prevalent in Kent county.


reported prevalent in Kent county.
Mrs. Mary A. Wilmer relict of the late
VIM. b. Wilmer, died at the residence of
her son, Philip G. Wilmer, Esq, near
Kennedyville, Friday in her 73rd year,
A bin will soon be presented in the Mary
land Legislature preventing winter racing.
This would put an end to the races held in
ElktOn commenced last winter.
John X. Cowen, general counsel of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad an able man
was chosen by the Board of Directors to
succeed Charles F. Mayer as president of
the company.
John W. Cantwell, Elkton, died of pneu
monia. He was "a years old, and fought |
during the war in the Sixth Maryland Regi- !
ment. He left widow and two children, |
one of them the Rev. R. Day Cantwell.
CREAMERY PRICES. - Fairlee creamery
reaches high water mark this month, pay
ing $1.1O per hundred for milk; Kennedy
vile, $1.O5; Still Pond, S1.O5. This cream
cry received 100000 pounds of milk more
this year than last.
Fire late on Tuesday night destroyed the
blacksmith and mechanical shops of G. T.
M. Saulsby at Easton. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss is about $4,000.
A valuable trotting horse belonging to Will
liam Dietz of Philadelphia was burned.
A GREAT RUSH FOR OFF1cE.-Over two
thousand applicants have already been filed
for the various offices to be filed by Cover
nor LOwndes, and they are still pouring in
at the rate of a hundred a day. Republi-
can politicians from nearly every county in
the State were at Annapolis, to see the
Governor about local appointments.
The Republican Legislature will appoint
a committee to investigate the doings of the
Democrats of Baltimore and Maryland dur
ing the past thirty years. The oyster police
force will also be looked into as well as the
other abuses said to have existed in Balti-
more, especially amongst thepoliticians and
Office holders.
FIRE IN CENTREvILLE.-A fire at Centre
vile Monday morning destroyed the large
building on Commerce street occupied by
Mr. Thomas Kinnamon as a dry goods and
grocery store and by Mr.. LinwoOd Collins
as a dwelling. Mr.. KinnamOn estimates his
loss at about $4,000, with $4,000 insurance.
The loss on the building is about "a, 800
with $500 insurance.
MLLDAM BUBsTs.-Owing to the freshet
in the Big Elk creek, due to the rain of
Thursday night, the mill dam at West Am
well rolling mills two miles from Elkton,
burst on Friday night The mills have not
been running for several years: and it is not
likely that the dam will be built The prop
is now owned by Ezekiel Dawson. The
pond was full of German carp.
The denton American Union says: The
appointment of George NJ. Russum as Chief
Judge of this circuit to succeed Judge J.
NJ. Robinson deceased, will cause the hearts
of more Caroline countians to swell with
pride than any act that Governor Lowndes
could have performed. He is a universal
favOrite among our people, who know anC
value his genuine worth of mind and char
acter.
Hyland =. Smith, of near Smithville
Kent county, who has been sick for abou
three weeks of typhoid fever died las
Thursday morning at his farm residence, il
the nth year af his age. He leaves
widow and six or eight children. One Sol
is in the active ministry of the Methods
church; daughter is the wife of Vim. Z
!. Dodson, while a number of others are Il
r distant States.
G A REMARKABLE PoLIcY.--In 1851 th
n Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Ken
: county. Md. issued policy on the prop
I erty of DR.. L. c. Kennard, near Still Pond
i The total amount paid by the different In
surers on this policy for II has change
n hands number Of times) intending an as
n sessment, has been 1921. u. The compan
I has returned to them in dividends sums az
r gregating 1862 .12, and the policy has no
4 to its credit S2O3.69. The insurers hay
le had their property insured for A years, an
Is at the same time have received in dividend
n $4l more than their total payments; and
the policy was cancelled today and amour
to ITS credit paid they would then have r,
7e eeived S561.0i, OF double the amount {
n their payments. -centreville Observer.
THE MARYLAND SENAroRsHrp. - Geor.
!. L. Wellington United States Senator to 81
y ceed Qllas. H. Gibson for the term begi
I, ming March A. 1897, is Marylandls first Repu
g lican senator in 26 years. He was born
Cumberland, January 2s, 1857, so that he h
of reached his fortysfoartA year, His faith
an was a German and thrifty, hard-worlzir
n. man, without the means Of providing
te education for his son. Mr., Wellington /
ed gan life as a clerk IN canal store IN Al
4s gany county at the age Of twelve years. ]
of was fred with the ambition to acqui
he knowledge. The Eastern shore is to blal
Ias for the loss because it could not coneentrl
on a man, and lost. Nr, Wellington seel