Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1896-07-15
Maryland Items.

Young girls of ChestertOwn have chris |
tened all strange gentlemen that arrive in |
our town with the name ''fresh air chill |
dren.-Kent News.
Hon. John X. Cowen, elected to Congress
by the democrats of the Third Congress
sional district last Fall year ago, has
bOlted the democratic nominees at Chicago.
Mr.. Sereck Shallcross suffered a painful
injury while riding in one of the races at
Cambridge on Saturday week. He was
thrown heavily from his wheel and broke
his right collar bone.
ChestertOwn (Md.) bicyclists are protest
ing against the action of officials there in
imposing tax upon bicycles. Each wheel is
assessed at S25 value and the regular rate
of taxation will have to be paid on this
amount.
VIsITORs.-The influx of summer board
ers has commenced and Kent is a Mecca for
large number. At present the number is
placed at 800, but this amount will be
swelled to over thousand within the next
mOnth.-Kent News.
The Republican convention at St. Louis
was big affair, and the Democratic con-
ventiOn at Chicago was attended by greater
multitudes than ever before known in his
tory, but the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton in Washington overtops them all!
Fifty-ive thousand is the estimate at the
latter.
SUDDEN INSANITY OF A YOUNG WOMAN.
POcOmOke City, Md, July 1O.-Miss Arms.
of Philadelphia, lovely young woman,
who has been visiting her uncle Rev. G. H.
Vandyne, while out calling upon a young
lady yesterday, suddenly became violently
insane and it required the services of sew
eral strong men to carry her back to the
rectory, where she now lies in dangerous
condition.
One of the most beautiful incidents of
the great Christian EndeavOr Convention in
Washington was the fact that the Metro
politan church at which the convention had
its headquarters has no organization of the
G. E., but that grand body known as the
''Epworths' served nobly the part of host,
giving living example of the principles of
Christian labor and love they profess in the
entertainment of the thousands of visitors.
FREE SILVER IN MARYLAND.--Th DEM
Ocrats of Worcester county profess them
selves pleased at the Chicago ticket. The
free silver sentiment is strong in that To-
cality. Democrats with few exceptions de-
clare they are willing to accept the plat
form. With this sentiment abroad it is
possible that Congressman Joshua w. Miles
may be sacrificed for his advocacy of the
gold standard. The people argue that it
would never do to run u sound money Con-
gresham on the same ticket with free sill
yer candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident. Worcester County Democrats are
talking of the selection of Henry r. Lewis,
of Caroline, at the Congressional Conven-
ton.
The crop of Talbot county can now
be accurately estimated 1t is the
largest wheat crop the county has
grown in thirty years, and of fine
quality as was ever grown on the wheat
soils of white-Oak clay or red clay sub
soil. 1t is true of the acreage yield
and the product of crop to the seed.
Twenty bushels to the acre has been
harvested and much of it threshed.
The best yield reported is that of
John Kemp Caulk, Jr., of Genessee
Giant wheat, ~ bushels to the acre, on
stiff white oak, Broad Creek Neck
farm.
The real significance of the free-silver
wave that is just now sweeping over the
Democratic party could not be more sig
nally illustrated says the Baltimore News
than by the prominence which Altgeld has
attained since it arose. Three years ago,
he was giving aid and comfort to bloody
. rioters at Chicago, and wrote an imperti-
nent message to the President of the United
States, to which Mr.. Cleveland replied with
a combination of emphasis, simplicity and
dignity that evoked the enthusiastic APP
prOval of good Americans throughout the
length and breadth of the land. The mad
4 ness that has taken possession of large
D section of the Democratic party is showr
by the fact that Altgeld and Cleveland have
a just about exchanged places since tha
time