Middletown transcript., 1899-07-15
MY MARYLAND.

TO mortgages Of 81 450, to Mr. w. F.
Pennington.
Harry Clark has bought The Garrett.
son Smith farm, near Queen Anne, for
5000. Alfred Green has bought j.
Hersey Halls large storehou,e, at Gen.
treyille. for $5, ,72O.
Charles Hite while picking berries in
Wicomico County, reused up venom
ous rattlesnake. After a lively battle
be killed it with a stick. The reptile
measured three feet in length, seven
inches around the body, and had seven
rattles and button.
.Doc" William Cooper, living on the
r. u. Hynson farm at Worton. is one
of the peculiarly fortunate farmers Of
Kent county. He raised 5,T00 bushels
of wheat from IT'S acres seeding. and
has an estimated crop Of 1000 packages
of peaches on 800 trees.
A heavy rain and electrical storm
passed over Talbot county Thursday of
last week. Lightning struck Oscar
Golfers barn, near Easton, set fire to
it, and to all bis other farm buildings.
The barn and its contents, including
three horses and 80 tons of hay, were
destroyed.
i Brice Smith, the 15-year-old son of
Charles Smith. of Bslterton. Kent
county, Nd, was drowned while fishing
from small boat off Bstterton wharf
on Saturday. Young Smith in some
way lost his balance, was cut down by
the swiftly flowing current Of the bay
and was drowned. The body was re-
covered in the vicinity of the accident.
The terms of the Cecil county
schools have been changed as follows:
s'The Fall term from the second Mon
day in September to the 18th day Of
November. The winter term from the
18th day of November to the last day
of January. The spring term from the
1st of February to the 18th of April.
The summer term from the 18th day of
April to the last day of June, If possible.
The purchase of his twenty,fifth
farm by Capt. Andrew Woodall Of
Kent county has brought out the fact
that he owns 5000 acres. This is a
pretty big farm for the Eastern Shore,
but it was surpassed some years ago by
that Of the late William McKenny, OF
Centreville, who's at the time Of his death,
held Sc farms, with a total area Of
10000 acres. The last purchase by
Capt. Woodall is the Reybold farm in
Cecil county, containing 800 acres.
Joseph Franklin Bateman. attorney
at law, Easton, aged AZ, shot himself
in the region of the heart Friday night
and died from the wound. The deed
was done while he was alone in a room
in the Moreland Block, where lie had
his law offices. Mr.. Bateman had been
suffering for some days and had been
kept in his room with an acute attack
Of dysentery. 1t is believed The physi.
cal trouble brought on neverous de-
preston, ending in temporary mental
alteration, and that This led to an
irresponsible suicide. s!,.t-
The wheat crop in Cecil is proving
most variable quantity, the yield being.
so far as reported, anywhere from 8
to 313 bushels per acre. ID the lower
section Of the county the turnout is
very fair; Mrs. Thornton having an
average Of 80 bushels, and z. Porter
Lusby getting a yield of 81 bushels
from 100 acres. In this section the
best reports heard were % bushels by
Henry A. Wright and 20 bushels by
w. Arthur Mitchell. Up in the Sixth
District the wheat is better, one yield
Of BIZ bushels being reported, while
others run as low as 5. In the Fifth
William A. Wilson had 20 bushels and
one yield bas been reported as low as 8
bushels. There may have been many
better yields than the ones here given,
but we have not heard of them.-Cecil
News.
Earle d. Shippers, aged eighteen, a
student of Washington College and one
Of the most popular boys in Chester
town, was killed by lightning in that
town Saturday afternoon. Young Sim
pers, with Edward Jones, was diving
from the Chester River Steamboat |
CompaDy's wharf. The distant thund- |
or had been heard, but there was no
sign of an immediate storm. The
swimmer had mounted pile twelve
feet high for the purpose of making a
dive and as he stood poised for the
plunge the fatal fash came from q COM
clear sky and the young man
ELL to the wharf dead. His companion |
and a teamster and four horses that
stood scarcely twenty feet away were
but in no degree stunned by
he current. A number of workmen
Who saw the accident rushed to the
pot and as they raised the dead boy q
econd shock came, stunning them all |
lightly. The face, body land legs of
he victim of the lightning were dis
'olored and his bathing suit badly
orn. The pile on which he stood was
plintered and the wharf damaged by
he fatal current.
ls3 eif tT--T-T- y $3.50 .s
How's Thiss