Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-06-19
News of the Week.
Mr.. Charles s. Middleton. OFF. G. &C

Mr.. Charles S. Middleton, of P. G. coun-
ty, died on Saturday night last, aged 60
years. Mr.. M. had filled many posts of
honor and trust, at one time as Clerk of
the Circuit Court, later as Sheriff, and
leaves record untarnished.
Thomas J. Niche, one of the oldest and
most distinguished lawyers in the Valley
of Virginia, died at Staunton on the 18th
instant. He had recently been elected
president of the board of directors of the
Western Lunatic Asylum.
Twenty thousand dollars have been sub
scribed in Virginia for the endowment of
the Virginia chair in the Washington and
Lee University, at Lexington, Virginia.
Fifty thousand dollars is necessary for it's
establishment, and it is thought there will
be no difficulty in obtaining it.
The Hon. William Mines, who was an
officer tn the federal army, has donated one
thousand dollars to endow the 'Virginia
chair" in Washington and Lee University.
Private accounts from Alabama mention
the prevalence of cholera in that State, and
consequent alarm among the people. The
cholera is increasing at Memphis and abat-
ing at Nashville.
Cadet Midshipmen Mum and Gridley,
ofNew York, named in the recent telegram
from Annapolis.as engaged in the assault
upon Cadet Midshipman Conyers, have
been acquitted CATER an investigation of
any active participation in the assault,
though they were present on the wharf
when it occurred.
John McArdle, drunken brute, of Will
liamsburg, upon being urged by his wife. to
give some Of the food, which he had Or
dered from a restaurant for himself, to his
starving children, beat her brains out. He
was arrested.
In Yadkin county, North Carolina, on
the 18th inst. John Holcombe, young farm
er, deliberately shot dead his wife on her
asserting her intention to leave home to
visit Salisbury, and then put bullet
through his own head. He was wealthy,
and very jealous of his wife.
Joe Duncan, co1ored, was hanged at
Paris, KY, on the 18th inst, for the MUIR
der of ohm Hawkins, also colored, in April,
1879. The drop was sprung at 10 o'clock
and Duncan fell, but the rope being too
long he was taken upon the scaffold and
hung again, this time successfully.
Isham B. O'Neale was executed in the
yard of the Fulton county, Ca, Jail on the
18th inst, for the murder of James Little.
He died protesting his innocence, and
without struggle. Life was extinct in
eight minutes. The execution was private
and was witnessed only by a few.
On Sunday, the list instant, two aged la
dies were murdered near Suffolk under cir
cumstances ofpeculiar atrocity. The neigh-
bors Immediately started in pursuit of the
murderer, and after being chased through
the woods and sWamps for day or two, the
wretched miscreant was caught, and forth
with made full confession. On the fol-
lowing Tuesday (the 9th instantly he was
indicted, arraigned, tried, convicted, and
sentenced to be hanged on the 18th OF
July. Ifmurderers were dealt with in this
way the great criminal lawyer would have
to betake himself to the practice of some
other branch of his profession.
The band of the Prince George Regiment
of the Saxon army embarked at Hamburg
last week for the United States. They in
tend giving concerts in the principal cities
of the Union.