Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-03-28
LOCAL MATTERS.


LOCAL MATTERS.
The County Commissioners met at their
office on Tuesday last and appointed Mr.
Charles A. Neale the fifth Road Superb
sor. Thus the Commissioners have conf
ded to Mr.. Neale the charge of the new
corps recently authorized by them, and OF
which we spoke short time since. The
new corps of itself is at best but an expe-
riment, and we will be pleased to be able
to chronicle its success, and while we have
no doubt Mr.. .Neale will exert every effort
to justify the confidence of the Commits
sioners, it must necessarily be some time
before he can acquire that thorough &C
quaintance with the details of his office
which is essential to gratifying discharge
gifts duties. When landlord Burch's din
ner-bell sounded, the Commissioners pro-
ceeded forthwith to put things where they
will do the most good. 5." s-.'.'.,'.-
I We are glad to learn that the material
for the erection of Storehouse at La Plata
Station is now in place and the building
will soon go up. La Plata is one of the
Stations on our Railroad and will no doubt
prove an excellent place for business. Mr..
Thomas R. Farrall, one of our energetic
and thriving young merchants, will occu-
Ply the store when finished, and we hearth
ly wish him success. La Plata is about
three and a-half miles from Port Tobacco
by the county road and nearly two miles
from Salem Station by the Railroad.
Messrs. Wecker and Houston, the gen
tlemen who recently purchased from Hon.
Barnes Compton the tract of land, known
as Annapolis Woods" containing about
$40 acres, nearly all in wood and timber,
have number of hands at work telling
trees for ship timber, railroad ties and cord
wood. The tract lies some four or five
miles west of Port Tobacco, and the tim
Der and wood is to be shipped, we under
stand, from some landing on the Potomac
Ifs'A Reader of the Tines at Beantown.
who sent us short communication with
out furnishing US his name, wishes the
time table of the Railroad changed to suit
him, he had better. apply to the managers
of the road, They arranged the matter to
suit themselves and thepublic generally
we presume. .E4 .tH-.fJ '.@4.-
For the want of warehouse at Salem
our merchants and others are compelled to
order. most of their goods by the steamers
at Chapel Point. The distance to the
Point is much further, but there the goods
are safely stored until they can be conve-
niently hauled away.
Captain Page, the active and efficient
Superintendent on the B. 6 P. R. R., be-
tween Huntington and Pope's Creek, is
constantly employed in the duties of his
responsible position. Within the past two
weeks he has sent up from this county sew
eral thousand cross-ties for the track to be
laid in the Baltimore Tunnel, now ap-
preaching completion. Captain Page is
the right man in the right place. ..
The editor of the Huntingtonia,a insists
that he stated 'tfact" when he said that
our roads are aoorse than the roads of any
other county il the State. How does he
Lpexu If fo no a of
The editor of the same paper has con-
Guided that the best way to make his SUBJ
scribers who are in arrears pay up, is to
publish their names. Look out, darkies
Only "thirty-n nine hundred christians in
Charles county" Would the number be
increased if a Colfax pupil took up his
residence amongst US?
~ Our facetious Reporter furnishes the
following locals" "
Three as good looking young merchants
as are to be found in this county, attend
to the calico interest in Harris Lot Dis
trict, and part their hair in the middle
Why is it that church fairs and festivals
are SO popular with unmarried ladies of
certain inclinations and uncertain years 2
Several hard looking cusses were in
Port Tobacco last Tuesday. Bryantown
was represented, but the real ugly man of
that section was not in town.
We will be looking after old Nanjemoy
shortly. Our friend George W. never
comes to town now, even to take forty
drops with q friend. He had better be a.
bout soon.
A gentleman of this county recently
wrote to the Government Agricultural De-
partment at Washington requesting some.
garden vegetable seed to be sent to his
So. .,..'. ,.a5- r