Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-07-10
News of the Week.

The Pope has so tar recovered his health
as to be able to walk in the Vatican grounds
without assistance. :.
Judge Buskirk, of Bloomington, Ind,
shot and killed barkeeper for refusing to
sell him drink.
Frank Walworth, for the murder of his
father, was sentenced on Saturday to hard
labor at Sing Sing Prison for life.
Captain Jack and Curly headed Doctor
are described as sick, gaunt, and weak from
confinement at Fort Klamath.
Father Kelly, of St. Michael's Church,
Atlantic City, N. j., died few days since
while bathing in the surf.
A coroners jury in New Orleans has
found Colonel Rhett, who fought and kill
ed Judge Cooley in duel, guilty of muir
der.
The number of foreign visitors to the
Vienna Exposition is now increasing daily
the juries are at work, and the American
exhibitors are hopeful.
There will be an adjourned session OF
the intermediate term of the Circuit Court
of Prince Georges on Friday next, the
18th instant.
There were three distinct earthquake
shocks in Buffalo on Sunday. City build
ings were shaken and shipping in the har-
Dor rocked.
The Shah of Persia has been met by
President MacMahon and other officials OF
France at the Arch of Triumph, and well
coined to Paris. He is to visit Italy.
Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin were Wis
tied on Friday, and the crops in large por-
tions of the States were very seriousl y in
jured, by the most violent storm of the sea-
son.
The terrific storm which has been prev
alent in the West visited milwaukee and
seriously damaged its surroundings. 9th
er cities and towns are reported as having
suffered severely.
Stokes, Simmons and King will, it is
supposed, escape the death penalty,
through the new law requiring proof OF
deliberate intent to kill for conviction OF
murder in the first degree.
Young Wo, Sam Yup, Ling Yung, Hop
Wo, Yang Wo, and Gun Chow, having
emigrated from the Celestial Empire, are
now doing an extensive laundry business
= Goo. The numerous washerwomen
ffrct1gyustrft.
An effort is being made to induce Gov
ernor Whyte to respite the condemned
murderers, Nicholson and Hollohan, until
August 22d, the day fixed for the execution
of James West. Unless their days are
heightened out by the merciful interposi-
ton of the Executive, these men will be
hanged August 1st.
At the Democratic primary elections in
Baltimore, on Tuesday of last week, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to the
City Convention to nominate candidate
for Mayor, Hon. Joshua Vansant, the pres
ent incum bent, carried II out of the 20
wards. The Convention met on Wednes-
day and Mr.. Vansant was renominated by
reclamation.
The Bank of England forgers, George
Bidwell, Austen Bidwell and George Nc
Donnell, will be tried at the historical
Old Baily. True bills have been found a.
gainst them, and, considering the difficult
ties OF their extradition, reasonably speedy.
Although it is stated that Edwin Noyes
will be tried with them, the probabilities
are that he will be used as States evidence.
The Farmers Oranges" celebrated the
4th of July this year by reading their own
Declaration of Independence, recently
written and adopted by the Convention
No politicians were allowed to be present,
nor fire-crackers, rockets, or Roman can
dies, and the discussion was not of the u
sual spread agile description, but took the
more practical shape of continuance of
the war upon the railroads.
Disasters from heavy floods are reported
from Illinois. A dispatch from Jackson
vile says the heaviest rain storm ever
known in that vicinity ragged on Monday,
the rainfall measuring twelve and quar-
ter miles. The streams were swollen to de-
structive torrents, and bridges and en-
bankments were swept away and crops
ruined. It is feared that the wheat crop
will be totally destroyed unless fine wealth
er at once sets in. Similar dispatches are
received from other points.
Drought.
The Marlboro Gazette of yesterday says {:
The terrible drought still prevails in this
section. In many places no rain to pene-
trate the earth has fallen since May The
streams are failing, and pastures cannot
sustain the cattle very much longer. Many
of our largest tobacco growers have not
planted any portion of that crop and now
the plants have become literally burnt up
in the beds. 1t is safe to say that under
no circumstances can half a crop of tobacco