Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-03-27

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LOCAL NIATTERS.
Patrons OF Husbandry.
| A meeting of the farmers Of this vicini
ty was held in this place on Weduesda.
last, for the purpose of forming Grang'
of the Patrons of Husbandry. Edward
Hall of B., Secretary of the Maryland STATE
Grange, organized them in accordance will
the forms of the order. On motion of j
H. Mitchell, Esq, Crescentia was adopted
as the name of the Grange. The following
officers were elected:
Master-Hugh Mitchell.
Overseer-John q. Chapman.
Lecturer-John II. Mitchell.
Steward-William B. Ferguson.
Assistant Steward-Wm p. Compton.
Treasurer-Samuel Cox, Jr.
Secretary-William Boswell.
Gate Keeper-Isaiah Robv.
Chaplain-John w. Albrittain, Sr.
Ceres-Mrs. Mary r. Mitchell
Pomona-Mrs. Cecilia w. Mitchell.
Flora-Miss Lizzie Hawkins.
Lady Assistant Steward-Miss Emily
Hawkins.
Commissioner OF Fisheries.
The act recently passed by the Legisla-
ture provides for the appointment of two
4 VI af he, ,,h ~f ~
State-one TO be chosen from the Western
and the other from the Eastern Shore
We are pleased to learn that the name oil
Mr.. Oliver n. Bryan, of this county, is pro
minently mentioned in connection with
this office. We believe Mr.. Bryan to be
eminently qualified for the position, both
from practical knowledge and scientific
investigation, and We believe the Govern
or could no. make better selection.
Change OF Timetable.
There has recently been made change
in the running of the cars on the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad, and as we
have not yet received corrected time
table, We continue the old one, which is
nearly correct. The mixed train leaves
Baltimore for Pope's Creek on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, at s.45 A. NJ, and
the daily passenger train at 4.05 P. NJ
The mixed train, it will be seen, is chang
ed from daily to tri-weekly.
Death OF DR.. III. p. Mudd.
We copy the following from the Herald,
published at Troy, Lincoln county, No.:
"Dr Hillary P. Mudd, father of Dr. Jos.
A. Mudd, junior editor of this paper, died
at his late residence in Millwood, of pneu-
monia, on Sunday. March Is, 1874. He
was born in L. B., Prince Georges county,
Maryland, May 5, 1909, and was the last
survivor of the family of Thomas n. Mudd
of Maryland, who had ten children born
to him. In 1882 he graduated in medicine
at the University of Maryland. He came
to Missouri in 1886, and in 1910 removed
to this county and settled on the farm adj
joining Millwood, where he resided at the
time of his death"
Pisciculture.
We understand that the experiment OF
raising trout is about to be tried near this
place. There is an abundant supply OF
pure spring water on the farms of Mr.. J
Cooking and Mrs. Sarah Floyd, and these
parties have agreed to provide a suitable
pond for the cultivation of the fish. AL
ready they have received supply ofspawn
which have been placed in the Matching
boxes. Success to this enterprise.
The SOmmerseat House.
We noticed briefly in our last, the de-
struction by fire of Summerseat House, the
residence Mr.. S. j. Costigin, in St. Mary 8
county. The Beacon of last week gives
some very interesting "reminiscences in con-
nection with this old mansion, among them
we find the following:
''In 1924, pending the Presidential con,
test of that year, in the dining room OF
Summerseat Gas we have been informed)
the rough drafts of the famous Coffin hand
bills were dashed off, and were thence con-
veyed to Baltimore and Annapolis, where
they were more pointedly moulded into
shape and form. They were soon scatter
ed abroad, and it was thought at that time
to have contributed, in no small degree,
to the defeat of General Jackson, who was
then candidate for the Presidency"
Reference is made to the Coffin hand
bills" in an article, in another column of
our paper to-day, headed "Cromwelliana." :"
Another Fire i'm st. Mary's.
The Beacon of the 10th inst, says: A
tenant house belonging to DIR. VIM. H.
Stone, of this district, on St. Clements Bay,
just above Stones Wharf, in the occupan-
cy of Edward Tennisson, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday evening last. Tennisson's
loss was slight-that Of the owner of the
property about $1,000. The property was
uninsured-origin Of fire unknown,