Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-16

County ners-AppOintments.
The Board of County Commissioners
met last Tuesday to appoint Constables
and to transact such other public business
as came before them. Our town presented
on that day more animation than is usual
within its quiet prescincts Constables
were to be appointed, and other places
sought after-tax collectorships and road
ips-for which it were well to
enter a plea in advance. We understand
the Board have resolved to appoint one
Tax Collector in each election district
nine instead of four. This may be wise,
or it may be otherwise; it is against
past policy. however. But then we should
remember that this is the living present."
not the de; j past Whether the Board
will adhere to its resolution or repeal it,
when the time comes to appoint, remains
to be seen. 1t would seem almost neces-
! sity that the Board adhere; how else can
party promises be fulfilled? High autho-
rity has said, Did the party that can't
give all its members Office
The following are the appointments for
/ Constables:
1st District-No appointment.
2d District-N. T.. Barnes and Richard
Posey.
3D. District-A Judson Groves and Thos
W. Wright
4th District-No appointment.
9TH District-Martin Hayden and B.
Maddox.
9th and eth Districts-No appointment.
sth District-Samuel Smoot and John
Fl. Chappelear.
9th District-John Lamar.
The Commissioners will meet again on
the eth instant to receive the bonds Of
the Constabes.
City w. Local Papers.
Do the city papers say anything in re-
gard to Your own county Nothing. Do
they contain notices of your schools,
churches, meetings, Improvements, and
hundreds Of other local matters of interest
which your home paper publishes without
pay! Not an item. Do they ever say a
word calculated to draw attention to your
county and aid in its progress and en-
terprise? Not line. And yet there are
men who take such contracted views of
this matter, that unless they are getting as
many square inches of reading matter in
their own paper as the do in a city paper
they think they are not getting the worth
of their money. 1t reminds us of man
who took the largest pair of boots in the
box simply because they cost the same as
the pair much smaller that fitted him.
Advance In Prices.
| The Baltimore american of " Wednesday
says: There has been very marked ad-
vance in this market for all kinds of bread
stutfs recently, doubtless caused by the
heavy shipment of cereals to Europe. The
retail price for flour has stadily increased
: 81 -. fcse Jays, and it Is claimed yet
higher figures will be obtained. The add
vance in the price of corn has been rapid
for the last week, on Tuesday of last week
the wholesale quotation being so cents per
bushel, on Saturday SIS to 81 cents, no
Monday So cents. and Tuesrday SO cents.
The Agricultural Society.
The new rooms and offices of the Mary
land Agricultural and Mechanical Society,
on the southwest corner of Eutaw and Fay
cite streets, have been opened to the pub
lie. The old office of the Association, on
the corner of Charles and Lexington streets,
was found too small for the uses of the AS
ISOLATION, which is increasing in strength
and membership every year. The new
rooms are very large, airy. and pleasantly
situated. They are plainly but elegantly
furnished, and the walls are already decor
ated with number of mechanical inven-
tions and samples of agricultural produc-
tions.
Local Briefs.
We direct attention to the advertise
ment of Messrs. j. s. Rawlings Il Co..
Commission Merchants of Baltimore
They make speciality of Leaf Tobacco
and Grain, and have an experience OF ten
years in the business.
Snow fell to the depth of about fou,
inches in this latitude on Tuesday night
last. The atmosphere has become much
colder since and at this time the prospect
is that we shall have a freeze that will en-
able persons to fill their ice houses.
John Bishop, the lightning rod man.
we learn, is fast recovering from his severe
injuries.
Miss Josephine Chappelear is appoint
ed Postmistress at Bryantown, vice Thos.
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