Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-11-20

School RCDOrt.

We publish elsewhere the annual report
of Geo NJ Lloyd, the Secretary and Urea
surer of the School Board for this county.
When the reports from most of the other
counties show the School Boards to be in
debt, we cannot but be gratitied that our
Board makes such favorable exhibit. 1t
may be partiality on our part, but we
honestly do not believe that there is an
other county in the State which has had
its schools and school funds managed by
more conscientious and competent Board
than Charles.
Fires.
During the prevalence of the present ex-
traordinary drought the danger from fire
is very great and people cannot be too
cautious. We have accounts of fires in the
woods in two directions, which, but for
the prompt action of neighbors, might
have done great damage. Only few days
ago the house of Mr.. Wesley Simmons, on
the Giymont road, was burned, and yes
terday morning the fine residence of Mr..
VIM. Cox, at Salem, was nearly destroyed
in the sane way-the active eXertions of
neighbors alone saving it. Any man liv
ing in the country who fails to insure his
buildings, when he can do so at the present
reasonable rates, is without ordinary sound
judgment in our opinion.
Liquor License.
Last July we published the law relating
to the procuring of licenses to sell liquor
and then called attention to its strenuous
provisions. By the law, as it now stands.
the Clerk is prohibited from issuing any
license to any person for the sale of liquor
unless the person shall have been recon-
mended to said Clerk by the Grand Jury,
which shall have been in session at the
term merit preceding the first dag o. Nay in
in each and every year in the county where
the applicant for such license shall reside"
1t will thus be seen that no license can be
granted unless recommended by the Grand
Jury of the term preceding the 1st OF
May. All those who wish obtain license
will therefore understand that unless they
make application to and receive the recon-
mendstion of the Grand Jury now in SEES
sion they Will be unable to sell during the
coming year.
Carriages. yeIocipedes, &c.
We received a small lot of city adver-
tisements this week, but we are not sure
that we can make room tor them and so
we will only allude to one which attracts
our attention particularly. So many OF
our young men have been periodically de-
voting themselves to matrimony lately
that we feel it our duty to call their atten-
ton to the advertisement of Mr.. Bell, No.
80 \. Howard street. We have been young
too and we call attention to this matter.
because in the course of human events, or
twelve months. they may desire informa-
ton on this subject. We have nothing to
say to old stagers, who do these things by
instruments.
Hotels.
The St Clair Hotel, Monument Square,
and the Mansion House. corner of st.
Pauls and Fayette SITS, both well known
to our people, put in an appearance in the
TIMES to-day, and deserve encouragement
from all visiting the city.
The River.
The Alexandria Gazette says: Owing
to the long continued drought, and the
prevailing northwest wind the water in
the river is unusually low. and so little
change i. made in its height by the flood
tides that several of the smaller crafts that
went up the creeks ofthe Potomac for loads
are unable to get ont. The water, too, has
become brackish almost as far up as this
city, and salt water fish are caught in this
immediate neighborhood.