Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1877-10-11

The Bcdouins in Syria has entered upon
a life OF brgandage 4 recent letter from
Acre reports, that two months ago. they
pounced down upon Tiberias. and rot 81.
800 from the people The Pasha of Acre
went out with every man be could muster.
but was forced to retreat, the Bedouins
numbering 2 900 horsemen The people
Of Nazareth are in panic, as the Arabs
are stealing everything in and about the city
Owing to the war there are scarcely any
Turkish troops in the country and the
marauders arc masters of the place.
Tweed testified on Saturday that he did
not think there had ever been an honest
election in the city Of New York, and he
doubtless knew whereof he spoke. New
York has been in the hands of the Demo
Gratis 50 long that fraud has become, as it
were, an all pcrvading essence. The peo-
pie are now just beginning to realize that
Tammany under John Kelly is the same
corrupt machine that it was under Tweed.
Mr. Conkling must be convinced by this
time that he has raised a storm Which he
will find it difficult to allay. The better
Republicans everywhere approve the Pres
dent's policy, and there can be no doubt
that IT. as is suggested, a public meeting
snail be called to show that approval it will
dwarf any gathering Mr. Conkling's friends
may get up as counter demonstration.
y. !. Horad.
AT the Queen of Englands drawinc-room
receptions three white feathers must adorn
the hair OF the married lady and two of an
unmarried lady. Pceresses and their
daughters are kissed on the check by the
queen but other ladies of less ''high de-
gree kiss her majcsty's hand The Prin-
cess OF Wales sometimes takes the Queens
place at these drawing rooms" which
case the kisses are dispensed with.
Washington .Star:-''At Orange Court
House, Va, when the Presidential train
was moving off some one proposed three
cheers for the President No, said Il lead
er, by the way ST change let's give him
the rebel yell 1t was uttered with will.
the first time it had been heard during the
trip, and, it is said, pleased the President
much, as it was given with entire good
faith"
It appears that the Grand Jury of Kemp
cr county, Mississippi, has found six in
dictments for murder and twenty Eve .or
being accessory to murder, most of which
arc supposed to apply to the participants Of
the late Chisholm massacre If this be
true, it will 90 fur toward inspiring a little
more respect for Mississippi justice than
has recently been experienced
The express car on the Union Pacific
Railroad that was lately plundered contain
ed three hundred thousand ounces Of silver
in bars, destined for the Philadslphi. Mine,
being part of the Government purchase IN
Nevada This being in large bars was too
heavy for the robbers and not an ounce OIL
it was lost. The silver was valued at
1918, 200
Colonel Ineersoll wants to see farmers
wives dress with more care and better taste,
which would cost no more than their pres
sent style, AMI above all, he wants to see
them pitch their miserable little cook stoves
out of the window and get decent range.
over which they can cook without cooking
themselves.
A Louisville girl threw bottle contain
ing her name and address into the Ohio
river. 1t was found by youth who saw,
courted and married her. And now there
is great fear lest the navigation Of the river
shal, be permanently mpcded by great
shoals Of bottles.
When you are tired of twirling your
thumbs sit down and see how fast you can
say "Shoes and socks shock Susan in an
manner, and ineXorably she
ccaseth shcathing her shoes"
Mr. Banning, of Ohio, has assumed con
troll of the Democratic cause in Cincinnati.
Through his efforts last fall he sent himself
to Congress and lot of his supporters to
the penitentiary -Frederich Times
Ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Sawyer has been found guilty Of conspiracy
to dcfraud the government during his term
of office. Sawyer was formerly in the
Senate.
Morton, the great Philadelphia bogus
stock operator, was surprised at his arrest.
He probably expected an ovation from his
swindled stockholders.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague paid $4,000
a yard for some lace, few years ago and
now her husbands business paper sells for
y cents on the dollar.
Five thousand striking miners in Penn
sylyauia returned to work ON Tuesday
week The backbone of the long strike