Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-01-24
No. 80.
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rreeEer's Bank, Trenton, n. j., has
EX-Secretary BrIstow Is % ue' gwen .
dinner by his admirers in Boston at an ear
ly day
The St. Louis Globe Democrat says PEN
dletonc can he relied on to look like Sena-
tor all the time.
An exchange sayssthere are not enough
partridges left by the gunners in Talbot
county for seed.
Dorsey Hartsock, ten-year-old boy Of
Allegauy county aided by his dog, captur-
ed a deer few days ago
Kansas farmers estimate corn at fifteen
cents a bushel at which price it is cheap
er fuel than coal or wood.
They finally got Hendricks into that silE
yer meeting at indianapolis, but he slipped
out just rs he was called on for speech
Er.
In pursuance of section 1866 of the Re-
vised Statutes, the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, with the approval Of the President,
has designated Baltimore, Md. as a port
from which nportcd merchandise may be
shipped, i'll bond in transit through the
United States to the Dominion Of Canada.
In order to marry his cousin Mercedes,
the young King of Spain must first obtain
the formal consent Of his own mother, then
Of the Council of State of Spain, then Of
the brides father and mother, Duke and
Duchess of Montpensier, then last of all,
get special dispensation from the Pope for
the marriage of cousins.
The only legal way by which postmaster
can release bondsman is by executing q
new bond 1t is held by the Post Office
Department that as long as a surety's name
is on a current bond, the surety continues
to be holden; hence the postal laws pro-
vide for the release Of bondsnan by the
execution of a new bond.
This title was bestowed on this delicious
portion of beef by King Charles IL, of
England, who, dining upon 1oin of bSef
and being particularly pleased with it, ask
ed tho name of the joint. When told that
it was loin, Then" said he, II will
knight it, and henceforth it shall be called
Sir Loin" In an old ballad this circun-
stance is thus mentioned -
''Our Second Charles, of fame fscete,
On loin of beef did dine;
! He held his sword, pleased, DER the meat
Arise thou famed Sir Loin.'
A discouraged man in Virginia City wrote
to his landlady: i am,tired Of life, and
will blow out my brains in the cemetery to
night My rent is paid up to the Sth-
do this because life has become a burden
to me lie started for the cemetery, car
rying the loaded gun with which he in
tended to kill himself On the way across
a field he encountered savage dog and
used all his ammunition in defending himself
against the brute. That incident seems to
have changed his mind about life being n
burden, and he still lives.
Great Britain still shows that tender re.
gard for the Khedive which she has for all
her debtors That potentate owes her more
money than he can ever pay, and therefore.
in the new convention for the suppression
of the slave trade, it is delicately provided
that supplies for the harem can be purchas-
ed just as before. Only Africans and
Abyssinians are no longer to be bought,
but Caucassians and Georgans being white
and available for wives, may be raised for
the market and sold to the highest bidder
in accordance with the time-hOnored cus-
tom. Verify, England is still "a nation Of
shopkcepers"
Since the death of ex-President johnson
many letters and dispatches received by him
while President are finding their way into
the press, among them is the following cool
sug ggestion from modest Madison Wells:
New Orleans, Aug. Is, 1868 -Presi-
dent johnson: deem it the interest Of
Louisiana that should be appointed Pro-
reorganization is, in my opinion, nationally
!, indispensable. j. MADISON WELLS.
=, Governor of Louisiana
Mr.. J. Madison Wells is the useful indi-
vidual who is alleged to have so successful
ly managed the returning board business of
Louisiana He is supposed to be not much
of fayorite with Democrats, and on one
memorable occasion didn't know whether he
was peer or yassal.
First let us look at the string of excellent
hunters, the property of Mr. Gordon Ben
net of New York, who, having exhausted
, the continent of America, is now trying
how be can 60 across Leicestershire. -
f am bound to say he has gone about it in
e the right way, for saw some twenty-five
;. hunters i'll blooming condition, with coats
like mirrors, good enough to carry any man
e in the front rank to the fastest hounds in
= the Shires, notably a horse purchased of the
: Duke of Hamilton for the sum of ,0O0
o guineas. | should wish no worse miShap
v to befaIl me than to find myself confronting
+ the Whissendine when seated upon him,
while riding in a clinkcr, with the Quorni
and, old as | am, would have a shy at that
i. swiftly-aowing brook,-Lo". Telegraph.