Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-01-24

DR. Lambert is said to be preparing q
paper on insurance frauds He is an ex
cellent authority on the subject.
A mob Of one hundred and City roughs
have taken possession of Lead City, three
miles from Deadwood, D. T. The citizens
are arming and organizing to protect their
property.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, is having
constructed, in Newark, n j.. an ice ma
chine, which will manufacture about fifty
tons of ice daily. 1t will be shipped to New
Orleans in a few days.
The Ohio House has passed resolution
in favor of the reconciliation of silver,
and asserting that President Hayes and Sc
cretary Sherman, in their opposition to the
resolution Of the silver dollar, do not rep
resent the views nor wishes of the Ohio
people.
1t is said the large amount of money,
spent for the repairs Of the State House. in
excess Of the appropriation, is being severe
" commented upon by members of the Leg
islature. The deficiency to be supplied
will occasion a strong opposition it is
thought.
Two firms Of Western Yankees are en-
gagged i'll the business of manufacturing pa
per bags to hold liquids. Five years hence
it will be no uncommon thing to hear a
man say; give me a quart Of vinegar and
wrap it up strong
The Cristfeld Leader man was presented
MT l,gt v,r.,,,l- tt,,t
inches in width, and nearly eight inches in
length.
Yes, but ours is prctrifed and a much
larger one too L,d.
General John :. Williams elected United
States Senetor from Kentucky is a fine spe.
cimen of u Kentuckian, tall auG large viii
a fine. courtly manner and great huenc,
and beauty of expression. He will homo
Kentucky in the Senate
At least one of the insurance companio
holds that it is not responsible for propert
destroyed during the railroad riots, on tn
ground that it was lost in domestic insur
rection The result of the suit will, Q
course, decide the fate of large number Q
cases.
A telegram from Springfield Mass, an
nounces the death of Samuel Bowles, tn
distinguished editor of the Springfield Re
publican. Mr.. Bowles had been Ill fo
some weeks with paralysis and his con
dition has been considered hopeless sine
the attack His death takes from the indie
pendent journalism of the country one {
its best and most conservative writer's.
OF Senator McCreery, of Kentucky,
is asserted that when at home his mind wa
most intensely occupied when he was Ell
gagged in fishing. He was in the habit
spending whole days in contemplative &c
miration of the timid trout, for whom h
: bait did not have TOO much attraction.
is said that with fishing rod, a piece
corn bread and and piece of bacon S,n;
tor McCreery could spend whole days
the most perfect enjoyment.
The Annapolis girls are very pretty, an
tbs other DAY battalion of them invade
the venerable precincts of the halls of lee
islation. The youngster Solons all, ill
the lrishman' owl, tried to look very wis,
Each one appeared as if he bore upon h
legislative shoulders the burden of lcgisla
ing for the universe, as the tabled Atlas
said to have borne upon his ample shoulder
the weight of the material world. Never
theless sly glances were telegraphed to an
fro which the pretty girls accepted as plea,
ing gazes domoar, and which the Scion
looked on as hattering JUNCTION laid upo
their Legislative souls. The pretty girls {
Annapolis are dangerous diyinties, an
better=halves, who stay at home while thei
liege lords are abroad, should rcmembe
that
'Whcn the cats away
The mice will play
Better take few lessons of Mrs. Caudle
or, better STILL unite with US in telling tn,
pretty maidens of Annapolis what horriC
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