Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-02-14

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An ebony coffin, lined with white
satin, with lot i'm Pere la Chaise. was
one of the gifts protfered to a popular
actress in Paris.
No trade dollars have been made
this year Several millions were coined
in 1871, but their coinage was sus-
pended in December.
The demand for one cent pieces
has increased within the last three or
four months, and the demand for five
ceIit'peces has decreased.
MIR. PIT. Barnum is said TO calcu-
late that he has sold since he began his
business of amusement, no less than
Ss3 900, 900 worth of tickets.
The Philadelphia Mint paws out
from three to five thousand dollars per
day for the purposes of change and
shipment through the country.
President Chadbomme. of Williams
College, is of the opinion that what the
world most needs is society Cor the
suppression of useless knowledge.
-Four buffalo hunters are said to
have contracted for the delivery of
10000 hides within six months. Thus
IS tile bison wantonly slaughtered and
its iiesiilwaSted.
An Laglesof great siss as been
lowering over Windsor CastlsHfor some
weeks, illst that part where the queens
apartments are, and sIlpersitious people
make much gossip about it.
If a man gets drunk in Scotland,
he is sentenced to sit ON box for four
hours in the public street or some open
square. For allthis the Scotch peoplear
universally heavy drinkers Of whiskey.
Mr.. Longfellow is reported as say
ing that if he were to respond to all the
requests sent him for his autograph and
his portrait, he would spend third of
his income in photographs and postage
stamps.
There has been so much complaint
in Paris of late of adulterated wine.
that orders have been given to the cap
tains Of the different police districts to
visit the chief wine stores and seize
samples for analysis.
Pyramid Lake, in Nevada 400
feet above the level of the sea, has bee
sounded TO the depth of 800 fathom
without finding bottom. 1t is fort'
miles long and from fifteen to twent
wide, and contains many islands.
Facility of communication is ha'
ing great effect on the people of Brltis
India. Those Who never went u
miles from their native villages now 90
all over the country, and their minds
l,n1nntn Ehnr1 Ifyn1 nj frnn fY,io Ia
prejudices.
John Robinson, leading sporting
man of Nottingham, England was
elected member of the Town Council,
and celebrated the event by offering
81, 500 for the relief of the poor, to he
distributed by local ministers, but each
one has Indignantly refused to touch
the money.
Harrison grave at Cleves, Ohio,
is surrounded by shady trees that make
il favorite resort for lovers, while the
horizontal slab hof he decaying sarcOpha-
gus is frequently made to serve as the
table upon which the fast young men
of the town play poker and other inte-
estng games.
Mrs. Matilda Stanley, whom the
papers style the Qneen of the Gypsies,
her authority being recognized by all
the tribes in the United States and
Canada, died in Vicksburg, Miss, ii
few days ago Her remains have been
taken to Dayton, o., where her 3" fam
lily y owns much real aState.
A BTidgewater, Conn. young man,
who is war correspondent for "a London
newspaper, writes that on ts4tering a
Turkish redoubt just capturedj the first
musket he picked up was marked
Taunton, Mass and the second
. Providence, r. l.. . aud it made him
feel as though he was somewhere near
home.
Attendants of the late King of
Italy says that he caught cold by stand
ing at night in his shirt sleeves at one
of the windows of the palace looking
upon the garden. When he could not
sleep he was accustomed to smoke u
cigar at the window, and thus received
a chill which brought on inflammation
of the lungs.
The Crown Prince Of Germany and
his wife have not, considering their
station, very large annual income.
1t is only about $4,000. They have,
however, two residences, rent free, and
the right to give a certain number of
dinners every year, at the charge of the
Emperor. His Majesty is said to have
an annual income of about S4,300, 600.
The burning of the Patent Office
last September destroyed not only thou
sands of ingenious and costly models,
but also imperiled the evidences of
ownership and the rights of a multitude
of patentees. w. III. Babcock, of Wash
ington, gives a timely articles in the
February 4ti03etic about the Patent
Office and the way to repair its losses.
Gen. Banks says that he was told
by officer of leading insurance
company that there had been of late a
wonderful increase of very destructive
fires, and he added, "Our companies
do not care to thoroughly investigate
the cause, but it is fact that the
warehouses and establishments of sol
vent firms are seldom destroyed by
fire. y
Mercedes, the new Queen of Spain,
will be one of the most beautiful SOW
ereigns in Europe She is a very pretty
young woman of the pure Spanish type,
with very black eyes and hair, fine fea-
lures and full figure. She receives
from the Duke de Montpensier, her
father, dowry Of S5,000,000, a great
quantity of diamonds and magnifi-
cent trousseau. Her sister, the Count
ess de Paris, has sent wedding gift of
a beautiful suite of jewels. The young
king gives his bride loads of Jewels and