Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-11-21
THE NEWS.

from oil sources during the last fiscal
year were Sll3 9lS i66, which is gu in
crease Of 81, 81. al over the aggregate !
receipts for last year. The increase :
comes from spirits and fermented IL ..
quors
The large Academy Hall at the Nor
NAL agricultural school, near Ham pton,
Va, was entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss about $50, 600; fully insured.
A three story brick building in Kan.
sas City, occupied by earle &Sjns as q
candy manufacto,y, was completely de
molished by an explosion, which Is snip
posed TO have been occasioned by flour
dust, and seven OF the employees, men
and women, we're killed.
The iron ship Lady Octsvia came in
collision with the Charleston steamer
Champion, from New York, while OF
Cape May. The steamer Immediately |
sunk, carrying down fftyfour persons, !
pssss n gers and crew. The Octavia res
cued twenty-four of them, bnt the rest |
per1shed, among them several ladies'
The steamer was heavily laden, and the |
loss will be heavy. The officers OF the
Octavia lay the blame entirely on the
Champion, as she was without proper
loOkouts.
The Regulators in Ellicott county,
KY, claim q following of 5000. and
threaten Vengeance on attorneys who
may succeed by technica'ities in lberat
ing any of the murderers now confined
there.
Rv. Matthew Hale Smith, jour
nslist well known under the nom de
plume Of Blrleigh, died in New York.
Stettauer Brothers, dry goods mer
chants Of Chicago. have failed. Labili-
ties over 81 600, coo.
Mason @. Hatch, treasurer Of tine
Northwestern Travelling Mems Associa-
| ton and editor of the Traveller, at Chi.
cago, is missing with 50 600 of the funds
inirusted To him. Speculation ruined
! him.
The bridge across the Missouri river
at st. Charles, Mo-, broke under train,
precipitsting seventeen carloads OF live
stock and a caboose containing six men
into the water. Three men were killed
and the others badly injured. The stock
persisted
Bg the overturning OF q rowboat in
the Merrimac river ueaT-LluTence Mills,
Mass Mr.. Peter Little and his little
boy, with the mans sister, Mrs. Brown,
we're drowned.
The Charleston steamer Falcon, from
Baltimore, collided with the s. @. Try
on, in Chesapeake bay, and Immediately
sunk. Tho passengers were saved.
The fishing schooner Petrol, of New
buryport, Mass was wrecked III mid
q 90, wore drowned. Six others were
picked up from the wreck by a passing
vessel, after enduring i've days and
nights misery with little food and water,
and constantly wet by the seas which
swept over them.
The British government prohibits i'm.
portation Of sheep from this country,
except for the purpose of slaughter,
fearing diseaFe
The six'y-hour bicycle tournament ct
Boston closed with the following scores:
Heront, Geo miles; Caun. 628; I. Har
rison, 400; Robinson, 32l; G.. Harrison,
44O.
dispatch from Calcutta says there
seems little dcnbt of the ameer of AT.
gban's treachery. The general opinion
is that he will be sent as q state prisoner
to India.
A desperate fight took place south of
theTexas linein Mexico, between band of
200 Indians and party OF fifty white
men from Cariza, New Mexico, in which
thirty two of the latter were killed.
The Indians are the same Major Thorne
wasssfter.
| A. b. Root, treasurer of the Berk-
shire, Mass, Mutual fire insurance com
pany, is deficient in his accounts Sc 900.
Hanlan and Courtney are to meet to
sign articles of agreement for the S6, 600
sculling race.
The cyclone which struck Crawford
county, Ark, did great damage aud re-
suited in the loss of several lives,
Edward G. Palme~. late president of
the louisiana bank of New Orleans, has
been arrested for embezzling S47, 437,
and for issuing false balance sheets.
During the prevalence of heavy fog,
I've ecks occurred in one night on
the PennsJ lvania railroad, occasioning
delay and much damage, though, fortu-
natcly, no loss of life. Several freight
cars were demolished near Lawrence,
| n. j., by being run into by following
train. Two men were seriously injured.
The other collisions were near Newark.
Jersey CITY, Menlo Park and Trenton.
.;u near Admiral A. Fl. Kitty died in Bal.
timore, aged seventy-fve years.
Three little boys we're arrested for
throwing rotten eggs at Gen. Grant at
Galesburg, ILL.,, but no amount of cross.
questioning could elicit the fact 4hat |
they were encouraged to the decd by
any one. y
A five story building on Bleeoker
street, New York, occupied by numer-
ons manufacturing firms, was damaged
" ,U0O by fire one night, and two DAYS |
subsequently was again in flames and |
destroyed. Loss $65 COO; partially in
sured.
The business houses in CORTLAND
Ohio, known as the Pippin & Shackle.
| ford block, were consumed by fire. Loss
$25, 0G0; insurance $4,000
The entire business portion of the lit
tie town of Lake City, Col, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000
Gen. Grant had brilliant reception
in Chicago, rendered by citizens OF all
parties. The Army OF the Tennessee
was the special guard OF honor. The
procession was very large, notw ithstand-
/ ing unpleasant weather.
Two unknown persons IN rowboat
went over Woods Falls, on Black river,
two miles below Watertown, N. Y
From their actions and appearance it is
thought they intended suicide.
The Central Pacific railway company
paid the government $3.50, $40 under
protest, RS portion of the rum due the
government.
Diphtheria has broken out in bad
form in Brooklyn, N. Y, no less than
1874 eases having been reported. within
the last three weeks, while last week
there were thirty five deaths.
Governor Croswell, of Michigan, APP.