Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1880-02-20
THE NEWS.


The Chatham Carpet Mills, Philadcl
phia, burned; loss sl75. 600.
Home Rulers ask Parliament to veto
500. 600, 900 to the building Of railways
in Ireland.
At Jacksonville, Ind, there is much
excitement over the failure Of the Ford
Plate Glass Works Company. The
crisis came in the form Of Judgment of
foreclosure. The total Indebtedness is
S106, $50. The stockholders will be
bankrupted.
The Board Of Directors of the st. Louis
Merchants Exchange favor the estab.
lishment Of the Great Western and
South Trans Atlantic Transportation
company. between the Mississippi VAL
ley and Europe via the South Atlantic
and Gull ports.
The American Congressional Temper.
ance Society, organized in 1888, at
Washington, has elected Secretary Of
the Navy Thompson, president, in place
Of ex Secretary McOrary, resigned.
Governor McClelland has nominated
Joel Parker, Of Monmouth, and David
A. Depue, of Essex, to be judges OF the
Supreme Court Of New Jersey.
A treaty has been signed between
a., he contront,,5 TO- e. loI,,, +. T,,ta
as has formerly been the practice.
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'Aa =, -, 80, 80 - NV
me lass splhe IN tne Atcnison,
Iopeka ana oanta re railroad mas Deen
oriVen a. SANTA re. GOV. Waiiaee,
1en. nalen ana others attended the
ceremony.
The Mercantile Mutual Insurance
company, aAslng : csPltsi OF *zoO VoO,
mas aPpileu 70 tne supreme court OF
Nes 1otA Aot PERMISSION 70 Wlna up It's
BUSINESS.
A. Is conceoea .nss sne census 81, 70 ~, ne
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ginla Is entleleo 70 -FOUR representatives
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ginia City, Nevada.
fssure waa discovered in tba ca;lino
of the assembly chamher If - nc nss
canitol at Albany NJ Y which cost
s12 OOO. COO. which was supposed to have
resulted from the settling Of the foun-
dation. ltcontiuued to increase to such
degree that SIXTY tons OF stone was
placed on the roof to prevent further
separation.
There arrived at the port Of New York
aa nng tne month OF January. 1850,
? oos ln1nisr4n.s' agalnss z ooi ior jan
ualy' roi Sooo 19 20 'n 1e year enoing jan
uary o., tcoo' IL, 400 Immigrants la da
s go. anu uusine 'ne preceolng year o.
40.
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slsnder ,,rafsrrsd . siu H'1 csn S u
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department.
Near Prattsville, Ala, the Lehman
Cotton Mill was burned, loss 800. 600;
inauranc e S75 900. State Normal School,
at San Jose, CAL, by incendiarism, loss
over $3.50, COO; insurance $4,000.
An appropriation was made recently
by congress to ill up the canal on the
south side Of Washington-the work has
commenced and that part of the city
will soon be relieved of the nuisance.
aao~ats-,, et,evc,.,, 49,. ,s.e..o A. .
finance Committee and adm;5ted m
power Ii governnent 10 fioaf s fen IN. .f,, r.,
year four per cent. bond. Il 8 nos
thought the committee NillrePoFt favor
able upon the funding principle.
The last Connecticut Legislature passed
tramp law the specific benefit of which
has been the lowering OF expenses, more
quiet and confidence IN the community,
and lew outrages. Altogether, no law
enacted has proved more wholesome.
The Normal school building ct San
Jose. CAL, was destroyed by FIRE. Lose
5000, 600.
Ato mast;ro ~ ,,ro,,;,a,4 ,;,;u :,
st Louis it was resolved to send a cargo
OF provisions and clothes to the suffererg
of ireland. $40. 600 Of breadstuffs bas
already been Guaranteed ana viii soon
be on its way.
Tho ,an1. =, .ha u.a..o-. 49,.
Nat;onsi hanS wss hrop s1si ~ ~. SSOnI
he'd ii hatwsen "a 1no snd eIoo au M M
1;iIas,a .v.ota,,. - 80 ~. $3.50. 1ns
gagged and locked mn in a closet in tbe
ba1R = -
Trin;tv En;sconaI ohrroh 4, "
WI ms h1rnsJ MI E.iia; n Ns NY.
e1os mo ~ ~ Az a.oo., 1 e1n 0no 8 o'S'
9--o'oOo -Du sAe - AZ 0iV'Voo,
Inc new lork board Of trade has re-
solseo tnse INC presidential term should
DC e4tenoeo 10 SIX years
The Macon and Brunswick. Ga. rail.
road, which was sold January 10, was
purchased BY strong company, headed
Dy X. L. Wilson and Others, of NeH
York.
The Chicago and Alton railroad direc
tors have declared dividend OF 81 pei
cont. on preferred and 8 per cent. on