Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-04-15
THE NEWS.

purpose. The route will be by way of
the Coosahatchie river, Lake Okecho-
bee, and thence to the Atlantic, at or
near the mouth Of St. Lucie river. Capt.
tai $50, 000,000
The new charter for the Delaware and
Chesapeake ship canal was granted by
the Delaware House of Representatives
by a vote of 16to l.
Sims, Foster & Co., cotton merchants,
of Mobile, have suspended.
The graves of Confederate dead at
New Orleans were decorated. The
Grand Army of the Republic contributed
floral offerings
Mr. George L Seney has given $50.
600 to the Wesleyan Femals College, of
Macon, Ga, and increased his gift in
/ Emory College in Virginia to $50, 000.
Advices have been received at the head
quarters of the department Of Dakota
that twenty-six lodges Of Indians from
/ Sitting Bulls camp are within fifty
miles of Poplar river, e,, route to Fort
\ Buford to surrender.
The recent freeze in South Carolina
has damaged all the early vegetables
| that had been transplanted into the
\ open air. The young strawberry fruit
and blossoms have been killed, but this
\ Will only delay getting the fruit into
market. The FIRST shipment Of straw
berries was made from Charleston.
a meeting was held in Richmond to
perfect arrangements for providing a
fitting welcome to all visitors at Rich
mond and in Virginia during the York
town centennial celebration.
The failures of the New Jersey Re
fining Company and Marty. EunsOn &
Co., manufacturers of shirts, were an
nounced in New York. Liabilities in
each case 100000.
The shock of an earthquake was felt
at st. Paups Bay, Quebec The shock
was sufficiently strong to awaken people
from sleep
The Indiana House of Representatives
voted to amend the constitution so as to
give women the right to vote at all state
elections.
All the governments, including the
United States, have now recognized the
Kingdom of Roumania.
The Jacksonville Union reports that
vegetables in and around that city, es-
pecially the cucumbers, watermelons
and young beans, were very much in
jured April 1st by the freeze. Ice
formed in almost every portion of the
city and suburbs. At Palatka there was
a heavy frost, and at st. Augustine it
understands the ice was one-eighth OF
an inch thick.
J The Delaware House of Representa-
. tives has passed a bill forbidding Sun
day pleasure excursions. 1t imposes &
fine of 500 on any person advertising
an excursion; the same fine on any one
assisting a similar penalty for selling
or giving away liquor, and q fine from
$500 to 81, 900 upon any firm or corpo-
ration running such an excursion.
1t is thought possible that arrange
ments may be made which will result IL
the postponement of the sale of the
Petersburg and Weldon road, advertised
to take place at an early date, under a
5 a decree of the United States Circuit
+ Court. A call has been published for 9
general meeting of the stockholders, tC
be held May 9th, by Mr.. Reuben Rag
land, who lately purchased large
amount of the stock of the road
enough, it is thought, to give him {
| controlling interest.
In the Chicago provision market there
was much excitement and a sharp ad
= vance upon the Liverpool adyices tina
the prohibition on hog product haC
< been removed. The advance in porl
was about 81, and in lard fifteen cents
The Tennessee legislature has adopted
/ resolution asking Congress to call thu
attention of the government to the dut'
of protecting such American citizens il
Great Britain have incurred the pen
alties of the coercion act.
The Postmaster General has appoint
ed a commission to make a thorough in
vestigation of the organization Of thu
clerical force of the department taking
each bureau consecutively, and examin
the books, records and duties performe'
by each person employed, and repor
e the result to him.
! A fire at Delhi, La, destroyed S
! ! Blum q Co.'s store, Slattery's Hotel an,
several other buildings. Loss $4,000
! A company has been formed in Chica
= go which will shortly put 1,500 refrigel
T ator cars on Jay Gould's system {
! Southern and Western roads to trans
/ port tropical fruit
! Burglars broke open a safe in tn
jewelry store of William Wise, No %
Fulton street, New York, and stole Sc
600 worth of watches and jewelry. Al
other safe, in which there was 500, 90
e worth Of diamonds, etc, resisted al
# their efforts-the steel plates breakin
i their drills.
}, At a meeting of United Irishmen i
!, Brooklyn last night, O'Donoyan Ross
! and James McDermott made vioIer
, revolutionary speeches. They favore
b the use of nitro-glycerine and dvnamit
S as much more effective weapons agains
e England than resolutions and speeches
The Postoffice Department has dec
d ded that samples of merchandise, wit
e tags attached, on which the price {
|. goods is marked in writing, must pa
s letter rates of postage. The width {
s the goods may be written, both til
! width and price may be printed il
T which case merchandise rates will b
charged.
The steamer which was reported q
y having been seen on fire in Long islam
le Sound turns out to be the Erastus !
10 Corning, from New York for New Havel
y There were over a hundred passenger
y on the steamer, fifty-one of whom WEI
e members of Haverlev's Minstrel Troup
st The passengers remained cool and
y panic was averted. Mr.. Alexandt
Zanfretta, of the musical compan,
n headed number of passengers in effort
l. to put out the fire, which, with the al
of the crew, was accomplished, after tn
fire had been burning for an hour an
1t a-half.
n n The building No. 80 East Bay stree
!, Charleston, occupied by w. L. Millar a
o cotton packing establishment, was dc
d stroyed by fire. The loss is estimate
g at 900. A colored man and woman
: who was working in the place, are SUP
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