Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01
49,. Monday being the 18th Of July
this Office will be closed.

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this Office will be closed.
......Do not forget the picnic at ia
Plata on Monday. Go where you will
you can not get into better company
The Board Of Health did not
meet on Tuesday las, according to APP
pointment. Gully two members w.re
present: All sick; we suppose.
......It will be seen BY card in to-
days paper that Col John u Brooke Of
the Prince Georges bar is announced as
candidate, for the position Of Associate
Judge
The hopping cough is prevailing
in this village. On Monday morning
Mr. Dave Smoot lost quite an interesting
infant from that cause and the extreme
heat Of the few days past
THE County Commissioners OF
Wednesday signed the county levy Th'
rate of county taxes is 81 cents IN 500
, reduction Of II cents from last year
rate. which will be good news to the t"S
payers.
..... Sam. Cox Esq, is on a visit +
Brighton Beach n. Y. Mr. Cox sent hi
Il rsc Baltimore Jr to the Beach to spcn,
the summer and of course must 20 on t.
look after the welfare Of his horse. II is
good thing to have a race horse-somc
times
4 severe storm Of wind rain, hal
and lightning passed over Washington
city on Monday evening doing an i'm
mcnsc deal Of dnmogc We were ais,
visited by severe storm Of wind here OF
Wednesday evening last. Not mucl
damage was done, as far as we have
learned, beyond blowing down a few
trees and scattering wheat stacks.
..... Our harvest is now over aud ",
are glad to learn that the farmers arr
pleased with the prospect The berry i
said 10 be remarkably good, though til,
head is rather small In the early sprin.
the prospect was very gloomy indceo
and TO make half crop will be an agree
able surprise to our farmers.
1.-The ESperanza farm, IN st Ma
rvs county, on the Patuxent river OPP
posite Drum Point harbor, has beer
sold by its owner, Mr. Isaac SoloL,on
to Northern capitalists for $50, 900 L
will be the terminus Of the Southern
MARYLAND railroad on the Patuxcnt riv
or. The line from the river to tn
main branch has already been locate'
and work commenced.
Among the graduates at Roc
Hill College, Howard Co, last week wa
Lewis G Carrico of Hughesville in thi
county. Master Carrico made an ad
dress on the Ethical Aspect of Amerl
can Thought" which was delivered in
most pleasing manner and was receive
with great applause. In addition to til
usual graduating honors, Master Carrie
was the recipient Of the first prize, tn
Plus TX gold medal for historical essay
entitled Renaissance, presented b
Father Starr.
Among the delegates eIccte
from this state to tue International MeC
zeal Congress to meet in London in At
gust, is DR.. Ernest Neale. He gradu'
ted last wear with the first honors of h
class, and for one 50 young is now yer
highly complimented by the Medical II
Guilty of Baltimore in being sent abroad !
the colleague of such men as Drs. Jon
Morris W T. Howard, j Carey Taos
Christopher Johnson, and ii. +. I
Wilson. Dr. Ncalc is native of tn
town a. son of the late Dr. ben Ne"ie an
nephew of Prot, Mi enaerser I
ra,o croY, OF Judicial candidates
;,,, Nc y,nn NJ Mitchell Esq
this county, Judge Chew and John
Brooke of Prince George, and Jos.
Wilson and Chas. :. Parran ESqrs
Calvert all want to be Associate Judg
Hon. + Stone Of this county and Jud
Magrudor of Prince George want to
Chief Judge, and now the st Mary
Republican mentions the name of Ilo
Robt Ford and says he is much talk
in connection with the nomination f
this last position. In addition to t
above, there are dozen or two ether
too modest to present their names, b
fully competent, who feel in their hear
Barkis is willing" and would uot r
fuse either Dositiou.