Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-12-02
MARYLAND NEWS.
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M over Maryland the growing wheat
rr ,,nta a remarkably thrifty appear
mcc.
George Alfred Townsend is spending
somc time in Somerset lie propose
to write up the Eastern Shore.
Several Of tho Eastern Shore papers
utee the selection Of Senator Bis,op, OF
Worcester county, as pr sideut Of the
Maryland Senate.
D. ". Pret,yman Of Eastern Point
caught at ono haul Of his seine. at the
mouth Of Peach Blossom creek, 800
pound Of rock fish.
Citizens Of Oxford are agitaiing the
subject Of having a steam ferryboat to
run across the Third Haven from Ok
ford to the new ferry wharf.
1t is said that two hundred bur len
horses have died in Queen Anne'a colu-
ty, from the fatal mlIady. pink-eyc p
The disease is thought to be abating
The Ladies' Of St. Paurs p. i. Par
ISL Calvert county, have presented their
rector, Mr. Harry ChesIcy, with horse
and buggy.
A special election is expected in Som
ersct, in consequence Of a tie vote be
tween a Republican and Democrat can
didatc for County Commissioner.
The names Of Judge Daniel Il Ma
gruder' and James Rc,cll and j Writ
Randall E-qrs are prominently mon-
toned in connection with the Prcsiden-
cy Of The Farmers National b nix, made
vacant By the death Of Hon. Alex Ran
dali.
A Queen Anne's county man, oys-
tering in Chester river recently, caught
an oyster NTH u pipe IN rs mouth The
; editor of the Ccntrevllc Record saw it
! The pipe stem was lmbcdded in the
shells Of the oy-tor.
z Mrs. Admiral Dahlgrcn, who is cree
ting - handsome chapel on her estate on
South Mountln. NJ has suspended
work on the building until spring, aud
returned to her home in Washington.
Mr.. John Higgins, who resides ten
miles east of Eikton, last week sold a
lot of six young setter dogs for s. 0O0.
The dogs were Of variety of Strainc,
Lavcrack, Field Tld, Red Irish, &c. i,
and were all well broken.
Mrs Patty Adams, Of Cri~fcld who
recently died at the age of - years had
her life insured to the amount Of so, :
900 The speculation insurance bust
ness is in full bloom i'll Somerset.
There is some talk Of starting and an
t.-5r,bcry club in Caroline; the creed to
be not to support any candidate who will
not solcmnly agree to use no money di-
rcctly to secure his election.
The report Of the marriage of Miss
Lillian Duer of Pocomoke city, whose
trial for killing her friend Miss Hearn
attracted so much attention, is not cor
rect, Ii is a sister Of Miss Daer that is
married.
: 1t is said that a compromise has beer
r arrived mt between the aspirants for tn
Baltimore collectorship, and that Colon
Ell Edwin II Webster. of Hartford coun
~, is to be supported by all the faction
against Collector Thomas
Three negroes now lie in Easton iai
charged with Il burglary at the store o
: w. Il Mason, near llilisborough, Tai
bot county, on Saturday night last =
They stole about $500 worth of goods
but the greater Part was recovered.
, Charles Cooper, bricklaycr who was
thrown from the smokc-stack Of the new
foundry at Pcrryvillc, a distance Of fifty
, feet to the ground, and SUSTAINED serou,
j Internal injuries on Monday Of last week
, is slowly improving.
Milford man slowed $500 away in 4
cigar box, and bid the cigar box in tho
woods When he went to hunt for il
he had forgotten where he put it, and
now a company is forming with the in
t tention ofdigging the woods up in search
OI inc lItdSutC
A captain of a vessel who trade,
from Sassaflrs river, Kent county, to
Baltimore. says that on every trip to
that city he has, at least, cart load of
demi-johns. jugs, &c, to get filled with
corn juice" for the-thirsty dcmizcns Of
I that local option county
n. -, ;.
the commandments in his diocese have
iueresased one half; the par3chial cler-
gy one-third. The missionary expcnd-
iture is fonr times as large "a it was be-
fore the Eastern Shore WIS made a sep
arate diocese, and there has been a great
increase in the value of church proper.
i, ty.
Capt Peters late Democrats can
5 dilatc for Sheriff Of Washington county
: has resumed his former cmp'oymen
as conductor on the Washington connt,
railroad His little circus cost him
abont one thousand dollars, mostl,
spent for bug juice
j Oliver Welsh, who was confined
as a luna'ic in Spring Grove Asylum
made his escape from that institution OF
the 18th, and went to his home neal
Woodbne, beat his wife knocking two
Of her teeth out, aud threatened to xii
his son. He was arrested and sent t
Jail in Westminster.
John W Lanshan, a night clerk il
the Baltimore postofice, was arrested
last week on the charge of stealing mon,
cy from letters in transit through the
Office. He was released on s. 600 bal
for hearing The accused is son Of
the Rev. DR.. John Lqnahan, aud was
private secretary to Gen. Tyler.