Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-12-09

Young Winemillcr, was so mystcr-
ously shot at hotel in New York, was
latiyc oil Carroll county, having always
.esided at heidelberg, where his body
las been brought for intcrmcnt
The county Commissioners of Balti,
more county have offered a reward OF
1900 for the arrest Of the party or par
'ios who set FIRE to the various buildings .
recently burned in the county.
The newly elected County Commits
sioncrs Of St Marv's county, Md,
qualified Tuesday of last week, aud Or
,,an;zrd nv electing VIM. i. Leach.
Itrcaidcpt aud Isaiah Contcr Treasurer.
Many Miserable People drag them
selves about with falling strength, feel
ing that they are sinking into their graves
when Parker's Ginger Tonic would be-
gin with the first does, to bridg vitality
ane strength back to them. Sun.
An immense amount of apple jack
has been manufactured in Delaware,
and the people of the Maryland section
of the Peninsula who are opposed to the
local option law have adopted the juice
of the apple as as substitute for the
whiskey they cannot buy 50 cheaply.
MIR. Nathan Loar, one of the newly
elected county Commissioners, of Allie
ghany is very i'll at lis residence with typ
hold fever. MIR Samuel Trigger, late Of
Mt. Clare, Baltimore, has been appoint
ed in the clerk rolling-mill office, % sue
coed Sheriff Shuck entered upon his du-
ties at once.
Norman Wilhelm while out cunning
near his home, III Garrett county, last
saturday, mstook a young nelgbbor,
Oden s. Kecfer, who was in the bushes
ahead Of him, for a wild turkey and fire ]
at him, killing him almost instantly
The deceased was about IL years old
,,.1 ~ g. l,;ssLls ~-,~pe@t~1
near isohrrrsvilIo. Washington S....n.s
were seriously burned on the 81 "i'''
while alone in the house. The sldcst-
three years old-sct fire to his clothng
while playing with a cornstalk which he
lit at the stove. The youngest two
wears old-was not expected to live.
1t is reported that the oyster pungy
Canton was lost during the storm of
Wednesday last in the Potomac river,
near its junction with Chesapeake bay
Onc Of her crew, who mancged, after
great difficulty, to reach the shor>, went
to Milestone Landing, on the Patuxent
river, ard, through the kindness Of
officers of the steamer Wenonah, was
carried to the city.
Mr.. David Bichl of Mechanicstown
met with serious accident recently He
was bending over huge stone, cndeav-
oring to lift it from its resting place on
a steep hillside. The stone moved sud
denly, and Mi. c. was precjpitatcl on
his head below the stone, which rolled !
down the hill, fortunately having chang
ed its course so that it passed by and
not over his head.
A young girl who did the clog dane |
ing at travelling show at Crisicld, fell
IN love With Salisbury youth, and
;hcre was an arrangement for an clopc-
nent. The girl took the train for Sal
sbury, but on her arrival there, instead
If being accostcd by her lover she was
confronted by an officer. who took her
,aptivc aud returned her 10 her stern
parent.
The breach that occurred five years
ago among the brcthercn of the Tunker |
church in Uniontown, Carroll county,
uuhcaled. The two factions
worship apart, and the more moderate !
call themselves Reformers, and do not
hesitate to worship with other Protestant
denominations. The first difficulty
arose from Elder Stoner baptizing a dy-
ing woman by immersion in bath tub, |.
instead of in running stream. as re-
qured by the canons Of the church.
On Wednesday night. Both ult., Carl
Breitcnbcacb, who resides on the Cal /
verton Road, was pushed off street
car in Baltimore, by conductor, and
had one of his legs broken by the fall. /
lie was taken by the city police.to the
Central Police Station, where he feceiv-
cd surgical attendance and was after
wards sent to the City Hospital 1t is
supposed the conductor elected the man
from the car on accout of his being in
toxicatcd and in the fall he twisted his
leg and broke 1t.
Mr.. Joseph S. Owner, boot and
hoe .dea Ter of Hagerstown, shot at A
y. APpieman, formerly Vice pro.;la.,.
81 tie Agricultural Implement Manuran'
turing Company, whose works wore re-
moved to Newark, Ohio. The shoot;no
occurred in barber shop where Mr.
owner had been shaved. On rising
rom the chair he knocked down Mr. I
Appleman, who had entered the sbon /
They both drew revolvers. Mr. ami t
nan Is said to have snapped his without {
IN firing, and one shot fired /
y Mr. Owner struck wide of the mark v
trends Interfering. the parties soparat.
d. but Mr. Owner was held to bail to
nswer a charge of assault with intent 81
murder on an indictment promptly +
'and by the Grand,jnry. The affair Is 3
I'd to be the result of an oil feud and sr
at as uSual tlora - . r