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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Broke Jail.


Henry Matthews, co!ored man who
was committed to Jail some weeks ago tor
stealing a Goa from Jos. Norris, a so col
ored, broke Jail early yesterday morning
and made eff His mode of escape was
made perfectly easy from the insecure con-
dition of our Jail editice. He first made a
hole in the ceiling of his cell, above the
door a. climbed between the raiters and
then made another hoe dropped into
the passage. From Eere his escape was
assured, as any one can push the bolt OF
the front door back with their fingers
The present. einsecme condition of the jail
makes it mere farce to confne anyone
there's the escape ofthree prisoners within
the past six weeks amply proves. We would
commend the much needed improvements
to this building to the attention OF the
commissioners, and trust they will see the
necessity of making the building safe.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
The Coming Session of the General
Assembly


The Coming Session of the General
Assembly.
Extensive preparations for the coming
session ofthe General Assembly have been
going on for several weeks past, and by
the time that body assemblies, every thing
will be prepared for is reception. Most
of the Annapolis hotes and boarding
houses havebeen refurnished and newly
andpainted fitted up in first class manner
At the State Capitol The halls of both House
as well as the rotnnda have been handsome
" improved an upholsterer has been engag-
ed under the supervision oftbe Governor
and the Chief Clerks of The respective house
for several weeks, in firing up both the
Senate and House He has had the car
pets taken up, busted and relaid the desk
revarnisheJ, new curtains placed at the
windows and both halls now begin to look
up in appearance and, no daubt by the
time the session commences will be in
readiness for the reception of The mem bers,
and present = handsome appearance. The
rotunda has been greatly imprc we'd a'so
during the past few months, the walls
having been replastered and painted, and
a marble checkered floor laid; the stairs
leading to the Library Court of Appea s
and Executive Chambers, have been COW
cred with brass, and the dome has been
frescoed. A new portico for the main en-
trance is talked of, and ample funds re-
main of the appropriations to secure one,
but this part of the work will not be IN
dertaken until after the session
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Bell Dislodged.

One of the large bells in the steeple
at St. Thomas became dislodged on Sat-
urday morning while it was being rung
for early morning service. The bell went
over the beliry without touching 1t and
struck the corner of the church and flew
nearly out TO The gaze at the main road,
and striking the soft earth made dent or
hole one or two feet deep. AS the ground
was soft from the recent rains the bell was
not injured. Fortunately there was no one
passing at the time or it might have gone
hard with them. Wien it is replaced
care should be taken to see that it is
properly and securely fastened.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
A few Words about I. Eichberg's Fa-
nous Dry Goods House in Aiexan-
dria

We are daily receiving goods from auction
and from our special buyers in the North some
of the best bargains out and at prices really
cheaper than regular prices, we mention only
few specialties One and half yards width
Linen table cloths 80 cts. yard. Ladies'
gents kid gloves two button, at 80 cts. pair.
Ladies elastic top gloves at II cts. a pair
Misses regular made hose at % cts. "A pair
Ladies real linen hem stitched handkerchiefs at
, cts. pair. Ladies coaks, ullsters, dol
mans and jackets from So to S75. Blankets
gray and white at all prices Lace curtains,
window shades at manufacturers prices. Pr
ano covers, table covers and stand covers very
cheap, carpets and oil cloths full assortment.
Dress goods reduced from 40 10 Is cts. yard.
Call or send for samples at
|. ElCIIBERG'S.
Successor to Slaymaker h Co., Alex, Va
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
For the Holidays.

We commend to the attention of al
during the holidays, the new amour c,
ment of Mr.. G. VIM. Ramsay, the en- e
prising and extensive grocer of AlexanGris
Mr. Ramsay-s stock consists of the very
freshest and choicest of groceries
and his prices are always the lowest
Don't fail to give him cal
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Carriers New Advertisement OF hi,
Cheap DRY Goods.

Black silk Velvet 81 Double white
blankets $3.50. Colore,l and Black ChashmereS
all pure WOOL Csc. Chudta CnShmeres all pure
wool one yard and quarter wide soc. Calico
bed Comfort large size 81. C8lored aud Black
Silks soc. Black and White striped Silks soc.
Our 81 81 % and 81 80 Black Silks are special
bargains. SlG0pices of cloth FOR Men and Boy 5
wear 25c 10 81 so Pure White al Linen table
Damask so. Blankets all pure WOO! large size
double s.. The largest assortment Of beautiful
dress goods in Washington. Beautiful plaid
Dress Goods 25c to 81. so. Colored and Black
Cashmerss all pure wool double with good
quality j.. Ladies Jackets Dulmans CloakS
and listers 1915 to Sl5 silk Embroidered
Piano Covers 1915 to SD.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Right Prices for Holiday Novelties

In dealing with c. \. OEHM & Son
Pratt and Hanover streets, Baltimore, you
deal directly with the manufacturers. and
save on clothing Il jobber's profit. Please
remember this when in want of Boys,
Mems or Children's Suits. But one price
and one profit.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

Strength, Vigor, Cheerfulness. good square
meal is what J. ". Laroque's Anti Bilious
Bitters does for you; ifyou doubt, the proof
is easy. Try it, the cost is only 25 cents a
paper or 81 bottle. All druggists sell H.
". E. Thornton, proprietor, Baltimore, Nd.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

All. Eichberg's, successor TO Shymaker 8,
Co, you will find it to your advantage to
your dealings in Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets
Mattings etc. Alexandria,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

The unfinching persistence of ex-Shepherd
Cowley in clarnoring for that Sc, 500 which he
claims the city owes him for starving the young
lambs in his Fold is regarded as one of the
most note orthy of the ecclesiastical pheno-
mena Of the day.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Wholesale Dry Goods in Alexandria

We are prepared to state that We are now
in condition to sell wholesale at Baltimore or
New York quotation, in all popular branches
such as Cottons brown ami blue Plaids ksr-
seys, Cheviots, Cnlicoes, Spool Cotton, Notions
and Hosiery in general give us n trial and We
will convince you of our doings, we will send
samples and quotations freely by applying for
the same, and guarantee our goods and prices.
|. EICHBERG,
Successor TO Slaymaker Il Co
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Falling Hair.

Frank a. Bean. Steam Fire EUgin" 8. Boston.
WAS cured of alopecia, or falling Of the hair, by
the Cuticura Rs>olvent Internally and CutiruTa
and CutcurH Soap externally. which complp telv
restored his hair when ali said he would lose IT,
Thomas Lee. 2216 Frankfort Az. Philadelphia.
afflicted with dandruH, which for twenty years
had covered his scalp with scales one quarter al
an II oh In thickness, cured 10y the CuticuTa
Remedies
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

j. E. Norris does not sell
any liquor at his Store, but
keeps a bar we'll supplied
with choice Whiskeys, Wines
Brandies, Gin, Segars, &c.
Travellers Accommodated with
meals and lodging.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Cutlcura.

Remedies arr f0F sale by all druggists Prize
of tuitcura, Medicinal Jelly, small boxes. ~
large hnN@> al cut!rura Rr>nivrut. the new
Blo'i Further, 81 pr bottle. CUttrura soap THE
queen of medicinal and toilet >ssaFs> -. trutt-
auia Medicinal shaving SOAP -. Prlucfis.!
depot.
Weeks d Potter. Bo>toa. Mas.
e. All mailed free an nsccipi al price.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Frazer Axle Grease

One trial will convince yon tina, IL is the best
Ask your dealer for the Frazer AXE Grease
and take no other. Every box has our trade
ark on it.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Treatment.

The tuticua Treatment consists ia the m
tcrnal u>r of the Cuticura Re>ulVput the new
blood purifier. and the external Use of Cuticura
and tuticura soap the great skin cures.
For Sunburn, Tan and Greasy skin u~r Ctiti-
cura soap. an exquisite toilet. bath aud nursery
>stnitiVr. fragrant with delicious flower os!ors
and heating hat>nnS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Milk Crust

Mrs. Bowers It's Clinton -, Cincinnati >peak>
of her sisters CHILD, who was cured of milk
crust which resisted all remedies for two Years
Now fine. healthy boy, with IA beautiful head
of hair.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

TO ADVER TISERS-TH TIMES having q
targer circulation than any other paper among the
Intelligent farmers and business Of Charies
County, offers superior inducements to advertisers
for card rates. Which as lo,U any other paper
IN Southern Mcoylad to sag nothing about crcu,a-
ton
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
.(Hticura.
THE GREAT SKIN CURE.
Itching and Scaly Diseases,
Humors of the Scalp and
Skin Permanently
Cured.
RingWorm.


Geo. W. Brown, ~ Marshall St, Providence
Il. |. cured by Cuticura Remedics Ola Ringworm
fiumor got at the BARRIERS, which spread all
over his ears neck and face, and for siN years
resisted all kinds of treatment.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Skin Humor.

F. H. Drake Esq. agent for Harper Il Bros.
Detroit, Mich, gives an astonishing account 81
his east. eczema rodent, which had been treat
ed by IA consultation of physicians without ben
eft and which speedily yielded To the Cuticuril
Resolvent internally and Cuticura and Cuti-
cura Soap externally.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
j. B. X ENDALL,
COACH GOODS AND METALS,
6l9 B st N w near B. & P. R. X. depot.
lrISHINGTON, d. G.

AN Now Offering the following seasonable
l. GOODS at the annexed low PRICES, and
solicit share OF your patronage.
Business Sleigh Woods, each ...........Sl2 90
No. Twel Gutter Woods, each ..... - 90
No. Swell Cutter W Woods large. each. Is 90
No Pony Sleigh Woods four pnsSen-
ger, Observation-Disclosures. 80 90
No. Swell Cutters, full finished paint
ed, trimmed and vanished ......... -. 50 90
Seel Sleigh Shoes, per lb................. 06
Sleigh Baskets each................... , 80
Sleigh Runners. per pair.............. 90
Sleigh Bells, 81 to s. per strap.
Buggy Bodies, each Observation-Disclosures. 90
Leather buggy DI>heS........................ 90
-Four Passenger Jump Seat Bodies with
working Irons for seats, eaCh........ 80 90
Brewster, passenger panel Bodies.
with top seats, springs and sparS each 40 90
Sarven Pattern Wheels, [, / inch or /!
inches tread. per sett,................... : 80
Brewster passenger Gearing, with Body
Seat, ANies, Dash, etc, all bolted to-
gether, in fact a complete open buggy
all put together and finished except
wheels, Shafts and Trimming, price
each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ............ 40 90
Bot Shears, per pair.,..................... Is 90
Bow Sockets, per Sett........................ SO
Tire Blenders, small size, each........... 10 90
Tire tpSstters, best in market, each.. Is 90
Seat Springs, per pair........................ 90
Iron and Steel,
Hubs, S?okes and Rims,
Shafts, Poles and Bows,
Wheels and Gearing,
Duck, Drill 4 Oil Carpet
Horse Shoes ana Nails,
r,,.l
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Scald Head.
Eczema.

Hon. VIM. Taylor Boston, Mass, permanently
cured OF IA humor of the face and scalp eczema
that had been treated unSucceSStully for twelve
years by many of Bnston'S best physicians and
most noted specialists, rs well n European at,-
thOritiCS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

&c e aweek in your own town. Terms and
w y 80 outfit free. Addre, S II. 'HALLETT 4 Co
Port and Maiue.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23
Magnificent
STOCK OF
D,'yGOO6
For Fall 1881.
Gzam<aov @aeNex, 01@ue,
Nos. 1919, 2O1, 2O3 Baltimore st.
BALTIMORE, MD.

Have now on hand and, are constantly ad-
ding to their very extensive stock of FOREIGN
and DOMESTIC cry GOODS. Articles in
every department Of regular DRY GOODS
business, adapted to the wants Of purchasers
generally.
Their stock of the most FASHIONABLE
FOREIGN GOODS, has been selected in person
from the best sources in Europe, thereby saw
ing to Retail Purchasers from US, the profits
usually made by importers.
OUR assortment of DOMESTIC fabrics and
Staple Goods Generally have been purchased
to great advantage after an experience of over
80 years in the trade, during which time we
have built up large business by Fair Dealing
and giving at all times and to all Purchas-
ers full value for the price paid.
The price in plain figures marked on all our
goods from which there is no deviation.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-12-23

/ AN NOW Offering the following Seasonable
L GOODS at the annexed low PRICES, and
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-05
Conservation of Bishop Janssens.

The conservation of the Very Rev. F. JAMS
sens vicar general of the diocese of Richmond,
as bishop of Natchez took place, Sunday, at St.
Peters Cathedral, in Richmond. Elaborate
ceremonies and fine music had been anticipa-
ed, and long before the services commenced,
crowds of people had gathered in the vicinity
of the Cathedral. In order to avoid confusion
tickets covering the capacity of the edifice had
been issued, and no one was admitted without
one Everything passed off in most quiet
and orderly manner. Archbishop Gibbons, of
Baltimore, Officiated as cOnsecratoE, and Bish-
OBS Becker, Of Wilmington, Del, and Keane
of Richmond, as assistant consecrators. The
services, including conservation, pontificial
high mass and conservation sermon, which
latter was delivered by Bishop lder, coadjutor
bishop of Cincinnati, occupied nearly four
hours. Besides the prelate already mentioned
there were present. participating in the cere-
monies. the Right Rev. Bishops Lynch, of
Charleston, s. G.; Moore, of st. Augustine, Fla;
Kahn, of Wheeling, W. Va, and Gross of Sa-
vannah, Ga. These embrace all the prelates in
the province of the metropolitan see of Balti-
more, and it is the first time the whole num-
Der were ever assembled together in Richmond.
Among the visiting priests of whom there
were about forty, from various sections, were
the Very Rev. M. F. Gregion, vicar general
of the diocese of Natchez and the Rev. ii.
Picherit, of jackson, Miss, who were the
assistant priest and deacon ofthe mass respec-
lively; Very Rev. DR.. A. L. Magnien, presi-
dent of st. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; Very
Rev. P. F. Healy, president of Georgetown
College, and others.
Bishop Janssens celebrated pontifcial yes
pers in the afternoon, and delivered his fare
well address. Many in the large audience
were affected to tears, and the bishop himself
betrayed deep emotion. He is greatly beloved
in Richmond and his departure is fSEretted by
all
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-05
The Unhappy Gar.

A letter from St. Petersburg gives gloomy
account of the new Cars life at the Castle of
Gatschina, thirty miles from the capital. Be-
fore the Court removed thither several hun
dred artisans of the Preobrajinsky regiment
were sent to make the necessary alterations.
At midnight they assembled in the church at
Gatschina and were sworn secretly to silence,
death or Siberia being the penalty of the in
fraction of their oath. Ten rubles were the
price of each mans silence The alterations
were made IN forty eight hours.
Vodki soon loosened the tongues of the
workmen, and following is description of the
precautions against assassination made in the
palace of the Gar: A subterranean passage
leads from the Cars room to the stables,
where number of horses are kept saddled and
bridled day and night. Sentinels are posted
at intervals OF twenty yards all around the
building
The imperial bedroom has two windows,
protected at night by massive iron shutters,
which can only be reached from the outside by
passing through three spacious chambers,
in which are posted eighty Cossack, armed to
the teeth They are allowed to speak and to
move about in the two outer rooms, but in the
hall adjoining the Cars bedroom perfect 81
lence is maintained all night. The general
on duty for the day sits in an easy chair, his
Cossacks sitting on the divan which runs
around the whole room.
At the generals right hand is the knob Of
an electric apparatus which rings bell in
every guard house within the palace grounds
When the Emperor is about to retire to rest
before shutting the door, he removes the outer
handle, so that no entrance can be effected
until he himself personally opens the door
from the inside Unlike his father he cannot
endure the presence of an armed soldier in hiE
bed-chamher.
A dispatch to the Paris Iotr0nssge0n1t says
that several mines have been discovered
at st. Petersburg. A quantity of dynamite
Was seized just after it had been introduced
into the courtyard of the Palace of Gatschins
concealed in a load of hay The Czarina il
seriously i'll. being subject to severe nervous
attacks and strange Authorizations.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-05
The G. & o. Extension.

A special dispatch from Memphis to the
Nashville North american, under date of April
Goth, says that on that day the Legislative coun-
Gil granted suitable terminal facilities to the
Memphis, Paducah & Northern railway Gen.
Echols, who represents Mr.. Huntington, has
been there for several days and has at last &C.
complished his purpose This insures Tor
Memphis another outlet to the Atlantic ocean,
/ via Paducah, Elizabethtown, Lexington, thence
via the Chesapeake & Ohio to Newport News,
on the Chesapeake bay, distance of about a
thousand miles. There are only two short
gaps, one between Elizabethtown and Licking
ton and the other between Covington and
Trimbe Station, on the Memphis & Paducah
road, to be built, which work is to be rapidly
pushed forward to completion. The contem-
plated road from Memphis to Jefferson, Texas,
is thus insured.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-05
Hugh Blair Griasby.

The distinguished Virginian, Hugh Blair
Grigsby, who died ON Thursday last, at Edge
Hill, his residence in the county of Charlotte,
Va, was born in the city of Norfolk on the
22nd of November, 1906, and was baptised in
the Presbyterian Church, of which his father,
the Rev Benjamin Grigsby, was the pastor.
He was thoroughly educated, and graduated
with distinction at Yale College, and was
probably at the time of his death one of the
best informed men in the State of Virginia.
He was learned in the law but never practiced
at the Bar He represented the city of Nor
folk in the General Assembly of Virginia when
scarcely more than boy. He was member
of the State Convention of1829 and 1880 along
with Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and man Y
others. Having married in Charlotte county
a daughter of Colonel Paul Darlington he
withdrew from public life and devoted him
self to literary pursuits. He spent the latter
DAYS of his life upon his magnificent farm in
Charlotte, and manifested much interest in
agricultural pursuits There was no man In
the State who possessed SO much accurate in
formation in regard to all events connected
with the history of Virginia from her earliest
settlement to the time OF his death. The His
torical Society of his native State chose him as
president, and he held membership in the his
torical societies of several other States. He
was also Chancellor OF William and Mary
College.
VERNoR's PREDICTIONS FOR MAY.-Mr
Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, makes
the following predictions for May.
Towards the end of the first week in May
or about the 9Th and 9th, snow-falls may be
looked for in the lower Provinces, and about
MAY 3rd frosts are probable in Central and
Southern Illinois, with rain and snow pre-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-05
Interstate Commerce.

WASHINGTON, May "A decision was rem
dered in the Supreme Court of the United
States to-day in the case of j. T. Weber,
plaintiff in error, against the state of Virgin
ia, upon writ of error to the Supreme Court
of Appeals Of Virginia. The question present
ed by this case is the constitutionality of those
provisions Of the revenue laws OF Virginia
which practically impose discriminating tax
upon manufactures of other States when
brought into Virginia for sale. The court
holds that certain sections of the revenue laws
of Virginia, which impose special tax upon
agents of fore gn manufacturers who come
there to sell goods of foreign origin, is clearly
discriminating in favor of home manufacturers
and against manufacturers OF other States,
and that they are therefore an infringement of
the power vested in Congress to regulate COM
merce among the States. Where power is
vested exclusively in the Federal Government,
and its exercise is essential to the perfect free
dom of commercial intercourse between citi-
zens of the several States, the interfering
action of States must give way. The judgment
was reversed with costs, and the cause remand
ed for further proceedings.
This is very important decision, indeed,
it goes much farther than the case in point and
decides in principle that no State can discrim
mate in favor of its own manufactures, or in
favor of persons dealing in home manufactures
and established in business against others
dealing in the manufactured articles of other
States, whether they are permanently estab-
lished in the State or only transient corners
or goers. The case above cited was carried to
the Supreme Court of the United States from
our Court OF Appeals by the Singer Sewing
Machine Company. The Auditor of the State
enforced an old law against that company re-
quiring them to take out a separate license in
each county in which they sold their machines.
Our Court of Appeals sustained Mr. Massey,
not so much because the principle was sound,
as because the law had been on the statute
book for over forty years unquestioned. 1t had
not been enforced, however, until Auditor
Massey came into Office, and it was first brought
to bear upon the Singer Company state.