Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-08-26


Terms moderate Refer to JAS. S. Morsell
Baltimore. + ap SLY 81
I've are glad to learn that the ball
and supper at Pomfret yielded the ham,
some sum of $4,000.
Don't forget the tournament and
ball at Marshall Hall See advertise
ment.
......Yesterday the shrill cry of the
jay-bird was heard-the first note of the
autumn.
....Oh Al! Al remember tue ad-
vice of the elder Weller and beware Of
vidders."
."Parnham Hall" containing 300.
acres was sold by Sheriff Wade on fuss
day to Mrs Lucy Cough for the sum Of
81 l05. A good bargain
THE Steamer Sue ran aground
on Cobb Bar, at the mouth Of the Wi
comieo river Monday morning, and re-
maised stuck until Tuesday.
The Steamer Mattano has with
drawn the Port Tobacco creek. In a
short while it is believed both the
Thompson and Sue will be making reg
ular trips there,
.,... The venerable senior Of the Cal
vert Journal refers to our gray hairs as
as evidence of our being aged Gray
hairs are not Away evidence OF age in
our case they are the result OF early
piety continued up to the present time,
without the use Of hair dye.
1.-The work on the canal at thi.
place still continues to draw its slow
length along. 1t is being done
thoroughly, but little more speec
would be more pleasing. as at presen
the process of Improvement partakes tos
much of the chnractor OF sspernannnev'
to be likely to be finished during thi
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estIng letters torn our Tnena DIZZY ter
kins, who has been sojourning for some
time among the mountains of Virginia
and regret very much, owing to tn
pressure on our columns, we have no
been able ia publish them before. w
give one of them to-day, which will b
found interesting reading.
......Thc terrible drought continues
The corn and tobacco crops are, we fear
irretrievably ruined certainly thos
planted early. This will be sever,
blow to our people coming on topsof til,
failure of the tobacco crop last year AM
the wheat crop this year. There ha
been scarcely any rain for the past TIVE
months, the streams are all dried up anc
the pastures burnt up.
......Somebody shot the Rev. Baker,
hog. SO he brought the dead hog as ,
mute witness before Judge Boswell. The
suspected party, without denying or ad.
hitting, said defan;ly you can't prove
it." And as the hog could not speak
the Reverend gentleman could not prove
his case Moral; keep your hogs out
of your neighbors's corn field, and he viii
keep his shot out of your hog.
The Leonardtown Republican,
to which recently was awarded the
county printing, on the ground tha. !.
had a larger circulation than the Bersa
has busted died, and sold out its re-
mans to the proprietors of the Beacon
FOR $500. Cause; want Of support from
the Republicans. 1t is said we should
never speak i'll of the dead, but indeed
we do not blame the Republicans for not
supporting the paper, as in our opinion
1t was mighty poor affair.
",.'.Much complaint, and justly too
has been recently made about the ire
gularlty of the mails along the line of
the b Il ?. r. r. Where the fault
lays we do not know, but can form a
very shrewd guess. The package of
papers from this Office is rarely delivered
at Hughesvile before Monday or Tues.
day, which of course is a great annoy.
ance to us and Inconvenience to onr
Partrons. The Baltimore mail has also
missed occasionally and altogether things
are not lovely 1t is time something
was done to remedy these evils.
by request, here ofare VIC have
been sending package of papers to
Pope's Creek, the terminus of the b T. i
T. X. X. 1t is true there is no most
office at that point, but whilst Mr.
sansbury was postal agent on the cars he
always delivered the package to the rail
road agent at this point as matter of ac-
commodation to those living near. Week
agent. .rreefnarn6o C'e 'p.oSaso % Us re-
=~SS 421sse.;ses Is usual. So hereafter
we viii be compelled to send these pa
pers to Newburg or elsewhere as may
be desired.
MIR. Thos r. Farrall was in town
on Tuesday after another load of bricks
from the Court House. He has several
able assistants in this matter, the only
difference is they carry the bricks in
their hats. He says that if he can have
one more circus at La Plata he will build
a Court House out there without any
cost to the taxpayers But the Judge
says the circus settled the business at
La Plata. John Robinson's elephant
drank the place dry and the people will
never consent to have the county seat at
A spot where one elephant can drink all
The water. But Dick replies that water,
IS a small consideration, so long as
plenty of Lager beer and old Rye can
be supplied, and we guess he is about
light.
There was an unusu al rumber of
persons in town IN TnnSdav cnnc;d o,.;,,e.