Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-04

70 death at Marion, Ohio. by A vicion
morse in the stable Of William Fies. a
| undertaken, '' %
a $4,000 fire occurred at Wooster
", totally destroying all the bnildino,
between hotel and Exchange block.
The following fires are reported :
Inc Inc factory of Simmons, Clarke & Go
Ohlcago, wss burned; loss, $50. 600. in,
surance, SlS. 600 Richard Hoy's car
PET yarn mill at Manayunk, Philadelpbia
loss lO 600. The car shops at TaIla.
haSsee. Fla, belonging to the jackson.
vile. Pensacola and Mobile Railroad
loss. S35, 900. The building occnnied
Is. 800. ~ > iosS'
Inc most severe snow storm of the
season prevailed at St. John. N. r
rour men who were fishing in omen
boats are believed to have lost their
bearings and to have been drowned in
the bay. Railroad travel is interrunted
The arguments at New York in the
suit OF Rufus Hatch against the consol.
ldat1on of the telegraph companies was
concluded by ex.Judge Fullerton.
Judge Barrett took the papers in the
case sc, and reserved his decision
!dru0Red. in saloon in New York and
to5ved of $sS65. The thief. AN tax con.
vists was arrested.
a hre at South Bend, Ind, DESTROYED
seven large business houses. T,0as
$oO, 900. AT West Point, Ga. seven 81
the finest buildings were burned. in
Guiding library of 8, 900 volumes. Loss
mostly covered by insurance.
A defalcation for some S25. 600 or
s3O, 600 has just been brought to light
in the Detroit Savings Bank. The
guilty parties are the two tellers. @. q.
and Herman FL. Seigler.
At Newport, KY, midwife was ar.
rested for malpractice, her victim being
This is the third case of
the death of a mother at this place
within three weeks.
At Whitevale, Ont, during the alb
'ence of her husband, Mrs. Sheppard
KILLED her two little boys, and then
stabbed herself fatally with a butcher
Knife. ''-'0-
Seven prisoners escaped from the
Burlington (Vt.) jail by digging through
Reports from five hundred points in
illinois show that the growing winter
wheat crop covers 3,049,63l acres.
against 1870, ,080 in 1879, and that the
'rop as whole is in excellent condi.
ion.
The steam drum of the towboat Ben
gal Tiger exploded near Cincinnati. and
'our men and two women on board were
badly scalded.
Thompson Smith. a prominent Ium-
herman of Michigan, was fined 81 500,
at Detroit, for trespass on United States
lands.
The army headquarters OF the depart
ment of Arizona, at Prescott, Arizona,
we're burned. Nearly all the records
were destroyed.
Mrs. Philip Boos, the foster mother
Of the Grand Duke Louis III. of Hesse
Darmstadt. died at Lancaster, Pa.
Dispatches from all points in New
England, report in~-s-!y cold weather,
the severest yet experienced. In New
Hampshire snow dlockades were delay
ing the trains again.
At Jersey city, N. J., Maggie Gun
9 years of age, while alone at
her home, dropped lighted match on
her dress and was burned to death.
Frank Magrath, colored, was hanged
in Georgetown, S c., for the murder
of Josie Small, July IL.
The failure of Mayer Brothers, OF New
York, extensive importers of coffee,
iron, and general merchandise, is an
nounced. Their liabilities are placed
at 81, 500, 900.
The heaviest rainstorm that has oc-
Cured since 1861 visited California,
causing an immense amount of damage
on the coast from British @ 'lumbia to
the southern part OF Gal. Whole towns
have been submerged.
The snowstorm in New England
caused great delays in the movement of
trains, and in some instance Hasseng gers
we're Obliged to leave the cars and pro
At Piqua. o., DIR. w. II. Harbauub.
dentist and member of the city council
shot his wife dead and immediately after
killed himself with shotgun. He had
been frequently quarreling with hit
wife. was very dissipated, and had beer
indicted for shooting the city marshal
At South Bend. Ind, Maude Voel
disch. little girl five years old, wal
killed by the discharge Of a revolver
with which she had been toying, found
by her under pillow in bedroom.
The following fires are reported: W
Trow & Cos -four mill at Madison, Ind
loss $l25 600, insurance $56, 900. Th,
"Down Town Club Room" on Pin,
street, N. Y; loss 1926, 600. The Adam
Cotton Mills, Bainbridge, Ga. loss $50.
900, insurance $4,000. Several build
lngs at Johnstown, N. Y, occupied al
retail stores aud offices; loss S25, 900
Five ice houses at Union, Butler coun
ty, Ohio, were completely DESTROYED
loss $4,000. AT Fort Dodge, Texas
i've carloads OF cotton were burned
loss $l5, 600. j. Lindsay's storehouse
with 30, 900 bushels OF grain, at Orange
vile, Ont. losss $50, 1000. W. @. Pack
ards furniture store and other stores a
Salem, Mass. loss $17. 900.
At Buffalo. n. Y, Chas. Ryan mur
dered james Oaffray during quarre
over game of cards.
Charles Boernor, an aged German
purchased at banking house in Phila
delphia railroad bonds to the amoun
of 81, Shortly after leaving tn.
bank, three men GROW ded close by him
and when he recovered from his sur
prise the bonds we're gone.
At the close of the six days walking
match in New York for the OLear.
belt, over 8 900 spectators were present
Hughes won the belt, and become
champion of the world, having beate
the best previous record by over tw
miles. The receipts we're over $14 OO(
and in round figures the shares will b
as follows: Hughes. 50 200; Alber
80, 400; Vint, $1,000; Krohne, $8O'
Howard, $4OO. Hughes gets 81 900 4
beating the best cord, and many vail
able prizes: The following was IL
aaora of the finish.