Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-22
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'rr 10 iue ptuilrHbiI4 tIt u'I1hhthS H'' i,
ais'resz property
Nr. Jose +. Navarro has purchased an ex- i
nnsi.e lot ou Seyeta avenue New York, on /
which he Nill erect s.N apartment houses at a
ost that will make the entire investment
mount to 50, 600. They are 10 be lit {
with the electric light, with a court yard IA I
he centre.
AT the monthly meeting Of the board Of
directors Of the baltimore and Ohio Railroad
60. held las, W. 4 tue reg snations oi Nessrs j.
r ,nF ss, yer@ Sueeived aad seesptsd ~.
Robert Garrett WAS elected FIRST vice-presihent
Jr Samuel Spencer, third vicc-president,
md the second vice-pre5idency was lald over
A shoemaker at Lodi n. Y, wondered ut
IA order given by Mr.. Walters for par OF
,aoyy shoe witha helfpound copper toe on
Inc RIGHT one, until he heard that Miss wal
ers beau had been frighttuliy kicked out
IT the house.
Mrs Suas Raymond, Of Onargo, H., died
IN Frida, last from the nervous shock re-
.eivcd on hearing OF the at'emP'eo 'n"'"V'
Of the President.
Adclina Patti has signed a contract Tor her
American tour, aud will appear 10 concert
at Stcinway Hall, New York November Jun /
The remains of Pope Plus TX. were quietly
removed from st. Peters to the Church OF
San Lorenzo, Tuesday night, the 3th instant
successful mode Of subjugatng burglar
at Pistaquog, n. H., was to fall down stairs
with him breaking his arms and legs.
The wife ofGcn. Sherman says that in thir-
,r-onp vears ne has never but once been late
10 dinner.
i woman belonging to the sect called Per
recGouists undertook to run herself 70 deat'
at Dallas, Texas. She got the 'dea rom =
Scriptural passage about running the race
70 he end" that if she ran till she died she
would 90 direct to heaven. She could not
KIN herself by pcdcstrianism, however, and
resorted TO drowning Instead
The Princcss AGne Herald says i,-,r Ge s
I"atiee living, OF The ars, {Idics v}'S ~
. u uoes Associate JGstic@, Eph. King Wilson
is forbidden by his PHYSICIANS W 90 any
work at the July courts because Of = late At
! tack Of 0ngtna lsctorfs, but he told Us OF
Monday afternoon that, Notwithstanding th'
medical Introduction, he should have opened
court on last Tuesday morning had not tn,
critical condition Of his child in Baltimore ne
cessitated his presence there. The remaining
associate justice, Hon. Charles +. Goldsbo
rough is reported as confined to his bed will
plpitation of the heart.
Governor Colquit, Of Georgia, is reporte.
to have recently made SO 600 by tile sale o
a coal mine in which he and General Gordon
were interested.
Tho income Of the bishop Of Bedford from
the parish of St Andrews. Mary Axe, Lon
don, is SD, 900 year, and his usual congre
Cation numbers l45 persons. The Rev. w
Rogers is paid $1,000 at st. Bolaphis, Dish
opgatc, for preaching 10 pa persons on Sun
dav The total amount paid to the parochia
clergy Of London is over quarter Of a mil
} lion annually.
The Grcenbackers keep on making thti
nominations with as much persstency AS tn
D bowling-alley boys set up pins for others It
5 knock-down, The boys get paid for it, bu
the Grcenbackcrs don't
: MIR buchanan was an able man. said JeI
lerson Davis the other day, "but a very tim
id ono. If he had had the nerve to deal wit
T. the situation as its gravity demanded" h
= continued, ~ doubt exceedingly whether an
4, other State South would have followed Sout
Carolina into soeczsta',- %
t. Ben Thompson, who keeps gambling bel
= at Austin Texas is soft in speech small il
+ statute, and usually mild in manner; vet n
Is one Of the noted despcradocs of the South
west, and has killed dozen men He cannot
/ however, he accused Of downright murder
g tor IN every instance he technically acted il
sc.tdeicncc. That is his popularity. When
! ever he gets into II fight in which pistols Ar,
drawn, he rcckIcSsy waits until his opponen
has fred, and then deliberately shoots back
This plan afords him clear defence in court
! and mas not yet resulted in his death. as i
might reasonably be expected to DO
A The coming general election the people
OF Kentucky will vote on the question Of call
M constitutional convention.
The Atlanta (Ga) Constitution insists that
when the President RECEIVERS he must visit The
South. There Is no doubt he would receive
~ warm welcome.
tie It v.ae4 to know: the whereabouts of llat
Guitean migh dispatches from Mlnitobl
e s1fs 70 harmouza II H. w ne3aed ihlS way.
y D'nkIing and PIatt reign then yy-
., can party -VGnzze o. destroy the Republi
n exactly vs1 -" Three appear 10 have done
- DESTROYED ,bo,, "onc OF them intended to do
Charles Lee, boy seven years old, the sor
= , 'o,'n re- OF Ba[onne City, y. j., was nc.
c1cntally shot in the head by a man who w.
cleaning his pistol. The ball entered about
IN inch above the right eve and passed cIean
'IrouSh ti'1 h",.in and bedded itself in the oc-
S Sip,tni bone. The child was stIl alive on
saii si,aeeed ihdications of speedy recovery
The case is is attracting wide attention among
| physicians.
! rather notable student finished his course
AT the Yale Law School last week. GRADUATING
third IN his class This was Peter Dovlc. ex-
Secretary ofState Of Wisconsin. Mr. DoyIe
Is now torty-fve years old, and has been
successful LAWYER and politician in Wiscon-
SIN Being conscious of some defects in his
lesAi education he determined to remedy them
III an age when most men would not feel like
going to school" He worked hard vbiIn
at the law school lle was popular with stn.
cents and professors, and one at least of the
latter expects to see him member of Congress-
Mayor Latrobe Of Baltimore has announced
ms intention Of becoming a farmer after his
retirement from office next fall His spare
uIhe VIII lie spent IN duck shooting in winter
aud raising thoroughbred horses in spriDr
and summer.
Al I'M Wilkes is not ugly, yet he has ma
ma TOR hiding his face. lie e.ea.red a nottar
70 enclose his head in an earthcnware globe
When hts ralher snugly around his neck. and
mas a9ertarcs CORES poHding with his eyes
nose and mouth. Wearing this protection
against the gaze of the people, he has for a
month wandered through Indt,aa.
All Say. superintendent OF the Chinese Ia
horgr5 employed in constructing The Vnion
Pacific Railroad at Evanston. v. T. il said /
TO he the poSscSsor OF the agreeable animal in
come OF Sl2,0O0 lie is a partner in one Of
the great Chinese companies that contract for
We labor OF their countrymen He has so far
adopted Caucasian customs n to take out a
ife insurance policy for $40, 900 in favor of
i've Ulaye, his wife.