Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-11
.rIIE NEWS.

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60 tta forwarding grain IN bulk, and
lHInds of merchandise, to Liverpool
an other foreign markets, via New Or
lesns. Through bills of lading Will be
issned, aud the company viii have offices
n various parts of Europe
terrible wind storm prevailed at
hSlifax, n. S., and St. John, n. b., do
in considerable damage to shipping IN
the harbor The worst gale experienced
IN sixty years is srcported from st. Johns,
\ h. and every boat in the harbor was
DESTROYED
. bladstreets agency reports the follow
ing business embalTassments- Messrs.
kelley, Pinefoy d Brewer grocers and .
cotton brokers of Raleigh, y. c., have .
sF assignment, with liabilities Of $4,000 .
d4ars, and preferred claims of 10000 .
dollars. The assets are not known A .
mImbcr Of New York brokers are inter
ested IN the firm. VIM. a. Hall a Co.,
hardware merchants of Montgomery,
Aa have also made an assignment, |
vaih liabilities of 10000 dollars, and as
set of 10000 dollars, Robertson, Leslie
&3'o. merchants of Troup Station, Ga,
haze failed, with liabilities Of $4,000
dolas.
ahe Chicago passenger train, encoun
tefed broken rail six miles west of Ma
Ca Mo, and the engine, baggage car,
tW coaches and one sleeper were thrown
from the track and badly demolished.
II engine fell upon the smoking car,
NY ich were tifty -fevea enat grants, and
snF..,g q ttcsn were HnIeubtcdly killed
- eAly injured
x ',facincmt Of the Seventy New
I3fk Regiment, visiting at New Orleans
decorated the monument to Confederate
soidlers. Funeral services were read by
the chaplain of the regiment.
q fire in the business portion of Pough-
keepsle, n. Y, damaged property to the
a'nount of 81, 900 dollars.
a deposit of coal six miles long and
haii mile wide has been discovered in
Arizona.
HE Pearl Hominy Mills on North st.,
Baltimore, We're burned to the ground.
several horses were reported burned.
me loss IS estimated at 100 600 dollars
Insurance presumed to cover the loss.
new line of steamers is to be started
between Baltimore and London.
terrific explosion occurred at the
blifeka Powder works at Oakland, Cal,
resulting i'll the death of two Cinnamon
VINO We're filing cartridges, and the
Wounding Of two white men and five
Chinese
The snowstorm which commenced in
ne West and Northwest March 3, was
the most severe of the winter, and. in
some places, continued two DAYS. Rail
road travel had been completely sus-
+ pended, and the blockade in the move
ment OF passengers, as well as grain and
All kinds of freight, has been seriously
felt IN business circles. Along the
Atlantic coast the storm took the form
d, . ss,s~iaus gale, and the shore is Lined
- Ahe Inauguration OF James A. GARFIELD
/ as President, and Chester A. Arthur as
/ Vice President, took place at Washing
ton amidst the greatest enthusiasm, and
the inaugural address was listened to by
an immense throng of people. The
parade was imposing, andy complete
/ success as was also the ball IN the
evening. The program arranged by the
Committee of Arrangements was carried
out without any untoward event occur
ring. Generals Hancock and Shender
were among the prominent persons
present. :,
An explosion of gas occurred IN the
Book Mountain coal and iron mlne a
Almv Station, U. T., by which two whit
men and thirty-fve Cinnamon were killed
and many were wounded.
The Hickman, Ky, cotton seed OF
works and a two-story frame boarding
house were burned, and Abe Jones, a
emplove in the mills, and Mrs. Persons
landlady of the boarding-house, Wel
burned to death, The loss on the mi
is between $4,000 and 10000 dollars; II
surance 32, 900 dollars,
Upwards of one hundred nomination
expired with the termination Of the se'
sion of the Senate Among the more IN
, portant were the following: Stanley Ma
thews, to be a justice of the Suprem
Court; E. c. Billings, to be United State
circuit Judge for the Fifth circuit; ElllC
!. II shepard, to be district attorney tc
saf,shs sS;enthe1p district OF New York; job
20 D .5titesss1 est al fo
4 she Southern district of New York: VI
; & taaskeil, to be postmaster at Alban,
r. r.; w. II. Daniels, to be collector {
, customs at Buffalo, N. Y. and - M
! Clurg, to be collector of customs at Cl
cinnati.
The Springfield Mass. Silk Compap
IS unable to meet its obligations, OWN
to deficiency of So, 600 dollars. whic
one OF its officers Henry NJ. Hallet. hf
J misappropriated.
The special express train containin
, ex-President HAYES and party. with otbf
! passengers, collided with south-boun
{ traln, on the Baltimore and Potoma
+ railroad, and two men, J. w. Young. {
! Shamokin, Pa, and John Oliver bae
: gage-master, were killed. and seventee
persons were injured. President Have
and party escaped unhurt.
! sentence was passed in Philadelphi
. upon Charles c. Haines, commissions
: oi highways, and VIM. F. Miskev. Jr
) ana Henry G. Clements, contractor,
convicted OF conspiracy to defraud tn
city IN obtaining highway contract,
J flames was sentenced to imprisonmer
ior eighteen months in the Eastern per
, itentlary and five hundred dollars fine
and Miskey and Clements to one year
Imprisonment and fines of five hundre
uOllafS each.
A special from Dallas, Texas, saws tn
recently discovered land-fraud paper
are receiving the attention of the stat
authorities.
The following gentlemen have beer
1aofn1isttea aud irsasI s,s,asr,os
I President Garfeld's cabinet: Secretar,
Of State-James G. Blaine, of Maine
Secretary Of the Treasury William Win
dom, Of Minnesota. Attorney General
Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania
Postmaster General Thomas L. James
of New York. Secretary of the Interio
S. J. Kirkwood, of Iowa. Secretar
OF War-Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois
Secretary of the Navy W. H. Hunt, 0
Louisiana.
A most remarkable Temperance move
ment has swept over the state of Ala
bama, and the legislature has passe,
numerous bills prohibiting the sale 0
iquor within five miles of churches ant