Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-01-07
THE NEWS.

at New YORK from Europe brought ST.
100, 600 in British and French coin.
The steamer Britannia brought S727,
600 in British gold coin.
The Ponca chiefs had another confer.
ence with Secretary Schurz and signed
papers relinquishing all claim to their
old lands in Dakota and Nebraska for
the sum OF $148,000.
The Oklahoma colonists now claim
that they have four hundred colored
members, who will demand the right to
enter the public lands which, they
claim, were purchased for them as freed
men.
w. II. Trescott, one Of the commits
sioners to negotiate the new treaty with
China, arrived in San Francisco by the
steamer City of Peking. He was be-
seigei by interviewers, but was strictly
reticent regarding the proceedings Of
the commission and the terms Of the
new treaty.
Negotiations ere pending at Cincin-
natl, and viii probably be soon com.
| pleted, for the purchase by . party of |
Cincinnati capitalists Of the Kentucky |
Central railroad The plan is to buil3 |
a road to connect that road with the |
Knoxville and Ohio road, and by COM
binations with existing roads to make a
| seaboaxa.
4 Mr. James ID. 13llulour, proprietor Of
the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, and for
merIy a well known Citizen OF Baltimore,
died in Savannah.
December 29th was a day of most Sc
we're weather throughout the country, q
storm of wind and snow prevailing as
far as the extreme Southern States, and
the thermometer fell to unprecedented
points in several parts of the South. it
showed necessarily until after nightfall
at Baltimore, the mean register of the
thermometer being II degrees above
zero. At midnight it stood about 3 de-
grees above zero.
Professor Hind, who has preferred
charges of corruption against the Cana
dian Premier and other officials, in
letter to the Governor General, made
public in Montreal, gives specific instan.
ces of forgery and misrepresentation
perpetrated by government officials.
A meteor passed over Macon, Ga,
from south to north, and burst into
pieces in the far distance. It left in its
wake long path of smoke, which fioated
f in the thin air, broadened, grew dim
r and disappeared after being visible
about ten minutes.
q Reports from all parts of the country
{ give details OF very cold weather ant
: heavy snow. The storm area extended
J from Northern New York as far soutl
\ as New Orleans and Galveston ais
'e along the entire coast, and as far wee
n as the Missouri river. In some place
= tod IN
I'd memory OF the oldest inhabitants.
y A statement OF the condition of I'll
firm of Namon, Bartholow Il Co., of s
i Louis, which recently suspended, show
70 its unsecured liabilities to be $l43, 00
- secured liabilities S175 900, and nom
= nal assets S240, 900. The firm will pa
fifty cents on the dollar cash and resum
business. the creditors having accepte
ol these terms of settlement.
A despatch from Napoleon, o., say'
ae' esquire Payton, before whom ex Gl'
ieI ernor Scott was examined on the charl
III of killing you're 1rv, pronounced IL
!, deed murder in the first degree, an
~ leI Scott was taken to Defiance jail"
his State Treasurer Vincent, of Alabam
1g has forwarded money to the Nation
of Park Bank of New York to meet the il
pa terest due January, on the Alaban
bonds.
IN IN Very cold weather continues throug
ia, ite, out the greater part of the United State
~ the cold wave passing towards Il
South, where the thermometer W
ith lower than for many years past. !
Baltimore the mercury fell several d
sed orees below zero. Ice from three
Tx. five inches thick formed in the harbc
cry and the ice boats were at work breakn
il up. A large number OF the b
ngF steamers went into winter quarter
ck' Annanolis was barbor of refuge !
Of many vessels, and at Washington Il
: 9he e great ones went sleighing to a mark
cs Decemper 80. the mercury at New @
~, - leans stood At % degrees above zer
-hg Galveston, II degrees above, a fall
three degrees: Vicksburg, Miss, 16 q
ta' grees above; Jacksonville, Fla, %
~ grees above; Savannah, Ga., 16 degrC
uso above; Augusta, Ga, eight degrt
rn. above; Montgomery, Ala, eight degrt
it'll above; Charleston, s. c., 15 degr,
int. above; Norfolk, Va, 10 degrees; v
mington. n, c., Ii degrees above; Kn
ON vile, Tenn, two degrees above.
rcd. J. L. Mahan, of the Indian Depa
oer- ment, says there is no doubt of [
II death of Victorio, the Apache chi
Ved wife at San Carlos. and she was
I'm. mourning, and has cut off her hair
1naS sure sign that her husband is dead.
ia The Spanish government has orde
1itn the abandonment of the prosecution
-, all political cases connected with
opnd opids Cuban insurrection pending before
hat hat military courts.
life Books were opened and stock to
h to amount of 5000, 900 was subseribed !
ldyi few minutes for the formation Of CT
s. pany to introduce Maxim's eIec
light in Cincinnati, Covington and N
port.
est The court martial in the case of Ca
ars. Whitaker has been ordered to cony
Ii as at West Point on Tuesday, January
with General Miles as president.
,urg army circles there is much critici
are over the order Such course is s
ick- not only to be without precedent.
e be silsjinsy npon esa uon hs ss &
ents against the strenuous protest OF TWO
ated the ablest members OF the cabinet.
feet, a. phi,obocL and q
less traih on eno A'l.aa. a 9eyo;lad y
nth nth Rhinebeck, N. Y, and ran down
lex twenty-foot embankmenf. Inc c
rom were overturned ana lL!e nun
he'd caught fire, several bags OF lettefs
kino inc burned. A number of passeng
poor were injured, but none fatally
ined mt. ,,,,r9ars occurred in Gin.
poor matt during the year. There has
~ been a single execution, and SIX m
LIZ sre dererg are in prison, two Of whom "
! ! ~ committed prior to January l, 1880.
All the fire plugs in Philadelphia
Early covered up in the snow banks that
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