Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-04-29
THE NEWS.

San Francisco and New Orleans-ar,
Democrats. The municipalities thu,
under Democratic control have popu
lation Of 4.G5S. 47s souls or nearly one
tenth of the entire population of tn,
country.
A block Of the principal busines.
houses of Meridian, Miss, was burned
Loss S25o,000; insurance SI25. 600. II
is the general impression that the fire
was ineendiary.
Tile banquet rendered 20 ezct4stA
Whyte by leading merchants of Baiti
more at Baltimore was one of the most
brii iitllt affairs of it's kind ever known
in this city
tharlos + Duffy, a travelling sales.
man for the iewelry firm of Enos Rich
ardson Co, Of New York was robbed
a the Camollton Hotel. Baltimore. of i
trHy ~ gold watch-cnmns, valued al
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Z The PostofIice Department TODAY
issued an order that on and after June
LIST postal cards with any writing on
printing on their face, other than their
address, VIII be unmailable Postal
cards issued hereafter viii have printed
Qn the face Netting but the address
can be placed on this side"
A new factory, to be called the Eiuo
idanuf8e uring Company, 1las been IN
tdgurated at Augusta, Ga. Its capital
IS SfoV,o9O and the corpoIators have
assurances that the stock will all be ta-
ken In Augusta Charleston and Sayan
nah Its capacity VIII be 30. 600 spin
giles
1t was announced in New York that
r. Is. Sommeryille & Son, commissions
tobacco and grain merchants of Rich
mond, Va, and Kindred & Callawav
commission merchants, Of the same
place, had made assignments.
Philip Gucke's brewery, Philadelphia,
was entirely destroyed by fire. The
building was destroyed, as well as a
large quantity of ale, porter and beer,
and valuable machinery. The total loss
will aggregate $4,000. Insurance
S37, 800
The last band Of thirty lodges Of
Marcopa Sioux Indians, allies Of Sit
ting Bull surrendered at Fort Keogh
Sitting Bull, it is stated, has now only
one hundred and fifty braves with him.
The Washington Star SAYS "Hon. a.
II. Stephens recently took Senator
Brown, of Georgia, to Bladcnsburg to
show him the dueling ground there,
saving there was no knowing how soon
he might have occasion to use it if the
i present practice of senatorial remarks
4 being misunderstood in debate con
tinues"
Attorney General Ward, of New
York, authorized an action to be com
. Inh nf ii
the State Of Louisiana upon overdue
roIpolts cf bonds of the SS>Cte 81
Louisiana.
Thomas Allen, late president of the
Iron Mountain Railroad, and congress
man elect from the Second District Of
st. Louis, whose name has been men
toned in connection with a projected
conquest of Mexico by armed forces
under General Grant, denies most EN-
phatically knowing anything about the
matter.
The assets of the Citizens Bank, oi
Atlanta, Ga, are 1914 600, and the LA
bilities, S601, 900. 1t is thought $3.50,
600 can be realized from the assets.
Lawrence Leis, aged twelve years,
who was bitten by dog last August,
died of hydrophobia at New Bruins
wick, N. j., IN great agony.
Mayor f. r. Eaton, of Olean, N. Y,
director in the Genesee Valley Canal
Railroad, has information showing that
the Standard Oil Company is interested
in the syndicate which has been pur-
chasing q system of six railroads in
New York and Pennsylvania.
The French troops have entered Tu-
nisian territory without opposition.
Dervish Pasha has roused the Albanian.
and the Albanian league, which has
caused the Porte so much trouble, has
it is stated, been completely broken up
Advices from Panama state that tn,
cashier of the De Lesseps' canal com
pany disappeared six weeks ago Will
: thirty thousand dollars belonging to the
company. The defalcation was hushec
up at the time, but it is now admitted tC
be frie. Great dissatisfaction exist:
among the employees on account of the
extraYagant prices charged for supplies
which not only eats up all their salaries
, but brings them in debt at the end o.
the month.
The annual report of the Granitevillt
/ Manufacturing Company, at Augusta
] Ga, states that the net profits for the
past wear we're $50, ,S93, Of which S48,
600 had been paid in dividends to the
stockholders.
Levi Hecht & Co, merchants Of Poca
lontas. Ark, have failed with liabil
tiles amounting to 5000, GOO.
A despatch from Savannah, GA, SAYS
"The Waycross and jacksonville Rail
, road has been completed and the frs
train passed over safely. This line
shortens the time between Savannah
and jacksonville six hours"
+ The arrivals of immigrants at Castle
/ Garden, New York for the week aggre
, gated Is, 335, being the largest nUmbe
s which has ever been recorded during
! the month Of April. The total arrival
9 thus far this month is 42,S7l Th
8 number landed during the correspond
. ing period in 1850 was 80, ABS. The az
/ rivals since the 1st Of January, 1881
a foot mp IS, PA.
S Brother Harrison, well-known as th
e ''bov preacher" has concluded revive
t season at Meriden, Conn, during whic
S he induced about eleven hundred pei
= sons to profess conversion.
) The Methodist preachers of Vernon
have passed a conference resolution NJ
S to marry divorced people, except tn
e innocent parties, where the cause ~
adultery.
1t On account of the number Of childre
II who have recently been bitten by dos
: :, in Jersey City, the police have bee
u ordered to shoot all unmuzzled do
- found in the streets.
, The Supreme Court of Georgia d
=, cided in the case of the State VS.. t
Bank of Rome, Ga, that the State ha,
IN prior claim to any o.her creditor /
* same decision holds good in the case
the Citizens Bank.
The Farragut monument was unveil
ri in Washington, d. c., attended with
ut grand military display, ceremony, a.