Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-08-19
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DowFsriu.--A writer In the New York H,rdld
discoursing Of street beggars 4 responsible for
tho following "a California millionaire says I
that twenty years ago he and his wife came TO 4
New York. They had si0O. lie was taken III /
aud had 70 be sent TO a hospital. When he I
cane nuf hi- funds were gone aud he was 4
- rick. while his wife WIS uuthiHg but skin /
aut homes. lie walked the streets in search %
work, but TO no purpose. Utterly exhausted
he sank to the pavement and fali into "a dcer
sleep. suddenly waking he stretched hi hand
TO HE hat. which had f,lirn from hi head. lie
was surprised TO hear the rattle Of coins IN II
were twenty-scvcn pennies, which The pubic
had thrown in while he slept. Oycr1oyed hr
went hctnc, aud with his wife had the hrs'
sounr, fnoal Of the week. Then, said he, dc
t.ruincd that the public, which would not pay
M, for work should give me "A living for moth
ing. lie disgrised himself somewhat, aud for
thr.c ycars followed in different SECTIONS OF thc
city, system Of begging A. tite end Of that
dino he had $1,000 in bank and had Lived mod
.rhttis 81 abe fisnr. aud hl- wife went 40
! chicago. Luck att-nas.t NJ ventures, and
subsequently with e25.0O0 they went TO taiifor-
MIA, where to-day they live happy, respected
aud rich. The story Is true aud carries its mo
raj on il. face"
..... Leonidas Robertson, "A wcll.to-do farmer
residing near Madison, Indiana. arrayed him
self In his wifc's clothes aud sunbonnet and
hung himself on Tuesday nigh. OF Last 81 ELK
No cause is known for the singular act lie
was sane In tue afternoon, gs he had boon al
IL life,
The dwelling Of Dr. William II. Bowen,
a.. - p.
night of last week. with nearly all its contents.
DR.. Bowen was absent. The family was arous-
Ell in time to save their lives. After the house
had burned down fire broke out in the doctors
barn, near by. Help being at hand the flames
were extinguished, when il was found that the
FIRE was caused by an inecndiary machine opc-
rated by cloekwork Doubtless n similar appa-
ratus was used to burn the house. Loss on the
house $1,000.
IA correspondent Of the New York World,
writing from New Mcriden, Miss, says that in
that state the old plantation is beginning to
disappear, and the number OF landowners who
work in their old fields Is increasing. In 1880
there were 49,siD plantations, averaging 80
acres each; in 1880 there were 75,aOj farms, av-
eraging ls5 acres each, and although less land
Is cultivated now than formerly the product Of
cotton is very nearly twice as great.
.....The vast extent Of the Pennsylvania an
\ thractte coal fields ma, he understood from tho
fact that the commissioners Who have jest ar
rived AT wttiszbarrct 70 besan the work OF max
~ the STATED 1870 win be engaged
resioa alone. = only email p.srs ~ ~.
neids.
AN orange grove in Putnam county, Fla Il
| which is assessed on the tax books at valua-
ton Of $500, was Sold last week to gentleman
from Washington city for $4,000.
m Tho young bellies of Newport are being
vacinatcd, and there are a plenty OF young doc
tors there to do the work.
.A Saratoga correspondent says the gam
bIers had q great run of luck the other night,
when the heaviest gamo Of faro was played by
from thirty to forty men, when every turn OF
the cards decided from $1,000 to $500. Every
one appeared to be winning, and the bank lost
Szy,vv0. This occurred Ia tho Spencer House
...bfiiiie Christine. she ::.c headed girl NOW
on exhibition in New York, gave reception
TO the medical profession on Tuesday of last
week, and very large number Of physicians
examined her with great deal of interest.
certificate was signed by over one hundred
physicians and presented 10 the Carolina twin
stating that the signers considered her thu
most interesting person Tor persons) they hat
ever met. She nus two heads and two shout
dcrs, blending into one bodily organization
but terminating in four feet, only two of whicl
arc used in walking or dancing.
In the United States and Canada ar
twenty-five match factories, turning out - ,0O
. gross-3,6 600 900 boxcs-of matches every day.
The average is about 100 matches TO a box, an
the daily consumption Is therefore $50 900 ,o'
!, tnateise-s II t.,ise- second. on an average.
light each matoh--so that the time consume
in lighting makchcs in the United States an
Canada, is eleven years and five months.
G other words, each person in the United State
and Canada consumes 81 matches a day, an
spends at least Ga seconds in lightning them
There will be a terrible day OF reckoning for al
| this fearful waste of time in the future.
IA boy has been arrested in New York VIII
made practice OF masticating bread and pref
zels, and then squirting the mixture over tn
dresses of ladies on the streets. He then woul,
tell the lady that her dress was soilcd ant
wiping off the nastiness, would generally re
ccive something as a reward
...... The tomato packers OF sltimore want
: basket of some specified size and a rule to pre-
vent the honest farmers of Ann Arundel from
weighing themselves IA along with their loads
500. The new comet is visible to the naked ey,
in many places. 1t now rises Il little before IN,
sun, aud just dips below or grazcs The horizon
at its lower elimination. Its north declinatiol
is now about 81 degrees, which, according t.
its ephcmcriS, is about It's most norihcriy limit
1t is moving west rapidly, its right ascension
increasing, and before the week is ended will
be seen in the evening sky in the ncighborlood
OF the "Big Dippcr."
There are 500 men In New York each
worth 5000, 900 or more.
! AN exchange says the new postal law now
makes The taking of "A newspaper, and fhc
refusal 10 pay for the therf, and any
ei--5n .rnfIty such action fs Ifbie 10 crfIiif-
nal prosecution palme As if he had stolen |
goods amount 81 s.sh-ertrttess = $50
paper cossatractseesA ~uAt ng'eiA
several subscribers OF sneis offence.