Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-22
News o. Week.

Sunday was the hottest day of the season q,
Charleston, S. 0. the mercury reaching 90,
Literary circles in Toronto are pleasantly ex-
pecting a visit to that city OF Mr.. Henry W.
Longfellow in September next.
Four more fatal cases of locknw, consequenr
upon wounds received from toy pistols, are re,
ported in Baltimore.
The Garfield fund, with additional suhscrip.
tons received Saturday, now amount to Sl47,.
SIS, 90.
The number Of failures for the past week
throughout the United States and Canada, Va:
81, an increase of ~ oser the previous week,
Edward Kirby, an associate editor Of the St
Louis Globe Democrat, whose skull was fractur
ed by being Knocked down by a runaway
horse July 4,h, died Yesterday.
The Hon. s. 5. Cox was at Trondhiem, in
Norway, on the 2sth ult., and was on his way
further moth. lis journey had most agreea,
bic, and his health greatly improved.
A.pecial despatch fom Kansas City say:
that James Bridger, an old scout, and compnn
ion of Fremont, after whom Fort B.idgef Wa:
named, and the first ~hiie maa 10 follow th'
Sante Fe trail across The plains, is dead aged
T6
The Providence Pres contradic;s the repo1
of the serious Illness of Genei al Burnside I h,
General was thrown from his wagon last week
and suffered some bruises, but no internal IN
juries and serious external hurt. He vii
probably be out in day or two.
Hailstones several ounces in weight, two
inches in length and one and bali inche:
thick are reported 10 have fallen at Rockville,
Ontario. Saturday afternoon. Hundred, o.
windows in churches and other buildings were
broken.
According to the reports furnished by the
San Francisco Produce Exchange, there remain
ovor of the Californi.-.rop Of last yenr y, 24+,
as centals, go, 407, $50 bushels and l34, So
barrels of -four. This is the largest surplus OF
wheat ever carried over in that State.
Mrs. Elize Garfield, mothe. ofPFesident G ar
field, had severe attack of cholera morbus on
Friday, from which she partially recovered, but
she is now PROSTATE by fever on account OF her
extreme age, she being 81. Her condition is
regarded as very critical and fears are enter
tanned for her recovery.
The London Standard commenting upen
Jefferson Davis book, ''The Rise and Fall OF
the Confederate Government" says: 1--WE
give him the recognition of being strsghfor-
ward and since chronicle of memoirs alike in
teresting to all English aud American citizens.
Fifty young physicians. under the direction
of the New York board of health, have divided
the tenement house distric is of that ci y among
themselves, and through the heated term they
Will 60 about ministe.ing to the sick little ones
and telling mothers how to cure for there
children.
The city of New Ulm, Mimi, was devastated
Friday night by terrible tornado, which APP
preached the city in two separate columns, de-
stroying about 600 houses and killing and
wounding 80 of the citizens of that place. A
number of horses and cattle were also killed
The ciclone extended through several adjoining
counties.
DR.. Swift, of the Warner Observatory, re-
ports that the new comet has probably not yet
passed around the sun, and that it may increase
in brightness enough to be visible 10 the naked
eye. Its motion is northwest, and it can be
found near Capella. He says the next regularly
expected comet is Erickes, which will probably
rsappear in the old constellation of the Fly the
latter part of this month.