Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-02-11
Local Brevities.

Old Sol is once more seen, with purest
ray serene"
The Captains sleigh on Monday made
up in timber, what it lacked in bell, les.
We are sorry to hear tina. Geo A. Hunt,
Esq. is confined to his room by sickness
His trouble is Of . dyspeptic nature.
The public are cautioned to ask for DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup, and take no other
Price IS cents.
That old game that is always new was
in full blast at the st. Charles on Wednes-
day night. We are uninitia,ed in the
mysteries and therefore cannot describe i,
The communications signed "St. Dan
iel" and "Vo1" were received too late for
publication this week. They will appear
ia our next.
Mrs. HUNT at the St Charles still has
an abundant supply of delicious Benedict
oysters which are served in excellent style
at all hours.
The requiem mass for Judge Brent
which took place on Wednesday Was very
largely attended. Father Wiget preached
the funeral eermon.
Our young people are all on the qui rir<
for the bal masque Of next Friday. III
will no doubt be largely attended and by
every conceivable grotesque character.
H. E. Hodge. Cambridge, Mich, says:
Il have been Athlete, with Asthma for
years. an Only Lung Pad" gave me i'm
mediate relief can recommend it Us the
greatest remedy ever produced.-See Adr.
The case of the two color-d persons
who were 20 badly frost bitten, which We
reported last week, has been attended to
by surgeon in Baltimore. Both Of the
boys feet and one Of the girls had to be
amputated. They are both doing well.
Van Stone & Crosby, Wholesale and Re
tail Druggists, Toledo, Ohio, says:-We
have sold large quantities Of the Excelsior
Kidney Pad, and have been surprised at
the unvarying satisfaction given by them.
Sec Ado. F.-te
The boards Of County and School Com
mis.ioners were in session in their respec
tive chambers on Tuesday. No business
outside Of the usual routins was transacted
The collectors all reported We learn with
the cash.
1t was reported here yesterday tina,
Judge D. r. Magruder had bees promoted
to tine Chief Judgship by Gov. Hamilton,
though the Baltimore papers OF yesterday
made no mention of it. If this he so, the
vacancy in the associate Justiceship
caused by the promotion. will have to be
filed by appointment.
Monday next 10 Valentines day, and We
would state that we still have those two
large baskets on hand in which to bring
our mail from the office on that day. We
presume however that oven these will be
insufficient this year. as our force is now
composed entirely of handsome bachelors.
Two of these are new ones too and are
even more Handsomely than the old.
COMMUNICATED.
Editor Of the Times:
In reading .ex'rac's from a temperance
speech reported to have been made by
Gov. St. John, of Kansas; it occurs to me
that, the incident related below from
it is so applicable to our State and vicin-
ity, that it will be worth repeating for the
perusal and edification OF tradesmen and
trafiicers in strong drink. The most pa
thetic incident related to poor woman.
who, with her husband WAS a church
member when living in the East, and
whose home was happy. and husband in
dustrious and kind, until . dram-shop
was located between his home and shop,
in which, six months later, he XII led a
companion in fit of drunken rage. She
came to the Governor to get him pardoned
out, after he had served a part of bis term
of sentence in the Penitentiary; but be
told her that deeply As he sympathized,
his personal feeling were quite subordi-
nate to his official duty. Wbereupon,
with look of desperation, she continued !:
But Governor the laws of your State of
Kansas protected that saloon. Before it
came we were o happy family and my hus-
band useful citizen Because of il we