Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-07-14
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| ton.
Ex-senator Thurman tells a New Yoak re-
portor hat the Ohio Democracy will win this
year.
A july in Fayette county, Texas, convicted
a man If murder, and then drew lots to deter
mine whether he should be hung or imprisoned
for life The gallows got him.
| A bad of Arizona Indians recently cap ured
. wagon load of patent medicines If you want
to see faces upon which care, anguish and
anxiet. have set their seals, get look at some
| of thoe Indians
Elizabeth Perkins, of Maine, only got a YER
dict oi$25 in q breach of promise case the other
| lay. Notimuch of bonanza, but she had the
satisfaction of feeling that the jury slurred
the nan by insinua,ing that she wasn't
damaged much in not getting him.
| While party of young men were carou.ing
in the stsre of Thomas Gardner, at Whining
ton, n. c., the latter handed a gun to John
Dorsey and told him to shoot the first man
"so LEFT the place. Dorsey, who was drunk.
obeyed, and as Leroy Clifton, resident OF
Hamilton N c., left the building, shot him
dead.
| noval game Of base ball was played at
Conshoiocken, Pa, by rivals club of Con-
naught0wn. key of beer was placed on the
third bsse. and a rule prescribed that no player
could Ssve a drink until he reached that station
The effect was singular. Every player reached
third base, and so frequently that two kegs
were emptied before the gam. was half over
| 7. l.. Jones, a photographer of Louisville
| Miss. on Monday became enraged at boy
| named Thomas Jones, drew pistol and shot
him through the head. The boy fell dead at
| his feet. The murderer was arrested soon after
ward, and was with difficulty taken to Jail
| large crowd following and threatening to lynch
him. He has already killed four men,
Monday morning as the turnkey entered the
| corridor of the Minneapolis Jail he was Knocked
down by Tom Howard, of Chicago, held on
charge of shooting his pal, Henry Reed How
ard them took the keys from the turnkey and.
with eight other prisoners, escaped Three OF
those who escaped are charged with burglary,
been recapturei.
"Wednesday evening Columbia, Kansas was
swept by storuado, Accompanied by hail, and
much damage was done there and at Girard
and Belknrp and in Crawford county Several
persons were injured. A hailsrsrm and water
spout al Nsnitou Springs, Colorado Saturday
'nficied great damsge. AEegSny county,
Michigan, Was visited by severe hsilsrorm
marbles
The recent revival Of Prze-6g hting has nov
eH,en.a TO the fair scN. Tso woman of MID.
lilesborough quarrsiIei as to which Was the
better pusiIisf, and agreed to fight in a ring
| formed behind the corporation g,s works. The
woman stripped to the waist aud took Off their
rings and hairpins, shook hands and oomu.enc.
ed the hrsi round. The conditions we're thai
| there should be no hsir-pullinE or scratching
After nine rounds the oombatants had blarked
each other eyes and bad their faces bruised
The victor Mas escorted home by crewd Of
admirers.
morning the remains Of a colorei boy named
Mack Taylor were found tied to . tree in some
woods in Webster Parish Several DAYS ago
Jay las .itAeiei . boy named ArDoasid, b-at
BIN severaly and lied to Arkansas MELON
AID father with J. J. Picket aud Joha Am
mond parsuei aud captured him and brought
him back 10 Webster Parish. There they tied
him TO tree and sho, him TO death. When the
remains were found nearly all the flesh had
been picked from the bones The .ssassins
will be arrested
While ploushng in field in Faulk uer
county. Ark, reoeutiy, George Smith saw a
raSine which had been washed by a recent over
dow OF the Black Fork, and in which reposed IA
large number of human skeletons, living in
natural positions, together With several .ar,heu
bowls. shells, arrows leaien bullets, etc Th,
skulls were all encssed in vessels made Of clay
while one, with handsomely engraved oru.-
ments, denoted that the skull belonged to an
unusually important personAgc. The farm has
been under cultivaiioa over forty year. and re-
lies deno,iug the existence there a, one time of
prehistoric race have been frequently found
Al Statewide, \. C, on Thursday, Ell. Con
gresham " N. Robbins was assaulted and Sc
'erely Injured by NJ. l.. Mott on account OF
speech made by Robbins rejecting on his
faihsr DR.. J. J. Mott, sx-revenue collector
YIN. Stockton, revenue officer, then attacked
Joseph Adams, State solicitor, breaking
Adams arm. John E. Osborne and c. :
Cooper brother of the revenue collector. were
drawn into the quarrel, and the latter was
vas shot twice by Osborne, but not danger
0usly wounded. II is reported son of Mr.
sSboins attacked NJ. l.. Mot, on Saturday and
killed him, being himself wounded in the
encounter.
lady in Greenfield, bad company at tea a
few evenings since, on which occasion her TWO
little boys were invited to await the chances of
a secopd table, in which arrangement ,h.y
readily acquiesced. But the visitors fingered
over the ruins of shortcake and pot heese to
indulge in an entertaining and somewhat pro-
tracted feast of reason &c, aud the even
ing shadows had begun to thcken, when a
memher of the household discovered the elder
OF the boys lit was his seventh birthday |
crouched upon the doorstep outside nursing
the remnant Of his patience, and asked him.
Where is Paul. With deep-drawn sigh, |
the lad responded. 81 don, know: s'pose
In a procession Of horribles in Bristol, |
H., July 4, was chariot on which were seated |
Oscar Wilde aud Joseph Smith, the Mormo n
prophet, with Satan as driver. The horse at
tached to the chariot became frightened at an
exploding ire-eracker and ran away, throwing
the occupants to the ground. Joseph and |
Oscar were run over by the wheels of the
chariot. the former being knocked sen.eless,
while the latter was badly bruised DR., Galley,
who persoaated Joseph, was the orator of the
lay, bat as he was incapacitated by the acci-