Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1883-07-20
Notes.

4 slight shock of earthquake was felt AT
Cairo, H., Saturday morning at about
o clock.
The post-ofiee at Bald vim, P.., was burned
on the lth inst, all N Ill m uter an records |
being lost.
Reports from nearly all parts of the Penins1-
la say that the peach crop will be fron two
thirds to three-fourths OF n full crop
Near D, ,las, Ohio, Thursday night, Frank
Dion shot and killed his mothern law, Mrs.
Noecker mistaking her for burglar.
The Texas colored convention at Austin
adopted an address cDngtatuhtting tn. State
upon the friendly relations of the races in Tex
as
At Lemont, H., yesterday, A heavy derrick
fell among a crowd of laborers, instantly kill
ing John Cash, Andrew H.nsen, John Kohl
man and Thomas Ward.
At Rotnoke, \. Y, Srurltv, Ms Phelps,
her daughter, and her daughters two-ye "
old child wer: killed by train Will" crossing
the railroad track in u carriage.
John Mccullough, the actor. hts h,el f,rc,l
by ill-heath 10 cancel all his en1agem;nrs far
next season 1t is feared bv som of his lriel l.
that he will never be able to act again.
! Saturday evening, near Helena, Ark, two
colored men, one armed with u mrsket AMI
one with rifle, fought duel at twenty p,ces.
Both were mortally wounded.
| Mich ,el Poets aged II years while reading
/ the Bible, in his house, near Albany, n Y.
THURSDAY. struck by lightning aud ki'lei.
His clothing was stripped from his back.
/ The armv worm has m,ie its app nirence in
the northern section of Lancaster county, Pa,
I in large numbers AMI i con hitting rtvIg.s
in the tobacco fields Many of the plants are
! literally covered with the worms.
The Northern Pacific Rdlw.y ia rapidly
solving the Chimes problem. It killei l score
or more of the peculiar people few d avs ago.
and in the last few years. has succeeded iE
passing over 900 OF them TO the m,jority
/ At Tracy, Tenn. Saturday while a crowd
was waiting in abtrber ShopA shot heard,
and colored barber who WAS shaving custo-
/ mer fell dead, shot through the head. 1t is
not known who fred the shot.
In New York SUNDAY night Joseph Stein
hart lg years old, shot his l6-vear-oli wife in
III. ,ck while She and another girl were walk
ing in Thrty-fourth street with two men lie
then shot himself in the head Neither OF the
wounds is believed to be serious
Marin Anoni. an It,'i,n ~r,u.n living at
No % Mulberry street Nv Yo-k on Sani,v
night gave birth 10 child h,viag BODY with
four legs and four arms. an sin .Ie had with
two faces. The m1nrrositv WIS born Lad.
On Nav 18Th Tho' Whitehead farmer.
took dinner with tniy Frsncis. friend and
neghbor. nesr Wtvassvtile. Y. c. lmmelj-
a,ely Afterwards he del IN great agony.
Francis hls been committed to Jail for murder.
EHj,h HAYES AMI Raj FConne'l. two vnurg
men Iivisg ueU Paris. T-su.. qptrr-l-i San.
iav Will" swimming. In s,ptfi after they
had left the water. Mcconnell fat lltv shot
HAYES. He then started Tor hpn.. bat iell
dead on the say from excitement.
Dennis Ke,rnav atten III ia, ~, erin. Of tn.
Central L,hor Uaion FriIrv in NeS York bnt
wts refused permission - sp~rk. IL fri-n +
hired smother room. who're he spoNr IN ftror
Of protection AMI higher freight sni P,sssn ;sr
rates on railroads.
Frederick S,hpd, Sr % R-aisn.. Pa. hti
hi, son Frederick arrested : s'nrlt fpr thrcu
euiny his lFc The son Locked ~. an |
half an hour Nfterx,-ls wls falal : n. htv-
ing huug himself with strips torn from hE'
shirt.
. The Uai,ei STATES ste,n.cr Fish Hawk in
the service OF the tuitei States Eish Comm a
sion. which went ashore il the storm of Fri.
day night. near ucssn View. has not been got.
ten of vet Wr.rkers are Al work heF'
Thus far she has sastai ned 40 injury.
l.-<1t. ses- N tfrI~t "a { faaRT,
on Friday evening lat Cltr!cs " ~ tys-
groom. is four fret thr-. in MS 10 hrf:r'- Vni
, weighs Its psaais TIE h~II- NJ. F!lrsH =
Bi;tm1n. il four f>e, hjyh "A! weighs lns
sounds Both are over - .a'y-D1. rr'rs Of
tge
In ohserrtnc. ofthr SnniA iAr ~ ~ 81
oons Al JeG-rsoa CITY. Mo were os~st SIa-
iav. and all hu%in-s. -ts suspeai~! -~pf
in ho,sls AMI dru: siore'. n.s'-Es --r- not
allow to srlI n"ssptp-rs Th- stDIn men
took the tu;t,srivs in compt}ias gs1r~al
suspension OF business.
Henry C C,rrath~rs s-h,r' a,'s~r On the
schoolship Se~ II tunshirr A. N'sppr'. ca n
mittei saiciis bv taking aV.ite ell lie nd
been oa \ prolonged Sp-a.. AMI h'gta: re-
name over his l-,sc. h. w,s arrested AMI -.
turned 10 the vessel. Family t-ouhles hrnp .h'
sbsat rs iisIp,tior ll- belun ~ ~ .sI
ington.
i Gates Aui : nth. ,h- rnIrl-rers o. l.
Chiugtn. % Po'k Cstr ipSa, Utre surroI n lei
At Elk Horn G-ov- Friisy night. : nirh Stt
captured an q ,r-s killed in rh- .ht confess
iny h-f,r, iyinE that hs hsi k,llr 4 i,a .ta
and aiso MAYOR S'uhhs 4 wear 40. o.. m,a
Of the attacking party 80 k,ilsl All twb
Others wourdri.
4 terrific cyclone vi,it-i E kb.r'. Nj. Sat
urdsy afternoon frlttys g,le eEt.n l. |
throughout northern Xmas. the southern
counties Of N-hraskl. AMI large portions o'
Missouri. Iowa an1 Illinois N.sr Btowainy
No, train was blown from The track. Cps-
duc'or Watson b,diy hurt All SIX passenger.
injured.
| Twenty-Five hundred pou1as Of POWER er-
j piodei IN the pr~ss-room in the upper yard of
Dupon,'s powder works wilmin yton. D.i
: Friday morning Thas Pearl forem IN OF the
I press room. and Patrick Haley. slabor-r. were
+ killed. aud Alexander Biliingshv. another lab
orer. was slightly injured Pearl his been
employed At this works for trtutv ye.rs Tn
| building was Damaged 10 the extent Of s. 010
The chief of the bnre,u Of statistics repo- /.
that during the month of Jlua there arrived in
the custom. districts of Bhtimore Boston.
Detroit, Huron, Minnesota New Orleans, New
York, assam.qr0iiv, hiladeIphit AMI S,n
Francisco 81, 100 passengers. Of whom IS O3l
were immigrants. 5.5la citizens of The Unitsi
States returned from abroad. AMI I 2)T aliens
not intending TO rem tia in the Uatei States.
, A New York w,tchnln on Tua.i,y night
interrupted A wamtn who WIS in the net of tr-
ing two young children to her bolv, inten lin ,
to leap into the river with them. AMI an infant
she carried in her arms. She was cr,zal from
her hash md slapping her in tha mouth on The
e 4th inst, ana since then h "a been sleeping in
the police st.tion At night, an wandering
2 about the Streets in the dtv-iim, She and
{ her chdrea were SEN to the Bellevue Hosptal
Mary Traiuor y dlnestic emrloved by Nr
, Peter Bell. who resides near PIttsburg lost
her life Saturday night in saving her employ
er's child. Miss Trtinor heard the exlress
train coming, and rushed out to save the child
q She reached the little one, and turned to re-
trace her steps but it was too late She flung
the ,by from her as the loco motive struck her
grinding her beneath the weeels Her feet
were crushed and her body terribly bruised
The child was picked up uuinjurei Miss Train