Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
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Capt Noah Fsirhsnk, who comm ,n.lei the
FIRST steamboat in Virginia waters, died A.
Fredericksburg, Va, Saturday Al The age o.
81 sears.
Miss Lou Kirlin committed suicide Tue.day
at Fort VALLEY. c., bv INJECTING wounds on
her arms With pair of scissors She beam.
respondent from ilI-healIh.
VIM Cation of 81, Louis. local billiard.
ist. in practice game OF straight thrre- ball
billiard. Saturday made run Of 7l9 the high
est ever made, beating SchAefer's oy - points.
Ambrose West. colorei. Is years old. con-
ricted OF the murder Of James Monroe was
hanged Friday At Isabella. Ga The ropr broke
on the frs, attempt ADD 'h- execution ~ts post
poned an hour.
An aged coIorsi couple in TERRI Hante. Ind
who have had twenty-five children. four Of
whom were killed in the var declined pen
sion, saving that the government had done
enough for them IN emsnciPstng their race.
Lewis C.. Smith. sexton of the church in
East Boston where ". II. Cudwor'h irs pas
tor. dropped dead on Thanks giving Day died
a similar death in the church SATURDAY when
Mr.. Cnd"orihs body was lying there in state
Burglars entered Krists hotel Mt scranton
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GU, doors and blew it open. having first wrap.
ped i, in carpet TO deaden the noise They are
thought TO have secured $500.
A ST. Louis clergy man has asked The new spa.
pers not report his sermons since some OF his
congregation absent themselves from the house
OF worship because they can read the su 1stsncr
of the discourse AT their ease at The breakfast
table.
There is. il seems. to be an umbrella that ca u
not be stolen A genius has invented II
detachable handle, upon Withdraw which
the ribs are automatically locked Replacing
it unloeks them. No two handles ft the same
umbrella.
At Cincinnati Ohio, SATURDAY,. James Boyd
shot and killed his son Alfred, II wears 81 age
He reproved his son for not working and at
tempted to drag him into the house, and on
the boys refusal to enter drew his revolver and
shot him.
Fifty surgeons probed in.ff ctusllv for tbs
bullet that entered the hip OF George II. Fred
ericks Of Fort Wayne in The battle Of Okolona
Miss twenty-one years ago. The other Day
he left sharp pain just above The right knee
joint. lie worked the h>sh with his finger and
out came the ball
mortgage for $40 600, 600 in favor of the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company by the
Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Company
has been recorded at Lancaster, Pa. The Oh
jet of the loan is to extend the wires of the
telegraph company in New York, New Jersey,
PENNSYLVANIA, Mary land and the District of
Columbia
Some Of the conclusions of science would
indeed be appalling but for their practical harm
essness. Thus, biologists assert that il the
continents and the bottom of the ocean we're
graded down 10 IL uniform level the whole world
would be covered with water mile deep so
much greater is the depression Of the ocean bed
than the elevation of the existing land.
Joseph Jewell, one Of the three men who
murdered NJ. 2. Renowden to get his earnings.
1874, Onu, was hanged at San Jose, Cal, Fri
day. When the black cap was put on he said
Put it on square you've got il twisted
His neck was not broken by the fall, and seve-
raj seconds afterwards he made an effort as if
to to raise himself up, and cried out, "Oh |"
Lizzie Brooker of Louisville arose from
bed which she had been Frustrated with fe-
yer, and said: 81 shall be dead in twenty -four
hours. have few friends whom desire to
see, and am going out now to visit them
Then shall return and lie down on my death
couch" Her mother would not consent but
she let the girl go from room 10 room about
the house in her delirium to bid her friends
good by. The girl gave minute directions as
to her funeral, and returned to her bed and at
10 o clock the next morning she died