Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
Notes

The house of two maiden ladies named Jud-
son in East Hartford Conn was burned on
Sunday. Both ladies' persisted ia the tism"s.
While Mifiiu county man was eating 9
hard boiled egg the other dsr ne was astonsh
ed TO find graia Of corn in the ceaire of ,h'
yolk.
En- Representative r P. Flowsr Of New
York has returned 10 the treasury the sum 81
sass so, being the smoun, ovrrpaii him on
sccoun, Of salarv and mileage as member o
| the Forty Sc zenith Congress
| Ga TUESDAY night Col ]. 5. Chlader, o
Cor. Bovuion's usf Of Georgia. in attempt
| ing to jump from train At Atlanta Was rus
| over and both his legs we're cut of 1t j,
| ,hOsght that he will die.
The Missouri legislators are nov working IN
dollar day. the time Tor full par - rro,id
ei by the constitution having expired. snt
thew are consequently rushing things through
with celebrity.
There we're 4 227 goo hogs packed in Chi
cago dariag the year ended March /. 1883 +.
decrease of s79 900 compared With ihe priced
Tag rear. The number NJ cattle slaughtered
during the pas, year was ~ 57s.
4 priz--hgh, of SO roun.is inak l,r- 10 the
uarlor Of Col. R1hme's residence. nssr Altoona
Pa. esrls on FRIDAY morning. between John
o'Nea'. If Piusbsrg. aud james koan~. o.
Philsdslphi.. for purse OF 81 900. o'Neal
va, deciIred the ~iaaer.
/. Thsms J GLe.ulsxr -ssEza-xS
ing in Hudsoa coaGtr, y took some pill.
prescribed for tape warm bv an hers doctor
and died in great srouy soon a'i.rwsris
Physicians sar tina, tho cau.- o. dcsfh "a,
I a.. II l.. d
Richard Shor,sll. = hov IL Years old. NJ.
found on wednesday night 81 drunk that hi,
life vas saved with great difficulty lie drank
ten cents worth OF whiskev from = sa'oon se p'
br man named keegsn. who ia TO be prose
ca,ea by III. Society for ihs Prsv.ntioa oi
Cruelty to Children.
Oliver G. Black colorsd = government mc.-
s@nger in the Off Of Theodore D. Wilson
chief naval constructor. United States nav
was rec-ntlv dismissed FROM his place nv Ssrrs
t,ry Chandler, for The re.son. rs he Nlleg-s 'hsi
he refus~i to act as hast'r hoo,bisck and
geaeral domestic servant in Mr. Wilson hous-
An unkaswa mar about IS years old Geh,
comriexioaed. and wearing Ugh, mnstsche
was found de I'd On Mouaa, n Pit hsnginy from
lsmp-post a. Nineiv-s.eond stree, and Mad
son avenue New YORK. 4; il NOT known hos
he came to he there. IL is not though, that
he committed suicide.
The Mississippi river has f,'Isn - inches a,
Memphis. A fall Of two fevt more aiIl put
she river wiihia is banks Farming sp.rs-
lions are being actively carried On in the
vicinity of Memphis. The river ia also falling
at Helena. Arkansas There is serious .ppre.
henson OF an overflow Of the Tsllahaiehis.
Attheansusi commencement of,he Woman.
Medical College Of Psansvlvani., at Philadel-
phia on Friday. the degree of " d. Was con-
ferrei on IS women. one of whom was from
Prlestine. Among the graduates are Miss An
ME f. Rice and Miss Jeanette J. Summer, Of
Washington, ID. {.
Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt's Ester ball con-
tinues TO be the topic of conversation in New
York society. IL is estimated that the diamonds
TO be displayed by the ladies on that occasion
will represent n value Of Eve million dollars
The entertainment will cost not less than fftv
Thousand dollars, the champagne alone costing
two thousand dollars.
Andrew Madison, owner of tenement house
Gloucester, Mass, which ia occupied bv two
families. with several children, WAS arrested
Oh Susday on suspicion Of heing about to burn
the building in order to obtain AN insurance Of
81 900. He made confident Of Peter flanagan
VINO ui'u'Reu Tue pIot SHtNihEs sstDrntsd
with kerosene were found under the stairways
ready to ignite.
Harry Vaughn, Is years of age residing in
East Trenton, n. j., while playing with com
panions on Monday night drew n small revolt
yer, and, pointing at Chas. Drugan, pulled the
trigger. The revolver. as he expected from
previous experiments. did not go off, although
loaded. Then pointing il Mt himself he con-
tinued playfully, I'm shoot myself" This
lime the ball was discharged and entered at
his right cheek bone. and passed up under his
left eye. The wound is dangerous and may
prove fatal.
Another Of those mysterious murders with
which the criminal history of New York is SO
replets was brought to light on Friday. On
Saturday night, March Sd, Julias Kaufman n, =
musician, attended bali. At four O'Clock
Sunday morning he was found in the street
seemingly intoxicated. He was locked up.
and at 10 O'Clock became unconscious At I
0 clock he died. Hi. skull had been fractured
A coroner's jrry rendered an open verdict on
Friday, There is no doubt that Kaufman was
robbed and murdered, for when found his silver
watch and gold chain were gone.