Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-11-02
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Small, in Jail AT Eastern. Pa. charged with
horse-stes!ing. completed the nineteenth day
of his self-imposed fast at noon Sarnrday.
The shoemakers of San francisco, TO the
number of six hundrei have formed a Butler
democrat club to work for the nomination OF
Ben Butler as President of the United States
David Adams, of Centre White Or, ek. n
Y, died Friday. /, is supposed from starvation
Fifteen thousand dollars were found hidden in
his house His wife died by starvation ten
years ago.
In New Orleans. SATURDAY.. while Alfred
Gosseit, colored was on the wav TO court to
receive life s-nisnee for the murder of POI
licemsn John Coffrv. Cofry's son. 10 wears OF
age. shot and killed him.
Fifteen years sgo an Alabamt man who kill
ed pedler told his wife in a moment Of coa-
fidence. and since then has been splitting wood
building fires and rocking the baby. New, as
relief, be asks TO he hung.
II Ex-Governor Boutwell, Of Massachusetts,
rl.4ks y ~ rS.t - nST H. Ieen ee1n ,b
stump ev.ry fourth wear since
\ cyclone struck the west Of Columbus.
Ind, between and ? o clock Monday morn
ing unroo6ng Mooney 4 Sons tannery and
Gaf Gent 4 Thomas new four-siorv mill
The cyclone also dtmsgei the , NJ and !,
depot
Dan Murchison was killed SUNDAY night near
Aubarn, Mass. by Will Skater They had a
dispute as TO the proper manner Of shaking
hands, aud Skater drew dirk aud plunged il
into Murchison's heart.
The mother of Charley Ross seldom reads
the papers. lest she nav chance npon the name
OF her lost boz Her family so far as posi-.
ole. keep from her every mention of the mat
ter. II Charley is living he is fourteen years
old
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge sailed for Eng.
land Saturday from New York He said he
hoped TO paw another visit to America His
son, Hon. Gilbert Coleridge. will remain in
this country Tor several months, and travel 10
the West.
James Steele. who was burned by the expIo-
sion in the squih factory at Kingston, Pa on
WednedaY last. died Saturday. This makes
the seventh victim Of the catastrophe He is
the fourth member Of his family who has been
burned to death.
Mr. Josiah Hurd and wife. Of SYNDICATE Vi,
hive Just celebrated the seventeen anniversary
OF their marriage. They have resided in the
same house all the years OF their married life
He is nov 90 years OF age and his wife 30, and
both are in good health
/, is reported in New York that there Is to
be combination of the jar Gould and Astor
millions by a marriage Of Miss Carrie Aston 10
Mr.. George J. Gould II is said that the build
ing Of the steam yacht Atlanta Was for the use
the pair on their wedding tour.
Dave Steinhach farmer of Todd county
MINI was murdered dsv or two ago hv man
named Saulley and bis wife The trouble came
Of An old grudge, and while the men were
fighting the womtn drove the tine OF u pitch
fork into Steinbach's hrain. The Saullevs
have been arrested.
On the night OF the 10Th instant Wood Dis.
nuke Of Farm~rville. La. Sent for Isaac Ken
neday to come 10 his house. and concrsling
himself outside. when Kennedy entered Dis
nuke shot him dead through crack In The
wall He was convicted Saturday Of murder
without capital punishment.
The express agent at Atlantic Station, Ga,
was robbed of pouch containing SIS, 00e
Thursday night. The pouch was hung round
his neck. apd he pushed it behind his back as
he stopped TO raise the handles of his truck
which he was about to wheel into hi. office
A man came behind him. cut the strap of the
pouch and darted off with il into the dark
ness.
S. S Hudson, OF Belvidere, H., who went
to Waupuu, Wis with two children in search
of his runaway wife, found her masquerding
in male attire under the name of Frank Du-
bois. She was living with Gertrude Fuller
having been married to her early last spring BY
the Rev. II. l.. Morrison. The deception had
not been suspected.
In Texarkana-the town lying partly In Tex
as and partly in Arkansas-the marshal for
the Texas and the marshal for the Arkansas
side were sent out to arrest a drunken man -.
1t appears that he was lying across the state
line, bis head in Texas, the feet in Arkansas
Each marshal argued for jurisdiction, and f.
nally the Texan won on the ground that the
head was the offending party, as the legs did
not intend to get drunk, and had no part in
doing what superinduced intoxication.
Mrs. Peter Offenbacker, of ST. Paris, near
Urbana, Ohio, died thirty-four years ago. and
her hus band died FIVE years later. Their re-
mains were buried on the family farm. On
Saturday their bodies were taken up for re-
meval to new cemetery. The body of Mrs.
Offenbacker was found in perfect state of Pc
trifaction The corpse was or solid stone and
the features were as natural as life. The re-
mains have been placed on exhibition in the
village.
H. Curtner sold for S., 900 the product of his
peach orchard Of twenty acres 10 southern AL
ameda county, CAL, 10 1882, and Mr.. Appinger,
overseer of Gov. Stanford's vineyard, in that
county, made from thirty acres of vines ten
months old. 4, 00J gallons of wine. This year
Juan Peralta Of the same county has Melted
$s4 an acre from beans raised between the rows