Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-08-29
Local BrevitieS.

Join the Democratic clubs, voters.
The roads are dusty and disagreeable
to travellers
Corn aud pasture fields are burning up
for the want of rain.
Many farmers in this neighborhood have
commenced cutting their tobacco.
The buck cherries having all been gath
cred the catponds have resumed their us
ual luescenr state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mel and Mrs. McKensie, f
Baltimore coun'y. are visiting the family
of Mr. c. f Wade in this village.
The public schools will reopen on mex
Monday. Who are most pleased at the
prospect. teachers, children ar parents?
1t is exp, cd tn It the c ,urt House will
be used for re igous services during The
time that the church in this vi la5e is un
dergoing repairs.
The tournament crop is fast ripening.
Three are advertised in our n'umns this
week, and several Others arc spoken Of 10
fol ow in the ne n future.
Henry Hill, cnlored, was arr, sted and
lodged in Ill on Wednesday night on the
charge OF being drunk and disnr'erly in
the village on saturday $
The county commissioners meet on next
Tuesday. Co lectors attention is called to
the fact hat they are required to be
prepared t, ply over 500 on that day.
A gtme OF base bah will he payed to-
morrow at Chapel Poi-t between the Port
Tobacco and Pickup mines. \ good
game may be expected. Game to begin
at o'clock p. m.
The festival at Hill Top tax es place next
Thursday, the 4th inst AS the proceeds
of this affair are 10 he devoted To church
purposes we trus the congr CATION and
Others will attend and spend literally.
George Slye, ir colored, is the only one
of the prisoners held for court charged
with the theft of 800 from Mr.. Rnbt d
Wills. The Others have been discharged
for the W Int Of suifi lent evidence to con-
Wet them
In the report of the weddin. Of Mr.. ".
p. jameson and Miss Louise Murphy last
week, which we clipped from one of our
exchanges, the name OF Miss Mamie Gar
diner appeared as one of the bridesmaids
This was a mistake, it should have been
Miss Mamie Jameson, the bright and at
tractive little niece Of the groom.
Mr. p Reed Wills the enterprising pro-
prietor of Coxs 5 alton, will have a grand
tournament at that pl.ce about September
10th, The new hotel being finished and
able to accommodate large number OF
people renders the entertainment of large
crowd particularly easy Mr.. Wills will
have al the arrangements perfected in n
first class manner.
Master F DeSa 'es Howard was the sue
cessful competitor for the vacant scholar
ship at st Johns College; and Miss BESSIE
Hodges Tor the one at the Western Mary
land College. Senator Lancaster has APP
proved both Of these appointments and
We congratulate the young people on their
success. We hope they will make good
use of the opportunity thus afforded them.
Mr. BENZ. Welch had valuable mule
choked to death on Monday last through
tho carclessness of a negro boy. The boy
caugh' the mule and led rope about its /
neck and led the rape tn a gate post He /
then frightened the animal 10y attempting
to place a sack on its back, anb it pulled /
back so hard and persistently that i, was
choked t. death before it could be re
leased
Messrs Geo. f. Sloan & Bro, the lead I,
ing lumber merchants of Baltimore. are
now offering seine special inducements 20
all in need of lumber and building mater +
ial This firm has ablished an excel /
ent repu' alton by its fair and honest deal /
ing with all customers and we would sug
gest that persons in need of building ma /
terials would do we'll to write to them for .
prices
Why CAM we have a tournam ent in the
vicinity Of Port Tobacco We would /
sugges to the bui ding committee of Christ {
Church that it would be an excellent and |
easy method of raising money for that
most Iaudable object. The Charles county |
base ball nine W ! also give an exhibition
of this popular game if it is desired. Let
this he considered and steps taken To have |
a tournament in this nelghborhond in the /
near future.
On last Friday evening Mr.. Louis NJ.
Hyde, young typo in the TINES office |
and Miss Florine Burch. eldest daughter
of Mr. B. F. Burch were married at St
Thomas Church by the Rev. E. McSwyney,
:. J. The marriage, as all hat have taken |
place in Port Tobacco for some time past
has been, was very quiet affair. IA It even
the most intimate friends of the parties
being aware Of it until the ceremony hal
been performed There must be some
thing in the atmosphere OF this village to
cause all this secrecy or else each contract
ing couple are lorh to break a custom
once established. 1t is har lily fair TO those
friends who would like to celebrate the
event with the new'y married parties hut
who are thus Gu off by the seltishness of
Cuprs victims. We wish the h ,ppy pair
joy and prosperity.
The Annapolis correspondent of the
B Baltimore SIN, says that the second choice
of the Anne Arundel Republicans tor Con-
rraoa ,S Dr II q Stnn.strat ,,f C,,ar'..S