Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-05-23

George Lay, a native of York, Pa, eighty
two years of age and the oldest locomotive en-
gineer in America, havng run the first en- CINE
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1882
was recently drowned in White river. Indiana
lie Was residing with his son. aui wandering
away from home, il is thought accidentally
fell into the river
At the late term of the H t'iflx Clunty Court,
A. Lee attorney -at-Iaw, was con victed O.
mailciouSly emitting, with intent to kill, r 7.
lhorp, 'he conmonTe ilth's attorney, and is
punishment was fixed at "On. wears impris-
onment IN the penitentitry at hard labor The
case grew ont Of diff .ulty between the tw O
gentlemen during recent trial Lsfore the
court.
Senator EdmundS wrote TO the m an ayers of
the ex-Confederate Home fair in Richmond,
va: Its objects certainly have my sympa-
my, Tor, however erroneous the people of the
North may have considered the attempt TO es-
tabliSh Confederate government TO have been,
no one can fail Ia commiserate the condition OF
any disabled soldier who fought in ii cause
tina, he believed IL tie i good on"
| William G. Cole, driver of a f,ur-horse IN
dian oil concert wagon, in attempting to enter
the Carlin House stable in Frederick Monday
night, was caught and crushed between the
seat OF the wagon and one of the giriers of the
building and SO terribly crushed III, he will
probably die. His lower limbs nra said TO tie
wholly paralyzrd from injury to his spine lie
is about forty Years OF age and resides near the
city of Baltimore.
Charles Taylor, Colorel hrtk-m IN on the
Houston and Texas Central Railroad, ne,r
Hampstead, was % Monday shot and instantly
killed. Taylor had previously been conspic-
uous in placing colored people ia fi-st-cIass
coaches and TO this his sudden mysterious TAX
Tag of Is attributed At the time of the
shooting he was about the center of "A sleeping
car, the bullet passing through open win-
dow, striking him in the forehead iii, 5oiy'
was left on the platform at lem,ste ID
A heavy Wind and rain storm visited m
town OF Tnrlton. q. Mund ~ afternoon ALot
thirty houses, comprising nearly the pn3ire viii
Iage, were unrOo ed fences we're blown dow
and trees nprooted. A m nlmed kor hnA
was dangerously hurt by filling wall IN
same storm passed in The vicinity OF Ltnca Ter !
Fairfield county, where several buildings we're.
unrooied, and the amph,heatcr AT the f,id
grounds and the race course dr.'ro.eI. S.vr.i
raj horses we're ki!Iei hy Ia ling b,rns
Thomas II Learv, j. son Of III. late c II
Thonts II. Lrarv, met with a terfia . d.,tt
in Richmond, Va On Suuitv. II. his bet
III Tor some lime with typhoid fever, and \ (
was n one of these attacks that. in n. abseac, +
OF hls atteuianls, he 81 iisuly got out Of be, .
and jumped, or fell { om third story winio {
10 the n'vement below, instantly killing him .
self. His neck and one lex WIRE hrok-n. AMI .
his body Vas otherwise mingled lie !cavs
wife and three sm All children I
di,p,ich from Piedmont ". Va. sars
"A cavern HIS been discovered on the farm d
David Smith. 10 N,nera! county. short d.
lance from this place. which promises to rivI .
IN extent and beauty the flmous i.grAy v4seva
~ Old Virginia. The discovery Was N lie IL
NJ. ) Nth several dlys sgo when 10 crossing
a heli, felt the ground cave 10 heac.la ~
feet, and oalv saved hjmsf frasi falling inu
unknown depths hr superhu AN sx-rIto,s
Mr. smith. Win a fes stshhYrs M s,i~ a. -. /
p!ors'Ioa the next dAy aud foun! thor Ia
stumbled upoa su im H-nSr cave Tar r,Ney.
has been explored for mil. in oLe d,reC1ut
and thrre-qItrlers ~ a mile ia an1'hrr aia.
out reaching i's limits There IL mach mtra
htrni IN terErodui scenery, oae rh.nlse- l.,i,y
So Zee; high, the vtull-a roof hvia. .aroprei
bE finely proportouci colu nns Further All
more extensive explorations SIl SOFA <
m ide