Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-03-28
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already accumulated fortune of 500, 900.
In a drunken difficulty ten miles from l.
caster, S. c "Wednesday night, F. NJ Mackey,
was stabbed and killed 10y Robert +. Cauthen
Jack Davis, of Wheeling, and jim Conners
of Pittsburg, fought II rounds with hard
gloves in Pittshurg, Thursday night. Com 5
won the fight.
Lizzie Sheehan, Of New York, agei twenty
five years, who has been insane for som- time,
saturated her clothing with kerosene oil Sun
day and set fire to it. She was fatally burned
Ed Dowse, colo ed of Mclean, Ga, whose
FIVE children were recentlv found murdered,
has been arrested for the crime. 1t is thought
he killed them to save himself the trouble OF
supporting them.
Mrs. A. r. Allen heads the list Of million
aires in 81. Louis, paying tax on 81, 1917, 300
Henry Shaw is put down as worth 81 l76 100;
the heirs of Jesse G. Liadell 81 lis, 400 and
Miss Berenice Morrison 1904 900.
Jas Woods is one of the million lire bond
holders of Harlem \. Y lie is seventy years
Old. Forty years ago he was digging cellars
il the Seventh ward for livelihood. hut now
he takes his ease, being the owner of hundreds
OF houses.
Ex-Governor Foster, after consultation with
over , 600 republicans, saws Mr Blaine is the
choice of the republicans of Ohio for President
He says the nomination Of Senstor-;lect PAYNE
is no longer considered matt OF doubt by
the Ohio Democrats.
A fire is raging in the Newcastle Oregon
coal mine, the most valuable of those helonV
ing 10 the Oregon Improvement Compans =
The mine has been on FIRE Is months. II is
believed that ii wilt nov be necessary to shut
down and food the mine.
\ mxed train on the Utica. Ithaca and FL
mira Railroad ran off the track uear Prrryvill-
y t., Friday, causing a passenger tch Ia
3 roll over three times and Land upside ID IN
ag,ns; tree. Half dozen ptssrn GERS were
injured, but none fatally.
Inform ,tion has neea received II AShin l.
Pa that Pro-. Wilson. ge .logi-t of Chicago.
has disco :errd a 3s-inch VEN % sapphire co
rundnm on the farm n' Samuel Herb. near the
Line Mountain. Northumberland county This
Is the second discovery Of III, KIM N An CT.
The rrsiI,nre Of C,rlindN,Clos<ey. in New
York. MAS visited Friday. b, large number
Of the Catholic clergy Of New York an neigh.
boring cities, who called 10 congratulate him
upon his 7+Ih birthday Friends in various
parts Of the country sent him hpF,i 'rhnt"s
and messages Of kind regard
I At Trenton New Jrrsey Thur.dly, Assem-
! hlvmen Burgess and Armitsge became angry
i while discussing IN the lobby of the house the
civil rights bin and Burgess finally slapped
+ 4 Tmi'sge in the ftu~. Burgess apuloE1I.t to
the House for his condnv; and his apology ws
accepted.
4 Andrew Peterson An avow-i prlvg tmis'.
who MAS indicted und.r the Edmund. az for
/ registering and voting. - ou tr,sl at Salt Luke
/ City, Utah lie admits s~ve al marriages a.
car ling 10 the Mormon law, hu' saws he mar
ri.ges were by proxy for eternity. and not Tor
a time
! T Divinu.v. Of Wri1h.ssill-. Burlng on
county. N~~ Jersey. sflughre--i y'sn oi q
hogs Wednesday. III" net weights 81 Sh.cl
we're 500. 69i $50 Ilo. 80 775 Ti1. sal
727. al sT4 s6b -sa $50 sI7, so 49,, Sc?
$50 els PCS, oli and i.oI0 The i~~niy-
three average sI7 pounds and fraction
senator N.hnne has safely locked in his
desk The resolution Of III" VlrErnit L~Eis
iatu-r requesting him n resign lie - wait
ing 'er sui,shls opportunity IA p-e--n, the
. resolution and accompt1V 1t -tth On 'ra-i-r.
is,ic speech in ienunci,iIos Of the Nlr:in'a
Rourhons but he gill not resign Il he know
IL.
Uncle Johnnie Gool~ the pioneer s,.rf'er 81
Lrnrhhur.. Va, ga the james River. - sriif
alive At the age Of ah Sixty r~Nrs 60 his
slaves would naiii = 4 lat hns,. load ~ s,ih
t.par and 90 the hr't rain. hau dna y % Il, h,
muni sell the fright. tsPosr o. 'h- '.,.. ss
fuel aud return on foot
William r. II G,,'ord, trar- ,nr s,lcsmsu
for the Monarch pIl Coma.ny uf tirvritud,
hleN out his brains esrlv SInAtv morning in
front IF he TFyah r~Staurau' IA ohic.Eo.
few jnute. before he had s~-n scoli-i "a The
place ~ Young womta With whom he ws'
intimate He AS 20 gears Old, h.sisomc aud
fashiouthly rtirch
~ Pi-tstn' y,l'cr. lni S,'uri.v. N-s
Ne~ks entered The hnHsr Of man nAmeA Good.
man and shot him Though the hudy Good
msn threw N-~ks dasn sr-s'ri his pistol
from him and shot him - ice IN the iorrhrtd
and onrr "a The chest. ki'i,az him g rod N
~il probably r~cnyry Nix. alleged that his
sister b 4 '-era ti.hnu, 20 o. q ~ an'u.
Th- i.rn,c- All 20 asnl 80 uf Il A'.rI y-,uu.
-. Pa mt Stturi4v suf * rrti d-I-g,'-. To
the State convention. The scnlin at Of the
cctnmjir-~ ~ prr,ii-1t,al preference vtsr ,k-
IN "a f,llhvs For Rtni,l IL. 'ar q tncock
for r. len .. Tor ClevrI.ni The i-leg,trs
were not instructed tu' ibaE ar" ~ nrig,ntl
Tild-n mrn. Rand III IS = orsbly second
choice.
Sdu-i,y nishr Ch,rle. lioa,irn q farmer.
living near Pr',rshurg III qltrrrl.d uith h.
wife knocked her dnwn win az. cut her
thra,, from ear to ear and inh yi-i nuns
stab wound. IN her brr~ lie tlsb srVsr-i,
cut IN 'h- hand hi@ sou sEri - y~rs. Who
attempted 20 interfere He thu w-nr tn 4
straw stick in the Hei ghhprhnaH vh~s- he
rut n own throat, hu' I'D at ,oi"t f,r,. in
Juries lie VAS arrested on ) iui ~.
The trial % Michael MONEY. eh.r.ri with
the murder % his cell ate John Anl~rspn
al the Joliet prnrentitry, wts heggn IN Chi,rs-
60 on Frids" on 4 change OF venue. Tn body
of the murdered III IN coatttn@d thirty three
knife wounds Mooney MAS convicted of muir
der on his first trial. and during the hearing
the bead Of his supposed victim was exhibited
in court bs the prosecution, Ia make certain OF
his conviction -
\ woman named N,brl Robinson of New
York, burned TO death in Tunisin's hotel.
on the old Coney ld.nd road last Thurs lay
ni ght When found hr body WAS erect in
chair with all the clothing burned Off and tie
side her was broken kerosene lamp. Wafer
had been thrown on the floor TO extinguish the
Il Imes. The proprietors of the hotel. Mr.. AMI
Mrs Cole. saw they knew nothing Of the occnr-
-nte until Friday morning
The breaking of the Ievee at Roberts Island.
near Stockton, California, on Tuesd,y night
destroyed ~ 00g acres Of heat valued at five
hundred thousand dollars. As the water
swept down the island The i'm nense field of grain
disappeared from sight. The inhabitants
quickly gathered mp what III " could carry ua
in wagons seeking rsfu re on tine lower section
Horses and cattle stampeded in their wild
fright. breaking across toward the dry ground
OF the lower portion. II the lower levee breaks
the loss will be folly one million.