Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-08-07
NOTES.

Mr.. George w. b ,ker has arrived in Boston
from st. Louis an his hicvcle, having covered
the distance of 314 miles in nineteen days of
actual riding.
J. b Tanning. of Newton county. Miss. was
wounded in the face in 1863 Last week the
bullet made its way into his mouth. having
been twenty-five years working an inch down.
ward.
BY violent storm on Thursday Of last "@"k.
an electric tower a, Fargo, Oak. 100 feet high.
all iron, was blown down and twisted ont az
any sembance to lis original appearance
great many roofs and trees in the CITY wee
carried away and much damage WIS dom.
William Ntf, enploved at the T"'crHpre
mine, Georgetown, Col complaining Of h"lor
i'll. went to his cabin laid down ~ tho fl ,or.
placed a stick of giant powder. WITH I cap AID
fuse attached. under his herd AL Will in
this position lighted the fuse. iis heal was
blown entirely from his body
Brig Gen Samuel Roberts djri -rlI nlv
in Brooklyn Thursday. lie went la II. fr"ni
"a colonel of the one Hundred ana Thir'v niath
New York Volunteers. and e'rued h. r'"t of
hrigadier general nv gallant ~Nryj'. II" w+S
in command at Richmond afro IT,. all He
was at one time postmaster a. Il oo\tyn.
Several months ago hoAy e ,n',k I men
visited the house of Prof p ] Sl"rHr s.hr.}
teacher, near Horse Cave, X. Si'-a ii Il
into thu crowd and killed three Of thu so
cum on Friday last fled suit for S25 900 a.
gsinst nineteen of the best citizens OF Hart
county. H. .!So charges them with conspiracy
20 drive him out of this county
Miss Martha Brown, beautiful veuug lad,
was instantly killed a, hail At Rogersville,
Tenn, "Wednesday night While III" ball was
IN progress a revolver fell from the pocket of
Young man and was discharged. The ball
strn,k Miss Brown in The breast and passed
through her heart. The Young man who
dropped the pi,ol WAS almost craz-l with
grief Nnd fei
At the lsviRg of thu corner stone Of the Con-
vent Of the Sisters 81 Mercy ~ BordentoNn, y.
] SUNDAY afternoon, four thousand persons
were pr-sea'. \ long platform put up FOR the
occasion broke under the wei. h. al ih- reopi",
and about hftv u,en. women and CHI dreu fell
iistsao- of ffre-u feet Several persons were
injured, hut uous Sc ieEslr.
( The New York Sga saws; Mrs Grants
sh-re Of the proceeds # the Generals book,
Personal Memoirs Of L Grant. viii h. be-
tween $500 Gao and $500 COO The cu'r4n-
iced sa'-s Of POS 0Ge SIS Of hooks .lr~sti' III lie
/ by agents sssur. her $500 600. The first vo'-
Gmp Is in typ-. ani c0ut-jns 5Si ,tg"s- -
chapters. and IS maps. The second Nolam'
wi contain about sue pages, A. chapters, sud
from - 10 50 maps
While testimony va. h,i-g t,kea lat FUi'y
/ in San Francisco in the oti,e of Master in
. Chln~-rr HonEh'oG in the r.se nf >'',roa -
I Ii5U. judge David ) Terry, counsel '8r the De
tense. attacked with his cane II hrNslskr.
I an attorney engaged en- Sb.reus ste. n
Wa'skv drew a revolver saG Jsi SO Tr-Ts iHV-
meljaipls drew his kewal.ky J toto ihs
hal. No shots were exchanged. judge Terry
. ~, ~, ! ,rf.l Dr4,t
4 meeting af eifiz-ns AZ which Governor
PATHS presided, W.. held 10 Parl~i~lph'A Oh
'l.si St'ur.i.v 20 consider "a. rsi-i7z of funds
for building chapel fr the University o Nir-
giris Nr GeorE- Nav Po~ell aAizrss.i the
Z. meeting and sad that o. the ST. ua1 required
+ sor the ch.Dei Sll GG0 I'D b-~u raised IN Ih~
South aud it vas Thought desirable IN obtain
the = 600 additional IN the North. az N SHhi'
hilton OF frs'ernal f,~'isg. 4 committee MAJ
appointed % take the matter into charge.
when Ms George Pullman left Cbic.ga
for Long Braueh her special train w. drawn
MP almost At tie very foot ~ her lam "'h
hsr we're her rh5'dr-u sui ahag' e'.h' attend
ants Her houdair car was bsa4iifu " i-r"-s-
,si With oI-v-d daisies. g~-snisfns tei'9-
trope raasi-s and other fsro~i,~ blooms isk-a
: rob her ewn Ha-.r.leds, snd The bIls - T..
't- v~~-c-T - v--rs-~
houIe''ss Ani yet ~i-Ea7t aspect Zoe or ws,
devoted to her hoysrs and aauih-r to The car.
RIGGS Of herself ard children.
+ An Italian lshorrr name! Antonio y srh.l!o
, vas arrested ia Washington on l..t S,'u-Itr
night Ter The murder a. another l,.h.n lshor.r
named tarmia~ RDhrnno. who Va. f,4n1 in \
vacsnV hag'e On The ogi'kirt, Of n. city. yah
his throat rgf from -ar % rsr Tn. aa-dsr~i
man h-i ssv.h about $50. ami is supposed
20 have hssu killed fer his mousv Narlefro
hes MADE confession Of his guile au1 usmvi
i've Of The dad mans Intimate fr5eGis a.
conPices IA the i-.i. The eornn-r's jarv
brought ia verdict charging Ns~3s'lo with
the mnri.r The mo men Is born be "a med
proved an sIhi aal Ser- dismissed
( Two Michigan card sh rp-r. pretending 10
be gnJ' eless sai strangers 10 zach other Won
money from a couGFTysasn, sho bal them sr
rested. oae n ise gamblers sss pat on trial
for ltrosnv aud convicted shereou his co4ns~l
APPEALED, oti-cjjug TO The classification % ih.
III" crime Ia the = decision the jaiS-. 81 tn.
Supreme co9rt say: We DO not think il l..
( profitable TO draw over nice metsph.sicsl dis
/ tinctious to save Thieves from punishment. II
rogues conspiFe 10 get away man. non.r hv
I such tricks as those which were PLAYED herr /,
- not going teyond the settled rules Of law 10
hold that The fraud amounts TO stealing"
uns OF the greatest curiosi,iss Of the present
I day. found smong the pines al Central Wis
Consin, was discovered near kaosiiou a tew
dsy. ago. Il was ia the form Of a p-lrifed
Squirrel and al out the size Of a comsaon SOUR
rel, and vas taken from the heart Of d tree by
some " ooC men II WAS of brewnish color
as bard as a rock and was "ss natural as life -
EVEN to th- kink in it. lsng. tushy tail The
curio iiy was c-refally parked aud sent hy
( William Nulhe len. the owner to President
Cleveland, from whom q personal letter OF
'hAnks has ten eteirei By the sender, stviay
/ that il woHld be carefully preserved and placed
in the public museum u, Washington.
! Captain A Z Moore, Of Wins;ed. Conn
has constructed tb. largest balloon in exist.
enc- 1t will take 80. 900 cutie feet Of gas 10
initiate il. 1t is so feet high and 100 fee, 10
circum'erer CO. and It's carrying poweris IS OOp
pounds He made An sc, nsion At Wiust.d on
last Wednesday, aGd inieu' to make series
experiments, such as phOtographing by inst,n-
taneous process. sni releasing carrier pigeons
when above the clouds. He expects to make a
trip Of several hundred miles If possible S-v-
erHl scientific psopis are assisting him bat PEG.
! pie think he il likely 10 land In the ocean ~
| the wind has blown toward the ocean for sew
cal weeks
| Maud S renewed her cl,ms 10 the tile Of
/ the queen of the turf at he Granville Park in
Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday OF has, week
| In the pseSe. ca of over 10 600 people the little
mare irotted mile over u very slow course In
GS3. This beats her previous record by half
| n second, and is second and a-haif faster
than the hest mile ever tr0tted by any other
horse. The trial was for cup, and the tim"
goes on record Bair drove the mare She
made the frs' quarter in 81 u 2.lO gait; the
next quarter in 81 seconds 0s gait, reach.
ing the half in 0ii. The third quarter s4s
made in 81 seconds the f.stes, quar- or of -
mile and a 2 Of git. Sc fnishei the ,st
quarter in 33t, under the whip, making the
mile time q 0s4. CHngstone Eiled to lower
his record Of PA. and Harry Wilkes took he
free-for all purse il strajghts; best ti.ue, i9l
George Wilson. Charles Davis and Mathilie
Jones, all colored, were executed at Plaque
mine, La, on Friday last for the murder and
robbery of Mrs. Henrietta Cole, in that town,
on the night Of January 81 last. The couspir.
alnrs ernd Ms Enlc. Il s. nIiinr Id