Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-04-24
NOTES.

Senator Stanford at Fina, Cal, burning TO
death Ill horses and mules.
Mrs Mary O'Neill, agsd 10 years, died in
Wilmington, Del, Sunday, while kncelEg at
prayer in St. Pauls Catholic Church.
Gen. Grants apparent ccnvalescence con-
tinues, but it is now asserted that his phvsi-
clans think the cancer will prove fatal inside OF
two months.
Ths revision of the old Testament has been
completed, and on May II the new version will
be issued simultaneously in London. New York
and Philadelphia.
The Tammaay Society held its annual cleo
tion in New York Monday night and elected
John Kelly and other wel-knovn members of
the society sachems.
The grand jury at Newhurg. n. Y. Thurs
day indicted Hugh MCCann, who is blind and
over so years old, for the murder Of his wife,
aged 73, in February last.
Col. c. B MCGce of knoxyi'le, Team is
having costly edlhcs erecrsd in that CITY,
which he has presented to the city for public
library as memorial to his deceased daughter
Ex Gov Moses, South Cardinals carpet bag
ruler. VIII take TO the lecture pl,tform after he
cmerges from the Massachusetts House of Cor
rectian, where he is now confined tor Obtaining
money under f1l-e preIenses
"Grsany" Galloway and her two grand
daughters geo Sand 10 years, who lived near
their cahiu Thursday. The bodies were greatly
emaci,tsd, and it is thought they died of cold
and hunger.
During stone. light in Phiad .lphia on F,i-
day between rival factions o. bows, ranging in
six years Of age was StruvH with "A trick and
killed The boy who threw the brick was ar
rested
Hon tmcsO Brodhell. of Missouri AMI Mr.
Somrrvjlle p. Tuck formerly OF Maryland
hut now Of New York have been selected hv
Senator Btyari TO collect eviirnc. in foreign
in reference to the French spoil .iIon
ciaiu.s
The two sea brown horses purchased hy
Presi tent Crvel nj for carriage use vii reach
Washington in few days iad he placed ia the
White Hoa;- stables. The two hors~s were
purchased Ia Pou-hkeepslr, \ Y. tor ; OOo
and are said TO bs be 'u'irS in the cGIine line.
\ room at Harvatd College is decorated with
the bandkrTchiefs snatcheG hy the Harvard bows
IN the Blaine iorchlight procession from the
hands of the girls the sidewalk. photo
graph of the room ana its f.ecy trophies has
been taken.
The season in Virginia is about three week.
late. The cold weather has kept grass back to
such an extent that the graziers of some OF the
southwest counties are buying b.led hay there
and hauling IL long distances from the nearest
railroad station 10 keep their cattle up uIl
spring opens.
The will Of the late Mr. E'izi VI Moran
widow OF ex-Gov Edwin u. Morgan, WAS f ed
iu New York Wednesday There many
personal Iegaci-s, sEd $3.50, OoO for charitable
and relisIou. purposes The l,rgest sum SIS
600, being given TO ths AS relation for III. Re
lief OF Respectable Aged lniis-nt Females
Near Plsin6-d y. J. S,tnrd y night. ID.
aged wife o. Alexander kenae7. New York
whl suei a small farm IA Ms
Jersey, vas killed by a farm haad ntmri " IN
Jones, who then huog himself. The man was
regarded rs weak minded, and Mr. kenGsy's
daughter, for ~nom be had conceived an at
tachmeut hal bern seat away TO escape annoy
snce from him.
" jor Follett. Brooklyn mech taic. has iu-
vented a wonderful sewing machine, which, il
Is claimed, will 10 80 PEI cent more wotk than
aRy machine nos in The msrket Au eXpsri-
meat with steam power moved il with a speed
ol , 2oo stitches inmate, and started sni
stopped 10 ,tsHlly. /, is sim he 10 construction
Is {, liz op-t4lei, and sews sill kiads OF fsb :
from leather 10 kBS linen.
Gen D II Hill. in y letter express;n. regret
al his inability To attend the nee:ins 10 Nsw
Orleans Of the T.oatsi,ut division of he Asso,
cisiion of the Arnv 81 Tennessee wrote:
expect 30 live AMI die Con- ed rate heart,
soul and spirit The right Of secession his
/ !
ira h, Of iecal Government and resistance 10
centralized iyspoilsm will not de, and are es-
sen'i.i to lie preservation Of the cunsl.ta't'n
OF our fathers
A barn, iohlcco shels and Other oathuii.
ings covering half acre Of groaut, on 1hs
farm ot IsFsel l.. Lands in Ntnheiu to~a
ship Pa, were DESTROYED by an iacsndiary iire
Friday nigh, with $50 ,ases Of Tobacco, a crop
OF Is acres jas; stripped. 500 bushels Of corn,
400 bushels OF wheat. al The farming impic-
m-nts, wagons, etc. The loss is about SI5 900
the greater part falling on Mr.. Lands. but Nr
Horting, tenant, slso loses heavily NJ.
Landis's Insurance is $40 600, aad Mr Hort
ing's will nearly cover his loses.
rwo extensive fores, fires are raging on The
mountain in the u-ighborhood of the Blue
Mountain Hatrl Both are on the south side
side on which the hoir is located oae Is be-
tween Prnmar aud Eigemon,, and is ahou;
mile from the Blue Mountain House. The other
is betwees Peumar and Blue Ridge. and IS
some bat further from The Hotel A large
number Of m-n are on the lockout to prevent
the FIRE reaching The hoiri which however,
is not cousiie'ei in any danger as there is a
very light wind How the fires caught is not
known
The riut committee Of the General Assembly
of Delaware appointed some time ago 10 lake
action upon Senator's Brya is entrance into
the cabinet reported Friday morning the fol-
lowiag resolution. which MS unanimously
adopted THAI this Grner, Assembly i .sires
10 express to our late Senator it's sense of hi.
distin guishei pphlc Sc vices, OF his eminent
aud useful career in the ) nate Of the United
States, niik- honorable to himself and The peo-
PIE of this State and also of its he,rtr sympa-
thy with and conf fence in his entry into a new
field Of responsibility. Of honor and national
usefulness. The Lsgisl tture adjourned sine
de
Capt J,mes VI arlington, a river pilot, of
Jacksonville, Ind. called At the White House
on Wednesday. He WAS asked as he entered if
his call was on business. He answered, Not
exactly. but in that direction" Being asked
for the details, be drew forth poetical essa,
of about thirty close written pages of fools
cap paper, entitled THE Irrepressihle Conflict
of Public Sentiment" He said he wasauxtous
to read his essay TO the President and that it
was bristiHg with fine political points and
valuable hints. He said his treatmest of the
"Cause OF War was mastery, being about the
best piece of heavy wording there now in
existence. H. also added that he had read a
part Of the essay to Vice Pr, sident Hendricks
who told him that it was too fac for Vice
Pr sident to listen 10. but was especially suited
for the Presidents He said Mr. Hrnd-
ricks actually ran away after listening TO the
first three pages. The poetical river-pilot was
informed that the President had already e
nough of such productions to occupy all his
spare moments for some weeks. and he would
have to d d>cine the essay with thanks The
poet left looking as ii be were nearly heart
broken
Monsignor A J B.. Glorieux was consecrated
in ~ tbedr al in Rail-; last