Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-24
NOTES..

Monday morning an old man named John
Folly was asleep on the steps Of his house in
New ork city. Some one saturated his cloth
ing with kerosene oil and get il on FIRE. Folly
was badly burned about the lower limbs and
had to be taken 10 the hospital in an ambu-
lance
The Chief OF the Bureau of Statistics reports
that the number of immigrants arrived in the
United States during the fiscal year ended the
Both of June, 1885, WAS 357 S2l, being l - 0l 3
less than the immigration during the preceding
fiscal year, and 4Ol, Ill less than during the
year ended June 80, 1882 the year of the great.
est INNING grafton.
Recently the vie of Abe Dens-r a wealthy
and eccentric German farmer, living west OF
Bloomington, Ills, sued him for divorce, and
had him enjoined from disposing of his prop
erty. This so incensed him that Monday he
drove all bis stock. including horses valued al
s., ,000 into his barn, and setting fire to it,
burned the whole thing to the ground. He is
missing, and it is believed that be purposely
perished in the flames
1t is said that Captain Howgate the fugitive
exdisbursing officer Of the Signal Corps, is ne
gotiating terms of surrender with the authori-
tiles at Washington through friends He is
supposed to have stolen over $3.50, 900 during
his term of office, which, it is commonly under
stood, certain Federal officials shared. These
officials are now said to be scheming either for
flowgates absolute pardon or for light pun
ishment, through fear that it the affair be not
fixed up so the hiding captain may emerge and
will expose them.
Six persons were drowned in Walnut river,
seven miles below Douglas Kan, last Monda y
morning. Auson Carman and wife and Mrs
law thair r..
stream, which had risen during the night from
recent rains, and were swept down and out oi
sight Of the second wagon, which came down
to the ford a few minutes later. In the second
wagon were Mr.. and Mrs. Koats, and Mr. Jay
Carmsn. They drove into the stream and ere
swept down also. Anson Carman was the onl Y
one rescued alive. Three bodies have been re.
covered.
During the past week telephone lnemen
have been stringing wires through the princi.
cipal streets of Kingston, N. J. Last Monday
morning whea they attempted 10 climb up the
poles in front of the property of Mrs. John
u Reilly for the purpose Of saving limbs of
the trees SO that they could put up the wires,
they were accosted BY the owner, who, with a
revolver in her hand, forbade them doing any
more work on her property and threatened to
shoot any person who climbed a pole, The
linemen stopped work and Mrs O. Reilly stood
guard all day, with a revolver in one hand
and stone in the other.
Barnum's large Asiatic elephant "Albert, -
which killed Keeper James Sweeney at Nashua,
N H., on Saturday, was taken to ravine in
the suburbs of Keene On last Monday afternoon
and killed. He was chained to four large trees
and the location of his heart and brain mar ked
with chalk. Thirty-three members of the
Keene Light Guard were then marshaled ia
line at Is PAGES, and at the word "fre" the
same number of bullets penetrated the vital
spots. The huge beast fell dead without d
struggle. "Albert' was 80 years old, and
had been used as performing elephant until
three months ago, when he had shown such
temper that he was Withdrawn from the train
ed herd. He was valued at about $40 900.
The remains have been donated to the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington, D. c..