Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-05-07
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Rossville. Kan. is rns by young men. III,
Mayor is but 23 years aid, the Police Jadge 81
the Principal of Public Schools IS, and tn,
Postmaster %
| DR.. William Fl M.iher of Suf Id Coma
has been convicted of lih ling N dead man, an
fined S2S and costs He wrot. letters to Mrs
Sphraim West refectins al the character o
her dead husband.
| The prisoners in the jill at ile'eXa, NJ. 7.
dug ont through brick wall one night, wen
to ii saloon, captured lot OF whiskey, returned
to the jail, and were found safe in the mornin.
bat all very drunk.
A Connecticut justice has Just created pre-
cedent by giving drunk ,rd his choice bet aeet
enlistment in The regular army and going tl
| Jail The man chose the former alternative
and was enlisted ut Fort Schuyler.
Near Tehonsh.. Mich Monday, Ran, dym.
Shedi aged 73 killei his wife with an AK
while she Was dressing tie then went to n,
kitchen and fatally cut his throat with rtzor
The discovery WAS made hv the youngest son
The cause Of the tragedy is said TO he domestic
| trouble.
| Frederick Amendt of Chicago, saws he Ia
! q chicken that has face very much like th,
| tdtt W upS. ITO VI 1uiU Is armed "ilh IWt
rows of excellent teeth, it drinks aud eat, lik,
| dog Ini also does some very creditahle bark
| lng The queer bird came from the West II
bout year ago in crate Of chickens.
A Wisconsin lumberman was caught hy d
| rolling log the other day and he'd so fist tn.
he was unstle to get away. He yelled ia vaN
'er help. While lying there biz bear came
up 10 him. lie drew his revolver and fred 81,
shots, killing the bear, aud these shsts wer,
heard by 4 lumbernln, who went to see VIA
was going on, and released The prisoner. -
A hail storm on Monday of last week at Bs
ten Rouge, Miss, destroyed 300 acres eli Young
Germ and 500 acres OF cotroa on the plantation
Of james K. Dysall. \ will have TO be re-
planted. HsiIs,ones fell in places 10 a Dope
OF three inches DesPstshs, from various poiai.
throughout the lower Mississippi valley repor
heavy rains during the past three day,
John Bridgmsn was bitten on the right tenn
pie by skunk while prospecting in Texas
He went 10 Dallas. aad so-calied msdstoh,
was applied and clung 10 the wouai FIVE hour:
before it dropped off. The Waco ErIniaei
says he Was in that city few days $50 sutf.r.
lag from the wound and looking for another
maidstone. The bite Of skunk is thought
dangerous.
BY mob about midnight on last Friday night
near Auburn, Ky. Ca Monday night Jon..
entered tn. room of two young ladies and tried
10 chioroform them. He was discovered bat
made his escape. He was captured bT officers
Who were taking him TO Jail, when the mob
seized Jones TO hang him. He attempted t,
escape aud was shot dosn.
Nsxey Goth, the champion trottinr stallion
If the world, died Monday o. inflammation Of
the bowels a, Bsimon' Driving PARK. Philsdel
phla. He vas owasi ay istIore Coaaieli ot
New York, aui arrived at Belmont from Ne a
York only Sunday. Its said Mr.. Cohufi-li re.
Gently refused $40 600 fer the stallion Maxe1
Coob's record Of 2.l3i, made at the Narragaa
set track, al Providence, r l., September 80.
1884. has never been equa.led BY stallion.
Warren Smith, Of Burnt Hills. y. Y, ihisk,
tha; he j. uniucky. lie wen, s,hinx whilg
ago. and. in toe excitement OF landing = BIZ
hsh, droppSd bis fa.ss teeth overheard aal
never sac them mare. Not long afierua-i
while splitting wood he struck bis wrist wi,f
the axe and yearly severed the hand from the
arm As soon as this wound healed Mr.
Smith went TO the wood house agsia and sue
certst in cutIing Of bis lcf, thumb as neatly a,
possible
"Hlwer coaCert' US gire0 al Concord
Mass, the other ersnins. \ screen, painted
10 represent srrae ia a flower gsrd-a stosd
on the stage, soi before 1t we're P1,t-i plant.
10 Pro:uson, Some of the p.isisi ao~srs
were very large, aad IA the csnir, 81 each b *
flower vas an opening, sk.llfailY concealed by
movable sovrr B.hla4 IN. ,crsss stood ,hs
singers. aud their faces appearc! in the ceaire
OF The bowers. The staging fssers ~ers a
rose, dahiia, sunaossr, sldoiti, a psasy,
= lily, tulip. tais,, and ba,isEeap.
Ga. OF the w..lthisst siiix.n. Of The ,iciaity
Of Long Branch, y. Y. ~ Aathour TraaI
Sho SON. tine since p,ss.d his sl,h b,riAiar.
lie has been married tSie- nai has auae,su,
rhidtsA. grandchildren aaj great grs njcs 4
iren, bat despite his years be has heart BAD
bling over with Affection for the fair SET VI
Trssx on Saturday married sssia. HIS brlii
il Ma ID, Csnover, dark haired b-suty
Sac IS bat thirty ystrs Of age-soi as old al
some Of her husbands gr.aiohtljrea. VI
Tr4ux ~ very wsalihy. and his ch,'isea obj-rl
10 their fathers Alr:iAg- - ll,s in The a'isr,
nooa OF life
Dell Baaks,n su OF. well shooter, h.i j1.i
lowered shell continuing % quarts Of ElSe-r.
Tue 10 he depth OF loo fee, la ~sI "a Npw
York State on Saturday sarn he foauI tbs
well ~o about to ao~ lie kae~ ihst gnles,
~ coa'd secure the torpedo 1t s0aid exys.d,
p!oyers so he PLACED himself a. the maula Of
the well aud a. the sasli shot 10 with the
stream OF oil he tarr~ his arms Aboat IL sud
held II unit the sParG OF OIL h,i ceased Thvn
be walked away vita the To- peio, sai al
scarcely turned is back .hra the gas an!
rock caIne oll OF the veil With . roar AMI a
rush.
novel spectacle WAS witnessed ia the couu.
iy coart OF onancock, Va, on Ffid.y, whea =
poor woman named Margaret Taoras, was ar
raigGed for selling liquor unlawfGly. She vas
fssni guilty, faei SIo0 ssi costs aud sea.
tened TO three months IN the county jul 10
passing sentence on her Judge G,rrlson sx-
pressed his regret al having TO indic, the pen
atty Of the lac on "A woman, aud poor WON
an Al that, whom poverty probably induced to
commit the crime. while other. escaped who
according TO fairly reliable authority were
violating the Law every dsy-msa who were
not driven 10 violate the law q order to make
an honest living or 10 keep cut OF the poor
house.
A $40, 900 suit for Islander has been fled in
the Elkton, Ky J court oy Capt Louis Garth
against Postmaster Arnold, OF that lows and
his two daughters, who are school teachers
The Misses Arnold, II appears, allsg. that they
were robbed OF 81 1000, which they kept ia ~
unlocked trunk about their yremses and
chsrgs thAt 1t was taken by a Miss Molly
Garth, society girl and an intimate iIiend
Mss Garth, upoa learning that she was sus-
pected, became very IN. and her life is de-
spair.d Of. Her father has had 10 send her 10
Louisville and Nashville for treatment, fearing
that her mind ~ouId give way The whole
affair has created the greatest excitement in
Elkten and this surrounding country, aud the
suit for SANDER will be a sensational one.