Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-15
NOTES.

uten sentenced To bt hanged on D0ce1n0er 81.
There is an artesiar vel | 900 feet deep in
A berdeen, Neb., that throws oat numbers of
fish that look like the ordinary brook minnow.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture, in let
ter, shs the cattle disease AT th,ctgo is un-
douhtediy peuru pneumonia, but he j. unable
TO adopt effective measures for its suppression.
Hon Ansrin F. Pike, representing the State
of New Hampshire in the United States Senate,
dropped dead on his farm near Franklin Falls,
in that State on Friday last. lie was 81 years
of age.
The editor of the Stannton VA. POST "a
coored man, SAYS that the negroes were never
so we'll of AS under the present demo ratio rule
of State and nation, ali he AMI his friends are
going for the party which gives them peace
and tranquility.
\ calf was Kill ed in Zlonrillr, p, one morn
ing, the skin WAS at the tasnery by noon, was
tanned aud turned over 10 shoemaker that
evening, and bv the next morning was made
into pair of boots which We're worn by the
man who owned the calf Ihu h .d worn the
skin the day before.
4 citizen OF Newton. y ] noticed his hens
standing around a tree on which grapevine
yrew gazing upward intentls. He looked fur
ther, and saw another hen up in the Tree pick
ing the grapes from the vine and dropping
them down for the fowls on the ground. The
citizen is said to be truthful
Richard Cau,eler. a Baltimore sportsman,
made remarkable record the other day on
the marshes of tie Guupowder River. He be-
gan the days shooting with ll5 shells and
twelve-gusge gun. At the close of the dav
he had 100 reed birds, twelve water partridges
hve blue wings, two rail birds, and i've plov-
erS.
Marcus Resented, the anthor Of number of
well known variety songi; ani among others
Climbing Up the Goldsn Stairs" pleaded
guilty 10 New York on Thursday of last week
Bank. The prosecution inclined 10 he len
lent, and Rosenfeld was rema nded until his an
tecedents we're inquired into.
Two mdgets on exhibition in New York
were married Tuesday night. The groom Gen
Jos. Rhineback, is 2l years old, 81 inches high
and weighs IS pound The bride Princess
Lucy, is 70 years old, - inches high. and
weighs about % pounds. The bridesmaid.
Ansa Belle, weighs 465 pounds. About 900
people witnessed the ceremony Th. bride ;
father md mother were present and the for mer
gave away the bride.
A special from Little Rock, Ark D., SAYS: "A
private letter from Warren, Ark states that
Jadge J VI Bradley. OF the ten'h district o.
Arkansas, is desperately Ill of sickness closely
resembling leprosv, the skin having pealsd
from the entire surface OF the BODY. leaving the
leprosy in a most painfu condition His ply
sicisns say they never saw or read OF case
similar TO this, and grave fears are snte tanned
for bis life
Congressman Willis was hesi-n in ne prim
aries held in the Louisville district Saturday to
determine whe,h.r he Vas to he his own sue
h. = Bx far
Jouraai, which aas opposed MIR Willis for hav
ing q republican reappointed postmaster OF
Louisville, and for supporting III, Bl,ir educa-
ton scheme for getting southern education
Uuder federal control. Mr.. Asher g Caruth
is TO be bis Successor.
EI Senator David Levy Yalee OF FlorIdt
died AT tie Clarendon Hotel in New York on
Sunday after a sIN.days' Illness He arrived
in New York week ago with his ,on-In -las
c. II Reed. and his daughters Mrs Reed and
Miss Fiorida and Miss Mary Iul"e They had
neen spending the summer Al thstr cottage At
Bar Harhor sad came fron Boston hr the Fail
River line. Mr.. Yulee caught a severe cold on
the steamer and died Of pueumouIa
| 4 boa constructor. about IS iee' in l-ng' b
contained in a large woSien box being
conveyed from the Hamburg steamship pier TO
the establishment Of Richie Bros in New York.
when opposite Ci,y Hall park ii was freed nv
I the lid becoming displaced. The reptile glided
into The park and tried 10 get into grass plot
There was considerable excitement until SIX
men succeeded in throwing bag over its head
and carving IL the remainder Of she distance
| Fnlly 600 people we're present v.sn the rep.
| tile was recaptured.
Hon : : Cox. minister 20 Tnrkev. arrived
N Ne~ York lsst Sunday m rhe u Ch ,mp.gue
II. SAYS his visit here is partially IN conssqu-oe
nf import bnsiness connected ~ith his mis-.
sion and about which be mast consult Prr<i
dent Cleveland H. frankly saws he will ~ =
candidate for reelection TO Congress II h,s oil
eon>liIuenis vii! nominate him. hut with ref
erence to the recent talk Of msking him ig no
cratic candidate for mayor. he saws hi. amhi.
tiou lies not in that direction, and that under
. no circumstances would he accept the nomina-
tiou. Mr. Cox il accompanied by hIs wife.
Professor " E summer. of Yale, is an old
co lege chum of Secretary Whitney The pro-
frssor recently nrt Mr. Whitney. and tells " b
smile Whiiney's lscsnc opinion OF Cievr-
land and the administration Said summer
We'll, Bill, you have bad an eIpe'ienee OF a
year and more Of it now what do YOU think
of the President and the administration ?
Whitney looked comic-lty over his gl.ss@s a.
the professor a moment. and then said .lowly
! gu want W KNOW NNal l tnlD> OF lnls al
ministrstion Well, In tell YOU in = werd
Where the old m .u sits there is the head OF the
table. aud all hands have found it ou, by this
time
Last August Jacob GothoId, of y N.rrowsburg.
Sgligan county y. Y. notices a sseIliny on
his cows right side j, grew bigger and bg
ger, but the COW didn't seem to mind il Fin
ally he m4de slight incision on the top OF the
swelling. and pulled the rib Of au umbrella,
two feet long out OF the cows sid~. Nobod =
ever attempted TO Xylain how the umbrella
rib had got in amoag the COW ribs, hut the
COW evidently felt the loss OF it She lost her
appetite grew thin and ceased giving down
her milk Nothing that was done for her
woal! satisfy her for the loss Of the umbre.i,,
rib, and she kept on pining away unit! few
daysago. when she died.
Branford. Conn, people have bad little
sleep since W ednesday. Thomas Gear. An ED
erlv widoweF, oa that day msrried the buxom
widow NcQueeny That night men and hors
surrounded his house TO serenade the couple
Gear drove the calthu mp4ns of. but they came
back n-xt night and would not be driven of
Gear offered them 81 to go, bat they wanted
s. so and Gear would not stand the raise. On
the following night the crowd cam hack a
gain. 1t was a bigger crowd than before and
it made a good deal more noise. Saturday
night they threatened to add the town cannon
to the orchestra of horns tin pans, &c. Then
Gear weakened and paid s. so The crowd
took it, had drink and went home.
An unknown thief threw a handful Of red
pepper inte the eyes OF Tom ponnely, diamond
broker Of Chicago, Friday night, and then rob
bed the place of trav of diamonds valued at
between $500 and 5000. 1t was while the
streets we've crowded that the thief entered the
place. In the store at the time were Mr.. Don
nelly and his clerk They were about closing
up the store for the night but had not taken
the diamonds and other valuabes from the
case. When the man entered Mr.. Donnelly n
rose from his seat and walked to a case con-
tanning several trays of diamonds. The fellow
asked to be shown SONS stones, as he wished
to make present. 4 tray heavily laden with
the brilliants was placed on the gass counter
for inspection. While examining them with
his left hand the fellow drew his right hand
fro hi, ctot anj sba1 huIf