Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-08-06

burg, n. D., has been shut down indetl-
nitely on account of the turbulent conduct
Of the hands.
A monument to the memory of the Ia e
Gen. n. B. Forrest is to be erected at
Memphis, Tenn, by the members of his
old command.
Edward tlaulan, the oarsman, has been
offered $500 in case he breaks the single
scull three mile record, and he will make
the attempt on Lake Quinsigmond on
Thursday, August y.
Hon Jefferson Davis recently wrote the
following letter to New Yorker, who ex-
hlbits it: "Sir-I am 100 old To quarrel,
too old to boast. The man of sense in his
old age likes to be let alone. With re-
spect, yours, ETC."
The carriage works of Orville II. Short,
the most extensive manufacturer in Syra-
cuse, n. Y, were burned Saturday. About
1000 wagons and much valuable machin-
cry were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at SO, 900; insurance 100000.
\ prize fight, which resulted in the
death of one of the contes ants, has taken
place at Rhonda, Wales. Tue pugilists
were Evans and James. Thirty two rounds
were fought. Evans was carried 10 his
home in horrible condition and died
shortly after his arrival there.
The estimates OF the Postotfice Depart
ment indicate that the total expenditure
| for the postal service for the year ended
| June SO will tail below SOL ,0O0, 900, and
the net increase of the revenue Mil be a
bout 81 800 900, making the total revenues
for the year just closed S44,00O,000.
/ The Pierce Weaver mystery growing
out of the Georgia Pacific Railroad sccl-
dent last December, in which fourteen
lives were lost, has been solved 10y tue APP
pearance of the original Weaver, who has
been in hiding. The tive supposed wild
oWs were suing the road for damages
4 Mr. w. IL CT ley and large staff of eI-
gineers arrived al Panama tom New York
July "a and proceeded 10 Peru 10 com
plete the great Orova Railroad there, and
extend it to the renowned silver mines OF
Cerro de Pasco, for which project Mr.. NJ.
/ =. Grace has received concession from
the Peruvian Government.
/ Mrs Hettie Baushman, who resides with
her son Louis p. near Llneboro, Carroll
county, was - years old on the tenth Of
July. The Westminster -idrocdte states
that as they we're harvesting on that day,
the o d lady celebrated her anniversary by
going into the tie d and binding =. sheaves
of wheat, one for each year.
/ The CITY councils OF Charleston, : c.
have passed an ordinance prohibit ug
pool selling in that city, and the -Nelrs and
Courier urges its vigorous enforcement.
The council has also instructed the police
commissioners to euforce the provisions of
the cirv ordinances relating 10 faro banks,
policy shops and gambling generally.
The large barn on the farm of Daniel W.
Bark dol, near >mlthsburg, Washington
county, was struck by lightning during
Friday nights storm. \ targe quantity
of wheat and hay, all the farming impIe-
ments, COW five calves and several sheep
were consumed with the building. Tue
loss will amount TO several thousand dol
lars: covered by insurance.
The President has appointed Nathan
r. Dawson, OF Alabama. 10 be commls-
sloner OF education, and Alexander i p
shaw, of Tennessee. to be assistant com
missioner of Indian affairs. The Senate
has rejected J. c. Mat hews, nominated
tor recorder OF deeds for the District of
Columbia The report IN relation 10 the
Nicsragusn treaty has been postponed un-
Il December.
4xPtpurnrmenrss rss:1-cr--rs'ys''Tr-Stsr fot'T-irg.:
Sir Richard Assheton Cross; lord priyy
seal, Earl Cadogan; coloni.l secretary.
Right Hon. Edward S'anhope; president
of the board of trade, Right Hon. Edward
Stanley; lord advocate, Right Hon. ]. H..
4. Mcdonald; solicitor general for Scot
+ land, Mr.. J. 7. Bannermas Robertson, III as
i ter of the horse, Duke of Portland.
! Five new cases and three deaths from
/ typhoid fever were reported in Pitt-burg,
/ Pa, on Monday. The disease Is spreading
rapidly. notwithstanding ths efforts of the
health officers T. check the rsvages. In
the twenty fifth ward there are l2l cases.
many of them serious and al least a dozen
OF dangerous type. Five new cases OF
fever have been drveop in West + liza
beth within the last forty-eight hours.
Important reforms arc being attempted
in Chilli. One project provides hat no
Senator or Deputy shall he Interested in
any public contract another, that neither
the President nor any minister shall give
an office 10 near relative unles. it is
proved that lie Is qualified in every re-
spect to hold it The electric light has
been Introduced into Chill. Small -pox
is making sad ravages in the republic
Dynamite WAS placed under The B.ptis,
church at St Clair, Pa, Saturday morning,
wrecking the building and entsiling dam.
age TO the amount of several hundred dol.
lars Thr act is regarded as = result OF
the crusade of the Law and Order Society,
through whose efforts Daniel Walker, an
old and respected citizens, was recently
imprisoned for technical violation OF the
| liquor law. and who died in a short ii me,
his death being generally attributed to his
Imprisonment.
A curious case Of the violation OF the
prohibition iaw comes from De X alb CO.,
Ga. Daniel Bearden Il man of 90 years or
more, and weak in body, pleaded guilty
to Sc ling whiSkey without II license On
Investigation it appeared that Bearden
had his clothes so arranged that be carried
about his person an assortment of liquors,
with sugar, bitters, nutmeg, glasses &c,
so that he became a veritable travelling
bar room, W it'll all the conveniences except
ice. As he was Old and infrm, the Judge
sentenced him 10 two molths in Jail and
to pay foe of $50 and costs, or in detau't
thereof u serve four months additional in
Jail
The Chicago Tribune tel pathetic
story of the eldest daughter Of J ,hn Bsig-
ham Young, one of the wcaltIiiest men in
Utah. She was the f,vnrite niece of
Brigham Young, was literally educated,
and was an excellent musician. Her
father wanted her t" marry Mormon elder,
but she eloped with young newspaper
man, G mite. They went to New York,
where he worked AS n reporter until his
eyes failed. He became blind, and she
sang ia a concert loon in New York and
supported her husband, t. whom she was
devoted. Then she lost her voice by
sickness, and the two were likely to strove.