Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-09-03
NOTES.

A Phl.delphi, ossrsr dealer has horse th =;
eats oysters on the III she'll VIII remarkable
relish.
Philip Pierce a negro. Of J .cksonvi'ls. Pa,
wants to bet $50 th.t be can suck fOrtr-eigh'
raw eggs and drins gallon Of whisky within
an hour.
/ General Joseph z Johnston, who is III in
ST. Louis is rather feeble at best. being now -
years old lie is always cheerful, howefsr,
and exceedingly courteous.
| Mrs. Nancy Ric. the Oldest person in P,Y-
mouth county, MIS- Giei On wedues lay
aged l0I years months aud - days. she
was one OF choir that sang at memorial ser
vice when Washington died.
! The report Of the commission Of ish and 6sa
cries, just i-saei, shows that every rear H.
/ $50, 900 pounds OF fish are taken from Mary
! land rivers. This is exclusive Of the catch ia
| Chesapeake bay.
Among the voters at the recent Alabama
election was Thomas Garrett Of Holman's Pre-
cinct, who cast his first vote for john dams
in the fall OF 1876. lie was then 20 years old
and on his neat birthday will be ll5 years old
A Dakota farmer. while sticking straw
placed his vest, 10 the pocSe OF which were
SI0 under the "a ze Of The stack for ssf-Seeping
He forgot the vest, and the next dsv the stack
was struck by lightaing and burned, aud the
vest and the money VITA ii.
Lightning struck in the mid He os potato
patch at Piatts5iie, Ulster county during a
recent thunder storm, aud scorchei the vine.
ia circle of fifteen feet Directly in the cen
tire of the circle the tubers were uncovered and
many of them we're baked.
Emanuel Riitsnhous-, of lancaster, Pa, dis
covered a remarkable production CROWN, oui
of one Of hi. sunaowers this week II is 4
thick, Sold, green substance, exactly rrsemD-
ling a chicken. The head, bill, eyes, neck
body and tail are very naturally represented
In illustration of what may te done under
the scalp bounty law, it is stated that an In
diana county man found nest containing -four
hawk eggs, took them home, placed them un-
der hen, and when they were hatched out
killed T. EN- and collected the STATE bounty, SO
cents each.
A Washington wheelman on Sunday rode
his bicycle the whole lesgth of the stone cop
ing of CABIN John bridge, twelve miles from
! Washin- -tou. The coping is less than a foot
wide, the bridge is 200 feet long, and had be
slipped off in the centre Of tie span, he would
! have fallen l25 feet.
AT Is o'clock Sunday morning in the
midst OF heavy Storm the powder magaz Re
belonging TO the Latin and Rand Powder
Company was struck by lightning An explo
sion followed, which destroyed property run
ming up in the neighborlood of S75. 600, be-
sides killing one person instantly and fatally Y
injurng four others.
Mr.. Henry Biyard, brother of the late Hon.
James A. Bayard and uncle of the Secretary
of State, Thomas F. Bayard, died wednesday,
at his home in Dduphin, Dauphin county, Pa.
He was nearly eighty years of age. Henry
Bayard was born in Wilmington, Del and
lived there until about 25 or 80 years ago,
when be moved to Philsdelp phia, aud subse-
quently to Dauphin, whers he engaged in the
iron manufacturing business.
| A rabid dog on the farm of W. X. Candy
bit Walter Candy, aged 4, in the face, on Au-
gust 8. Two mads,ones were applied, but
neit.er adhered and it was said no virus had
entered the system. Saturday last the boy.
throat hurt and he refused to eat and cried
when water was brought near him. He grew
worse and a greenish foam issued from his
mouth. He snapped at little paymat who
came to see him and bit the boy in the cheek
That night he barked like dog, gnashed his
teeth, suffered horrible contertions and died.