Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-09-24
NOTES.

matchmaker saws tn 1t the m iltipicity of
telephone. tele gr tph a.: electric sht wires in
large cities magnetic. wiirh.s .nl pre- vent
them from keeping goo tim.
There were several sharp sho.ks of earth
quake Mon iav night AMI Tuesd ~ m ,rning at
Charleston, 5. &. t iere were alsl shocks at
Summervile, Columbia, S,vann4h, Augusta
and other points.
Little R'sa Exert, wears old fe,l ou, Of
third story win low at l. L,gansport, struck the
pavement, remained uucens.io.s for few
minutes, and then resumed her interrupted
play quite unharmed.
A trackmsn on the Gr.ni Truuk Railway
insists that n drove Of squirrels crossing the
tracks at Petro ia. Canada. absolutely blocked |
the road. and hand car RAINING into then
killed sxty-four.
A canvass hy the ST Louis Globe Democroi
of leading politicians for preferences for Presi
dent in seven Western States showed 244 70,
Blaine, ll9 for Logan, Al for sherman SO for
Cleveland, tor Hill, and 4 for Thurman.
number of colorei people IN the vicinit,
OF Danvi'le, Va, are considerably excited over
the prediction of one S W. Armstesa that the
world is to be destroyed September 30 PRAYER
and revival meeti ags are not infreqpently kept
up all night.
In the recent gale the Labrador and New
foundlsnd coasts FIVE British schoouers were
lost. Fortunately only three men were drown
ed. Hundreds OF ismishing families at pre-
sent hurrying from the shore into the mining
settlements of Notre Dame Bay.
The Lighthouse Board has called on the
keepers OF all stations and vessels embraced in
the territory visited by the recent earthquakes
to report their personal experiences during the
shocks and the effects thereof on their buildings
or vessels.
John Wyatt anl Denps Loftiu are neigh Dor.
in Marshal county, ky.. who have not spoken
for years. Loftin spoke to Wyatt "Wednesday
at funeral and the latter knocked him down
with rock. LoftIn thea drew a knife and
killed Wyatt, stabbing bin seven times.
Terry" Meehau and "J,ck" Burns, two
local heavy-weights, fought . bars-knuckle
prize tight for a small parse on the river bank
10 Allegheny City, Pa, Friday afternoon The
hght was to finish. In the lth round Nee
han Was Knocked senseless, and did not recover
consciousness for two hours. Burns escaped
with a few scratches.
The largest pension ever paid in the Unitsd
States was paid in Louisville on Friday to Mar.
Gus ID. Richardson, an aged soldier living al
Ailton, ny. The cause for granting the pen
sion is total blindness, brought on by sn injury
to the eyes received In the war in 1853. The
pension dated back TO tha, year. and amounted
to 81 500.
A pail Of butter that four years sco va, sc.
edenially dropped Into q eisteru in Pslmyra.
Mo-, was recovered the other d.y When the
cover vas removed the batter seemed TO be in
perfect condinsu, sweet aad Hrm. but 10 few
| moments II VAS As strong IS the strsngest
boarding house butter in history.
| The four Acksn brothers Of Aidd es@r coun-
~, New Jersey, are hns men. Willism is 50
years old, six feet three inches ia height and
weighs $50 pourds; Henry is 81, six feet four.
and weighs 270; Samuel ia 10, six feet FIVE. and
weighs 225; Theodore is 10, six fee, sir. and
seishs 80 poaais. They are in excellent
edth, asd vigorous beroud their years.
Io Jaeksoa county. " Va, large rock 90
\ ulouat.in side o..rhang the residence OF Les
lie Cummings. "Wednesday night this rock.
Weighing hundreds Of ,oas. w.. detached and
rolled dowa the mountain side. crushed the
barn, killed four or dvs hors-s add mules aud
theo struck the dwelling Of Cummings. killing
Frank Cum niags s1d Ei~srd jerks. aud bad
-ly iniariRE Leslie Csmnia -, bis site and $50
Paris s. = 90 rHssls thrown thirty FEET
circles OF that city that Miss AnIts Carol
Laughter ofex Gov John Lee Carroll. Of tio ..
ara county. s 10 be welded shortly To Baron
Lsais de Ia Grange, = French aoot.nan. Tia.
narrisgs will prob ,blv take plac. in oc,ob,r
uaaor. the family resideacs in Howard county.
ABOUT yeir ago, and ,hsy have since resided %
Paris
Tne acting secretary of the treasury hss writ
ten TO the collector OF custom, at Nxw York %
regard TO TIE importation OF sp,rioas teas
large qasntities OF which are said to haze pass
| a uader arbitration as provided for In S-ctiop
OF The act Of March 3. 1888, to prrr-st tn e
importation OF aduitersted or spurious teas
lie says u appears from the r-port Of the 10
spector that cousIderahie Quantities Of tea, not
clearly up 10 the Commercial STANDARD, are in
ported into The tsited States snd have besa
admitted TO entry after suom ssioa TO arbi,ra-
| ton.
Thono Rogers, IS year, old. formerly I.
printer on tue New York World attempted to
commit suicide S,iard.y morning after a pro.
uAeted spree. He soaked a bor OF m .tehss ia
glass OF water sni then drank The mixture
tie ih.n took picture nail from the ssil and
Jsooed 1t tsice Into his left breast lie next
smashed q wiae bottle and sswed at hi. th ro-t
wiih one Of the fragments He was arrested
aud sent to Bellevue Hospital. Several mouths
ago be 10 said to have inherited $40, 600 from
some relative in Englasd. which be was to re-
ceive in iustalmeuts OF 81 Q. coo eve-y ten years
As al attraction TO tn. Jefferson eous,y IN
r. fair, gifts consisting of = full wedding ost-
$500 were offered 10 the couple - ho would he
married before the public on the grauna.
Charles |. Corey aud Carrie B. Clark of Black
River, responded, and on Thursday of last
week. on an elevated stand. 10 front Of q Gro d
OF 10. 900 persons. were joined in m.trimopy
Hon. r. p. Flower kissed the BRIDE and gave
The groom three $40 bills The Rome, Water
town and O1dsnsourg Railroad Company gave
the pair wedding trip to Ni4gsr. Falls and
return
Lena Fry, the little daughter OF David Fry,
at Rumpto~n, Loudoun county. Va, who As.
tonished the phy siciAns and people in that vi
clnity by her long sleep, is dead. She was & r.
teen years old. Her srst Isng sleep was ,so
.eeFs ago when she slumbersd sixty six hour,
Then she was thought TO be dead. Her las,
and hnal sleep began thirteea days ago and
ended Thursday. She begged those about her
not to let her Ee to sleep, but they could not |
relieve her OF the drowsiness which took DOS. |
session OF her. All efforts to awaken her wei.
Useless. The doctors Say she starved 10 death |
while asleep.
The American Forestry Congress, which ad |
journed Friday night, adopted resolutions ask. |
ing' Congress to establish an agricultural aud |
forestsl experimental station on the uuo.cupied |
portion of land in the District of Columb. |
known as the Arlington estate, said station to
be under the control of the Department of Ag-
riculture; also the passage of bill for the pro
lection and preservation Of the timber land no |
in possession Of the Government, and for the
establishment in Office of Commission of For
estry, to provide means to prevent the destruc-
ton of forests by ERE and the prosecution Of
persons setting FIRE to timber.
There was a slight shock Of earthquake at
Charleston at % O'Clock Friday morning
Work is going on actively, but bricklaysrs aud
plasterers are badly needed. The subsistence
committee are now issuing rations to nearly
1000 persons, large majority Of whom are
coIored. No case OF distress fails 10 receive
prompt attention. The relief committee Friday
night provided for the appointment of two
master mechanics to visit every house of per.
sons applying for assistance to rebuild, and to
estimate the amnunf of da aaaea 4 rasalntia..l