Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11

! Mr.. J~f.rson n. Levy -rites to the Bslii
more Sga q statement tsst IL 10 not fair to ,A,
that the A. hcially-isvsIisd top Of the lilu,
mount, near the msaslos al NaaiicslIo Tho,
Jef-rsan bone, ''suakenpI or utival.i O.
/ IL. sAss the AoatIcs!o grounds are KEEP, up rI
acily as Thos JsS-rsoa left Ih-ra. aud that 10
nearly nifty acres surrounding the laxu, 10.
grounds are soidsi dosn ~tIh sra,s To.
ta~ns sutrou adisg th. hoase fof so,ns tea Of
a'ts~n acres couiAFn tae sane old tres a. VI
Jefferson iegl iaem
horrible double murder rs committed
usar Tyro S.aps. ulriisoa coantv \ 4 Fri
asy sighi. Nais 4. J. NeBr1Is .ad wsf,
we're e.Itng suppSr they ~.fe 10 i aered O taci,
seats, and tbs house robbed AID burned TO
ssiher Nth their bodies. M. u Br,ie ksv.
"a his taxes Friday. aad stated that he s,d
$500 on aani which - Supposed 10 nave bcsa
ths csus- Of the marier Alfred L.osg sai
Walter " omacs, his brothers .lt~, gOta CO :
oredr have Ieea arrested on sa,p,eioa
A curious el,in uu presented TO tn. sr,,
Comptroller Of the rsassry Fr,d.y Il con.
sssird Of "srrsal - favor Of Joen is,tssd.,
tor slI a. 90. with interest al per r.ag
signed ny Joseph Sours, 'Resi,tg asd
dated February "a. 1888 The claimant SAYS
that Ieslsrd.y IS dead Aai thai it 10 not
known vhsIher he bad any childrsn or not.
but bat there are now lirisg aisc.s and u.ph
s~s, and possioiy grandchildren. The var
rsnt was discovered smoaa mass Of old paper,
which had a.v,r besn closely examined tn.
interest on the wsrraEt amOunts TO about SllO
The hrst Comptroller is OF opinion that this IS =
valid claim, but says the msa-y could COL, be
paid TO The legitimate heirs Of tie deceased.
A milk white snake, SIX feet long. WAS can.
tared on Thursday Of last week By two youth,
la gcFf-
and carried TO Piammsrs store, where il il,
now KEEP, in dry goods box. |, has a head
Ike the black ssske, with bright, glisteninr
eyes, slim, tspering neck, the BODY about an
inch in diamaler IN the largest part 1t does
not seem 10 be msch frightened By persons a.
round II, but shoss some anxiety al times 10
make It's escape By raising It's bead TO the holes
10 the opening IN The Stats on the top Of IN,
box. 1t does not show a vicious disposition.
ss 1t only moves about ~hsa touched by
switch, and puts out ITS tongue IL has been
been known 10 be il the seig Dor hood for
some years. and last summer party went GU,
10 c.piu il. but 1t made its escape by hdiay
under the roots Of a tree whrre they could not
get il. Much curiosity is felt there TO learn
something about his saaksship and his family
A curious sui; for breach Of promise will b.
tried al the next term of the Burlington County
w. ~ Aupte"e bOuii. MISS Ella W llCOX.
young woman well kaown in the society of
Mount Holly, beCa me engaged 10 be married to
John Cook. of the same place. Mr. Cock went
through all the regular formalitie., and asked
and obtained Mr. Wilcox's consent ,e MARI,
his daughter. The wedding WAS to have Ia
ken place on May l5. Three days before the
wedding day, for some unknown reason, Mr..
Wilcox changed his mind about the desirability
OF Mr.. Cook as a sonin-law. and said the cere-
mony would not take place. When Miss vii
cox told Mr.. Cook Of this change in f.eling on
the part of her father, the prospective bride
groom got angry, and left the house saying
be was Disguised and was going away, never
to return. Miss Wilcox thought the matter
all over, and the more she thought the more
angry she became al her father. Last week she
hunted up a lawyer, and with his assistance she
began suit for SIC, 900 damages for breach OF
promise against her father alleging that be
was the sole cause Of her lovers estrangemsnt,
and that she needed about that amount to
patch up her broken heart and hunt up an
o lher fellow. 1t is believed that this is the
first suit for breach of promise eyer begun in
which the girls own father is the defendant.