Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-11-19
NOTES..

conSecrateu b!Snop OF llmingtOn, Del, at
the Cathedral in B ,ltimore. Cardinal Gibbons
was the consecrator, and Bishop Becker, of Sa
vannah, preached the sermon.
Gen. Patrick A. Collins, e-elected to the
House from Boston, says that the campaign in
Massac chusetts was square fight on the single
issue of tariff reform, and all the Democrats
elected are tariff retormsrs.
The Aoted imported stallion Prince Charlie,
the property of Mr.. Dan Swigert, died at the
Emendorf farm, Fayette county, Ohio, Friday
night of collie. He was worth $40 600 He
wou the 2 900 gulneas in England in 1872.
Dr. Warren, au associate of the Washington
Ornithologicai Department of the Agricultural
Bureau, saws that hawks and owls feed on in
sects and mice, and not on poultry as has been
commonly supposed In examining number
of the stom lchs of these birds he tindS II poul
try.
Two big pensions were granted at W tshlug-
ton the other day. Ule was to J)hn I. Mon
Grief, an insane veteran, whose first paym Mt
will amount to ST. 224 80. This i. said to be
the largest pension yet issued. The other was
10 Josiah Brinard, whose first payment will a.
mount to Sll, ,9lI.s6.
Col. Robert G Ingersoll is one of the coun,
Telegraph Company vs. Francis P Stevens and
others, and same company vs.. VIM A. Damn
They are 50 and 81 on the general docket, and
will be argued before tho Court OF Appeas in
Annapolis, the latter part of December or first
OF January.
Probably the last check in existence on the
Confederate States of America was EXHIBITED AT
Dallas, Tex, Monday, by Col J F. Caldwell.
1t was for $50, 600. drawn on the Confederate
State depository at Columbus by W NJ. GILES
pie quartz rmaster, IN favor OF Col 7. Sanfo I'd,
dated April l4th, 1865, five days after the sur
render OF Lee.
PIeuro pneumonia has developed in Clinton
county, Indiana, among u lot Of spring calves
imported from Ohio. Indiana has no law in
regard 10 .pleuro-pneumonia, and grave fears
are felt that the disease will spread by reason
of lack Of authorlt, on the part OF any one 10
destroy the infected herds.
Washington county, Texas, has been in a
state OF great excitement ever since the slec.
ton, owing to several political sssassiaations
by negroes who were incited thereto oy White
Republicans. The military were called out,
and the lstes, reports Indicate that the trouble;
are at an end.
The suit of the Government versus the
American Bell Telephone Comp :ay, pending
before the United States Court tor the district
of Ohio has been dismissed for want of juris
diction and without prejudice to ius,ituting
suit elsewhere. The opinion was delivered by
Judge Sage.
While the Republicans OF Burkssilie, Ky.
were celebrating the election of Hon. W God
| frey Huater ts Congress, the anvil with whict
they we're firing a salute exploded, killing Val
ter Hsggard, son of ex-senator d. r HsEgsrd
and seriously wousding Jack Jones, the 'iler
Hnddleston and VIM. Riichy. jones lsf
/ leg was smputsted below the knee.
! Near Hawkinsyille, Ga, recently, = COW
with crumpIed horns was licking hes calf snd
| by some means, the calf got its head in The cir
Gle of the horns and could not extricste it
The COW became excited and, in her Efforts ;C
get rid of the calf, strangled it and broke be
own neck, both dying instantly
A tract Of land on the es;ern shore OF Cay
uga Lake, near Canoga, has been leased IL
Rochester parties for the cultivation OF frogs
Ths raising of frogs for the New York markc
has come to be recognized industry. Their
is large frog farm in the neis heorhood o
W Waterloo aud several in Canada, aud still tht
demand is greater than the supply.
"Bill' Davis. weight II ) pounds, and Jack
kenney, 100 pounds, fought sita txo-ounc'
gloves TO huish, Marquis of q ieensbuEy rules
uear Rockaway, n Y. last Friday Thirty
one rounds were fought, aud the conies; va
declared a draw. ln round 81 they slmos
tottered TO the centre Of the ring. At The ent
of the round both fell down from sheer weak
ness.
About one hundred Bald Koobbers" en
tered ChaswiSS, Aa--Sa Thursday Tiset o
last week, and began a raid on the saloons
their object being TO burst open The b,rrsl
and pour the xhiskey out, bu, While they wer
at this work citizens Of the town opened fire OF
seriously wounded, and he Was member O
lhe Bald knobb-rs" gang.
With all the safeguards thrown arouad cut
mails, and they are many aud Ingenious, ye'
the last annual report of the Inspection Bureau
OF the Post Office Department shows that dur
ing the past year is7 Post Offices were robbed
and 260 burned, 10 postal cars we're burned or
wrecked, 81 mail stages robbed, I mail pssssn.
gers on their wagons robbed, 10 pouches lost,
and III stolen, cut, or injured b, falling ondsr
trains.
Charles Hudson, coiored, n ho pie .ded guilty
10 incest in The Criminal Coar:, al Sedalls, No
on wednesday of last week. attempted 10 CON.
nit suicide Friday morning. He saturated his
clothing and the bed upon which he WAS lyiug
in the Cell with coal oil. auI then applied a
Lighted match. His entire body WAS instau Il J
wrapped in flames, but no cry escaped him
The jailer was attracted by The smell Of TIE
smoke, but before the flames coald bs ex,iu.
guish.d the man was fatally burned. He gave
as the reason for his attempt al suicide that be
was afraid he would be hanged for his crime
Captain Edward Friend. Of the E. Paso r. aes,
arrived at Albuquerque, \. NJ, on Tuesday
mig ht of last week and opened roll for recruit:
to join Cuttings hhbustering expedition into
Mexico. II is understood that 3l3 Danes have
been placed on the list 10 that city, and tha,
more are promised. 1t is expected lha, the ex
pedition will be thoroughly organized within
month sad that the ins nsurgents will rendeI
vous at FL Paso, from which point they vii
invade the Mexican republic. Federal off tials
Ia the Territory are closely watching the move
mems. and will use every endeavor to prevent
the invasion of the friendly neig boring repub-
lie. The men being enlisted Tor The expedition
are well-known characters. desperate in the ex.
treme and capable OF causing serious inierna-
tional trouble.
A snow blizz .rd struck Os2ego, ~ Y, las,
Friday night and continued Saturday. Train:
we're delayed and the street railroad WAS block
ed for the FIRST time since its operation. A flee,
of ten light vessels left there tor Canada Friday
night, and grave fe,rs are felt for their safety
But one, the Snowbird, has been heard from.
and she was ashore at Charlotte The crew
are safe. Tbe.wind blew forty miles an hour
en- the lake and the snow was binding. The
tug Proctor left Oswego for Charlotte before
the storm with the barges Bolivia and E. c.
Buel in tow. She got lost in the snow ST orm
and her barges broke away. Tue tug, badly
iced up, finally got IRto CHARLOTTE, but nothing
has been heard from the bar.es. There were
six men on each barge.
4 most extraordinary incident took place the
other day during burial service held in the
Lazaretto at the quarantine station near
Charleston, S. G. While Rev. Father Wilson.
of st. Mary's, was reading the beautiful burial
service OF the Roman Catholic Church, and
just as his lips bad given utterance to the
words, ''A1d the earth shall open and give up
its dead. d.!etc., the mighty and deep roll of The
earthquake was heard approaching the honse