Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-10
NOTES.
Thomas Finn committed suicide Saturday n
New York because the girl he loved did not
love him

Thomas Finn committed suicide Saturday \
New York because the girl he loved did not
love him.
The speculative transactions in stocks and
wheat IN New York last week were the largest
ever recorded in that market
Diptheria is epidemic at WiIkinburg an east.
efn snonro OF Pitisburg. Over 200 case. h we
been reported. The cause of the trouble is
said to be defective drainage.
Burke and Kennedy, convicted in the Circuit
C"ust Tor Carroll county last week tor the mur-
der OF John j Cdrr,n Of B Gilmore were sea
'ehceu 10 II years and mbnths in the peni
| Tertiary.
+ Z. Jordan. of Jordin's White sulphur
Springs, Frederick county, Va. was eng ,gei
rfiutg and Saturday in securing from hiI
pohd, near the springs, M abundant supply o.
ice FOUR inches in thickness
Polly Stump, aged So years. while returning
I" - home Wednesday evening fell and hroke
ner leg near Lenhartsv!e Pa She vainlv en-
deaVored to crawl home, and Thursday morn
ing was iound frozen to death
Mr.. Allen Ming and Mrs. RospfelI were mar
rltd On IRWIN county, Co., few DAYS ago
Ar-hing IS past his threescore and ten years
mi Ilhs l. his lilth tine to enter into wedlock
ma The trlde is about So years of age, win
several grandchildren
The mother Of Fannie Lillian Madison ba .
written letter u ng Gov, Lee, of Vi GINA.
% lei the law take Is urse IN the case OF
laos. j. Ciuve-lus, L Ider sentence Of death
30 t"L Coz. Lee h, $ given no min ,tian o, an
Intention 10 eIsrc sc ceaeBcy in Cluverius' 5
case.
l bez1a Slaton o Fave lie county. Ga has
Neen twice married Hi. FRS WIFE be re him
-ighteen chilire', AID The present Mrs Slaton
WE'VE more lie confes es himself unable to
remember all their n,mes in the order Of their
birth. Five OF hi bows were in one company
10 Georgia re- lm-nt during the rebellion.
The srg Imeuts o. counsel in the French spo.
hrilon 'litms cases were concluded before The
Court tf Claims, IN Washington. last week
ma The SSt fourteen cases on the caIend r
were submitted for decision These are test
cases, and involve the general question OF the
governments liability Tor the damages claimed
The work of getting jury 10 the case of ex-
Alderman McQuaie was continued in New
ork Tuesday. r even men have been select
ID, tut OF three hundred i-le-mea over two
ausdred have been examined forty. one have
altered the jury box, aLd Of these the p-op!e
have challenged thrtees and thu defense tour
teen out OF twenty possible challenges
Miss Lonisa Carroll, daughter of e1.Gov
John h@e Carroll OF Maryland, who is nov re-
-idtng tn Paris. aud Count jean de kersorl.y,
Young Freuch army officer. we're m.rri-d IN
Paris GA Saturday last. Minister Roo+rt N
AcLase and other Am r,cans in the French
capital sere at The wedding. The bridal party
sill make trip TO Sou'hers Europe
James Il G,een. an intelligent colorrd ,>.u,
graduated from the JED rsoaville (Kv High
Schoo! two wears ago With honor. H. took
charge OF hourIsb!uE school two miles from
the city, but when The n groes Of the nei hoor-
hood found thN, he wss a Democrat. .ni al
WAYS Esied the sirasht lie nacra,ie ticket, they
oyoo'ied him, AMI nos ss has but two pa,
p'ls. sEd viii Probah'y have to give up the
school.
Char rston. :. e j. SIcd With smoke fron
forest hres IN the surrouadin. country. The
'siegraph wires are down on the Ine Of the
Northeastern road, aud iae foil srten, of the
i.magr is not kno~n. Tue vll<Te OF Pinopo-
lis, IN Berkeley county, narrowly escaped de-
',ruciion. Mrs Kate Porcher's selling house
and a number Of barns AMI farm hou.e, we're
burned.
The suit TO recover So o01 fr,ru General
= Bgtler on the part OF he Sitiou.G Soldiers
't'fthf NAtb' W lu u l~tsb Ss'nrtJT. lr rnsTa |
T,ttun testified thu q neral Butl ,ssirrau--r
u the Home. i~nI h'H SIS. 900 /, start a shoe
hop in conn~c'i'a With tn. nou~ Tn- SIS.
GOO "a, rrp.ii To General Butter 10 1879 tut
this PsF men - not been accounted Tor IN .nv
wsy. Gon-tal Bu'l-r's d-'ease i. Tat b. has
paid tn sam luli.
-RaAl -" SATURDAY cap'arei the night
~srchmsa Of James + umsits hsuk. at wsvrr.
=. OHIO sni % his presence hies open she SAT-.
TOOK several thousand dollars snt departed
They hai Eon~ onlr a short di.r.nc. when
,hsy were met BY OH -rr. gaev, H,ll. W,loth
'at Brook mr, er, % ChiiocuIhc. Upon seeing
ne polio tn robners h~sso 6riny, and -oak
meyer Rgu-y ani Wiloth rec~ivsi slight
wounds TIE robbers - apei
The Hon \ T Williams. Sen,,nr elect from
C4hinrai, has arrived Like hiS pred-ce.. r
Mr. Hs,rsi. an4 the n Mortal T ,hor - Coo
ado. VI Viii, IN. Nil var the tnsa fAr onls
: ic" SrtAs lie ~ sugy. mill little NJ al Of
he Ben Harrison irp- lie has htoxn errs, =
bald head fri grh .irh graz n.ir. md nrarls
'rtmmrd gray beard He - apy m,Eiipn, ere
but has COMPETENCE. liz wss Cb.irgnen o. the
SepIullcan State Cyru ui te- an the b rnpr o:
three ~ sHIh sat IN tn S4ntt. -. ,cc1ri-
ed t. him for party srrst~e.
W s'1fg OF sun ting tmoaG sailors IN tn -
ent tlt which sSrpt the lakes si'l excite
more pity than that of .ai Or lad named John
son, who now lies d,,ng a, NV Bnf 40. M,ch
lie maufa'Iv stood Al III, "a heel Of he schooner
>cud up to his waist in the ic-- cold waters Of
he lake al the 'ims nd h ~ arpsa-i nv every
ssr- that struck the re>sal while the service.
- the captain sod an- bodied 10 MIXERS % the
rev Ver. required ei.-whsr- Al s,v- one
were disabled ard Ia Ih. one ih- how rs IN
civ comp aei 10 ape iat Relief iIis u aver
S's gr,nisi and not any -, son 10 in 4.
short tiue more hr ~ al have he-n freq SIT
Al the - he'll