Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Mumps are prevailing to great ext
in Baltimore.
The United States inspectors rcp
that there we're fsrty two lives lost 4
board the steamer Kate Adams VIII
was recently destroyed in the Nississ
pi river.
The funeral Of Mrs Scharf. mother !
Col J. Thomas Scharf Maryland's i
torian, took place in Baltimore on |
lay last.
There rs a lawyer in Montreal V Z
has the only existing copy Of the f
book published in Canada 1t is Arc
bishop Lauguet's catechism, and be q
date 1865.
Yellow fever has broken out on bod ~
the IT, $ Steamer Yantic. one Of e
ships recently sent to Ilayti to dena !
the release Of a United States vessel ~
gaIly detained by that government.
A now Republican paper is soon - e
started in Rockville, Montgomery eou J.
ty It will be upon substantial ba ! i
and will he ably edited by experience 1
aud forriblc writer's. u
Samuel J Tilden's nephews. Sam !
J. ir and George II Tilden have b |
disposscssed for non payment of rem
store in New York where they
been conducting business as whole
chemists.
At a dinner party given by Cha y
Wilson, at Iowa, on New Years day is
family aud nine guests were poisoned y
partaking Of meat sailed 10 a vel el
made of zinc. All are in serious q
dition. n
u. S Treasurer Hyatt signed
on Friday last payable to himself
S58. 900, 900. This was to reimbu 4
the department for money used in J
purchase Of bonds. Mr. Hyatt sa |
was The largest check that he has e1sf
signed.
The Rev. Fielder Israel, promindh BIT
Unitarian divine. formerly leading
clergyman in the Methodist ministry,
committed suicide in Salem. Mass, On
Friday last lie was 81 years of age,
born in Baltimore, and was we'll known
throughout this State.
The Emperor Francis Joseph has ac-
cepted an image Of the Virgin, in mosaic,
presented to him as s jubilee gift by the
Pope. 1t was made at the Vatican ex-
pressy for the purpose, and cost So 900.
1t is said to be the only Jubilee present
the Emperor has accepted.
Anne Arundel has a short rabbit sea
son, under a law passed in 1888. 1t
opens November |, and closes December
"a. The first arrest under i was Of
f'James Can't. of the four%h district; W hu
walked into a store at Patuxent with d
rabbit in his hand, was arrested, fined,
and refusing to pay, was lodged in Jail
The Baltimore base ball club changed
hands a few days ago. Mr.. Won Der
Ilerst. who held controlling say in the
club, has sold his interest to two well
known oyster hackers in Baltimore
Barnie still retains his interest, and WI
manage the club during the. COZ
:. season. -
: The Cohfed Catholic ConCfas
. its first session in Washington last W
q They were addressed by Cardinal c.
% bons and other eminent men in p
is church. On Friday they called on e
a President WAC expressed his gratis
ton at their call and took them one
+ one by the hand as they fled past by
. Rev. Father Edward A. O'Reill
4 learned priest of the Order of St. !.
:. gustine for thirteen years died ats
Augustinian College, at Villianova, re
J a few days ago, from inhaling vapoi ),
/ gasoline while he slept Fat
o O'Reilly had been ailing for the IT
4 three months with apoplexy, andt
times was troubled with hemorrhageslt
!. Gov. Ames, of Mass, in his
e nual message to the legisIat
e advises the early submission to the D
!. pie Of prohibition amendment. and :
vocates the increase of the penalties
violation of the liquor laws. p
: thinks it would be wise to substitute ie
:, prisonment for fines in such cases. /
: A peculiarly novel letter has just b
. sent by an inhabitant of Bath, Engla,"
to friend at Trowbridge. Ii T.
I written in shorthand on the back es
g postage stamp. the address being in q
) binary writing The missise was dr.
. ped into the letter-box at the Gene
Postofhce, and was duly delivered at i
u destination. s
Mrs. Michael O'Leary, of Chical
= made desperate by her drunken h.
II bands ill-treatment. gave a dose Of ae
" bolic acid to her two year-old boy, n
st drank a quantity of the poison herself.a
n Nd. TkRuwemap..and the lilsleaane aKe .
e alive, hut with small chances of reco;Sl
J Mrs. Cleveland's crusade on the b
. tie has injured the financial prospects
= a number of concerns engaged in I'll
IS manufacture. To check the injury III
e by Mrs Cleveland, handsome new III
# tie was sent Mrs Harrison, who respt
ded with letter of acknowledgment
aud thanks. Now the hustle makers q
u joiciug because of the bright prospeit