Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-09-06
NOTES..

| Granville Stuart, one of the best authorities
( i'm Montana estimates the loss by the forest and
prairie fires in Montana at $lOO, 900 a day. Thou
sands of acres of virgin timber land have been
denuded and thousand of cords of cut wood
destroy ed.
| Little Rock, Ark has q colored citizen whose
property is worth 100000 1t also has another
colored citizen who came to the city q dozen
years ago worth comparatively nothing-to-day
he owns several houses and lots and his wealth
is estimated at $4,000. The last named Is a
contractor and p'.sterer. and moved from Illinois
to Arkansas.
| The Reed brothers. of Belmont. Wis, aged
respectively Ii, Is and % years. and the r height
respectively is six feet seven inches, six feet ten
inches and six feet eight and half inches. The
father and mother of these young men are Or
dinary sized people. The two younger boys are
growing rapidly and bid fair 10 add several
inches to their stature.
| Remund Holzehv known aS "Black Bart, the
Loae Highwayman of Wisconsin,. was arrested
at Republic, Mich. Saturday. He has robbed
numerous railroad trains and stages in the most
daring manner without assistance. Black Bart
is German, j years of age. He took to the
! life OF robber a result of reading dime nov.
els de made confession. The rewards for his
| capture amount To s. 500.
| While an steven-year-oldd daughter OF Byron
| WEIGH, of Albany, \. Y, was carrying in her
arms her infant sister. eleven months Old on
Sunday, the little one cried for a drink of water
The girl picked up bowl containing embalm-
| ing fluid. which stood beside the corpse of an
other child OF the family, and allowed the babe
10 drink of the poisonous mixture. physician
was summoned. but the child died soon after
wards.
! Mr.. John Huffer. residing near Breathedsville
Washington county, Md. came to town a few
days ago TO pay a note for sl66 that he had given
six months prior for a horse that he bought at
u public sale. Mr.. Huffer paid the note and
Just reached home when the horse that had been
in pasture. was brought in sick. The animal
lay down, and in few minutes was dead. That
the horse should wait until he was paid for. and
in q few hours should conclude TO die, seems hard
luck to its owner.
| Monongslia county W. Va. has a pretty fe-
male mail-carrier In the person of Miss Lizzie
Arnett, whs carries the mail from Georgetown
to Morgantown and return daily. the round trip
being nineteen miles. Miss Lizzie has q nice
little road cart and a good horse. and always
gets in on time. She Is prompt and accommo-
dating and has An eye TO business, always being
ready to turn an honest penny. She is = blonde
of good face and figure. and one OF the most
popular officials In the country.
| A remarkable case OF animal endurance is re-
ported from the Pratt mines. Two weeks ago
one man and seventeen mules were sealed in
shaft No. l by tire. The opening was entirely
closed by the flames. Nobody expected or con-
sidered for instant that any living thing
could continue TO exist In the vacuum behind
those flames When the flames were extin-
guished last week the man was found 10 be dead.
To-day the rubbish from the fire Was removed
and the stables were reached There stood the
lssventeen mules in good spirits and apparently
IN good health. Several bushels OF corn were
in the mines when the tire broke out, and q good
supply OF water Was Also on hand, but what
the mules did for air is q mystery.
| Miss Ida McIain died at Chatthaooga, on sat
tur,iay. from the result OF burns received In
deliberate attempt 10 burn herself to death. she
having sot fire To her clothing at the cook stove.
The cause OF the young woman 5 desire to end
her existence lay in the dtsSatisfaction with her
position in life, she being beautiful and with an
education superior to her station. She had also
lately had trouble with her parents. and had
gone for time away from home. Returning.
she took mp her residence with her grandmoth-
er. She constantly complained OF her position.
and the fact thai she had been compslsd to
lS~~- homo. until feelings nuaiiy pecofhe
wrought up that she made the attempt spon
her life which resulted a. she desired
| Frank Love and Charley Howard. two colored
men of Thompson Street. New York. entered
into watermelon eating match Monday night
in Bowery saloon kept by Steve Brudie. the
bridge jumper. The pune was SO. all Of " hish
wa. 10 he given - the man who ate the largest
quantity of melon sRd Incidentally drank the
greatest quantity Of whisky. for each OF the six
melons was fiiIed with "a lot OF Bowery tangieleg
| The msn set 10 work on the melons aud the
more melon they got into their stomachs the
| mole whisky there was In their heads By the
! time the blacks had consumed the four me Ions
they were boih In a condition that suggested q
draw. The referee NJ decided the contest, and
the men. loaded with melon aud whisky, divld-
ed the pur~, and staggered home. Both men
have signed articles tn meet again at the same
place and eat pie for more attractive porss.
An extraordinary Will was aled recently In
the probate Judges office in SpartAnburg eoun-
ty. :. G. Two bachelor brothers named Wake
field lived near Reijvilic. SpartAnburg county.
They were quite wealthy aud owned about
500 acres OF valuable lands Ia and around that
town. They donated the land on which the
Rcidville College was founded. This school was
named in honor Of Mr.. Reid. prominent
citizen, and the Wakenelds never forgave the
trustees for not giving their name 20 the college
| When one Of the brothers died he willed the
whole property TO his brother. The surviving
brother died ten days ago. His Will leaves the
property to his sister during her lifetime, then
NJ hat .f,f.rx
IN trust for ninety mine yeaIs. and after that
time the whole estate, with the accumulated
Interest, is To go to his heirs living 100 years
hence. II his will can be carried into effect the
property around Reidville VIII be tied up TO a
Ivery hurtful extent
A handsome mahogany case containing a silk
fiag with gold bullion fringe occupies nearly all
the space available Of the wall In the southern
part OF the room of Capt. Cobaugh at the Treas
ury Department. Each visitor is shown the flag
and attentention is generally invited TO a tear
10 one of its stripes The flag formerly belong
ed to the Treasury Guards. q volunteer organi-
Zation formed during the war for emergencies
that Isight arise at the capital of the nation
After the fall OF Richmond, and the night that
President Lincoln went to Ford's Theatre, the
flag. which was then attached to q stout rose
wood flagstaff was borrowed by John T. Ford
for decorative uses about the box occupied by
the President When the assassin fired the shot
whose echo was heard throughout the civilized
world, he leaped from the box and in doing so
caught the rowel of his spur in the silken folds
Of the starry banner protrudiHg from the Presi-
dents box. That slip probably cost Booth his
life. for the flag tripped him and caused the
broken leg which impeded him la his efforts to
escape and rendered him all easy victim for
L E,rt,
the flag was returned to the Treasury Depart
ment, and during the few days that President
Johnson had his office in the Department the
flag was in a corner of the department. 1t was
removed, however, by Capt. Cobaugh to its pres
ent resting place and the staff was made into
three canes and presented to officials of the
| Treasury Department.
The Baltimore american. the Re-