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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Narshall Hall Tournament.-The ann

Il w az Fiihit nun 0ui hN Nhhhoi
tournament and ball will take place at Mar
shall Hall on Tuesday, September 3D.. All
those vino have visited this beautiful summer
resort, since it has been under its present man
agement, are satisfied that no other place in
the stage can afford greater facilities for a day
Of unaAoyed pleasure. Nothing il left undone
TO MIKE the time of all pass pleasantly and
the great numbers of refined ladies and gem
tlehen who attend the tournaments and balls,
which are given by the courteous proprietors
for the benefit and enjoyment Of our people,
Testify more strongly than words, that no dis
order or any thing which can mar their pleas
ure ever occurs. The programme will be pub
iShed in our next issue.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Healthy Estate.-M,. J. F. Matthews

Healthy Estate.-Mr. j. F. Matthews
was elected permanent trustee oa 1T.a'tsfa-s :
the estate of MILFORD Jackson, an alleged in
solvent. The estate consists Of yearling and
interest in about ten acres Of growing corn,
The liabilities amount TO about $500. The
old dodge to defraud creditors by conveying
has about played out and the insolvency
dodge is now being brought into play. When
a man goes into insolvency only owning about
$50 worth of property and only owes about
$500, fraudulent purpose is too potent to adj
nit of doubt.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

A Rig Mortgage.--A mortgage from the
b. &P. r. K. Co, to the Safe Deposit and
Trust Company of Baltimore, on rolling
stock, road bed and all other property be.
longing to the company in the State for con-
sderation of ten millions of dollars, was re
ceived in the clerks office on Tuesday last. -
1t is the longest instrument of writing thai
Clerk Turner has yet recorded, and the ,on
sideration is away beyond the limit of the
Imagination of the oldest inhabitant TIL,
clerk smilingly pocketed a twenty dollar
william" as his fee for recording.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Died In the Hospital.-Cap,ain Olive

Died In the HOspital.--Captain Oliver
z. Siiftd, hdtiYe Of New York, nut for ssy.
eral years past a resident of the 5th district,
10 this county, died at the Providence Hos
pltal Washington, on Sunday last. Captain
smith had for some time past been suffering
with a complication Of diseases which had
greatly debilitated him. His physicians, Drs.
Smith and Barker, hoping that regular treat
ment in the hospital might relieve him, or
Prolong his life, advised bis removal. He was
carried to the hospital on Monday. But was
too far gone upon his arrival in Washington
to be benefited by treatment aud died the day
after he reached that city Captain Smith
Was an industrious energetic man and greatly
respected BY his neighbours Heleaves a large
family.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks ar
snoch in the life of the individual. Such d
remarkable event Is treasured in the memory
and the agency whereby the good health has
been attained Is gratefully blessed. Hence il
i that so much is heard in praise Of Electric
Rit,ers. So many feel they owe their restora-
tion to health, to the use OF the Great Altera-
five and Tonic. Ifyou are troubled with any
disease of kidneys, liver or stomach, OF long
or short standing you will surely find relief
hv use of Electric Bitters. Sold mt soc, and
Il per bottle at W. W. Padgetts store.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Festival at Pisgah another column

Festival at Pisgah In another column
will be seen a notice Of Church Festival to &c
held at Pisgah ". f. Church. on Thursday,
August sth. Dinner, supper and refresh
raents will be served in abundance and at rea-
sonable prices. The object is a worthy one,
the completion OF the church edisce, and
should be patronlzed by all classes of our
people who delight in contributing money fol
praiseworthy objects
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Sale OF Real Estate.-Mr. John II.
Mitchell as attorney for the mortgage, sold
at the Court lIousc door in Port Tobacco on
Tuesday last, the tract OF land called "Greon
SPRING and "St Matthew" located in the
Port Tobacco valley, five miles from this vii
Iage. The tract contained two hundred aud
si1ty-four acres OF fertile land. Air. Isaiah
Ruhy become the purchaser at $1,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
New Rridge

New Bridge, -The new bridge at New
port has been completed aud pronounced by
judges as a fine substantial piece Of work. Ii
is said that the road. bed, leading from the
village of Newport to the bridge, is in such a
condition that when it rains heavily, the
stream running through the village goes down
the road instead of on the sides and may, at
an earty day, carly away the causeway at the
bridge. Such a defect shoald be Immediately
remedied as 1t may so weaken the structure
as to cause it to be carried away by heavy
rairfaI.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Their Rnsiness RoomIng.

Probably no one thing has caused such a
general revival of trade at w. w. Padgetts
Store as their giving away to their customers
Of SO many free trial bottles Of DR.. Hinges
New Discovery for consumption. Their trade
i simply enormous in this very valuable ar
ticle from the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. Coughs, colds, asthma,
bronchitis. Group, and all throat and lung
diseases quickly cured. You can test it be-
fore buying by getting trial bottle free,
large size 81. Every bottle warranted.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Look Him nnszMr. s. G Lnncn

Look Him Uh-ZMr. s. G. Lancaster,
who was recently appointed By Collector XIII
s gauger in Baltimore, i, much pleased with
his position and is always glad to see his
Charles county friends. Sam partly Obeys
the biblical injunction in reference to the ar
dent, he tastes not, but handles daily in bis
business the best grades of high wines, and
always has ia his room some of the finest,
which he Hospitality tenders his friends who
call on him. When you 60 to Baltimore
drop in and see him.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Transfers Of Propertv-Deeds-

Transfers OF PrOperty,-Dceds. From
John 7. Langley and al to VIM F. Langley
for part of Burnt Store " "Water' RESCUE
aud "Mammouth;..' consideration, SllO5
Steward iIrowu and Isaac Il. Dixon, Trustees,
to Virginia A. Tolson, for undivided interest
in part Of ''Woodherry Harbor, at Mamie
moy Stores; consideration OF the purchase
money. not gitep. Eliza r. Tolsoa and al to
VIM d. Swami for 'R.verside;' considera-
ton, S.. $50 %.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
r. l. Murdoch,
TAILOR,
Near Port Tobacco Station.

Just received the fashions for Spring and
Summer, ! am now prepared to make suits iu
the most fashionable style. Securing, repair
ing, cleaning, binding &c, coats turned
Ill of which is done at the shortest notice and
cheap. will he in Port Tobacco every Tuts-
day and Saturday, prepared to take mea> ures
and receive materials. Work delivered in
Port Tobacco if desired. Thankful for past
fnvors, | solicit the same patronage and salts
faction guaranteed jy lin
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Death Of a wellKnown Young Lady

Death Of Il Well known Young Lady
Miss Bessie, younses, daughter Of Col. Daniel
Jenifer, and sister of Mrs John II Mitchell,
died at the residence Of her father in Btlti-
more county on Tuesday last after short i'll
ness. The young lady has been frequent
visitor TO our county and her bright face and
attractive manner&. made for her a host Of
friends who will sadly lelru Of her death, Her
remains ~ere iuterrcd at Loeb Raven, On
Thursday. r.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Tournament at Lothair

lOWfhaihcHl at b"Ah"il i"V i"N'
mcut at Lothian on the sth Of August, under
the management of Messrs. Bernard Howard
and benjamin Davis, two cnterprisng young
gentlemen, will be irst-class affair The
youth and beauty from this, and adjoining
counties, will be well represented, A band
uiu be ia attendance TO make music to the
time OF which dainty feet will untiringiy trir
OF the bAil at night. Make preparation 10 at
tend, as it will certainly be q trst-class Tour
nanient and a grand ball.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
nncl.Ien,s Arnica saIve,

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruis-
a. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fevor sores, tet-
,sr cI,aspT;eti hands, eisllSlaiasfe a1a al
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or
nd pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
,,erfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
q cents per box. For sale by w. W. Pad
cett
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Committed TO Jail.-Constable Cough
brought to jail Yesterday Robert Ford. com,
mitted for court by Justice Mattingly, charged
with adultery. The prisoner is not stranger
TO Sheriff Shoots hotel, as he was boarder
10 that f4vorite resort several months las;
Summer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
Faithful seryant.--pail che.ley, : we'll

tMAhfMt StrYahb.--fhil Ihesieyi wen
known eolored mat, Toe many years past a
faithful servant Of Nc. J II Roberts, died at
that gentlemsa's residence in La Plata on
Thursday last. Mr.. Roberts had his remains
cncased 10 fine coffin and folio ~ed them to
the gfave at st. Thorn IS Cemetery, where the
interment took place ON Saturday.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

q. Ober & Sons GuanO.-All persons
indebted to 6. 0ber & Sons Co., for Guano
purchased from John NJ. Lloyd or
VIM. J. Burch, will please come forward
and make settlement with me, now sta
toned at Bryan.own.
COB LLOYD, General Agent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Wheat ThreshiBg The steam engine
and thresher formerly owned by Joseph Day
Esq.. now under my control has been thor
oughly repaired aud is ready for use. Any
person wanting the use Of the same, apply to
the undersigned or to Joseph Day, Esq, my
agent.
Prices for threshng;-Oats, cents per
bushe
Wheat, cents per bushel.
Rye, cents per bushel. -.
ADRIAN POSEY,
Attorney.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Worth KnoMing.--lf you want to 60
a.6shiug. remember you can catch the big-
INST kind OF Bargains in our Great Gle rance
ssIs In another column our advertisement
viii Tell you bow to save the cost OF trip to
baltimore, by calling at Oehms Acme Hall,
Baltimore's Largest Clothing and Furnishing
Depot, 5 and w. Baltimore street, l door
rom Charles.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
ONLY 25c PER PAIR

100 doz children's fast black plain
cotton hose for young girls; double at
heel aud toe; splendid quality, and
warranted,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Separate Pants for working, business,
pleasure, dress, everything from 81 cents mp
wards to So 90 for the finest. Bell Clothing
Company, Pratt street adjoining Hanover,
Baltimore, Md.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
NOTICE.
STEAM saw and GRIST MILL,
Wheelwright and Blacksmith Shop
At
COX'S STATTON.
COX'S STATTON.


am now prepared to do all the Saving
and binding that NAV be needed by the far
mers q my section Ny facilities are'ample
fer God aud rapid work.
GEiHding d@s--Wef nesdays and Satur-
dass. Sawinadone olt shares or for cash.
fish to ~ ig ,,,.. and q III, tss public psas
bkr t 0S and llDarcity Of money, am com
pei "a 10 exact the cash on delivery, and i
viii he useless TO ask for credit. Positively !
viii 1ot grant it. Ny business hereafter will
be col Quoted on a strict cash basis.
Lunber. Shingles and Laths, etc always
on hans or sawed at the shortest notice. All
kind Of yebicles repaired and all kinds OF
farming Uplements made and repaired at a
short bon All work done in my shops
are guaranieeu.-&sAnuld any PERSONS work
give way by reason of Workmanship it shall
be again repaired free Of charge if brought
back to my shop. Thanking the public for
past favors, hope to share their patronage in
the future. G F. HAYDEN,
Cox's Station, Charles county, Md.
At the residence Of the above named person
| keep constantly on hand small line Of
groceries to suit the country tradt. Call and
buy. Z. A. G. HAYDEN. jan I4-lm
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Il is said tina. there is country hotter ,bsu
,his--bul We hope tits no: true.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
HntaI anN 4rsonal.

-
re- The Office of The lsngFssDESr has been
pe,poVsd 10 he first foor Of he Adsonie Hail.
iu.uediately opposite he EPiseoPdl Church.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

We also offer other extraordinary fine
grades at so, 50, and 7Oc per pair
These are not only desirable to wear
with patent leather pumps, but on account
Of being fast black, are equally desirable
for wear with CATERS and boots, and are
warmer than either unbleached or striped
hose. Write for what you want.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
ONLY 25c PER PAIR.
MEMS FAST BLACK HOSE.

Heretofore it has been almost impossi-
BILE to secure an absolutely fast black hose
for men without paying quite large price
for them. Such is no longer the case. We
have exerted strenuous efforts, and now
have the pleasure of placing before you
Rot only the finest qualities and most re-
liable dyes, but the most inexpensive
line we have ever offered. AS with the
ladies' and children's hose we also guar
antee these to be absolutely fast in color,
aud not to crock or fade in washing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
SPECIAL.

100 doz Mems Fast Black fine cotton
half hose, good length, double heel and
toe, well shapen. and splendid quality
ONTy Ok DEP pATR
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
FOR THE BLooI

FOR TIE BLOOD,
- weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and
ISNOWN'S IRON BITTERS.
r, cures auiekly. For sale by all dealers in
medicine. Get the genuine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
rorR RAcK ACHES

IL TOUR BACh ACHEN
Or Won are all worn out, really good for nothing
il is general debility. Try
RROUS'S IRON BJTTERS
II will cure you. and give good appetite. SOLD
- by all dealers in medicine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02

Subscribe to the Maryland Indepen-
dent, only 81 year in advance.
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MARYLAND INDEPENDENT,

ESTABLISHED IN 1874.
Published every Friday morning.
The young mans advocate,
The poor mans friend.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-02
A. POsEY. Publisher:

A. PUSE4, PubIlsher.
Terms OF advertising: For plain matter
81 90 per square Is lines) for the first inser-
Ii m, rs cents for each subsequent insertion.
Ruls and figure matter double the above rates.
Obituary notices half rates.
YEARLY RI TIES.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-25
A n0ngernns Trim on Lake Tahoe.

Chas. S. Luce started out on Lake
Tahoe on what proved to be a pcrilous
cruise. lie had set out from Glenbrook
for Tahoe on foot to save steamer fare.
lie carried heavy load of blankets, and
after footing it for an hour or two along
the shoroog. the lake he became tired.
In becoming tired he also became inven-
tive. He found two little logs, each
about ten feet long and sixteen inches in
diameter, across which he nailed some
strips of plank that he discovered in a
drift pile. On the raft so constructed
Mr.. Luce boldly embarked. The lake
was calm and he thought he could soon
paddle across to Tahoe City. But a
breeze came up that carried him out into
the middle of the lake, when night came
on. The next day there were butfing
breezes, but Luce turned himself loose
on his paddle. He cruised to and fro
pretty much at the mercy of the winds
all that day and that night. The next
morning he had the good luck to reach
shore. He had been on the lake over
forty hours, and was almost frozen and
well-nigh famished when he reached
shore, He now announces that he has
ceased to play navigator. = Virginia
(Nev.) Enterprise.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-25
Big Gambling Profits.

There never was a gambling resort in
the world like Monte Carlo. 1t is mine
of wealth to the managers of its magni-
ficent tiger lairs, and very simple calcu-
lation will show how princely are the
profits of the tables. The management
admits that its annual profits are $3, 500,
000-in fact it is over SIS, 600, 600. Now,
inasmuch as the chances of the table are
/ to SO in favor of the bank, to gain an
nually So, 500, 900, which it processes to
do, $120, 900, 900 must have been staked
on its tables-must have been won and
lost. The banks $1,000, 900 profits is
its royalty-at the rate of l to 36-on
this enormous amount of money, which
must therefore have been played, lost and
won. 1t is this fact Of the gambler deal
ing with large masses of money that
partly accounts for the fascination exer-
cised by gambling. A careful player
who begins with, say $1,000 capital, may
have fingered, according to the doctrine
chances, $36, 900 before he loses his capi-
tai. If he plays long enough the bank
royalty of one in thirty-six is sure to
swallow up his capital, and then he has
had all the emotion of having been alter
nately successful or the reverse, rich or
poor. At Monte Carlo the bank royalty
must inevitably ruin all who play long
enough to have risked their capital
thirty-six times. The annual profits of
the tables exceed the annual aggregate
income of all the Vanderbilts. During
the lifetime of Mr.. Blanc it was easy
enough to get a statement Of the amount.
Blanc delighted : in letting, it be lSDoYn
what wonderful prosperous fellow he
was. Hie daughters, who married
princes, arc not proud of the source of
their wealth, and since their fathers
death have sought to divert attention
from themselves and their affairs as much
as possible. M. Wagatha is now the.
general manager of the Casino, and
has lately givenit out that the net pr,sG.sz
OF the tables last year were only 81,
OOG, or one-fourth Of what they use
be. q
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-25
HUMOROUS.

Every bakery has its pie-rate.
Regular church goers-Sextons.
Representatives of the pen-Pigs.
A moving scene-A game of chess.
Some grocers' scales never lean tho
error of their weighs
You can never Judge of mans sor-
row by the sighs of his hatband
The hog trust will make the lover of
pork chops bristle with indignation.
According to the market reports,
onions are strong at ten cents a bunch.
Your washerwoman may be a good
soft-soaper, but she is not always white
washer
A girl always wants a fellow to tie
true-lover's knot when she gets him on
the string.
If she who hesitates is lost, the man
who shutters must have great difficulty in
finding himself.
A tramp is sometimes called a nomad;
and when a farmers dog grabs him
there's nomadder man in the neighbor-
hood.
First Lady: What an imperious, die
tatorial, arrogant man that Mr.. Pompus
is. Second lady; Yes; you know he
has never been married.
The latest device of the Church So
ciable Committee is to raise the temper
ature of the room to the roasting point in
order to augment the sale of ice cream.
1t has been tried and works frst-rate.
The man who first suggested the use of
an X as the signature of a person who
could not write was no philosopher. The
fitness of things should have led him to
select the cipher, which as nautograph
is eminently significant in most cases.
Popinjay-Blobson, your wife is like
a Damascus blade She is so keen.
Blobson-Thanks; but am sorry to say
she lacks one quality quite as essential to
the Damascus blade. Popinjay-Indeedl
What is it3 Blobson-Good temper.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-25
Apples With Blood.red Henrts.

The advent Of quantity Of "bloodv-
heart" apples into the windham (Conn.)
markets from the back country town Of
Franklin has resulted in the anearthing
of an eerie tradition about this singular
fruit, which has found its way into print.
f'hcy are called the "iiicab Rood
apples" and ars ofa delicious flavor,
snowy interior, and cherry-red skin. In
every one there is large red elobule
near the heart of the fruit resembling a
drop of blood. This popularity has been
made the subject of investigation but no
theory accounts for it as plausibly as the
tradition Of "Micah Rood,s curse"
Micah Rood was a prosperous farmer
at Franklin, Conn, in 1893. He was
avaricious, but finally became indolent,
spending his time in dreaming over
coveted wealth. One day peddler, who
carried pack filled with valuable
jewelry, passed his house. His
dead body was found the next day be
meath an apple tree on Micah,s farm
where the latter was wont to sit. The
skull was split open and the mans pack
ri1ed. Rood stoutly denied any knowl-
edge Of the crime, and although suspic-
ION attached itself to him nothing was
proved against him. lie became mo
rose and moody and never prospered af
terward.
People vagged their heads whcn, or
the Autumn following the murder,
Rood's apple tree commenced to bear the
"bloody-heart" apples. They said it
was a silent Judgment upon him and that
the dying peddler's curse upon the head
Of his destroyer had come home to roost
upon itoodsapple tree. Nothing like the
apples had ever been seen before. Either
the apples or the suspicion wore the life
out of Rood, for he died soon after they
appeared.
Ever since then the tree has lived, but
it has almost ceased to bear the strange
apples. 1t is the fruit from other trees
grated from the original stock that re-
wives the story today New York
Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-25

A Country School

SVuhii bNANN
Pretty and pals and tired
She sits in her stif-backed chair,
While the blazing summer sun
Shines in on her soft brown hair,
And the tiny brook without,
That she hears through the open door,
Mocks with its murmur cool
Hand bench and dusty floor.
It seems such an endless round
Grammar and A. b. c.
The blackboard and the sums,
The stupid geography;
When from teacher to little Jem
Not one of them cares straw
Whether John" is in airy "case,"
Or Kansas in Omaha
But Jemmie's bare, brown feet
Are aching to wade in the stream,
Where the trout to his Turing bait
Shall leap with a quick, bright eieama
And his teachers blue eyes stray
To the flowers on the desk hard by,
Till her thoughts have followed her eyes
With half unconscious sigh.
Her heart outruns the clock
As she smells their first sweet scent;
But when have time and heart
Their measure in unison benti
For time will haste or lag,
Like your shadow cn the grass,
That fingers far behind,
Or flies when you fain would pass,
Have patience, restless Jem.
The stream and the fish will wait;
And patience, tired blue eyes
Down the winding road by the gate,
Under the willow shade,
Stands someone with fresher flowers;
So turn to your books again,
And keep love for the after hours.
-I0maha Herald,