Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-09-06
Local BFegittps.

Local BFegfttes.
W. IL. Posey and sinclair are building
new store near Harris Lot.
Mr.. VIM. Brady paid flying visit t.
Hawthorne during the week.
CaPtNsz. -se,e:asS Floyd Is dangcfsusfj
III at his hoihe in Cobb Neck.
Senator and Mrs. II. II. Edelen have
returned from Atlantic City.
Mr.. +. p. Jenkins. Of Cobb Neck, ex.
poets to make 1000 bushels Of tomatoes.
Hon +. NJ. Coz. is spoken of as The
Democratic nominee fof the State Senate.
Judge Stone and family left for White
Sulphur Springs on Thursday.
Mrs. DR.. Ward and Miss Sallie An
derson, Of Washington, are visiting the
family Of Mrs c. NJ. SmOot, La Plata.
Mr. Robert Grain i, announced as or
ator Of the day at the tournament to be
held at PimlicU on the 10Th instant.
Misses Bette and Eliza Barber are
visitin, Miss Emily Hamilton, of this
neighborhood.
Company f, under the sominahd Of
Lieutenant Daily, practiced the company
drill on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Semms and family Of New Or
leans, are visiting the family of Mr..
j. NJ. Boarman.
Mr. Allie Gardiner, of Bryantown,
was among those who won a prize at
River View
st. Thomas Academy. we learn, will
open with quite a goodly number Of
scholars
Mr.. Samuel G. Pqdgett, (Doc, has
started with his brother Pearl, on a
tour through the New England States,
via Boston.
Letters Of administration on the estate
of the late G. II. Milton we're granted
by the orphans Court on Tuesday to
Jane d. Milton.
Miss Bessie Smoot, of La Plata. and
Mr.. George Matthews, of Washington,
are to be married at Christ Church, this
village, on the 18th instant.
Mr.. VIM. Hemsly, the popular sales
man for Lelar e. Co, Philad ,lphia, i,
making his trip through the county. -
Give him your orders for choice spirits.
The oyster longing season begun on
Monday. In Cobb Neck tongers all
began work longing to supply Wash
ington city demand.
Or. G.. A. Brown contem plates hav-
ing 5000 cords of pine wood. cut from
his farm near Hill Top for the Wash
lngton market.
Messrs f. p jenkins and J. T. Her
bert are erecting store on Fendalrs
Point, Cobb Neck. They will open
about the first of next month.
The store of Mr.. J. r. Perry had a
narrow escap, on Thursday night from
fire BY the explosion of coal oil lamp.
The cool bravery of Sandy Wheeler. a
colorcd man, saved it.
Mr.. Meyer Grunabaum, Of Pisgah,
having sold ont his stock of merchandise,
wiIl leave the county for Georgetown
this week Mr. Kirby Carpenter sue
cceds him at Pisgah.
Mr.. Webster Wenk has rented the
farm Of Mrs. Montgomery, Bryantown
He is good farmer, and We hope sue
cess will attend him in his new neigh
Dor rood
The Benedict races under the auspices
of the Benedict Racing Club" held
last week were, we are informed, a sue
cess. Cannot give particulars as we
conld not be there If people do not
think enough oftheir enterprises to report
them to their county papers, they lack
the FIRST element of enterprise.
An editor works 365 IA days per year
to get on; 81 issues of p4per; thlt's la
Dor. Once in awhile somebody pays
him years subscription; that's capital.
And once in awhile some son-of-a-gun
Of a dead-boat takes the p per for a year
or two and vanishcs without paying for
it; that's anarchy. Bus later on justice
will overtake the last named creature,
for there is place where be will get hi,
deserts; that's h-ll.