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rheumatism g
and Neuralgia

These twin diseases cause untold suffering.
doctors admit that they are dif1cult to cure
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TO THE PUBLIC.

HAVING RENTED THE HOTEL At THE
IL OLD STAND IN BRYANTOWN for the
present year, | would beg to inf-rm ih- public
that am prepared to ACCOMMODATE boariers,
both regular and transient. Ny bar will b.
always supplied with choice W,a., liquors,
Cigars, etc. l will also keep a Livery. and
any one Of the travelling public can furnished
with Buggies and Teams, and if notified will
meet them At any railroad station and take
them to anv point 10 the c.uaty they nav wish
to go, at the most reasonable rates. Hoping
to receive share Of the public patronage l am
very respectfully
JAS. A. MURRAY. PROM.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
In the Circuit Court for Charles County
sitting as Court of Equity.

Georgisns Chambers, by her husband and
mex, friend William W Chambers W. The
CIihon Beach Hotel and Steamboat
Company of Washington. d. G.
aCarporation. John T. Arms,
Trustee & Charles Wheat
ley and James W.
Ellis, Trustees.
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AT pRroosn Asp DEAlla
Ml cHAaifS 4. voesisa CO., saas.e,s. ~
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-11-22

The non resident voter must 90.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-11-22
Many Persona

Are broken down from overwork or household
cares Browns Iron Bitters
rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes ex-
eeM Of bile, aud cures malaria. Get the genuine,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-11-22
Paine's &
Celery Compound

II have been greatly anitcted with acute
rheumaftszn and could ind no relief until
used Paines Celery Compound. After using
sax bottles OF this medicine / am now cured OF
sAxuEL HrTcnxsox, So. Cornish. n h
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RAILROADS AND GAR.
How the xasaaiss Lock Upon the Veterans.

EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune. As the sub
yect Of rates for GAR. Encampment has been
80 much discussed lately, ] wish TO give little
experience Of NV own on the effort 60 obtain q
low rate fer an EncampmenE
In the Spring Of 1856. being at that time
Senior Niee ColaH5anSer Of the Department of
Dak9ta, ] TEeat East toeonsalt with the officers
Of the two principal railroads running into and
thr08ch Dakota. with q view To = low rate 70
our Department EHezmpment TO be held at
Mafertswn.
4 reached Milwaukee, and &C 8uce called upon
EE. A. " III. Carpenter, the GeHeTzl Passenger
Agent ci TIE Chlezgo, Milwaukee & 81. Paul
kziirsaG, who, w tin has assistant, Capt George
Heztora, received me very pleasantly-aRd, by
tlEa way. they are both GAR men. stated
my Business TO them, and Mr. Carpenter said at
once. Yes. ne viii make a low rate; the rate
% California has been made Il cents, and we
de not wat % get below that. but If the other
Toaas viii join us we Will make it the same,
and j viii consult at once the North western
people regarding IT," said. :" am going down
- ChieazB, car ! say 70 the Northwestern
fsiks wbat yea say to me7" lie replied that
] cOuid. ! called Hp0n Dir. ThFall the General
Passenger Agent OF the Northwestern Railroad
n s00H ss 1 Eeseised Chicago. ! tod him what
Nr- Carpenter said. bgt he replied that they
cSald Eot Do better than one fare and one-ffth,
which, y the way, Was tie saze they lad al
WAYS charged the GAR
AfteT usiHg every argument I could, and al
faat have been used in favor Of reduced rate
80 tbs National EaczupmeEt this year 70 no
aF4sL. sid; " Ar. Thrail. h0E is il yGu carry
the AAtialal Guard and fire companies Eor cue
cent hoes IL cost any mose 10 carry Grand
Army Daa, because Be wzs an cid soldier than
it does - carry q militia man OF fireman -
-oh well" hc said, the NalisuaI Guard and
GIs cOmFanics are supposed 10 be doing s0me-
thinE for The pHhlic"
said: =" Ees; see the Ga & bsys never did
aaythiBg f0F the PEblic." Mr. ThralI saw that
be hzG-iS use 3 common phrase-put kis foot
in h. ard tried 10 hedge little, and said
vii write you ITeplied: ] aEa going to Nil
Ezukec; on can address me. care Mr. T. V.
Il Carpenter IRacOapls of days received a
letter fre1 Ar.Tbrall, saying I" We have agreed
uPOu S-eeat rate for ths GAR folks Of Da-
Eota, and hSPe you viii be satisfied" / replied
] WA satisfied. because was obliged to be, but
he WOGle see IEe again In Just about a year
from that date.
The Zcelt rate vas Just one fare for the
round tr p, which was better rate than ever
secured before. / send this that tbs bows nav
see the estiIaation in which some Of the rail
read snSznates hold them, as compared with
tlae National GEzrd and FRENCH
i shSgic also state that Mr. Oaks. Of the North
Pacific, and the General Manager OF the Mani
t0ba Road. were willing 10 join Mr.. Carpenter.
bat NeEe thEaFted By the Mort hWeztern.-JoH &
=. DEHSIE, Aid-de, Camp, StAR Of Commander
in-Chici, Daaaha, &eb.
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stones on the spots made noted by their con-
neetion with Christ. There are services night
and day in the Holy ScpHlcher, or the church
which is supposed to be built OF the Hill OF Call
vary, where Christ was crucfed, and the city
huns with the noise of worshipers from every
part Of the Eastern world. Russians, Greeks
and Armenians iostlc against monks by the
thousand from Southern Europe, and in one
convent inside the walls of the city there is a
party Of 100 American Catholics, who have been
blessed by the Pope, and who are following the
footsteps of Jesus through Palestine. This is
the first American pilgrimage that has ever
been made 10 the Holy Land. Its members
are largely made up Of Catholic priests from
the different parts of tho United States, and
they have the Bishop OF Tennessee at their
head They have visited Paris and Rome, and
at Cairo they were granted an interview by the
khedivo. The Bishop tells me he is delighted
with Palestine, aud he is surprised at the bar
reuness of some of its parts.
We Travelled on horseback" said he, from
Jerusalem 30 the Jordan. and the most Of the
way was made upof sterile gullies. and the only
inn we found between the Jordan and Jericho
was the one on the spot where the Good Sa-
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without something of this feeling. Jaffa itself
is said to be the town near which the whale
swallowed Jonah. In the waters in front of it
st. Peter doubtless ished, and the rock which
forms its foundation is said to be the one on
which, in classic story, Andromeda was chained
until she was released by Perseus. Our guide
pointed out to us what he said was the very
house OF Simon the Tanner, in which st. Peter
stopped after he had raised Dorcns, and outside
of the city, on the edge Of the Plains Of Sharon,
/ was shown the tomb wlich was made for
Dorcas when she died the second time and for
good. This woman was the first charity sewer
of history, and she is tho patron saint of the
sewing societies of tho world. Her monument
Is q sort of bake. liieittle hnuse of stueeo
and limestone. and it stands at the side of the
road on the way to Jerusalem. You now 20
from Jaffa to Jerusalem in carriages, and the
road is as smooth as any of our macadamized
roads at home. It lends through orange
groves out on the great Plains of Sharon,
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To Purchase ths CherOkee Land..

The Cherokee Commission, in a communica-
tion to Chief Hayes. of the Cherokee Nation,
made formal ofer TO purchase the Cherokee
Strip, in the Indian Territory, at 81 d per acre
In acknowledging the offer. Chief Hayes in
formed the Commission that he had adjourned
the session OF the Executive CoDReil until Aug.
8, but, upon the reassemblng Of the Council he
will present the communication of the Com
mission to that body. The mode of procedure
in purchasing the land is as follows: The Ex-
ecutive Council may accept the offor. and then
present its action to the Legislature in extra
session for ratification, or it may refer the mat
ter to the Legislature without action and re-
quest it to take direct action, with the RECON-
mendation that the offer be accepted or declined
as the case may be. 1t is probable that the
Council will take no action upon the matter
beyond recommending TO the Legislature that
the offer bo declined
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EDITOR AATIOSAL TRTBUSE: The following
proceedings iHsugHFsltinR movement 20 erect a
monument On the battlefield OF Monoeaey. Md
will be read with interest by the survivors Of
the small DHj0n army Who under Gen. Lew
bAllzce, confronted aa overwhelming rebsl
army uadsr Gea. Jubal Early on the 9th day of
jay, 1856, tl5fa under rapid mach 10 seize tha
Cagstal ol the &Aii0a HIurT. especially by tbe
veteraas q Ricketts's Division. Sixth Csrpz,
9Th III. Cav. etc.
This hattie. although 8 defeat, saved Wash.
inZt0n fSOaa capture, and enabled the cDuee,,.
tratiOH az tie entire Sixth aud Nineteenth
Corps ttereaf prior 70 EaFiys arrival, who Vas
soon driven back into Virginia.
The rebel Gen. Gordon lnow Governor Of
Georgia.. who participated in the battle, stated
that sOr the HHEabef Of troops engaged he
never witnessed a ssEerer battle aud sach a
heavy Ioss Of life"
The bEi0n army was 0utnumbered nearly
four 10 ore. Nevertheless, they galiantIy held
Underground from ca. m. uBtil4p. M, reDnIsiug
80 repeated charges Of the enemy. When out
O. SpmUIftloa, and OatfianlEed, they feIi back /.
not. Eraf gyers without iHaiciiag heavier losses
than fise zreceiv we'd, and really ACCOMPLISHED
their pnrpsf-sif saving the Capital. The only
artillery p8sscsseS-sE The Union troops was the
6-eBn battery of Alezass-r's (Aid.) light artil-
IeFy. rs against the Il of d. enemys guns
The survivors Of the UBidsl troops now liy-
ing IN Maryland aud the District OF Columbia
have iHangHrated the movement, hut expect
their comrades ia ether States To form local Or
eAnizaii0Bs and eventually 10 haze Gen. Wal
lace at tie bead Of ala the organizations aald
present at the uuyailiag aHd dedication Of the
monument.
The owner of the ground on which tise bat,
tie was fonght AE. Joha Markell, Of Frederick.
nd, Union man all through, has donated a
site for the monument Al correspondence
should be addressed 70 GEO. W. J.. VERSION los
West Paul street, Baltimore, Nd, for particn,
lars.
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Tho announcement Of a series of what have
become Familiarity known as Harvest Exeur-
sions. to be run by the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway during the months of August, Sep
tember and October, will be joyfillly received
BY large number Of our reSflers who are be-
coming interested in those portions of the wOu-
derful Northwest reached by this great rail-
road and its connections. Typographical and
sectional maps, accompanied by vivid deserip-
tions and voluminous crop reports, ara excel
lent mediums for awakening the interest of
home-seekers in new country, aud these. sup
plemented by opportunities placed within the
reach OF all for visiting the country at a sea-
son when exact demonstration can be made of
its merit, give convincing evidence of the fact
that the Northwestern Company has sufficient
faith in tha regions trayersed by its lines, to
extend unusual facilities for all to 60 and see
for themselves.
The excursions viii be five in number, and
will leave Chicago August 9th and 10th, Sop
tembcr 10th and oath, and October sth. Tick
cts can be purchased at the rate of one fare for
the round trip tn points in iowa, Minnesota
South and North Dakota, Nebraska. Wyoming,
Colorado, Utah, Idaho aud Montana These
tickets will be good to return for thirty days
from date of purchase, with stOp-0ver privi-
leges in certain territories thus giving land
seekers ample time and opportunity 20 81 spy
out the land" aud to discover for themselves
the fitness OF the great West and Northwest
for homes and Investments. South Dakota
Just blOssaming into vigorous statehood, with
over six million acres of government free land
now open to settlement, and large area of
cheap railroad and decided lands; the fertile
valleys and mining interests of the Black Hills
of uncalculated value; the beautiful and pro-
ductive ElEhorn and Niohrara valleys of Ne
braska, and the broad grazing districts Of Wy
oming ara ali traVersed by the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway, and are available by
means of these excursions. Maps and circulars
giving detailed information and rates from
Chicago to ali principal points will be mailed
on application to
f. p. WILSON,
Gen1 Passenger Ag't, O. q NV. R'y,
Chicago, Illinois.
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0rihoErappT Quite Needless.

Oakland, Nd, rejoices in the possession of a
dusky citizeH, who in turn rejoices ia the name
of George Newton Sandomira.
George Newton cannot read, but that lack
does not prevent him from poring over the
newspapers (Which he usually holds upside
DOWN. imagining that he is absorbing informa-
tion through his finger ends.
Not long ago some official had occasion to
record his name, when the following coloquy
ensued: SO
"What is your nane2r
George Newton Aandomire sah."
How do you spell it?P
Spoil It'll Don't spellit at, sar. jiat writes
10 right down." 5s lsy
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me GOd." ~~' A''' 'NAAsi''
Contract Surg. Frank T.. Henderson, young
man "a years of age, testified that he had been
called TO Col. Fleteher's on the morning of
June 10 by Mrs MaeFarlane. He looked in
the house, but could not find the Colonel nor
did he find him anywhere In the yard or the
outhouse. Later in the evening he went to
the house again In company with Lieut.. Wright,
and told Col. Fletcher that he had paper
which he must sign. Col. Fletcher denied that
he had ever accused the Doctor, aud the latter
insisted that he should sign paper ackAowl-
edging that he had made remarks derogatory
of his wife, Capt. Dempsey and DIR. Henderson,
which were uabeeoming n gentleman aud an
officer. and were lies without foundation. Col.
Fletcher refusedito sign the paper, whereupon
DIR. Henderson knocked him down. sprang upon
him and beat him until he was taken Off by
Lieut.. Wright
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Il is Holy Week In
Jerusalem, and the city
is swarmiug with pill
grims. There are 20,-
900 strangers engaged
at this M o M e N { in
crossing & themselves
this way aud that, and
in going about from
one holy place to an
other and kissing the
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PILGRIMS.
How the City of Jerusalem Looks Dur
Ing Holy Week.

business in the Holy City, and In Cartons Dwell.
Ings-A Trip Across the Plains OF Sharon and
Visit TO the Spot where David Killed G0liab.
The Holy Land and Its Dimlnutive FeGturcs-What
the Bishop OF Tennessee Says About Lt-A Lock
nj q Jerusalem Crowd and Something About It's
FHrisus Queer Characters.
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coats. Some had high fur hats, and they were
the persons painted in T0st0is novels and in
George Remnants articles olI Siberia. 1 was
especially struck with the strength of mind
shown in their faces and by their magnificent
pbysiqHes III all Of Rnssials eighty or one hum
dred millions are made Of the sama materiaI
az the pilgrims who 90 from there 10 Jerusa,
lem the other nations had better keep their
eyes open, for there Is in them as good stuff as
ever made history or built up civilization.
The women were equally striking with tho
men. Strong motheriy faces hardened by toll
and privation, they are better looking than any
other peasant women have ever seen, and the
old saying of the Greeks came 10 me al Look
ed at them: IL strong be the frame of the
mother, her sons shall make laws for the peo
pie"
As the ship approached Palestine the feeling
Of the pilgrims broke ont into prayers, and in
some eases into tears. 1t is a religious nil
grimage for them, and they think doubt not
that in making it they are coming nearer TO
Heaven.
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his wife of improper in
timacy with both Capt.
Dempsey and DIR. Hen
derson. He had talk
ed very abusively to
his wife. and mad o
many slurs upon her
former husband. Tho
witness told Capt.
Dempsey what Col.
Fletcher had said,
whereupon Capt. Demp-
sey took Fletcher by
the throat, and the lat
ter denied the accusa-
tions and pleaded to be
let alone. She said that
Dempsey had been
calling at the house to
help wait on u sick boy
there, and that he had
sat up several times all
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ApsocArE' with his wifs and il nat
urally made him angry to see other officers
coming to his quarters.
AZ the session on Wednesday G. A. Dempsey,
I'd u. 8. inf.y testified that on the morning of
Juno 10 he was called to Col. Fletcher's quar-
ters by Mrs. MaeBarlane who told him that
the Colonel had accused him OF improper con-
duct with his wife. He took hold of Col.
Fletcher's collar and asked him why he said
these things. The Colonel fell upon his Knees
threw up both hands, and said:
So help me God, never said anything Of
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the scandal. At that meeting Col. Fletcher
had said that all the statements relative TO his
accusing Capt. Dempsey OF intimacy with his
wife were entirely groundess, aud that If he
ever made such statements they werc when he
was in the heat of passion, and he did not mean
anything of tho kind. He knew that COL
Fletcher had disappeared from the fort about
o clock on June 10, and remained absent the
greater part of tho day. He had also demand
ed the annulment Of Or. Hendersons contract.
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with Brevet Maj. Gen.
A. " Kautz as Presi-
dent, which is in session
at Fort Omaha for the
purpose of tryin z
Lieut.. Col. Joshua 8.
Fletcher, of the 2d Inf,
for conduct unbecoming
an officer and q gentle
man, excites unusual
interest In the West
and in Army circles.
My account last week
closed with the organi-
zntion Of the court and
the formal arraignment
OF the defendant before
it. Tho court then ad-
journed until Monday
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you expect his donkey to open its mouth as
you look. You are disgustcd In your reveries
at the iconoelasms OF modern times. IL seems
n sacrileRe tn be told that the site of the inn
into which Christ turned 70 break bread when
he c0ngersed ineognito with two Of his ApoB-
ties, is now occupied by Greek vino shop with
billiard table accompaniment, and you have
the same feeling when you meet MahOmetau
soldiers at tile gates Of Jerusalem aud find them
on guard at every point throughout tho Holy
City.
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aud testified that tho
Colonel had accused
hiS wife of inildelity.
Miss Misky explained
Capt. Dempsey's visit
TO the house by saying
that he and she were
engaged to be married,
aud that he called 10
see her.
Lieut.. John g. Kin
sey testified that he
had attended the meet
ing Of tho officers Of
the post ON the 21st of
June. called by Col.
Fletcher TO make ex-
ninttatioua In r.trar,i 70
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Capt. Mills, who was
next in rank 10 Col.
Fletcher in the post,
testified that he had
not received any noti-
fieation that the Colonel
was to be absent from
the post on the 10Th of
June.
Lieut.. Wright tssti-
fed that at the meeting
referred to Col. Fletch-
er had said that in a
moment of passion he
had ssd Capt
Dempsey and Mrs.
Fletcher, but 10 was q
groundless suspicion.
He had haan trnuhlad
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He then got up and
backed cut of the room,
Mrs. MacEarlane saying
at the same time:
+" You did sayso. You
know you did"
The witness told him.
he was q liar. Capt.
Dem psey denied en-
phatically that there
were any grounds Tor
the Colonel's suspicious
of him. He produced q
note from Col Fletcher,
in which he said:
81 never made any
re IN arks derogatory;
about my wife or you or
DIR. Henderson: so helm
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The witness, as we'll as those who preceded
him. were sevnrelY erDss-auestianed by Mr.

Webster, the attorney
for the defense, but the
witnesses adhered close
ly to their first testi-
meny. Dr. Henderson
d enied emphatically
that there was the
slightest ground for ae-
ensing him of any mis-
conduct with the Colo
nePs wife.
A letter written by
Col Fletcher 20 his su-
perior officer was read.
Col. Fletcher denied
that he had circulated
any slanderous charges
against Capt. Dempsey,
DIR Henderson or MIRA
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Coz. FLETcHER.
Of next week.

OF next week.
Upon reassemblinG,
the prosecution intro
duced Mrs. MacFarlane,
sister in law Of the ac-
cused, as its principal
witness. Mrs. MacFar-
lane, who is a handsome
little woman, with fair
com mplexioa and brown
hair, Is accused by Col.
Fletcher's friends of
being the chief pro-,
moter of all the trouble.
into which he has BEEN
plunged. She said that
she Is q sister of Col,
Fletcher's wife, and
while visiting tho
20 rFaffxy 1oar,.nI Fkuk n,
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MRS. AAGFARLAHR. night with herself or
Mrs. Fletcher in the sick-room Mrs. MacFar-
lane also said that when she went to Dr. Hen
dcrson and informed him in regard TO Col.
Fletcler's CHI rgas, and the Doctor went to the
Colonel's quarters, the latter ran out of tho
back Of the house aud escaped.
Misa- Misty Ii stn nd ,f NJ rTfalnLn.
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Nothing ever causes ayouDg man greater sur
prise than To find cut that someone has fallen in
love with his ssteE.
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Afier While nothing viii be open in fbis
CITY Oh sunday except the question whether
life Is worth living Fiiladelphia Times.