Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-12-27
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Owing to Christmas festivities our news
columns are necessary short.
A merry Christmas aud a happy New Year
The public schools have closed for the
holidays.
with the New Yerr begins new resolutions
Many make them and many break them.
Samuel L. wilIett postmaster at DufIield has
resigned.
Captain John T. Davis Is an applicant for a
position at Annapolis this winter with fine
probabilities o. success.
Mr.. p. Il. Muscheste Is spending the holi-
days with bis many friends IN this neighbor.
hood.
Miss Annita Boarman now visiting 10 the
South, writes interesting letters home Of the
many pleasures Of southern life.
Money is scarce and greatly needed. Who
will earn the $50 offered by Colonel Wilmer
for the apprehension of the Brawaer and
Barnes incendary7
Services we're held in Christ Church in this
village on Christmas day by the rector, Rev.
). f. Poiudexer. The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion.
Mr. Lang says that be has baker, a shoe
1 maker and a cabinet maker ready to locate in
the county when the Development Company
is ready to receive them.
Persons moving and changing their post
Office address should send US notice Of the
change so that their paper may regularly
reach them.
Hon. S. f. Mudd has removed his family to
Washington to spend the winter. His case
against Compton is ffth on the list of con-
tested cases and will be reached early in jan
uary, 1890.
Mr.. G. F. Daley, formerly Of the T lines, il
on short visit to the county. lie has decid
ed, it is said, to locate permanently in Biz
mingham, Alabama.
Alexander Mckee, colored, charged will
shooting with intent to kill Marshall Wilkin
son, white, and committed to jait was admit
ted to bail on Monday.
i Al is at home. He says an investigation
hangs over his political head at Washington
Gen. Rosenerans, bis superior officer was
union soldier, and while in his hearing A
loves the Union Another Of his superio
officers is an Confederate, and when be il
around AL tells about how he fought thl
Ysnks, so a confusion exists among hi
bosses, growing out of the formers aptitude
for setting on two fences at the same time
and an investigation must follow to get at hi
political complexion.
Walter Hawkins the wide awake travelling
passenger agent Of the E. T.. V. h q. Ry., ha
resigned his position with that company. w
almost feared that he was TO leave this section
entirely, but were most agreeably surprised t.
know that he has taken up a permanent resi-
adoption. The J ., T. & X. w. Ry., has beer
. fortunate enough to obtain bis services and h
has Aeen appointed travelling passengersgen
of that entire sssen, wbivhinclndes, not oulJ
all these rail lines, but also their extended
steamer lines on the Indian river aud Eas
coast. The Metropolis.
i Itsakesa loud baby to wake M sleeping
car; hutit takes btti little Of pr. Bnil's Baby
Syrup to quiet thai baby, and il reqnirsSu
. cents % buy bottle 81 chat well -
remedy.
The longer tile apology the lively youns
imam makes for his morning headache, u,
Worse matters will appear. Silence aud Lax
Asef are the sovereign remedies for this.pecu
liar Kind OF headache.