Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1890-06-13
NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
Sugar has advanced $3.50 barrel iu
Philadelphia, and dealers in that city ex
pect the price to 60 higher if the McKin.
ley tariff bill becomes law.
Charles Smith, aged 16, while working
in Lights rolling mill, at Lebanon, Pa.
Saturday morning, was literally cut to
pieces by falling into the large shears.
Senator Edmunds is reported to make
fifty thousand dollars year by bis law
practice, and it is said some of his argu
ments have brought him ten dollars q
word.
In the bicycle tournament at the Expo
sition Building, Chicago, Saturday. +. E
Spooner rode 100 miles in 5 hours 80 min.
utes ST seconds, breaking the record fol
that distance 10 minutes 344 seconds.
A colony of 100 Italians in one of the
lower wards of New York City has refused
to answer the questions of the census
enumerstor ON the population schedule
Superintendent Porter Immediately in
structed District Attorney Mitchell to be-
gin proceedings against the Italians.
While salute was being fired Saturday
from the Haytian Corvette Dessaliene a.
Philadelphia, in honor of the visit Of tn,
Hsytisn representative at that city to tn,
vessel, George D. Seximas, a gunner, wht
was in the act Of rammiug home charg,
into a gun, was blown into the river by
premature explosion of the gun and seri
ously Injured.
Edward Simons accidentally shot nc
instantly killed Charles Lockhart, neal
Rsvenswood, w. Va, Saturday, while they
were out cunning together 1t appear
that they found snake. Young Lock
hart placed the butt of bis gun on th,
snake with the muzzle against his breast
while young Simons roce,ded to kill j
with club, thus striking the trigger ano
discbarging a heavy load of shot in hi
breast, killing him instantly.
John A. Morris & Co, of New Orleans
repre- senting the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany, have offered the State of Louis;an,
$25 900 600 for lottery privileges for TWEEN
ty-tivs years from January 1. 1894. AT
amendment to the State constitution max
ing a contract with Morris Il Co. was in
troduced in the Legislature on Monday
II It is passed, it will have to be submittc,
to the people at general election Tor thei
adoption.
Mrs. Susan Ney, Of Boston, 10y mistake
drank n glass OF lemonade Saturday i,
which she had put strychnin-, with tn,
intention of giving it tn her husband, " hs
was jealous OF her, aud with whom sh,
had freq sent quarrels. Sine had threatened
to kill him and prepared two glasses .
lemonade, into one OF which she pu
strychnine. This she offered To her hus
b-Dd. but he was suspicious and rriuss,
it. Then his wife said she would drinl
IL To prove that 1t was harmless Durin,
the talk the two glasses had been changed
and, instead OF drI1king the harmIes,
liquid, she swallowed the pnison ans
died soon aiterward.
A Washing ton dispatch tn the Pbilatel
phis Press sta'es that the wife of Presileo
Harrison was on Fridsy presented with
deed tor cottage at Cape May Point, y
j. II is gift oi u number Of PHILADELPHIA
gentlemep. whose names are withheld.
Is said that Mrs. Harrison is greatly de
lighted with tue gift. aud 10 especially
proud because of the fact that this is tn
first piece OF real estate she has ever ownes
10 her own name. The cottage is q large
old fashioned building, coatainiag ai,oa
twenty rooms, and It is probable taat Mrs
Harrison will visit Cape May Point wi2ti
week or I've 10 ipe,rrt her new Fossei
sioa aud TO make preparation for residin,
there during ihc summer.
A dispsch from Iiddles5orouyh. XIV
says: A movement is on foot here L
erect colossal monument on Pinnacl
Rock. on top OF Cumberland. zap noun
tain, in memory Of L 5. Grsut and Il. f Lee
Pinnacle Rock is 5000 feet above sea an,
2 1000 ieet above the surrounding ceunsry
To reach II one must pass through th
States OF Kentucky, Virginia and Tenne
ssee, as they corner very near il. Go thi
historic spot, at hisoric old Camuerlsn n.
Gap, II is proposed to build the monument
The .natter Was started by ex x-Conf.derat
and Grand Army of Republic soldiers a
Middlesborough, ana at once they sub
scribed SUN reaching several ih .Lsln,
dollars The present plan is to call on tn
SoaotS'S osCt huS Souubsl VI
A most remarkable phenomenon is re
ported from the outlaying country dis
tricts about Lockport, \. Y. regardin,
the electrical display during the rrcen
severe rain storm. a farmer named Jaspe
Bacon, aod his family, residing fiitee,
mites Dor,hwes, of Lockport. were singu
larly affected. The house seemed To b
enveloped in q blush, bszy light. Th
air Was pregnant with the electric fluid
aud balls OF FIRE danced along the tops o
chairs and slid over maute 9 or ch ssed escl
other up and down hanging lamp shade
1t was terrible sight to the members O
the hsuseholl. There were no lights il
the house, and the terrsr ei the ismate
vas greatly increased by the total paral
ysis Of their muscles. They were unabl
to move and sat like mummies fearing tina
their end was near. The storm lasted fou
hours, and Ms it departed the electricit,
vanished snd the use Of their limbs ans