Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-12-19
Local Brevfties.

Local BreVfties.
A merry Christmas to ALL
Sheriff Adams is suffering from stiff leg
lcel Is your house read,2
A white Christmas is predicted.
one years subscription to the INDEPENDENT
would be an appropriate Christmas present.
The weather prophet predict sixteen NOR,
SHOWS during the winter.
The steamer Sue will discontinue running
after January lst.
Mrs. Mamie A Brown, Hill Tor Ihiend.
removing to Baltimore to reside.
She is gone, Bernard is ia tears, says a
Cox's Station wag.
Two Of the memorial windows at st.
Thomas Church have been taken.
Cragar, the genealogist Of Annapolis, drop
ped dead in Philadelphia, on Tuesday.
Mr. JEFF Davis, Of Washington, is visiting
friends in this village
Mr.. VIM. +. Dement, has removed with his
family to Washington to reside
Miss Nina Davis has returned from her trip
North.
Judge Burroughs was absent nom the Or.
phans' Court on Tuesday. 1t was unfortu-
nate.
Canned goods 60 better IL opened two hours
hours before cooking and allowed to stand
awhile.
The records in the registration appeal cases
that went to the Court of Appeals have been
received by the attorneys concerned.
Mr.. George l. Chappelesr says the Hughes
willie cannery stock will pay fair dividend
for the past year
Mr. bang brought to the county on Monday
land-seeker. We hope he will be suited in
the county.
Business increasing, Mr.. ]. II. Roberts, of
La Plata says he will enlarge his store house
in the spring.
Miss Clara Jenkins is going South after the
holidays to spend the winter with her sister,
Mrs. Colonel Brady.
The marriage Of the handsome and popular
Clerk Of the County Commissioners to one OF
La Plata's fairest daughters is one of the
coming evehts Of next month.
1t is said Mr.. G. G. Lancaster is urgent in
bis appeal TO the Postmaster General, to APP
point his brother Spearman' postmaster at
Rock Point Isn't he cheeky
Mr.. II. g. Robertson says that he has ship
ped 1900 rabbits this season. If the same
ratio has been shipped by other spectators
in these little bob-tail animals, it will not be
long before the breed will become extinct
Ice gathcrers are complaining Of the scarcity
of water in the ponds They say that should q
severe freeze come they will be prevented
from getting ice, because there lie no water in
the ice ponds to Freeze
"Aint she fne," La Plato bachelor
mournfully exclaimed few mornings since
as he approached the station with his tongue
out, in II RIM, just in time to see the train
Aear off his best girl to the Sunny South.
Mr.. +. w. Robertson, Of Cox's Station, is
tick with typhoid fever The family of Mr.
John F. Thompson, Of the same locality, who
have been sick with the same disease, is much
improved This shows that typhoid fever is
not confined alone to La Plata, but to other
healthy sections as well.
Do You snore? If you do. sooner or later
you will become a victim of nasal cat,rrh. -
We advise you to use Old Sauls Cat.rrh
Cure, a safe and pleasant and sure remedy for
catarrh Price Is cents
The difficulty OF administering medicine TO
young children is entirely overcome by using
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup, the safest most
pleasant aud efficient remedy for the little
ones. Price IS celts.