Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-05-01
Local BreUitteS.

Spades are turning up IN tho garden.
Judge J. B. Brooke has moved his residence
from Baltimore to Upper Marlboro.
The grippe" still has a hold on some Of
our people.
Dr. Lewis C. Carrico is mentioned as a
Democratic candidate for House Of Delegates.
The air is laden With the sweet perfumes of
lilacs.
Mr. J. S. Gibbons and his men are at work
on the road from this village to La Plata.
The land Il so hard in some sections Of the
county that blowing has been discontinued.
Miss Maggie Carrieo, of Bryantown, has re-
turned from trip to Washington.
Mrs. Nick Stonestreet is visiting relatives in
st. Mary's county.
Mr.. James II. Morgan, whose illness We
noted in last issue is somewhat better.
The family of Mr.. Gus Neale has been i'll
with the grip.
VIM. Jellfer, a respectable coIored man Of
9th district, died on Thursday of last week,
aged IS years.
Messrs. Turner and Robinson have moved
their saw mill to the farm of Mr.. Dudley
Turner
A new postofice has been established at
Cooksey, near Harris Lot, with Mr. r. L.
Cooks,y as postmaster.
There seemed to be considerable caucusng
on Tuesday among our Democratic friends
We presume the slate is being made out.
Mr.. b. Holiday Hicks has been appointed
tank-masier at White Plains, vice, Mr..
George Willett, deceased.
Strawberry vines are in bloom and the
prospect for a good crop of the delicious fruit
seems promising.
Mrs. Gray and daughters, of Ohio, are
spending the summer at La Plata. They are
boarding at the home of Mr.. II. G. Robinson.
Mr.. F. c. Philbriok paid our village a visit on
Tuesday. He is representing stationery
firm 10 Baltimore.
Col. l.. A. Wilmer has been commissioned
Colonel OF the First Regiment, vice, Col. II.
X. Douglas, resigned
Mr. G. E. Hamilton, Of the Washington
bar, was married this week to Miss Merricli, a
daughter of the late r. 7. Merrick
Hon. Washington Wilkinson, of st. Mary !
county, called on Tuesday. lie is a genial
aud clever gentleman, and We are always
glad to see him.
Mr. George Carrico, of 9th district, has re-
Gently engaged in milling business at the
mill formerly worked by Messrs. Smith and
Knight.
The Farmers Alliance of St. Mary's coun-
~ has published a pamphlet, setting forth the
natural agricultural advantages Of Southern
Maryland,
Farmers MI over the county are complains
ing of the advent of the tonacco fly. 50
great has been the destruction wrought by
this pest that many farmers have been com
PEELED 10 plow up their beds and reseed them.
Col. Wilmer AMI Adrian Poscy haze feen
retained by the defendants Best, stephens au !
nj, in the suit of ejeciment against them by
\ The Stockholders Of the defnnct ". 4 p. L. X.
Brhe stockholders IRE BosloniAns,
Ashton Todd, son of Rev. Mr.. Todd. of
Harris Lot, this county, hi. filed bill of di-
yorcc from his wife, Mary Archer Todd, whom
he married IN Richmond, Va on Junc 18th,
1888 lie alleges Abandonment.
TIE bundle Of last WEEKS INDEPENDENTS for
Faulkner did not reach that place. Tiow is
this Mr.. Ryon? They we're cent to LII Plata
and put on the train, and st5ull have bteu
delivered by you the next day at Faulkner =
Please he more careful.
We have been informed by our Cobb Neck
correspondent that the hyena which infested
that neighborhood and produced such terror
ons he people, has at last been cApt-red
A veritable phantasmdgoria.
Mr.. J. E JOY, of Hughesville, has just pur
chased Il new hearse and requests us to stat,
that he is ready TO wait on any dead folk
that may need his services. Mr.. JOY l.
prompt and gentlemanly and We would b.
pleased to see him pAtronzed
Steamer Arrow Smith when near Clifton
Beach on Sunday last, was disabled by tn
giving way of some Of her machinery, anC
was towed to Washington by tugboat. Tn
Mattano took her passengers, who were mucl
alarmed, but no one hurt.
The law case between Miss Mittie Wills AM
j. Walter Carpenter has been on trial in tn
Circuit Court in Baltimore, during the week
Miss Wills sues Carpenter for an alleged vlo
lation of contract in renting Mt. Air farm 70
his brother, the late F. A. Carpenter -
She claims damages in the sum Of $1,000.
Miss Jennie Swami, colored, has received
an appointment in the public printing office a
4 Washington. This Is the first appointment
of the kind ever given colored girl in TIL
County, and ought to be properly appreciated
by her friends. Miss Swami he, been pub
lie school teacher for number of years, anC
is regarded as an ee cient instructor. W,
trust in her new field OF labor she may Civ,
equal satisfaction.
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