Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-07
Items OF NEWS.


SINGULAR DROWNING CAss-on Wednesday
afternoon a little girl, named Ellen Lyons, aged
five years, fell into the Cobocksink creek, near
Philadelphia aud was drowned. Sometime AFTER
wards the child was missed, and some persons
started with bell 10 find her About six o'clock
the father of the child came from his work, and
soon afterwards went TO the creek for the purpose
OF washing. While in the water he felt some
thing soft under his feet. On bringing il TO the
surface what was his horror 10 lind il was the
| corpse Of his own child
Dry TINE Sixty YEARS AGo.--In O'Reey's
History Of Western New York, DIR. Coventry, who
settled in 100 with his family at The outlet Of
Seneca Lake, furnishes sketch of the seasons
and the health of this region for a OF years
He says that " in 1895 rain fell either in June
or July; the water in the lake lowered more than
a foot the heavens seemed on FIRE, the earth
| scorcned, and the air saturated with pestiience."
In 1916, the cold year, the season very health
full
THE END OF THE WoRLp.-A correspondent OF
the Boston Traveller states, that in the vicinity Of
| the burning forests in Maine, quite number Of
persons, chiefly females, have become insane in
consequence of excitement. the result Of belief
that the general CONGREGATIONS in the woods there
is sign OF speedy ending OF the void, in ac-
cordance with the prediction of the Nilleriles.
Some of them have been taken TO the State Asy-
ium. This is one Of the sad effects CT religious
| fanaticism.
LETTER from Saco, Maine, states that all the
wells in that town have been dry for scme tine
| and the inhabitants have to purchase water
brought from the river. AT Portland, people were
in similar condition, and in that neghborhood
the hoofs Of horses had become SO hard and brittle
that they would crack. Concord river, which was
unusually high in the spring, is now lower than
| at any time since 1925 and trife lower than it
was then.
PRICE OF HoPs.-Contracts for the new crop have
recently been made, to limited excent, at thirty
cents-a higher figure than has been paid so early
in the season for many years past. These sales
have mostly been made TO fill orders, and not on
speculation.
Heavy Corn CRoP.-The Fond du Lac Union
states that the corn crop OF Wisconsin will be
heavier this year than ever before. This State
will be enabled TO supply the deficiency, in meas
ure, of the Mississippi valley.
RETURN OF THE MoRMoNs.-A western paper
says that few days since a train, composed Of
nine wagons and fifty persons, crossed the Mis-
souri, eastwardy in search Of new home. They
had left Salt Lake city on account of the oppres-
| sion and immortality Of their church.
SHIPwREcK.-.The ship Shannon, 600 tons bur-
then. Glasgow, with her cargo, together valued al
nj $500, 900, was burned at sea, August 3d. on her
passage 10 Montreal. Her crew and passengers
| were all saved. The FIRE is supposed to have had
its origin in spontaneous combustion of some part
Of the cargo.
GREAT RAILROAD SpEED.-A few days ago, the
Buffalo Express train on the New York and Erie
Railroad ran from Su-quehannah TO Ho'nrl!sve,
| l42 miles, in l60 minutes including stops.
A MUSICAL ENTHUSIAST writes 10 Cincinnati
editor 10 know whether in the event Of the beer
bill coming into operation, he will be allowed &c
! refresh his memory with few passages Of Meyer
beer on Sunday. The question should be pu, &c
the mayor himself
SLAYER LosT-The last ajvces from Havana
report the loss of SLAYER on the south reefs
| OF the Isles of Pines. Only seven Africans, the
captain, and one of the crew were saved.
p. T. BARNuM has been engaged TO deliver the
| annual address before the delaware County Ag
| rcutural Society. al Delhi. on the 2lst instant.