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The FourA-Narro1 Escape Marriages - Deaths
-- 5z-. BALTIMORE, July g
The arrangements for the celebration Of the
Fourth here, are very extensive. Trips to Norfolk
and Portsmouth are fixed upon. and will be parti~
cipated in by our most distinguished citizens.
During the thunder storm Sundsy night the
house of Alex Gould, Esq at Bloomsbury farm.
was struck and singular to say the lightning struck
cigar out OF Germans mouth without ipjurinp
him.
During June the Common Pleas Court has issued
l25 marriage licenses, County Circuit Court 26,
making S52 marriage licenses Issued by both
courts during the past six months
There were ll9 deaths last week, OF which II
were OF consumption ~ A
Rev. L Seeiey, of Maysve, KY, has received
and accepted the unanimous call OF the congrega-
tion OF High Street Baptist Church here.
case of some interest was disposed of last week
oy fne Court OF Common Pleas, relative to the
sale OF goods by auciioneers Ia case (reported
under the court hea6) where an article had been
sold az indigo, which proved to- be spurious and
the purchaser thereupon refusing TO pay a note
given ior the purchase money, the Jury rendered a
verdict for the defendant 1.-THE purchaser on the
auctioneer suing to recover the amount The auc.
tioneer in the only sold the article for what 1t
was represented to him to be- but 1t was contend :
ed that selling 1t as Indigo was warranty of its
genuipeness
Henry James, colored man well known in cor. /.
nection with Lucas Type Foundry, died to-day.
correspondence OF the Dispatch.
Intense Heot-Sun -Politieal-11e Fourth, etc
PRILADELPHIA July 2
The intense heat of Saturday caused the less of
several lives. A man named Lemons was admitted
to the Episcopal Hospital ON Saturday evening" hav-
ing been overcome with the heat In Front street -
He fingered until yesterday. when he expired An
unknown white man. aged so years died at the Penn.
sylvana Hospital yesterday morning from coup de
effects OF excessive heat, on Saturday afternoon.-
Patrick Croah was found dead In q barn on Ridge
avenue. above the three mile stone The oireuTn-
stances showed that he had eeen overcome by the
heat. Margaret Thackara residing in Beach street,
died from the effects of the heat on Saturday evs-
ming. She had been carrying heavy child throus sh
ley, Swiss laborsr on Chesnut H died on Satur-
day afternoon, from being struck. Henry Afie.
bach. while drinking cold pump water Saturday
afternoon, fell, and was taken to ths Nineteenth
Ward Station house, where he died shortly after.
1t is rumored that the n's of this city have
minated the following ticket: For Sherif, Geo. w.
| of the Orphsns' Court Gen. William f. suall Sen.
| ator Robert M Foas:
The order for military parade in this city On tae
4th has been c9qntermanded as several of the com.
panies g unable to secure their nuskets The cid
veterans Of 1912 will parade In honor Of the day and
march to Independents Hail
The receipts at the custom house here for June
S249 AS 90 and for the six months of ths year
81 662 528 0, being falling off of about 900 JC
compared with the irst six months of 1851.
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION The steamer Lexirs
ton, running between Louisville and ST. Louis wal
blown TO atoms near Stephensfeet, Kentucky, by
an explosion of her boilers on her up trip The
packet Baltimore has arrived at Louisville Ky
from the scene of disaster with 20 of the officers
and passengers of the Lexington, Including the
Captain and first Clerk, Mr.. Davidson, both Q
whom were wounded. The Captain thinks ths
thicty-fve were wounded out of one hundred OF
board. The ladies were all unharmed. The acc
dent occurred at eight o'clock on Sunday morning
are q