The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-26
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
AccIDESr BY A MOVING MAomE--A man named Good
rich farmer residing about two miles west of Troy New
York, got entangled in moving machine Saturday,
and was badly cut and manged before be could be ext
Gated.
HARvEsrRe.-The Rochester New York; papers say
there viii be busy work in the wheat fields of the Genesee
valley this week With continued fair weather the larger
part OF the crop win be gathered by Saturday night The
crop will be excellent in quality and not far below the
average as to quantity.
Destructive FHR-A very destructive fire occurred in
Amsterdam New York, on Tuesday last Loss, $4,000.
FmE Toaosro.--A tremendous fire broke out in To-
ronto Canada the morning Of the Esd instant which
consumed over $4,000 worth of property.
STRUcK BY LIoHTSISG.-A tenement house in Savannah
Ga) was struck by lightning Sunday morning about
o'clock Although there considerable damage done
to the house and furntureand there fourteen per-
sons sleeping in the house at the tmenot received
any personal injury.
FIRST BALE on NEW corToE.-The first bale of new cot
ton received at New Orleans from Texas on the 18th
July.
MAGNIFICENT RuISs.-The remains OF a magnificent pal
ace have been discovered under garden in the isle Of
Capri 1t must not only have been splendid in structure
but in situation, commanding view of the bay of Pa
ermo and Naples Marble of various colors were used
in its construction and all its apartments far the
cavaons have proceeded of tho spacious and ee
CANT character.
The BLUE RIDGE TUssELs.-The Charlottesville (ya)
Jeersonian states that last Saturday night there re-
manned only 3lS feet to perorate in the main tunnel under
the Blue Ridge Last month there 81 cut through
In the Booksve tunnel only 3s feet remains to be arched
and will be finished before September. Daylight viii shine
through the Blue Ridge mountains before the close of
year 1856.
NEW MoyEMENT.-The Milwaukee News notices the de-
parture from that city Saturday last Of fine large
schooner named after the vice president of the Central
road-Dean Richmond-for Liverpool direct She took
cargo of wheat The News says: Every felt that
the leaving of our port by vessel direct for European
port in the history of growing city worthy
Of commemoraton as foretokenng opening for
commercial enterprise"
ABANDoNEp-The attempt to keep the dust out of the
Of the New York Central road by boxing in the wheels
has proved futile and the rigging has been taken off, The
casing continually tearing off and frightening into fits
mid passengers. The least obstruction or the
racka stick of wood, for nsancewas sufficient to
side to pieces, and so they have been abandoned.
Rochester Adu.
The Marietta and Cincinnati railroad is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. Fifteen hundred are employed
upon it and it is expected that the whole undertaking will
be finished in time for the opening spring trade
THE coMEr.-M. Babinet member Of DAcademis des
Sciences says that the comet expected the present year
of the largest comets described European Chinese
Observers and that its periodical three hundred
years. 1t has been in the years O4 $751; 1904 and the
last time in the year 1885, always shining with exraordi
ary MI
sisted by Mr. Hind has gone all the calculations per-
tanning to the comets temperance making estimate
of the separate and combined actions Of all the planets
this comet Of three hundred years. the result Of which is
that in ls59-or somewhere between 1856 and lseoit
will again be visible
A HEAVY coSTRAcr-The Harrisburg Union says the
for the construction of the Northern Central rail-
road bridge the Susquehannah above Harrisburg has
been made with Lauman, Daughery, Co, and the con-
tractors will at the work. This bridge
will be the largest In Pennsylvania and is to be built in
the very best STYLE is thought that it be completed
in about two years.
THE FASTEST YET.-The train from Buffalo Thursday
morning down to Rochester distance Of rs miles
in hour and huy-eigh minutes II consisted Of FIVE
passenger cars and made FIVE stops 1t is high time some
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