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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-25

Ea3n' INTERESTING TO LADIEs.-When
in the course of human eFeBts. Lacies and Gentle
lose enc of their greatest natural attractions-a
tue head of hair-it becomes Il matter of serious n
portance, and the question u.s. what shall We do TO
stop the hair from falling off and restore its yigor
and beauty. Ia reply to this query, we beg To say,
try DR. HARRIS HAIR PROMOTER and lMPEOYER. A
few applications will stoo the hair falling break
ing, remove dandruf, keep the soap clean and
white, and Dpart freshness and vigor to the hair.
and although you may have been bald twenty years,
the continued use Of it two months will insure you
a luxuriant head of hair. Call and get bottle. and
If not satisfied sfter the second application, return
it and get the price paid
Ask for DR. Harris Hair Prom ter and Improver
Sold in Richmond, by
" PETERSON, Druggist
Cor Main and I2th and Main and Wall sts.
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THE0 P MAYO, M d,
secretary Of the Board.
je3--sti
E0H poMKRs, WnnIn II p.uau

dIPks AND PHOTOGRAPHS s-Thosa In want af f.s,,,,.~
III IN shssss. should visit PoWkRs Gallery Donf
mruu , waiting q few minutes. The crowd 4 aiwavs
ar, ahd uuless you are first Of co ar,e you vstl
a nase 70 wait your turn. POWERS mnkes ths
Aha o.st pictures at Isl Main street. over
~'@"AAsS o9uou stuft. ia
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:
SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ NoTIcE.--A meeting Of the Board
held In this city on the sTH UF July nerf In M
ahcy 10 the Protessorship Of Chemistry created
oy tns resignation OF Dr. Martin P. scott
applications to " ""''S ''e'i
- a, a, THE0 p MAYO, MD.
" 20 "a secretArY Of tisu Roard
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TaE Pic. Nc of the Svdrev

THE Plc-N of the Sydney Chapel
sunday School, at Shields Spring, is said to have
been pleasant aff,ir to all who participated in it,
The rccitations and songs by the scholars were
nighiy creditabe, and the efforts of the teachers
TO amuse and instruct their scholars was en-
tirely successful
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SUMNER COMPLAINTS are ou;te nrsvo

'ent at this time among children but in most
cases readily yield to medical reatment. when nor
permitted to run too long. The free use of uu-
ipe fruits, and stale, badly cooked vegetables is
1rooaoiy the principal cause of this sickness
Fersons cannot be toe careful about the quality
anu quantity of food they consume at this particn
ar time. An overloaded stomach. when the
'nermome'eris raging from 80 aud 1909 is almost
7ure to produce unpleasant { consequences
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TIpsY.-Bernard Haley, a white head

I'd veteran. made his appearance before the Mayor
Yesterday, charged with getting drunk aud tab ing
lodgings on the side walk The old man. when
called up. acknowledged that he had INDUCED too
Tree for his own good, but promising to do 80 no
more was discharged
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Ky ihf
SEMpLFs
ISRALLIBLE
For eale e-erywhere. je iS

Va LIfs SIZE PHoroGaAPHs.-The
sub.eri.er takes pleasure In announcing to his nu-
merous patrons ana the public as iai ge, thas h. 10
now prepared 10 furnish photographs from misiA-
tures TO FULL LIfk SIks, either plain or coiored,
which. for accuracy and tnisb. he Warrants equal,
IL not superior 10 any produced n this city, q iess
than the usual price. Old Pictures copied aha en-
larged to any size.
Citizens aud strangers invited 10 call and e.
anime specimens ~ 0IBbS female Of Art. CORN.
THAN Hall, Main street. between 9Th and lah.
Pc GIBBS.
p. Sill ron want q genuine Ambrosype. this h
the place 10 get IL. where yoa will neither 70 hum
any other Picture in the Photographs Art
le Is y. u. u.
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"hoss" doctor 10 0lean made bet Of twenty
doiIars that he eonid remove from any horse any
tblag that ns'ure had not placed on the beast
bet showed him mortgage for one hundred and
nfiy dollars on fayorite horse, and pocketed the
twenty dollars.
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ssy- A posrrrvE CURE FOR CANcEF
uYDRANTs HYDRaNTs-ln conse.

Ii queuce of chsnge in the city ordinance rela,
We 10 HYDRANTs, the subscribers are authorized
b put them up in any part OF the city. We have
n ose Of the most approved kind, aud should De
pessed 70 receive orders for the same. We also 40
ali kinds of PLUMBING, such as putting up Ba
hing fixtures. Wash Slauds. Laundry Tubs, Water
tiosets, &C; also. Gas Fitting and Gas Works Ia q
superior manner, both In town and country.
@CD YALE co,
. in 9--im l3D Main street.
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VACANCY TO PiLL.-The Board of Wis
ors of the Medical College of Virginia are to bold
meeting on the Sth of July, to All the vacancy 10
the Pfotessorshfp of Chemistry, caused by the re'
signation Of DIR. NJ. i. Scott
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sAsURE ARTY-The Sabbath
school connected with Wesley Chapel will have a
pic mic party In ii wards Grove, ia the course OF
.au
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pRonpvssIyc Tho ,yo,

PROGRESSING The work at the city
scqueduct, under the James River and Ksnawhs
Janai, is steadily progressing. and Engineer Gill
thinks he Will be enabled to complete the lob dur
ing the approaching fall.
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EECAPE OF SLayEs.-0n Saturday evening isst she
rsyanue hoe .-housa at Lewes Delaware. was bro
Ken int aud the boat, oars and sails taken there
from Several slaves are missing, and it 10 pre-
sumed they committed the robbery aud made their
asrane To New Jersey,
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bATHING IS essential TO health and
should be INDUCED iu by all classes during the
~ummer mouths. Richmond is wofully deficient
ID public bath houses, aud the river has been too
muddy for comfort for two or three weeks, but de.
7Pite these drawbacks every one who eIshes TO
40 So can get An occasional bath at home or in a
public bath housa at some of the barber shons
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Tag FROG MABKEr.-frngs are now regularly
ouoted article in the New York market The last
port reads .frogs are 10 demand, and sell for one
dollar per dozen. These are fast becoming aiaso'
rite dish, and the demand for them 10 becoming
constantly greater
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MILITARY FAIR-The Blues are maxi
Ing arrangements for military fair at Corinthian
iiaii, t. commence on the evening OF the 9th of
July, aud they promise that this novel enter ain
nent shall be Its ffieuds desire. As number
uf ladies have volunteered to attend the tab!es the
success of the enterprise is beyond doubt
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FmsssKafIos OF A CANADA REaIMEsr.--A portion
of the Tooth regiment entirely enlisted in Canada,
sailed from Quebec for Eagisnd in the Indian OH
Saturday, aud will probably be sent TO India
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CoxpaoarsxD-The suit brought against Captain
Duucan and Others OF the late New Orleans figi-
lance Committee by the clerk of the sixth district
court for damages of $4,000 to the courthouse oy
party paving sufficient TO make the necessary re-
pairs
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DEATH ON TIE CARsA day or two sgo, mar
about fifty years of age, named Wni. A. Williams
died 10 train Of cars or the Cleveland and Pits
burgh Railroad. He took the cars at Welisvilie
and told the conductor lie expected to die before
reaching Cleveland. lie snrely afflicted with
consumption and was entirely destitute of money
When the train reached it's destination IL Wa
thought the poor man was asleep-and So ne prov
ID to be, in that sleep which knows no waking -
He was resident of Weymouth, Medina county
Ohio.
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ELEcrIoN OF OFFICEss.-The militia
Of Henrico county, will not forget that they arc
resslired TO assemble at the Richmond Tro.ting
tark on the 80 of July. to ganise and elect OF
ncnrs
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VERY PRoB.BLE.--A man has been recently dis
charged from the Connecticut State Prison, after
An Incarceration OF 90 years, who has never seen 9
railroad The New London tCtD Star thereupan
remarks that there are various individuals In diff
ferent parts of the country who wish they were
like him in that respect.
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PAuPERTsM There aretwo old ,

fAUPERIsM There are two old women
and two or three girls begging about the city that
ought to be arrested and sent to the Poor House,
where they could be made to work. These crea-
lures folce themselves into private houses at ali
hours, aud are really annoying to many families.
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s<s- NKw FIRE Paoor RoorIso.--Ths

sub@crihers SUCCESSORS VI kstlLL y %, IN theif
PATENT Ef.ASTiC
cEMENT ROOFING.
now offer the same 20 the public.
ii makes one nf tho veEy best ard cheapest roets
DEPJfs, &C.
II alao makes aa invaluable pusr for tin .rcofs.
stops the isaky onss aud prevents those newly pas
o. from leaking.
Roafs painted with this material " d nef require
re- psintiax for many pears
All orders in city or country proMpals sndsa
10. e. u. YALE Co.
80 Main street.
~ County Rlshtsin Virginia for sale.
ieT-lN
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uYDRANTs, HYDRANT HY.

IL DRANTs.--The subscribers being authorized
alteration in the city ordinance 70 pnt up and re-
rpir HVDRhSTS. and all other X lnfs of Norh con
neeted Nth the city water beyond the limits Of the
stree g. and having a large supply OF the Test II X.
DRANfs, COCKS, &C., now In use in the city, on
hand they are prepared to put them ap 70 the most
subsfantial manner and on reasonable terms.
q Il A BARGAINS. IN.
10 4--2m corner 10th and Main sts
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WuU
wish facilitate the making of Bread, Pastry, &c
and have the incest and most wholesome, should try
SkMPLE'S lNFALLIBLE BAKING PUWDEk.-
Price "a cts. per box. } GARLICk,
IL SoIe Prnnr.afOr.
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sfNrPLAIN hrATEMEhTs or FACTS. :

DR.. HAMPTON. aow aged 50 years, speaks. Hear him
Are ycu sickl Beware of imitations ASK foI
Hampton's Vegetable Tlnctrre. The many cures
made by this pleasant and safe remedy may induce
couDterfeitlng.
A medicine must have merit, and great merit, too
stand the test OF public opinion NO art oi pnnnR
can galvanize worthless article so as TO keep it VI
ss a good medicine if it be not really
A good medicine will live, become popular ard ex
tend it's sales year after year in spite OF opposion
Fhe people readily Gd out its virtues and the fame
Of them passes from mouth TO mouth with more ra
pidity than newspapers can spread IT. living wit
ness testifying 10 the cure medicine has made for
bin, is of more service than any newspaper adger
dsing.
In prsof of what we say above, we refer You tc
Ham pton's Vegetable Tincture and its effects.
Mr. WEN. HIGa, No. Ig5 SoSth Psca street, Balti
more, cured of Rhe,dnatiErl, Dyspepsia and Nervous
Nm. EDWIN NJ spaAyKII.. No. q Register street
Baltimore, most dreadful case of Scrofu'a OF years
stan ling lost humber OF pieces OF bone. restored u
Miss MARY scorrxLp Teacher, No. $50 Baltimore
srreeher case after years of suffering. has aston
ighed her friends. Let the afflicted call 30 see her.
DYSPEPSIA. NERVOUS DISEASE, &c;
Mr. VIM oldham, of Baltimore Custom House, suf-
fered from these complaints for S months with bedI
and mind severely affected He was cured by HaInp
toms Vegetable Iinctgre sttsr Sther things failed
Mr. Henry G. Winn had ac0ugh for years great
wealnrss &C. had in all five or six ply yscisns; tried
M n haWPT6s s"t !EsrhsLs XII fasi ga" fNCTuRK
sa- Delicate Ladies and Children will please give
" Sod & tT By PURCELL, LApp co, Richmond; BIZ
peterel arg. hy MORTIMER Il M0WBRAY, Baiu
more and By Druggists and Shopkeepers everywhere
srS-sI ner boftte sir bottles for x5 -dkc
sSy~ A Positive CURE FOR CANCER
Witholthe use If Glusfje or Kais endorsed and ie-
gliised byespecd enactment gf ne Mate LegtSaure
If Haryldnd with n good report from nve phys
clans OF the House of Delegates who were appointed
to examine its claims.
The mndersiened will guarantee a cure of all ex-
.ernaI CANCERS, where vital parts have not become
involved before the application s made and the gen.
eral health of the patient is still good.
The above is all that is deemed necessary to say,
as the great efficacy of this remedy is now pretty ex
tensvely known
pamphlet giving some useful informatlon on
fhe subect of Cancer will be sent to all requiring
the know ledge il contains, who win igelose stamp.
Address JOHN OATHEhS,
Office No I02 Baltimore street. Baltimore, Nd
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Foa THE MOUNTAINS -Scor

FoR THE MOUNTAINS Scores of per,
IONS passing throagf, this city every day on
sher way 10 the watering places 10 Virginia. III
he oppressive weather from which our people ere
suffering is general, the railroad travel will
steadily increase for several weeks TO come.
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pathst) offers his professional services to the iii.
of Richmond aud it's vicinity. Once at his TO
sidence, on Leigh street. two doors from 9th.
L.
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Vegetation in Aroestook Is stated 70 he very ioI-
wari. Corn planted on the 10Th May, WAS ready
for hoeing last week.
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TOMATOES Portsmouth (Va) Transcript
SAYS: The first tomatoes of the season which we
have seen were 10 our market yesterday. They
we're bought at 80 cents per quart.
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MONSTER RArrLEssAKE.-The Selma, Ala, Senti
mel mentions a rattlesnake caught on plantation
aear that city. 1t had nine ratties was iour zee,
in length. about Twenty-Five inches Ia girth aao
weighed forty pounds.
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ess~ MEDICAL ADVICE GRAr1s-The

f MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIs.-The
unreasonable weather which has been prevailing
for time pasr, 2, naturally, productive of many
of those iuiammatory ailments which etiiICt man
kind Let all who may be thus attacked provide
themeelves with 'HENRT's cTINuLATING bINlMENT, -
and obtain the relief which il invariably affords
when Iudiciousiy applied The proprietor paftIen-
larlt recommends this preparation t. those who are
-utf ring from PAINS IN THE BACK, and AFFECTIONS
OF TIRE LIVER.
Ia- Fer sale by Meaae Baker, Juo W Garlick
GrubDs & AppersOn, b. l.. Thomas and others
PURCELL Il LADD.
MY Clint Wh0lesale gents.
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A<Sr GEORGE d. STEEL, Dentist, Office
and residence. No 22i on Main between sst and 9Th
treets. Richmond Va. my 3o-lY
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~FRssH LREcHRs.--I have just re-
celvsd, by Adams Express. fresh lot of Swedish
LEEChBS which viii be applied upon most rsasoa-
able terms.
i. a.-Cupping and Ieeching promptly sttsn1ee
Dressing Room under the American Hotel. end -
nv E-ts 4. O. HOne0M
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Too MANY Hors.-A wealthy farmer In otsegt
county, n. Y has now on hand over $50 900 worth
If hops He first reft,ed 30 cents a pound, de
naadins IS x cents, and when offered that, he de-
lnauded 40 cents and when offered that he still
rose upon the price, until fortune, in one OF hei
freaks, reduced the price TO . cents pound, ieaS
ing the farmer TO hop at his leisare.
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IlPPLING.-The keeper of a small es-
tsolshment on the southeast corner of Franklin
and 18th streets, whose name We could not learn.
had flne OF five dollars entered up against him
yesterday morning by the Mayor for selling liquor
to be drunk in his house
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THg FRENCH FoorHoLp.---It is remarked on, as
rather singular Circumstances, that, although we
have one OF more diplomatic agents In Central
America the first news of the march which the
French have stolen nron us In Nicaragua shonid
haye reached onr Government thfoagh London
newspaper, especially as the negotiation for the
concession to the French was carried on by Mons
Belly, with two separate States, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica.
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TIE AMERICAN Horses IN ENGLAND.--A match
has been made for race, in England, between the
American racer Prioress and Beadsman the win
ner OF the Derby, for $500 aside, with even weights
over the Newmarket course, ia October. match
has also been entereS into between Babylon ana
Lord Chesterfeds Telegram, for weights,
G2l0 side, to take place the day after the above
race
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Affairs In Gloucester,
OF THE sIcaMoND DAILY DISPATCH.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY June 49, 1855
On Friday night, the l4sh instant, Miss Mary
Jane Ware, formerly Of Middiesex county, but late
Of Baltimore, died very suddenly on board the
steamer Virginia, during her trip from Baltimore 70
fredericksburg Nothing as yet is known of the
cause of the death.
Miss Ware was the lady Who was abducted some.
time during the fall of 1851, by 4 runaway negro
from the South. The negro was condem ned and
executed in Middesex during the same year.
On Sunday, the 18th, DR.. Thomas H. Dunn, OF
Matthews, committed suicide by taking morphine
The real cause of the rash act Is not known Va
rious causes assigned. After taking the NOR
phine, he wrote two letters, one to bis brother
Wm. r. j Damn of Rappahannock Academy, and
one to j. z. . Jones, of AiddleseX. DR.. Damn was
thought by many persons to be good physician,
bnt it was almost the uAIyerssl opinion of all who
knew him, that his mind was not properly balanced
1t is said that DR. Dunn was the grandson Of the
celebrated Col. Wm. r. johnson, of Va
Ou the same day, a negro boy the property of
Mrs. Macy johnson, drowned in n creek
making from the Piankitank river.
1t is runored to-day, that during fight at Cen
treviiie, in King Qneen, on yesterday, between
James 8. Bristow and Il. j Gogerty, principal of
the Academy, son of Mr.. Bristsw ran in and
stabbed Gogerty very badly. The particulars have
not yet reached US.
Some of onr farmers have commenced their
wheat harvests. 1t is supposed that the wheat
crop will be very greatly cut short by the iy,
scab, tust and joint worm.
We have no chinch bug here yet; bu. we have
other enemies and diseases enough.
Many farmers are complaining of the injury to
the corn crop by the bud worm. r.
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PETERSBURG AND EoASoKE RAnRoAD.-0n Friday
there arrived at the Depot of this road in Peters
burga train four containing over three
hundred hogsbeads Of tobacco, aud on Monday u
train of ftty-four, containing considerably oyef
four hundred hogsheais-the largest train that
ever passed over the road. The receipts from
lreights las. week, footed up $7,l0367, of which
one house paid over s2 800.
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HARVEST SEAsos has commenced, and
we gratified to learn that some of the farmers
ia this section will have better yields of wheat
than they antcinated
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Ten MINUTES AMONG TIE MAIL BaGs--At Milford
Ma sachusetts. boy at work in one of the shoe
shops in that place recently found in an old mat
0ag,which The p oprietor OF tue shop had purchaseo
to work into shoes, letter which had beeu mailed
at an office in Tennessee aud directed to another
place ia the same State, and which contained four
fifty dollar bills, twenty, u ten, a i've aud u
three-in all S23S! This frm has purchased seve.
raj Thousand of these worn out mail bags and
several other letters have been found ia them
Boston Post.
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hand Of orr own manufacture. the best quality
ATER COOLER, neatly painted. Call and sup
plY Yourselves
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E0s~ HoBspR's HAIR CUTTING, SHAVING
AND sHaNPooINa SALOON, under the American Ho-
el-entranee on lith street
N. Blot Cold and shower BATHS can he had at
all hours. Single Bath 25 cents. tickets for one
dollar. lee
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VIsIToBs ExpecTyp -Nanv

VISITORS EXPECTED Many of our
sou.hside neighbors from the ''Cockade city, are
expected to visit Richmond on the 5th of July. to
witness the interment Of the remains of PRESIDE
donr0e in the soil of his native State. Some oil
the volunteer companies OF Petersburg are also
expected on the occasion.
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AFFRAY-An alteration occurred at the Mer
chants Bank in Lynchburg, Va, Wednesday, be
tween Mr.. Wm. King aud Dr.. Robert Early, where
IA in the former received serious injury from
knife which was in the hands Of the latter wheI
The difficulty commenced. DIR. L. arrested ant
hail
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HANDSOME W. J. Enc, vice regent for 0eor
sia for the Mount Vernon fund.- has raised for the
tomb of Washington 81 PA, heading The list with
800 on her own account Most of the money
comes from ladies, aud one of them, Mrs. Emil,
rubman, sends $500 from the ladies OF Tnscumbia
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fEA~ BATns Barns, BATHS Hot,
}od aud shower Baths can be had daily at all
hours, at the American Hair Cntting Shaving. and
shampooing Saloon. Under the American Hotel
Entrance on llth street.
Single Baths q aenta. or 5 tickets for 81 Ap 10
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GREAT CArfLE TRMss.--The stock trains East,
Monday night, over the New York Central Rail-
road, numbered one hundred and twenty seven
cars--the largest of the season. Western farmers
are sending down their cattle in anticipation OF
loss OF crops by the frcshes and shortness of feed
the coming summer.
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LIGHTNING AND GAs.-Suuday afternoon at New
Haven the lightning struck the Wooster Place
Church; sensby Affecting a lady in the choir
Prof Olmstead and the architect agree that the
charge descended the rod to the level of the gas
pipe in the wall, when part Off left the rod aud
fundi;s way TO the earth by way of the meter, sod
thence 10 the main gas pipes of the city. The
cellent conducting medium which these pipes af
ford. makes them powerful competitors for the
discharging function of lightning rod, aud thus
when the rod is nearly or fully charged to its nt-
most, the charge Will divide itself between the
Iwo according to weltknown principle in elec
triclty. This fact may be of importance in regaru
to the relative position OF the lishtuingrod and
gas pipes of q building.
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THEArRicAL.-Miss Angela Seton and Mr. John
Seton are at the Theatre Royal, Montreal. Mr. q.
Mathews is still in Canada. Mr.. Barney Williams
took his farewell benefit at Liverpool on the ith OF
June lie was to commence his last engagement
in London ut Drury Lane on the Goth, and after
playing there eight weeks, return 10 the United
states In London Mr.. aud Mrs. Williams intend
ed 70 play at Drury Lane and the Surrey the
same evening.