The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-26

Rev NJ Sandopd haa received The sum Of three cents lot
an article In the Dutchem IN " Loe,s announcing Id
very ee and personal tsrs his Fourth of July Grafton in
1905 which tncturc with sbolitiou ucntu,epts A.
to be very odendve 70 his audience Tie rst verdiSst
previous trial S450 and the second trss cents One
paragraphs the article IN the Dsoya wss q follows
cssacr deseeted tho scored desk y such N appeal
an4 penc 70 0ious ~ the whole audience - to bom-
PEELED % walk from the church the hotel sioe and
there dared mot at 1t public dinner provided for the
occasion A6olitiondom does not seem to be getting
along very we'll in tho Empire State these lsser days
The Wooster Place Baptist Church in New Haven, was
struck BY lightning Sunday the fluid following the
hyhtning rod 10 Within about eighteen feet Of tie ground
when Il btazchcd of iron staple digging circu-
lar hole Of twelve inches In diameter into the brick
WALL throwing the brick and mortar ACROSS the yard
hcse wesu good many people in the church. but
were injured
Complaints Of disaster TO the wheat crop continue to
reach us from all sections Of he county The chief enc
mics the scab and RUSH. which In particular sections
have rendered the wheat scarcely worth the cutting
We have been informed that one of the largest wheat
growers In ChaPco district will realize little over his
seed in consequence Of the destructive rayages of the
scab.-S. Adyys (Md) Bsacos
Naomi. the daughter Of Enoch was FIVE hundred and
eighty ycsrs old when she married Courage ladies'
Wonders will never cease Within few days pan
ther and leopard have been killed in close proximity
this city, and have TO record the shooting of
wild fox on OF principal Streets in the very cen
tire OF the city This animal ahot by Andrew Elicott
esq., in the yard Of Edwin Casks residence, the
Of East Mohawk and Seventh The animal
had undoubtedly srRycd from the woods and was prowl-
ing about in search of prey and the circumstance would
suggest that the influence of shard times has even ex
tended to the wild beasts Of the forests when they are
driven into the cities for prey-Orso IN ~ Pallad
Governor Hicks, Of Maryland has offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest Of j. j. Poole late sheriff of Cecil
county who escaped from the Jail at Ekton weeks
since
The train the North Carolina Central Railroad ran
off the track Godsboro the 24th seriously niur-
ing J. T. Evans esq, the postmaster at Weldon who
leaped from one of the cars.
meeting of the board of visitors of the Medical Col
legc win he held in Richmond Virginia. the sth day
of July to fill vacancy in the Procssorship of Chem
istry caused by the resignation Of DR.. M. p Scott
battalion Of Washington Grays, $50 strong. under
grand tour Of visitation, which will exceed anything
of the kind undertaken. They viii visit in the
Of the tour Cincinnati Columbus Buffalo, Roches-
ter, Albany, New York, and Boston thence by steam
d. c., Wheeling, Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans
Mobile and then home. Preparations will be made in
each city for their reception This is the exrava
CANT trip of pleasure yet planned in this country by
military corps 1t is credbly stated that fund of
$40. 900 is on hand to accomplish it.
The lumbermcn in saltwater Iowa. have been rioting
cutting loose rafts and the like but quellcd
on the Intervention of the military.
The ATLANTIC TEDGaAPH ExrmPnIsE. opinion
to be gaining ground that the experiments
far from satisfactory and that the chances for sue
cess hazardous they naturally are still further
dangered by imperfectons which delay and more
experimenting might have served to remove The die,
however is now cast and in few days may expect
to hear of complete success OF another failure which
shall postpone the enterprise for several years The
present company probably too much embarrassed to
resume the effort If the present one prove futile