The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-29
NEWS JoTFINes.

"A little daughter Of Mrs. Maxwell, Of Cape
Elizabeth, Mas, was gulllotined on Sunday By
a window falling on her neck, nearly seVering her
head from ber shoulders.
Miss Lucy A. Sinclair. Of stratham, Mass.
died in Lowell on Tuesday ofconvulsions, caused
by drinking too freely Of cold water and bathing
While In a state Of pcrspiration.
The eautogrephAlbum which was msde for tho
New York Sanitary Fair by Miss North, Of STRAIT
ford, Connecticut, was sold for Eve hundred dol
lars at the 81. Louis Fair
One Of the Sandwich Island judges Is namod
II but, says an exchange paper, "whethCr it is
pronounced Big-I-llttlc-I, Double |, Bye-Eyo, or
My Eyes, nobody knows"
"A man in Collinsville, Ct, who a few years
ago wrote a very strong reprohenslye article on
tObscco-raisinV, COndemning It as an immortality
has now an acre and half Of tobacco growing IN
thrifty way that attests careful and enlightened
culture.
The carriage road up Mount Washington has
been put in complete repair, The Tip.Top and
Summit Houses are iull. The ample sccommO-
datlons for passing the night on Mount Washing
ton induce a large number Of persons TO remain
one or more nights on the summit.
The quota of Hartford under the last cal Is
estimated at 800, and there are already enlisted
is7 mtn to count upon it. Two patriotic exempe
in that city propose to secure 100 Of tho same
class who will each agree 20 furnish a represen-
tatve recruit and thus help to make up the def
Ci,ncy.
Doctor Eeazer Porter, of Hadlcy Mass, has
given $500 10 Amherst College, the In crest of
VIII ch Is to be devoted to yearly prize in the
matht mstical department Of the college. This is
in addition to previous donation TO the college
Of $1,000, given for tho Porter scholarship six
years since.
An Indian skeleton Of immense size was re-
Gently discovered three feet under ground, near
Fort River, in Hadey, Massachusetts, The
bones we're so far deCompos that most Of them
crumhed upon exposure TO the air. Some of
the doctors think that the Indian was not less
than seven feet high, and one hundred years old
when hC died.
Fire has been raging in the woods on the
south side Of Bath, Maine, since Saturday, and
has burnt over hundreds Of acres. The city was
seriously hr,atened on Tuesday and Wedues-
day, and the ere department was frequently
called out; and on Wednesday they worked like
Trojsns to prevent n general conhagra'ion, tho
fire having worked its way up to the very edge Of
the city.
DIR. Scbmd tho bassO, who Is gaining so
much popularity in London, was born in Aarau,
Switzerland In 1927. He had great fancy for
the study of medicine, and spent some time 10 the
hospitals of Dresden. Wagner advised him to
so on the stage-for his deep bass voice had
already been often heard in amateur concerts
but it was u long time before no could make up
his mind TO leave his profession. After deciding
1 h -, .,.
"S.rastro" in Zaubegfotc, and subsequently sang
In Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgard, Berlin, Vienna,
and Prague. Meyerbeer was among those who
highly appreciated DR.. Schmid's vocal ability.
"A. r. JacoUs, a telegraph operator, who has
just joined the force at the telegraphic Office in
| Springfield, Mass. has had some stirring advon-
lures within fow years. He has spent most OF
his life in the South and after the torpedoes
| plac, d in Charleston Harbor, he was among the
electricians" assigned to the care of them. Bat
from some circumstance he was suspected OF
tTcachtry, and ordered by the officer in barge tO
| be summarily shot; but Jacobs gained access to
Beauregard and worked upon his feelings so that
he countermanded the order. Afterwards Jacobs
was impressed into the telegraphic service OF the
, Rebel army, but was degraded to the ranks, and
then improveda coveted opportunity to desert
/ and come within our lines.
| Aprlvate letter, written by Major J. A. NJ
McPhCrsoD, gives interesting particulars Of the
death of General James s. Wadsworth. Tho
General received his wound on a cross road
known as the "Brock road" near Annandale
Virginia. He was discovered by Rebel captain
from Georgia, who placed in his hand paper
giving his name and rank. He was conveyed
aitcrv ards to the "Rescrve Hospital" a cluster
OF tents two miles up the Orange road. Here
he was recognized by Patrick McCracken, onct
a prisoner in the Old Capitol whom he hat
befriended McCracken hastened down abou
four miles and procured delicaces for him. Al
this time General Wadsworth lay on a stretehe
unconscious, holding tho paper, and seemingl!
uneasy whenever 1t was taken from him. IL
seemed to know the Importance Of preserving it
This was Sunday. The next morning McCracke
found him dead, and procuring coffin, burie
him. Doctor O'Donnel, Surgeon of the 3
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, expressed the belle
that General Wadsworth might have been save
if he bad had proper medical treatment at onc'
The bullet struck the top Of his skull but passe
on, crushing the skull down upon the brain.