Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-11

to balloon 1000 feet in mid air. are coming east
"A man named Dennis Brennan fell dead
in eating saloon in Oil City on Tuesday last Just as
he was about to commence eating his dinner. De-
ceased was about sixty years of age and at the time
of his death was very much intoxicated.
The Montreal Gazette says the persons
who withdrew their money from the savings banks
are quietly returning it to the same institutions
The chartered banks discounting rather more
freely but still exercising very careful discrim
lnatlon in their accommodations.
"A well educated mana student of medi-
cine-died miserable death in London recently,
from habtualy eating opium and drinking as a regu-
lar beverage mixture of spirits of wine 50 Der cent
over proof, and wood naptba
The Legislature of California on the 10th
of February last passed resolutions almost unani-
mously calling the United States government TO
interfere and overthrow by force of arms the empire
of Maximilian in Mexico.
One day last week Mr. Matthias Kehr, of
Hereford township. Berks county. Pa. committed
suicide by hanging himself to a small plum tree He
was about sixty Of age, and leaves widow and
thirteen children.
Returns received at the General Land
Office show that in the month of February 4461 O23
acres taken up at the Oregon City Land Office
in the State of Oregon, for homestead and actual set
tlemcnt, besides which number of cash sales were
made.
"A railway company in France was lately
compelled to pay S2OO damage to passenger for de-
tenon, the train being behind its time as to cause
him to miss connection which it was necessary he
should make in order to complete business trans
action.
In Bangor, Maine, on Saturday, national
salute fired, the bells rang, and the national flag
displayed from all the prominent places, and from
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the Civil Rights bill by the Senate the Presidents
veto.
The amount now in the treasury of the
Lincoln Monument Association is reported to be
fraction short of SSOOOO The Association is sanguine
that before the close of the coming summer sufi-
cient will be collected to warrant the commence
ment of the monument.
1t is asserted that Prm, the Spanish in
surgent General, mad three viiuIs in oash
in his travelling carriage when he started on his wild
enterprise. and that when on his own lands at Villa
ruba and Moilnlio. he ordered general slaughter
of his extensive herds and focks thus supplying hi
men with food at his own expense.
The dedication of Victor Hugo's stToil-
of the Sea" is follows: II dedicate this book
to the rock of hospitality and liberty to that corner
of ancient Norman land where lives that little ma
ton of the seal dedicate it to the island of Guern
sey. stern, yet sweet my present asylum, and proba-
bly, my future gravel"
"A queer accident occurred at the Reed
well, on Cherry Rum one day last week. A team of
horses attached to oil wagon became frightened
the locomotive of the Reno Railroad. and away.
The ngOn tongue came in contact with an oil tank,
broke throush IT, and ABOUT oOo barrels OF oil was
thus lost.
"A fine woolen factory is to be established
in Otoe county near Nebraska City. The excellent
bas selected
the site for the establishment. The farmers ct the
southern portion of Nebraska will thus be supplied
with manufactory of woolen cloths and yarns Ct
their own doors.
"A Convention of the colored people Of
Georgia held at Augusta on the 4th inst, each
county sending delegate The design of the meet
ing to investigate the condition and forward the
interests of the freedmen of the State of Georgia
colored man appointed to go to Washington to
advocate their rights and justice done in their
behalf
"A dispatch states that the Upper House
Of the Provincial Parliament of New Brunswick on
Friday, adopted resolutions urging confederation
according to the Quebec scheme, which together with
address asking that the question of union of the
North American provinces be submitted to the ac
ton of the Imperial Parliament. was submitted to
the Queen of England.
In the diocese of London the Goth was
observed by the members of the Church of England
as a day of humiliation account of the cattle
plague In every church throughout the diocese
services were held in the morning, noon. afternoon,
and at night. Toward the afternoon the shops in
many streets were completely closed. and in some
establishments business suspended during the
whole of the day.
The first meeting of the new society, re
Gently formed in Paris for the purpose of undertaking
new translation of the Bible, met in the large hall
of the Sarbonne Wednesday. 2lst ult., u. Amedee
Therry senator and member of the Institute, in the
chair. Among the speakers there were in addition
to the chairman Catholic cure, Jewish rabbi and
a Protestant pastor The utmost harmony prevailed,
and every hing calculated to lead to differences Of
opinion was carefully avoided.
"A New York letter says the celebrated
Mrs. Gaines is spending some time in that city, Her
rights after a struggle of hrtyfve years, at last
confirmed by the Supreme Court but actual posses
sion of the many millions she inherits s yet withheld
She is going next week to New Orleans to compromise
for of her property, and if she obtains tihe OF
it she will build superb house on Central Park.
which in architecture will surpass anything in the
country.
The Pithole Record says that Mr.. Gould
of Tiusville requested Mr.. Burtis to look after his
wei, on Pthole run, near Dawson Centre, to see il
.'all was L." and when Mr.. Burtis went up to
connoiter the premises, 10 and behold some yaga'
bond of the baser sort had actusy stolen the engine
TOOLS tubing engine house, derrick, sampson post,
and the entire thing leaving nothing but the hole
and it is feared the scamp will come back and dig up
the hole and sell it for pump logs
"A correspondent Of the London Erani
writes that interesting discovery has just been
made in an ancient and long neglected library in the
west of England. 1t is e fragmentary manuscript of
great age. probably from an abbey or monastery,
which shows that the occasion Of some early and
destructive murrain, a day Of fasting and penance
ordered, just as in our nineteenth century. 1t
shows also, that while all were then agreed that the
plague was punishment for national SINS many at
tributed it especially to the sin of free inquiry.
Gen. Grants reception at Washington on
Friday night was the most brilliant and successful of
the season. The President arrived at early hour
and stood by the side of the Lieutenant General
ssting him in the duties of the reception. Alexander
H. Stevens was present, and seemed to shun the no.
tce that was taken of him. buzz of interest
created when Thad Stevens, the leader OF the House
of Representatives, appeared He exchanged arather
formal courtesy with the President and then passed
along with sarcastic smile on his face. The toilets
of the ladies were very elegant.
The section in which lumber is found in
Colorado has twenty-five saw mills. and ten flour
mills have been set up within the past few years.
The quartz mills in the State counted at over
ono hundred and fifty, costing $40,0O0,OO0. They
shouh average if all were running on medium ores.
NOT less than 900 per yeAT Wages rule at SIS
per day. Mr. Loveland, a resident of Golden City,
is soon to erect blast furnace and rolling mill at
that point The mill is to turn out rails Tor the road
that is to be constructed between Denver and the
towns ST Central and Empire passing through olden
City, and probably furnishing one VI the many INKS