Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-05
MARYLAND ITEMS.

MARINE DIsAsTERs.-The schooner Walter P.
Snow, while on her way down the river; Tuesday
such an extent as to cause her to sink almost imme
diatay. Her cargo consisted in greater part of 30O2
Baltimore. The Snow and cargo are both owned by
Messrs. Payne & JarmOn. Of Snow Hill Nd. She
E Sa near be 2lsGS I Recora
The steamer Massachusetts, coming down the river
on Monday while passing through the draw of the
bridge at this place, accidentally stove IN ner waist
near the wheel house, leaving quite an ugly place.
She went against the bridge with such force as TO
start eapsill about two feet. The steamer got the
worst of the collision, however.-I6.
DEATH OF AN OLD DEFENDER.-Mr. Henry Shultz
died at his residence in North Market street. on Fri
day morning last after lingering illness Of several
credit to himself In the private relations of life he
bore an unexceptionable department and was highly
esteemed by all who knew him. He arrived at the
good old age of 50 years and months 1t is a
markable fact that he has been living in the same
house in which he died for SO years. He leaves
numerous circle of relatives and acqualntances TO
mourn their loss.-Erederick Examiner
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-0n Wednesday last
very interesting little child. aged y months, OF Mr.
about half mile north of this city, met with very
distressing accident, under the following ereum-
stances 1t appears that the chlld mother lett the
room for some purpose and being left alone IN the
room, ls clothes took fire somehow at the stove, and
on the mothers return it was found to be SO badly
fSaRe0 %sd. 'n'' death resulted the following morning.
ARABIAN LAUGHING PLANT.-In Palgraves Cen
tral and Eastern Arabia. some particulars given
in regard to curious narcotic plant. Its seeds, in
| which the active principle chiefly to reside
when pounded and administered in small dose, pro-
duce effects much like those ascribed to Sir Hum
phrey Davys laughing gas the patient Dances SINGS
\ and performs thousand extravaganzas till after an
hour of great excitement to himself and amusement
to the hystanders. he falls asleep and on awakng has
lost all memory of what he did or said while under
i the influence of n drug.
| To put pinch of this powder into the coffee of
some unsuspecting individual is not an uncommon
Joke nor is it said that followed by serious
consequences though Gver-9 quantity mightperhaps
be dangerous The author tried it on two indiyidu-
ais but in proportions if not absolutely homoopa-
thic, still sufficiently minute to keep on the safe side
and witnessed its operation, laughable enough, but
| very harmless. The plant that bears these berries
| hardly attains in kasseem the height OF six inches
| above the ground; but in Oman seen bushes of
it three or four feet in growth and wide spreading
1 The stems are woody, and of yellow tinge when
barked; the leaf is of dark green color, and pin
mated with about twenty leaflets either side; the
stalks are smooth and shining the flowers are yellow
| capsule stuffed with greenish padding, in which
lie Embedded two three black seeds, in size and
shane much like French BEANS their taste sweetish
| but with peculiar opiate favor; the smell heavy
| and almost sickly.
Two HUNDRED PERSONS DROPPED INTO CELLAR
IN Friday last four hundred people were assembled
| on the second floor of public school at Mukwango
| Wis to witness the exhibition given by the pupils
when the fnor suddenly fell through. precipitatinl
half the audience to the first floor, and again dowr
into the cellar. No lives were lost, iaougn aerea