Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-26
STATE NEWS.

RoBBERy-sS coo Stolen On Tuesday night week,
the store house of Mr.. Major S. Fletcher, a we'll
Market, was broken open. The thieves entered the
back window of the store; the keyhoie of the iron
der and the safe wrapped around thicky with goods
that the noise of the explosion of the powder in the
key-hole might be suppressed. The scheme answered
the purpose. The door of the safe few open at the
discharge of the powder and no noise was made that
was heard by the neighbors Having obtained the
money the thieves vent off, and though Mr.. Fletcher
took steps for their detection all efforts failed They
have not been discovered Mr.. Fletcher lost 81 500
in gold and silver; the balance was in 73O bonds U.
s. interestbearing notes, and other current money!
Cambridge Herald.
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.-A son of Wesley StottIe-
urver. living Myersviile, Frederick county
dental discharge of the piece The ball entered the
right eye and passed through the head. incting it
is supposed. fatal wouud-Boonsboro' Odd-FeLlo,c.
WEEAr PRosPECT.-We have taken some pains to
ascertain the present prospect of the wheat crop in
our county and announce it with regret tn at
not more than third of the usual yield can be re-
the land, and therefore there can be mistake in
the estimate. We really believe that there not
two wheat fields of any considerable extent in the
whole county that will produce an average yield
st. Mdry's Gazette.
KuLED.-We learn that man named Clark was
killed ut Harrington Station the Delaware Rail-
road on Monday last. by falling between the cars
while they were in motion. Both legs were cut off
aud his head mashed in by the passing him
He lived about twenty minutes after the accident
He resided at Smyrna, Del.-Denton Union.
Fly AND JOINT WoRM IN WHEAT.-Our farmers are
complaining of the fly and joint worm in wheat
Several fields we have heard of badly injured
that the owners will not gather return sufficient to
IL.
The UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.-The catalogue of
the University of Virginia has just been issued The
number of students in attendance during the war was
as follows 1852 IS; 1868, 46 1861 So 1865 55. The
total number of students now in attendance is 25S
of whom l67 are from Virgidia. and the remainder
from nineteen other States, mostly South. New
York, New jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware. Illinois,
California, and the District of Columbia each having
one representative.
Sw1NDLED BY GIPsIEs.--The Newton (Md.) Record
has an account of an adroit transaction: Two Clip
sles answering to the names of William and Mary
Wallace encamped about seven miles above Drum
mundtown, succeeded in persuading Mr.. Edward
Wright, merchant of the place. that if he would
allow them to put any amount of his money in his
trunk, the key and trunk be in his (Mr. Wright's)
keeping, after it should remain a number Of days
undisturbed the amount would be doubled evidenc-
ing their faith in their propheSy and in him. by put
ting $500 of their own money with 900 of his most
Of which was borrowed, which was done on the 5th
instant,
about nine days after this gentleman from whom
Mr.. Wright had borrowed several hundred dollars
called upon him for the amount. He (Mr. Wright
not being able to raise this without taking it from
the amount in his trunk went to it for that purpose
and found to his astonishment that no money was
there and upon inquiry learned that the gins es and
money had gone together. He found in the trunk
however, a package similar to the bundle of money
which he had supposed was placed there and also a
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tanning three hundred dollars in gold, which he
thought had also been placed in the trunk.
We learn also that other parties who do not wish
their names known. lost two or three thousand dol
lars additional by the same transactions. 1t may be
stated that hey had before this performed some
3stfal freaks of sleight= of hand. Mr.. Wright tee-
~ u immediately, offering 81 600 reward for the
grapn,- = ali Fes0Tery Of the money, which he
apprehensiol- 70 1896. YIN. Wallace is of me-
has now increased "hr am Wliskers. His wife
dium size. with dark L. dark complexion and
Mary is a large woman, with
with brown hair" god ahout
SAD ACcIDENT.-Jasper Stottlemyer. a. siding
II years son of Mr.. j. Wesley Stottlemyer, IT,
near the Jerusalem Church. a few miles N OF MY
ersville in this Valley, met with accident on sun
day last which it is feared will prove fatal. Inc
father had gone q visit to Sharps burg. and the
mother was attending Sabbath School and had lett
Jasper at home to take of q small child.
Whilst thus left he was visited by another lad
and during their play, he took down loaded Colt
revolver which he had picked up on the Anhetam
battlefield, and placing it upon his knee, and en-
deayoring 10 remove the ramrod, his hand shipped
from the trigger, the piece was discharged and the
entire contents entered his head near the eye, pass
ing through the brain. At last accounts the untor
tunate lad still lingering UNCONSCIOUS, with out
faint hopes of recovery PGlIey Register.
The WHEAT CRoP.-The continued drouth makes
the prospect for even average crop OF wheat N
this Valley anything but encouraging, and Is likely
to be rendered still less by the ravages OF the n.y.
which we learn making sad havoc with many helds
that gave promise of tolerable yied.-I6.