Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-01

and no council present for appellant,
No. 10 continued
No. 76 j. IL. Meixel ct al vs. W. Carr, &c: appe,,r
from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore c;tv
rus cause was argued and concluded by b. I. dor
being present.
No. r. continued
No. Z, D. J.. Banks vs. Eliza Mcclellan. srnooI
from the Superior Court of Baltimore ,ty in e61iifv
sse Jg,5ss dsiysred the opinion Of this Court
The death among Indiana troops during
therebellion follows: Officers. GA; men,
One newsboy asked another what ''instru.
mural railroad" meant. Horse railroads where thew
use mules, was the reply.
"A letter from Emporia, Southwest Kan.
dated the 10th instant says the spring has fairly
opened in that region, and the farmers are all buste
ia regard to spring work.
William Wilks, shoemaker of Jerr.av
city, disappeared from his home on the 2gth of Ton
uary. Last week his body was washed ash ore roor
Guttenburg the skull having been broken in b,,so,o
"Iuht instrument and bearing evidenc es of murder.
Some singular fatalities We're recorded j.,
LONDON IN the last week OF Ja.nuary. girl died of
cholera morbus accelera,ed bv n "cIot of Mood in
the heart" an engineer died of "bemorrhage from
me prachlal artery severed by the glass of n sky
light and another man died from .'throrbus of the
basilar artery"
AT Evansville, Indiana, disease is pre-
vaiing having malignant character, which some of
inc physicians call smallpox, others chicken-pox
ana Others again, the measles. The doctors in tR at
Vclnlty must be possessed of unusual penetrr,tive
powers. The diversity of opinion would be OF ttIs
moment If the patients recovered; but mos. of them
lie.
The Lebanon Tenn. Herald of the Oath
'nst' says We have been informed by several of
our most intelligent farmers that the wheat crop has
b11ly bx,t th,
lear from what we. have learned, that there will be
very small crop harvested next summer.P
An old bruiser, on the verge of delirium
to butt out his brains in the coun
- yall at Indianapolis Ind. few days since be-
cause he tancled they going to hang him. Back
ing out like goat, he took six square drives at the
wall. striking it as if shot from a catapuIt, but
weakened" on the seventh, concluding that he
either had no brains to knock out, or that the old
shell was too hard to crush.
There must be rather bad state of af-
airs IN Memphis as regards the prevalence of the
small poX. On Wednesday last prominent physi,
can OF that city left the following note in the Argus
Office, which was published next morning: I have
seen six of this disease on the street in its vor
Gus stages in the past few days and just this nom
am from the corner of Front and Gayoso st -
where sits n coored woman just entering tn.
rated state.
Baron Rothschild has been sr,ird1od
month ago venerable and decrep: IA as0.ol
to sell him splendid service IA y,
pieces only-for an annuity of 4sl vear Tho man
'ooNeu 50 olu anu 50 Ear his end that the Baron
yons'n'eu VUt "n IN the month elapsed, instead of
~ r , o4o. "' .1end. spruce, vigorous young fellow
y apou' chirty claimed the annuity. The Baron
''o' 1 aghast. Why, you seemed a century old
( nonth agC.' Yes, NJ. le Baron, but you see your
haS nv laos Of 70 -
grper
Of all the "smart" instances of Yankee
ingenuity perhaps the smartest is the trick plaved
on the authorities of New Brunswick after their re-
cent offer of So for the snout of every bear killed ID
the colony A large number of snouts were recently
brought IN, chiefly by Indians, but in course of time
1t was discovered that most of the trophies were i'm
1tatlons only. cunningy manufactured of India rub
Der and gutta percha by clever manipuators in the
State of Maine who sold them to the Indians at half
dollar each.
The Savannah Herald says ''It must
be admitted that few months since the agricultural
prospects of the South gloomy enough; but in
our further observation several facts of encour
aging nature have been developed. Extensive d,y
ricts have been found where the torch of conte, a
armies has never been lighted, where the pionto5
dwelling houses, gin houses and negro quarlers st
of old, greatly out of repair, to be Sure bpt sin ST
enough for absolute wants; where plantations are
still fenced in. and considerable portion of the no
cessary farming stock yet exist In this category we
may refer to Southwestern Georgia, extensive dis
triets IN southern Central and Western Alabama,
eastern sections of Central Mississippi some portions
OF Louisiana and the whole of Texas and Florida"
-Four days after the rebels fred on Fort
Sumpter son of Mrs. Duncan, of Mecca, Ohio, en-
listed for the war. He joined Western Regiment
and after being in several battles reported e5
at the battle of Stone River. His body was broupbt
home and inferred Afterward intelligence was
brought to the parents. by returned Union nrisoror
that their not dead but Prisoner in Gaor;a
Other prisoners returning from there last snrino'
brought the sad news of his death to the soreIv a.
tressed family. When the war closed an onnorturty
was offered to penetratethe rebel lines. Mr. Dugan
went down and had his son brought home ava; and
buried. Having had him buried twice. as b sup
posed it was natural that they should be re6nciled
to their loss buta few days ago their so Bob, ia
spite OF his wounds, and Deaths and funsals, came
~. marching NJ home and is now enjoying sa hospital
ity OF his paternal roof