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black, and had altered but little in appear
ance since her trial. Her counsel stated that
after the defence should commence, their testi-
mony would no. occupy over three days. The
case was set Tor June Path. Ii viii be re-
memberea that the senior counsel foF the de-
fence and for the prosecution IN Mrs. Fairs
trial have both since died. ! letter writer in
the Boston Globe reports her now to be worth
$4,000, and says that during a recent excite
ment in stocks she was largely interested, and
made over $50, 900 clear.
FATAL LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ExrLoS1oN.-
PARKERsBuRG, W. Va, April 23.-On the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, yesterday, an en-
CINE of the way freight train east exploded her
boiler near this place, instantly killing the en-
gineer, Milton Parker and fireman, Daniel Nell
son, and injurins Michael Esan, brakeman, so
seriously ;bat he died in few hours. The
boiler was thrown three hundred and fifty feet
Three cars were thrown intoth creek on one
side of the bank, the tender and running gear
of the engine remaining on tie opposite side.
PorOMAc FlsnERY.-Owing thedry spring
the water in the Potomac is brackish at high
or point than almost ever before known at this
time of the year and the consequence is that
the river is full Of salt water fish, to the detri
ment of the herring aud shad fishery. Reports
from some Of the landings represent that the
seines in many instances are 50 full of alewiyes
that they cannc, be landed, and most all the
rarsoes that reach here are heavily adulterated
with the same sort Of fish-AlcTaHdria GaZ.
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RoBBED.-Mr. John D. Staley's Mil, in This
town, on Tuesday night last, was entered BY
some person or persons, and took therefrom
two bags of flour. The desk in the counting
room was also broken open, but fortunately
Mr.. Staloy Lad removed !is money on the
previous evening.
FARMS SoLD.-We understand that Capt.
John Henderson has sold his farm, below town
which recently belonged to AIr. Samuel Lick
lider, to Mr.. o. H. 7. Sherman, for $35 per
acres hephGdSiolcn Register.
4 NtisASCE-Our attention las been call
ed to tie habit the toys have Of flying their
kites in the streets, often causing horses to
frighten and thus en- dangering life. Tie other
day a team was frightened in ills way, aud
ran away, smashing up the wagon and Grip
ping one Of the hor scs.
We have had two deaths from small pox,
within the past week, in StriI esville. The
disease is confined altogether to that locality.
We understand that there are no new cases.-
.NartinsJmg Statesman.
4 MARYLAND lXvEYTIoE.-Ihe York pa
True Democrat gives considerable space to .
description Of an automatic burr regulator for
Touring mills, which has been recently set up
in large mill IN that borough, the invention
Of j Clinton Roberts, Of Frederick county, Nd.
The merit claimed for tho apparatus is tha; it
regulates tho feed Of grain to tie speed VI the
stone, and maiutains nh infariab!e effectiveness
of work by varying the pressure Of the stone
according to the amount Of feed and velocity.
QUEER ESCAPE OF PRtsoNEns-In Fhiladel-
phia few days ago, TIC van started with three
occupants from the courthouse for tie prison ;
bu, when upon arriving there, the officer in
charge unlocked the door, no prisoners were to
DO secn-Cnly ." long aperture" III The loOr u
the vehicle. Through this opening the three III
siders had got outside and into the street. One
has been since reported recaptured.
Jkrr. DAvls's CoXMI,sIos. Colonel D. b
Morrison, Of Illinois, now in Washington city
forwarded on Saturday last to Jefferson Davis
the original commission Of the latter as colone
in the United States army signed by Andrew
Jackson, President, ana Lewis Cass, Secretary
Of State. Tie document came into the pos
session Of tie Illinois troops after the capture
Of Jackson, Mississippi, and was returned t.
Davis, accompanied ~ a cordial letter from
Col. Morrison, Lis cid companion in the Mex
lean campaign terminating at Buona Vista.
That portion Of tie s. Y. r. r., Which Mr.
Gnliac has ind or contract is, VIC understand
being .aridly pushed forward. We are gIa'
to see such is tie case. and anticipate will
much pleasure the time when the shrill shriel
of the locomotive will awaken The hills " owe
the way. y Hafren Sehtihd.
SALE OF TUwN LoTs-Mr Is. +. Harrison
has sold two Town Lots on the Southern su
burb of town along the projected Railroad, t,
Mr.. Il. S. NJ. Hoffman, for $50 each. Mr.
II. las many more Of the same sort fo
sale -6hepbsf9si5rh Register.
An old gentleman il Pennsylvania walked
fot,y miles to pay Lis subscription to a news
paper. This is a severe rebuke TO the man!
mea who would walk forty miles to keep from
paving their subscriptions. And unfortunate
ly for newspaper publishers, there are man!
who give themselves 10 concern about the
newspaper Indebtedness.
The NartinsJurg Sfafe,man suggests, subject t
the decision of the State Democratic and Conser
vatiye Convention, Charles James Faulkner, Jr.
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