Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


It's form and pressure"
John II. Surratt is writing book.
town.
A steamboat onihe Hudson is named Polly
Wiggle waggle.'
Iowa farmers complain of scarcity of la
borers. Three dollars day will not bring
them help enough to attend to their crops
And yet tho cities are full of idlers.
Hawkins county, Tenn, has levied tax of
fifty cents on marriage licenses for school pur-
poses.
An interesting question for debating clubs
now is (which do you prefer--cholera or
hydrophobia ~
Col VIM. Bowie, father of ex-Gov. Oden
Bowie, died on Thursday the 18th inst at his
residence, near Groom, in Prince Georges co.,
in the list year OF his age.
| The farmers around Cumberland report
tremendous growth Of he corn in the past two
weeks. Some say il is unparalleled in their
4 recollection.
The corn crop in Queen Anne's county is
suffering for rain. 1t is said that unless rain
falls soon many of the 'corn-growers will not
make enough to serve them.
The Catholic farmers of the west are organ
izing oranges oft own to cooperate with
the original oranges. This course is taken be-
cause Catholics cannot join any secret society
Mr.. John McCrillis, of Goshen, N. H., cele-
brated his one hnndredth birthday on the 18th
inst. He held public reception, and among
the thousand who visited him were ninety-onc
of his descendants.
The New York Tribune remarks that moth
ing is more difficult than TO get a sane and in.
offensive man out of an asylum against the
wishes of his Gamily-except, perhaps, to get
crazy one in, after be has unfortunately kill
ed somebody.
The long spell of dry weather has become
monotonous. From all quarters we bear no.
/ ihing but complaints. No tobacco crop of any
account can be made, a half crop even is now
an impossibility. Running streams have ceas-
ed to run and pastures are drying up The
Agricultural ''outlook' is truly distressing.
= Caieert Journal 18Th.
The Hartford Courant says 'Tn l843,
turtle found on the farm OF Uncle Truman
Sweet, was marked by James b. Shultas and
sent on his travels; in 1857 he came TO light
again, and Mr.. Shultas again marked both his
own initials and those of Mr.. Sweet on the
back of the old fellow. Wednesday he turned
up again, and Mr. ShuItas proposes to put an
other inscription on him, and let him 60 for
another 30 years travel, if he can stand it,"
| TERRIBLE AFFAIR.-Residents in the north
ern part of the city were thrown into a state
of great excitement about oclock last night
by most distressing accident which occurred
Mt the corner of First and II streets. 1t APP
pears that street car No. A., of the Columbia
Railway Line, driven by Patrick Farrell, and
crowded with passengers, was crossing First
street, at the intersection of II street, when the
driver noticed an engine coming at a rapid
rate down the Point of Rocks track Seeing
that he was too far advanced to stop safely
the driver of the street car whipped up his
horses to get across the track before the en-
CINE came up. His passengers seeing The crit
cal state they were in set up a scream of ter
| ror. In the rear of the car was seated Mrs
Beall, wife Mr.. Larkin A. Beall, the well
known halter on Seventh street, who had in
her arms her sou, beautiful little boy about
two and a half years DID, When made aware
of the danger by the screams of the other pas
sengers she at once caught her child to her
tosom ana turned towards the door, which
she passed through, and jumping from the car
with the child in her arms, fell 10 the ground
the boy being thrown from her by the shock
some distance. The wheels of the engine.pass
ed over the child, crushing it horribly, and
causing instant death. The mother received
a slight flesh wound on the arm by the cylin-
der OF the locomotive. crowd soon collect
ed, and the most intense excitement was crca-
ted by the terrible affair, some of the residents
| threatening TO lynch the engineer of the loco
motive. The lady was picked up and convey
ed to the drug store of Mr.. Frebus, where she
| lay IN an unconscious state, not knowing for
some time of what had happened to her boy.
The remains of the infant were carefully pick
ed up by Mr.. O'Conneil, who lives near by,
and were taken to the Seventh precinct sta
tion-house, where it was found that the body
had been so mangled that it was impossible
for any one to recognize what it was exceptby
shreds of its clothing.
| Coroncr's inquest was held to-day, and
the jury, after delberaon, found verdict
that 1.-THE said Ernest Edward Beal came to
his death from injuries received by being run
over by locomotive of the Metropolitan
| Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ard that the Company is grossly negligent
and responsible for said accident, in not pro-
viding and using the proper signals at the
street crossings. ~ Wash. Star, July 10.
| A CAUTION FOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES