Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-02-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


day, fell dead from fat
A genuine Lord in England has just been
sued for Sc washing bill.
An Ohio farmer sent his lazy son to State
prison to get rid of supporting him.
Ex-Governor Geary died at his residence in
Harrisburg on Saturday morning last.
A Michigan magistrate granted himself
divorce last week
Ten cold blooded murders have occurred in
Iowa since the abolition of capital punishment
Rhode Island is almost rid of the small
pox. 1t dldn take much 10 go round.
A number of Catholic residents of New
Orleans have sent valuable horse as pre-
sent to the Pope.
Minnesota farmer has his stables covered
to the depth Of some twenty feet by the late
snow-storm.
! Generel Leslie Combs has taken bath every
every morning OF his life for the last twenty
years, and has Fever worn an overcoat dur
ing this time. He is &c. and hale and hearty
The expenses OF the trial of Mrs. Wharton
for attempting to poison Van Ness are about
49, 900 for the State. The lady leaves Annap-
oils this week for Philadelphia
Mr.. W. w. Henderson, cattle breeder in
Kentucky, recently sod So head of beeves for
the New York market averaging 1900
pounds each, at cents per pound
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Peter Fox, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y, has
been arrested, charged with kicking to death
his son, aged thirteen, because TIE boy refused
to 60 for quart of beer without money.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cost thir-
ty-fve millions ofdollars The State of Vir-
ginia furnished some of the money, but the
bulk of it came from northern capitalists.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, has writ
ten his letter of resignation to the United
States Senate the same to take effect on March
Sd, the day previous to the entry in the office
of vice president of the United States
We learn that gentleman from North Caro-
lima, named Chew, is at the Clerks office in
this city, making copies of wills as far back as
iOfO' WIN II view VI ulSpuilIlR llllcS 10 pro-
perty of large amounts, in this city, in Prince
Georges county, and in Baltimore city
annapolis Gazette.
! Rev. DR.. MARBURy. are panied to an
nounce the death of this good man. and emil
nent Divine. lie died of pneumonia, at his
residence in Woodyille, in this county, on
Monday last, aged 65 years. There was no
better man thnn the Rev. ALEXANDER NJ. MAR
BURY = MqrloJoro' Gaz, 9Th
An accident happened on the Allegany Val
ley railroad nea- Scrub Grass station, Penn,
yesterday afternoon, by which Fl sc oil cars
and passenger car were thrown down
the bank, killing three persons and injurng
ten The train was running on time, and
the accident was caused by broken rail.
Mrs Nathan Smith, living in the neighbor-
hood of Bursville, in this county, was killed
by lightning on Tuesday last during the thun-
der storm that prevailed in this section at that
time. She had started to walk across the
floor of her house with plate in her hand,
and when about halfway was instantly killed
-Denfon Nd. } Journal.
On Saturday, February LIST, the large -four
ing establishment of John D. Shearer, in
Frederick county, Md, was wholly destroyed
by fire, together with nine thousand bushels
of W heat, which had been stored awaiting pro-
cess. One negro man, an employee, (name
unknown who was unable TO escape TIE
rapidly devourng element was burned TO
death. The loss will not fall short $50, GOO
The authorities of Baltimore have adopted
stringent measures for the prevention of the
further spread of the small pox in the city -
Seventy vaccine physicians have been APP
| pointed, in addition to the Ten already at
work. and any person who shall refuse TO be
vaccinated shall be subject to fine of not less
than 81 nor more than $50. Fifty thousand
dollars have been appropriated for the purpose
of keeping the city in good health-the amount
to be appropriated from the annual levy of
1878.
DoUBLE SURpRIsE.-A wife of nearly ten
years, having given her servant holiday,
was attending to culinary matters herself, and
hearing her husband coming in the kitchen,
thought she would surprise him as soon as he
entered the door by throwing her hands over
his eyes and imprinting kiss on his brow,
a. in the days of the honeymoon. The hus-
band returned the salute with interest, and
asked, as he disengaged her hands, "Mary
darling, where is your mistress2" The wife
discharged "Mary darling the next day, and
has adopted new plan of surprising" her
husband.-LdncdSter Express.
WANT TO GER BAcK.-We understand that
strenuous efforts will be made at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature by the residents of Gar
rett county who were and still are opposed to
the separation from Alegany county to have
the new county legislated back into Allegany
again. Many of the residents of other towns
and districts are as we have before stated,
much dissatisfied with the selection of Oak
land as the county-seat, and as an expression
of their dissatisfaction number of the citizens
of Accident have invited the newly-eected
county officers to make Accident the county
seat pro tem., and until the Legislature shall
decide how the location of the county-seat
shall be determined The citizens offer to
furnish without charge rooms for the county
Offices Cumberland Netcs
HoRRiBLE MuRpER-Ou Saturday night
last, man by the name of William D. Smith,