Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-05-28
General News of the Day.

Two more a:stilleries have been seized in
Cincinnati.
Mr. Ortiz, the new American Minister TO
Austria, Monday presented his credentials TO
the Emperor.
The visiting Indians now at Washington,
on Monday had an excursion down the Poto-
mac, stopping at Mount Vernon.
The Hagerstown tMd) Mail has been in
formed by one of the best farmers OF Washing
| ton county, that his wheat had began to head
| when only few inches above the surface OF
the earth.
| The Marlboro Gazette SAYS that on Wednes-
| day last coloreo woman named Nelly Locker
| died on the plantation OF William Is. Bowie.
ESQ, aged III years. She WAS the mother Of
rs children.
Three children Of family named Findlay,
living near Sedaii,,, Missouri, ded on Friday
last from starvation. Other people IN the same
neighborhood are reported 10 be suffering for
| want OF food.
The birthday of Queen Victoria was cte-
hraied with great success in Richmond by tue
British Association of Virginia. The annual
sermon was preached on Sunday by the Rev =.
DR.. WALL of Monumental Church.
An atrocious tragedy occurred in Boston on
Sunday last. A little girl OF FIVE years, who
mad attended Sunday school festival, was
carried by some brute 10 the church tower,
where her mangled body was subsequently
found.
The Beacon of ST. Marys county, Md, says,
II is OF u certainty, that the fly has made its
appearance among the tobacco plants OF our
county and that il is on the increase, The pres
ent cool spell tavoring its devastations.
The funeral of the late jeremiah G. Hamil-
ton, u colored millionaire took place in New
York, Saturday. Services were celebrated bT
the Rev. DR.. Sabine, who paid glowing
tribute TO his memory, and the remains were
escorted 10 Greenwood Cemetery by large
concourse of his friends.
The Secretary of the Treasury has instruct
ed the Collector of Customs al New York te
assess duty of one cent per pound on Chi
| cory root burnt or ground but not subjected
to any other process of manufacture or pre-
paraton.
The strike of the Lowell mule spinners is at
an end and large number OF them returned
to work on Monday after signing an agree
ment that they will not hearafter become
members of any association or union that as
; sumes to control or in any way interfere will
prices or hours of labor.
post norton examination of horses tina
have died of the disease prevailing in ST. Lou
made by number of prominent physician
and veterinary surgeons, shows conclusively
that the disease is cerebro spinal meningitis
, The malady is not spreading much, and ,ieid
! quite readily to treatment.
c TOBACCO PLANTERs.-To insure quick start
large growth and early maturity use Excel
sior," manufactured by J. ]. Turner h Co.
Baltimore, and do not jeopardlze your crol
by using fertilizers. The Excelsior" ha
: stood the test for seventeen years and ha
: never failed in growing large crops Of supe
: rior quality.
u The first ounce of blood injected into Gen
q era Frank Blair caused effects upon th
General similar to intoxication. Upon inyes
tigation, the physicians discovered that tn
r subject who had furnished the blood had bee
! on bit OF a spree the day before, and will
!. the BLOOD had been transferred some alcohol
1t was clear case of drunk by proxy.
!. A very extraordinary feat of pedes
n tranism was performed by young midshp
II man Proudiit, of the second class, at the Ma
n val Academy at Annapolis, on Saturday after
s noon last. The wager was for fifteen consecu
tive miles inside of three hours, which wa
, performed in eight minutes and eleven second
{ less than the time he undertook to accomplis
i the feat without resting.
ToBAcco CuLTURE.-Seventeen years expt
II
" rience has convinced the planters of Marylan
: and Virginia that the Excelsior manufaC
:, tured by J. Turner & Co., Baltimore, ha
:. no equal in growing and maturing the Tobacco
: plant. 1t contains all the element necessar
n for large growth and early maturity. TIL
= quality of tobacco grown by Excelsior"
+ very superior.
IT FINE SHooTING.-At Deerfoot Park, Brood
d Ign, Captain A. H. Bogardus, on Monday, fc
IT a wager OF $500 that he would kill thirty
eight out of fifty birds, sprung two at tin
S. from traps at his right and left, forty YARD
D apart did some excellent shooting. One aft,
lie another the birds went down. and aft,
Is shooting at foriy-four the captain was creditG
le with the killing of thirty-eight. BorgardI
he thea shot TO kill twenty-five in four minute
ne They were thrown into the air two at a tim
IN and were bronght down as they were sent nj
i'd The twenty-five were killed iu three minut
e. aud forty seconds.