Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-03-12
General News of the Day.

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Grant has made numerous appointments oil
: cadets 10 West Point.
Richard 3. Irwin Of the Pacific Mail, has
sailed for Europe.
museum building was burned at Albany,
N. y, lately, mourning loss OF 100000.
The Alexandria Gazette chronicles The ar
rival Of the first shad Of the season.
Hon. Steven Archer has had three valuable
} horses poisoned BY some unknown person.
Ii Is expected that the Michigan legislature
} viii pass bill taxing church property.
One of the quartette of Baltimore babies,
Jennlv is dead.
Ex-senator Nye Is slowly recovering from
nervous prostration.
There is great scarcity of oysters in the
4 New York marke, just now.
In Wheeling, Va, child was fatally poi
soned By ealing painted candy, and two others
OF the same family are i'll.
Dr. Robert L. Lusby, Anne Arundel coun-
ty, attempted suicide, by shooting himself on
Monday. His recovery i very doubtful.
4 The Legislature 81 Virginia has elected 10
the position Of Observation-Disclosures Henry
Y. Thomas to succeed Standardized Wiihers.
RIM. T. Hunter, Of Virginia. has written
a letter TO the N. Y. Herald ON the financial
! question, which Is an able document.
The question of obtaining new charter for
Frederick city, al the next session Of the Leg
isature, is being agitated, and meets with
many advocates:
Was calved, says the CaarlestoWn Spirit, in
Myerstown, a doube-headed, iailless calf. ~
4 died shortly after il was calved, and was skin
ned and stuffed By the owner.
Mr.. Redpath says. in letter 10 the Tribune
1 that Tilton did not send him ''the original
manuscript Of his True Story 10 have il sur
rcptitiously publishedin New England
Two negro women visited the most aristo-
cratic place of worship, Episcopal church,
| Newport, r. T. They took seats in vestry-
MANS pew, by whom they were invited.
A bill was introduced in the Tennessee Leg
stature on Tuesday TO repeal the privilege to
tax theatres. hotels, clearinghouse, ETC., in
order 10 avoid the provisions Of the civil rights
/ BILL
The proprietor OF The Drovers' Hotel, Alex
andra, Va, took down his sign on Thurs
i dav, in consequence Of the civil rights bill,
and viii hereafter only conduct Il house Of pri-
/ vate entertainment.
A correspondent writing 10 the Baltimore
4 Sun from Gainesville, Florida. says, lawyers,
feas and bass are numerous some weighing as
4 much as nineteen pounds--we mean the bass,
for the lawyers are not quite so light.
Mr.. JOHN w. Garrett, and his family,
started upon their contemplated Southern
tour on Tuesday evening last. Mr.. S. Spen-
Ger, superintendent Of the Metropolitan and
4 Valley branches Of the Baltimore railroad, is
also 10 accompany Mr.. g on his trip.
From Asia Minor advices have been received
in London that the famine in that country is
4 causing terrible distress. none district alone
90 600 persons have died since the commence
ncnt Of the famine. The population Of this
distrist before the famine was 50, 600.
The year 1875 opens auspiciously for the
democrats in the New York town elections
+ The gain Of supervisors over 1874 is fortr-nine,
4 where there WAS a democratic majority Of
twenty-four, where the republicans had forty
Eve 10 1878, and one hundred and ninety-one
in 1872
The board of trade and The business men Of
3 Cumberland, Md, haveconeludei TO printand
extensively circulate a book and accompany
ing maps, setting forth The manufacturing aud
mineral resources of that city and vicinity,
!. with the view Of attracting capital ihither
Mrs Ann Carroll Filzhugh Smith, the Wild
ow Of The late Gerri, Smith, died at peterboro'
New York. on saturday. She WIS horn Ii
: Harerstown. Md, on lie llth Of January.
!, ,so5. She removed TO New York with her
father YIN. Fjtzhueb. in 1912. where he
: nurchased large tracts os land. which are now
yery valuable
, Inc Cuipepper Na.l oosefoe, says 'hat
e more fatal than The epizootc. A staceerin Z
yait and 4 loss Of annette. ACCOMPANIED by 4
violent cough and fever are its characteristics
/ and post mortcm examinations show The dis.
ease 10 be 4 serious affection Of he lunos.
!, A convention o. me butter ana Egg Asso-
8 cation has been ned 10 chicago, ior the pas
few days. Nothing o. parlIcu lar interest, II
NE proeeeainps: has taken place SHORTY
before their aFJonrhment resolution va;
i adopted concerning and diseountcnancine
q The adulteration OF nuiter wlth lard. 4 wa'
decided the co'oring OF butter was not adol'
teraiion'
S saws The Iirst aiminutive outcrc pping Nc II,
civil rights bin was apparent yesterday in III,
5 demand made by negro at restaurant to b
msssu - a. ~ - ~, ,,e psoi'
cant ana ne natte, en,,ed >