The Baltimore County union., 1875-03-20
General NelNS.


were only running at irregular intervals.
The town of Rienzi, Mississippi, was visited
by tornado on Sunday night, which demol-
ished many buildings and killed four persons.
A man named Charles Gibbons, aged thirty
seven years, dropped dead in saloon on Pearl
street, Baltimore, on Tuesday. Intemperance
the cause.
The Austin Powder Companys mills, at
Cleveland, Ohio, blew up on Tuesday afternoon
with series of terrific explosions. Three men
were killed.
The little town of San Cristobal, Mexico, was
almost totally destroyed by earthquake on the
11th of February. Over seventy dead bodies
were taken from the ruins.
Joseph w. Graham, Deputy Postmaster at
Frankfort, Pa, has been held in $4,000 to an
swer the charge of embezzling draft for f1O,
passing through that efice.
The railroad bridge spanning the Susque-
hanna river at Pittston, Pa, was washed away
on Tuesday night last about ten minutes after
passenger train had passed over it.
An Illinois Granger is about leasing $500
acres of land in Monroe county, Mississippi,
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when the negotiations are completed.
The old house in New Haven which Noah
Webster once occupied, and in which Benedict
Arnold was married, is being demolished to
make room for a new building. 1t was built
in 1928.
On the afternoon of the 18th inst, an un-
known man walked into planning mill in New
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suddenly jumped into it. His body was ground
to fragments.
Mrs. Mary Coffin, of Nantucket, who died
this winter at the age of "a years, left children
over 70 years old, grandchildren over so, great
grandchildren over 80 years old, and several
g.g. 6. children.
The "Molly Maguires," an association of mi
ners, are still indulging in midnight parades in
the mining village of the Mauch Chunk region,
warning non-union miners to stop work or look
out for trouble.
A fire in the lumber yard of John Dubois, at
Willamsport, Pa, on Monday night, 18th in
stant, destroyed between two and three mill
lion feet of lumber, valued at $50, 900. There
was no insurance.
Judge Ludlow, OF Philadelphia, recently en-
dorsed on an application for naturalization
"Refused on account of being an infidel." The
ground ofrefusal is curious one, and the law
on which it is based not known.
During the progress of thunderstorm at
Pittsburg, early on Sunday morning last, an oil
tank, containing 10000 gallons, was struck by
lightning and the oil burned, together with
500 barrels of benzine. Loss $4,000.
Last week there was flock of ducks in the
Eastern bay, Talbot county, net less than three
miles long and one mile wide, mostly canvas
backs, red heads, and bald pates. There were
also large focks in the Choptank river.
A couple rode up in front of the Court House
at Luray Va, last week, and calling for the
clerk of the court, who is also minister, ask
ed to be married. The ceremony was perform
ed while the candidates remained on their
horses
Congress restored a certain proportion Of the
franking privilege at its recent session. Pub
lie documents printed by Congress, and agri-
cultural seeds, can now be transmitted through
the mails free under the frank of members of
Congress
Capt. J. N Dixon, of Pa, in stepping from
one car to another on a train on the P. W. & B.
R. r., near Aberdeen, Hartford county, on the
evening of the 18th inst, fell between the cars
and had both legs cut off. He died shortly af-
terwards.
Oil was struck at depth of 654 feet at War
rem, Pa, on Saturday. The gas forced the pc
trolum above the top of the derrick, but the
capacity of the well is not yet determined -
This strike develops an entirely new belt of oil
territory.
The bill lately introduced in the New York
Assembly to enable wives to testify against
husbands in criminal cases, has received its
quietus in that body. The committee to
which it was referred reported adversely upon
it and the report was adopted.
The first enforcement of the New York State
compulsory education law in the Poughkeep-
sic section took place at Fishkill village, Mon
day, where several boys were arrested by con-
stables and forced to enter the district school
house. More arrests are expected.
VIM. Mccall, aged 10, of Havre-de-Grace, set
a large loaded duck gun in the corner of a
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ing, the gun was knocked down and discharged,
the whole load lodging in his leg, shatterng it
so badly that amputaton was necessary.
Robert S. Smith, a coored barber of Atlanta
Ga, after the passage of the Civil Rights bill,
made himself very obnoxious to his white Gus
toners, so much so that they would not go in
to his shop. Smith was so stung by remorse at
his foolish conduct that he committed suicide.
The Havre- de. Grace Republican says: "On
the third of January, the Susquehanna here
was entirely. frozen and our harbor closed by
ice, and at this writing, March the eleventh,
remains intact. This ice blockade of nearly
ten weeks, is longer than any previous one for
twenty years."
Henry Varley, the English revivalist, preach
ed at Barnum's Hippodrome. in New York, on
Sunday last, morning and evening, to congre-
cations numbering between 5000 and 1000
people. At the evening service the doors were
closed when the house was full, and late COM
ers were turned away.
Jesse Fouks, who was hung in Prince Will
liam county, Va, on the 10th, for the murder
ol tne leTHuoh ldnlly, was oHereu reSlplJe
a few days before his execution, but he stated
that he deserved to be hung and he did not
care to have the time fixed for the execution
changed. The sentence was therefore carried
out.
A most shocking tragedy was enacted in the
Criminal Court at st. Louis on Monday last
Some six months ago party of small boys
were Fl ghting in the street, and one was killed
by being struck on the heqd with brickbat.
The trial of the boy who threw the brick was
in progress when brother of the deceased
stepped up to the prisoner, and in presence of
Judge and Jury, stabbed him in the abdomen
with a butcher knife.
Thos II. Goodwin, practicing physician of
Windsor township, York county, has been ar
rested and committed to prison at Lancaster,
Pa, for the seduction of Miss Mary Eichelber-
ger, Of that city, and attempting to commit an
abortion upon her, from the effects of which
she died She was found week ago by rela-