Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-07-16
General News.
.ALLoWEL

Cardinal McCloskcy sails for Europe on the
18th Of August.
Key West sends 1885, 900 cigars to New
York every week.
Lexington, the dead race ho:se, was buried
in front of his stable, and will he honored
by grave stone.
Crop reports from the grassbopper districts
in Kansas and Missouri state that the corn is
looking splendid.
The event ofthe / th instant AT Long Branch
was the birth Of fine boy, which made the
President jolly patriarch and Mr.. Sartoris is
happy father
A convention in the greenback interest has
been called 10 meet at Detroit August 25th
and +. Butler, w. D. Kelley, Moses w
Field and Others are expected TO be present.
The Missouri Constitutional Convention in
session at Jefferson City and the city council
of st. Louis passed resolutions highly compli-
mentary 10 the late ex-senator Francis P.
Blair, and deeply deplorng his death.
A train on the Toledo, Wabash and West
ern railroad struck some cattle near Jackson
vile, Illinois, Saturday, and was thrown
from the track The engine turned upside
down, holding Fireman Roberts and the en-
gineer helpless beneath, while the steam
poured over them.
A tremendous storm of rain and thunder
and lightning broke over Portland Me-, Mon
day morning. The Catholic Cathedral was
struck, and though but little damage was
done by lightning, the church was consde:a-
bly, injured by smoke and water.
During the prevalence of thunder strom
on the 18th instant, Miss Leila Hebb and Miss
Cecil keibard, two beautiful girls, aged res
pectively II and Is years, were Instantly
killed by lightning near Great Mills, ST. Mray's
county, Maryland The lightning penetrate
the head of the latter, decorating her person
in shocking manner, and the former being
near by was killed by the shock.
A double-headed snake has been caught in
Banks county, Ga. 1t is one OF those veno-
nous species OF snakes, commonly called the
copper-Lelied moccasin, and measures nine
feet in length. II has two clearly defined
heads, two mouths, forked tongue in each,
four eyes, two in each head, and eight fanes
The heads diverge from tie neck, there being
but one neck hone.
Mr.. Daniel Wise, living on South Mountain,
Washington county, (batile-feld.) died last
week in the 10th year of his age Deceased
was living on the battle field when the battle
took place in 1862, and witnessed many of its
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yards of the spot where Gen. Reno fell, and
on his lot was the well into which SO many Of
the Confederate dead were thrown.
A lady who had on her upper lip something
approaching musache lately called on an
officer and his wife, whose laughing, merry
little boy happened TO be present at the time.
In tue course OF conversation the little fellow
inquired what he must do to get hair on his
lip. "Why, rub it against papa's' was the
reply. cob, mamma said he, sis that the
way Miss - has got hers2'i
The American rife team reached Glasgow,
Scotland, Saturday morning, and after visit
to Loeb Lomond and other lakes arrived in
Edinburgh at night. They were received by
Mr.. Robson, the United States consul.
Monday the team gave formal farewell to their
referee, Col. Mitchell, who sails this week for
New York. They remained in Scotland
until "Wednesday when they will proceed to
England to participate in the shooting al
Wimbledon.
The wheat harvest in Virginia has been
finished, and the yield promises to be nearly
an average crop. In the lower valley the yield
is below the average, but the quality is of
superior character; in the upper valley, the
Piedmont and tidewater sections, the yield is
large, whilstin the southwest the crop is regard
ed as failure. The corn crop throughout
the State is growing finely, and promises a
larger yield than any since the war. The oats
turn out much better than was anticipated,
whilst the grass crop is unpromising To-
bacco is doing well, and with a good season
for few weeks there will be an extraordinari-
ly large yield, as the breadth of land put in
the weed exceeds that of any previous year
since the war.
MoULToN AND BEEclIER. "A representative of
the Reeies0 had an interview last night with
Frank Moulton, as he was en- route 10 Nara
gacsctt.
''What Go you think about the result2"
quoth the journalist.
81 think this, he said, s'that there's ii
pretty square issue between Henry Ward
Beecher and myself. One or the other of us
is a pefjurer, and ought 10 be in perjurer's
cell in state prison."
'That'sa question you think insufliciently
decided by The late disagreement" queried
the interviewer
sit is question intend TO have decided
before die" replied Moulton, with a dark
frown. al have been to tie District Attor-
ney's office TO challenge an Indictment, and,
am afraid, without any prospect off it. Last
night Beecher stood in the only pulpit he
can occupy in America. He will stand in it
again tomorrow. But, if ! live and he lives
another year, one of us will be convicted
perjurer and occupy perjurer's cell. Til
toms struggle with Beecher was his own
not mine. He had TO contend with great
obstacles He had condoned his wife's fault,
and in this world such magnanimity is
shameful. The consequence was that all his
witnesses suffered. But this is now my bat
tie, and mean to fight it to the end ] say
again that either Beecher or will fill a per-
jnrers cell before this is finished - Brooklyn