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Gleanings.
Mrs. Southworth has written another book
said 10 be her best.

Mrs. SOnthworth has written another book
said 10 be her best,
One thousand persons are reported have left
Washington County, Nd, and Franklin Coun-
ty. Pa. for the West this Spring.
Gen. n. W. Watkins died at bis residence
in Morely, Mo, last Monday. The General,
who was in bis ei2hty-tirst year was hall
brother Of Henry Clay.
The above case was concluded on Wednes-
day. by verdict OF "not guilty of assault
with intent to KILL but Of common assault.
The Judge fiaed each $50 and costs.
Mr.. Benjamin j. SnouiIer, late President of
the Frederick County Agricultural Society,
aud an influential and wealthy farmer residing
near AdamstowD, Nd, died suddenly on We'd
nesday.
One Of the arches which supports the sky
light in structure annexed to Memorial Hall,
at the Centennial grounds, Philadelphia, fell
\. edneslay injurng seven men, one seriously
The damage to the building was slight.
Gov. Ames, Of Mississippi, against whom
articles of impeachment had been presented,
Surprised the Legislature Wednesday by re-
ouesting withdrawal Of the articles SO that
his resi- nation rendered aud accepted.
His Imperial Majesty. Don Pedro, Emperor
of Brazil, and his vile started from Rio Jan
eric en- last Sunday for New York, They
will reach this country about the 10Th OF
April, when we viii have real live Emperor
on our shores for a short time.
The trial of Henry W. Brewer and j. New
ton Brewer, brothers, of Georgetown, d. T.,
for shooting Lyle Clarke at the dinner ia
Die of the ST. CLAIR Hotel, June 30, 1875, with
intent to kill, for alleged betrayal OF their
sister, is in progress in Baltimore.
At Richmond, Va, on Tuesday night the
roof and four floors of double brick ware
house, occupied as storage depot by tie Old
Dominion Nail Company, gave way, crushing
through to the basement. There were about
2 600 kegs of nails and several hundred tons
of bar aud other iron stored in tie building.
The grand jury of the United States Court
at Lynchbnrs, Va, has presented indictments
for embezzliug the funds Of tie Charlrttesvlle
National Bank against Messrs n ii. MaSSe,
W. W. Flanagan and B. C. Flanagan. Mr..
Masse was the president Of the hank, and Mr..
w. W. Flanagan the cashier. The institution
suspended last fall.
Laudaulet Williams, Bloody Shirt Morton.
Buffers snn-n-ldw AmeS and all scalawagS
and carpet bagsers generally, will how wiring
their hands in anguish. The Supreme Court
of the United States has upheld Democracy
in lis fight against Capitalization, and declared
the Radical enforcement laws unconstitutional.
| llencef1rth there will be no more arbitrary ar
rests Of Southern voters by U. S. Marshals.-
Wheeling Register.
An attempt was made to rob the Chambers
/ burg, Pa, hank on Friday night. Two meu
claiming to be stopping over in the town made
the acquaintance Of the President of the bank
in fact one Of them had 50 won upon him
as to be frequent guest at his house in
weighed him into the bank room under pretence
of wanting to deposit package of ten thou
sand dollars, and then with his accOmphce
knocked the president down and were about
making off with $4,000 belonging to the
bank, when the scuflling attracted the atien-
ton of regro man, who was counting the
colored maid in a room adjoining. The re-
gro Immediately ran TO the PRESIDENT assist
ance, when the rascals ran of, minus the
money. bu. were subsequently captured and
are now safe in the Chamborsburg jail.- Mar
| GnsJ,Ug Statesman.