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who thinks he knows so much about astronomy
has delivered 244 lectures in this biawsted, be-
nghted country.
Milton I. Clarke, at one time local editor of
the Warren Sentinel, died at Hot Springs, Ar
kansas, on the llth ult. lie was son Of
Elder John Clarke, Of Front Royal.
Mr. John w Garrett has given $4,000 to
the Peabody Institute Art Gallery to purchase
casts or duplicates Of the best statuary, and
such other works as may be deemed advisable.
The contraction of the currency, as shown
! by the Secretary of the Treasury is over S2G,-
900 900 in the last five months as follows:-
Greeubacks $4,000, 600; National Bank Cur
rency $2l 100000.
The Southern Chmchmdn says Bishop Johns
and four clergymen-Rev. DR.. Andrews Revs.
/ Chevers, Meredith and Ambler-of the Viz
| ginia Diocese, died since the meeting Of the
/ Council in 1876
The Scientific American asserts that little
soap hther mixed with starch will prevent the
/ fat iron from sticking to linen, and gives the
| gloss so conspicucnsly absent in the home
laundri d article.
/ IF Grant doesn't mind what he is about
| they will get him involved in some of those
Realities that are being raked up, and then
impeach him. Why in the name of thunder
doesn't he get the dead wood on the investisa-
ting committees by turning states evidence
Dom Pedro has Just been sldly afflicted by
the death of his aunt, the Princess Isabella
! Maria Conception Jane Charlotte Gmlberta
Anna Frances of Assist Xavicrl Paula d'Al-
canlara Aatonetle Raplea Michacla Gabrl-
/ ellie Juachiua Gonzasa. This estimable lady
was scveniy-lye years Of age.
Among the decorations Of the Confederate
monument in Mobile, Ala, on memorial day,
was a ~ ramid Of flowers from the Officers Of
the Unitel States army stationed at Mount
| Vernon barracks, IN respect to the fallen
brave"
The HdtAmaR Of Boston publishes an ac-
count Of hnmesIck horse, with voncler FOR
/ It's truth. The horse was transported long
distance by railroad, and sent of twelve miles
/ from where he was unlo4ded, to pasture. AT
ter three weeks he broke out of the pasture,
went 10 the depot aud attempted to get into a
/ freight car.
The Pacific Rwdl says: Mr. O. D. Dry
den, near Uilroy, has rose-tree twelve years
old, of the Cloth-ol-Gold variety, the stock Of
which is seventeen inches in circumference
| 1t branches one and half feet from the ground,
and stands about ten feet high, with q spread
Of top ten feet across. If it were not kept
closely pruuci il would be much larger.
A knife which belonged successfully to Miles
Standsh, Massasoit, King Philip and Captain
Winsluw, and which was carriei through
Philips war, the Revolution and the war of
1912, is now in possession Of a humble citizen
Of Boston who writes bis name C. franklin
Tracy.
Clermont, alias Major Roland, and bis pal.
johnson, were tried in Chambersburg, Pa, last
week, aud on Saturday the Jury returned a
verdict of guilty. They were sentenced 10
separate AMI solitary confinement in the East
ern peutentiary at hard labor for the term Of
ten years for Rsland and eight for johnson.
1t is now generally believed that the i'm.
parchment of ex-Secretary Belknap will fail,
because of the Radical Senate, with Mr.. Conk-
ling as assistant counsel for the defence, in or
der to relieve the administration Of the odium
that would attach to conviction, viii decide
that his resignation barred such action, and as
it is not probable that the grand jury will find
bill against him, he will so scot free.--4eS.
Gazette
Mni Gen. w. S. Hancock has declined the
command Of the centennial legion, and ex-
Mai Gen Henry W Socum has accepted the
position Mai Gen. Burnside has accepted
the lieutenant colonelcy, and Maj Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee the majority. This completes the
organization of tie legion that is composed Of
company Of one hundred men from each Of
the original thirteen States. The legion will
rendezvous in Philadelphia July =.
On Monday last, while Orson Boyd was
fording the Delaware river, near Port Jeryis,
n. Y, one of his horses stumbled aud pulled
his mate down with him. BY this accident
the wagon was overthrown aud Mr.. Boyd and
his entire family consisting Of Mrs Boyd and
three children, were pitched into the river aud
drowned
The General Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church commenced its seventeenth
lelrg ted session at the Academy Of Mnsic, in
baltimore Monday, Bishop +. 5. James, senior
bishop of the church, presiding. Bishops Levi
Scott, Matthew Simpson, Edward Il Ames,
Thomas Bowman, William |. Harris, Randolph
S Foster, Stephen NJ Merrill, Edward G.. A
drewS, Gilbert Haven and Jesse T. Peck were
present Bishop Isaac w. Wiley was absent
on account Of sickness. Two hundred aud
seveuty.fye clerical aud lay delegates were 10
their places.
Bass Fishing it, lie Potomac is now being in
dulsed in to large extent along that stream
from Point Of Rocks upward, and many fue
specimens aye being landed. The Cumberland
Times says one weighing 6! pounds was caught
up there tic other day. Numbers Of persons
from Baltimore aud Washington are INDUCING
in the sport writer from Point Of Rocks
to the San says As a good many readers Of
your paper in Baltimore come here for the
sport of catching bass, it will be interesting to
state that gentleman Of this place last Mon
day caught ten bass averaging two pouuis
each, and two gentlemen on Friday caught
twenty-lour weighing two and a-half each.
About forty masked men appeared at the
coal mines north of Massillion, Ohio, early
! Tuesday morning, sezed and tied the watch
man, and set the coal shafts on fire. Willow
/ Bank mine, Mount Bank mine and Rhodes &
/ Cos mine were soon burning. A fire at Yer
sailos, Ky, destroyed Harrison Johnston 5
bonded warehouse and 800 barrels Of whis-
Ky, valued At SIS, and insured for $50 per
barrel The fire is attributed to incend iarism,
as the building was Of iron and stone, and an
explosion as of gunpowder occurred immedi-
a!ely before the flames broke out. a fire at
/ Bryan, Ohio destroyed six business houses !;
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