Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-12-01
BREvITIES.

Stearns Chamberlain and Kellogg are all
carpet-baggers.
Susan B. Anthony thinks she would rather
be married than be President.
Oakland, (Cal.) girl-thieves at night pull
| false hair from ladies' heads and run.
Jefferson Davis arrived at New York Satur-
day on the steamer Adriatic, from Liverpool
The next meeting of Congress, it is thought,
will be fraught with extraordinary interest
Clarkson N. Potter, for Congressman, ran
ahead Of all lickets-nuiional, State and local
Thomas II. Handy, formerly of Somerset
county, Nd, has been elected sheriff Of New
Orleans.
Saturday vas the ninety-third anniversary
of the day upon which the British troops evac-
uated New York city.
The old Franklin printing press, which was
on exhibition at the Centennial has been re-
turned TO its old place in the patent office.
The Louisiana returning board may be able
TO run State; it attempts too great an I'M
dertaking when it tries TO rule nation
After the recount of the vote in Frederick
county, Nd, il was ascertained that Mr.
Walsh had gained FIVE.
Miss Elizabeth West has recovered six thou
sand dollars in Cincinnati for breach of
promise from the estate of man who died
after the suit was instituted.
Men of America do not despair of the re-
public. Corruption has rioted over us and
spread decentralization far and wide but there
is life in the old land yet.-RanSds City Times
Rev. De Witt Talmage, of Brooklyn, in his
sermon on Sunday denounced the man who
would take the Office of President from the
hands of balloi-box suffers or unlaithful re-
turning boards.
Mrs. Mienne Lehman, of Cumberland, has
brought suit against the Western Union Tele-
graph company for the killing of her son by
the falling of a telegraph pole on the l4th of
October last. The damages are laid at $40, 600
A dear son.
Mr.. Parish stood on the doorstep and
nervously pulled the bell. CONSERVATION
Her father comes opens the door and slams il
back in Mr.. Parish 5 face. ''Ah," quoth the
unwelcome visitor, 'another Parish thrown
out by the returning board.'
If the contrast between Chamberlain and
Wade Hampton was striking before election il
is dou6ly now The former is % touchy''
and vulgar in all his statements the latter
speaks like statesman and an honorable and
dignfed gentleman
BY the burning of baggage car at Patux-
ent Station, on the BALTIC Il Potomac r. r.,
Sunday last, much valuable property was de-
stroyed, including trunk containing about
$4,000 worth of sample jewelry, belonging
10 a firm in New York.
A horrible tragedy occurred on the outskirts
of Allegheny City, Pa, on Sunday afternoon
Charles 0pperman, aged 81, murdered his
wife, Barbara, with an axe, cutting her terri
bly, about the head and face He then cut his
own throat with knife. Both died most
Instantly.
The question is soon TO be practically pre-
scented TO the American people whether they
or one or two of those corrupt contrivances
peculiar to the remaining carpet-bag States OF
the South called returning boards shall decide
who is TO be the next President of the United
States.
Young man at Boonsboro has sued The
judges OF election for refusing his vote. His
father was Mr.. 0'Neal and he has always used
that name until recently, when his mother
married Mr.. Kilford, when he took that
name, and registered it as his own. AS he
was known to the judge as ONeal, his vote
was put in sealed envelope and sent to the
clerk of the court, but was not counted.