Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-08-03
BREVITIEs.

Fig trees AT Pensacola are considered in the
prime Of life at sixty.
ST. Louis is 10 have ten-fcet high bronze
statue Of Shakespeare. 1t was cast in Munich
Fifty carpenters from New York and Brook
Ign sailed for England Tuesday in the steam
ship Montana.
Thos. II. Grecvy Democrat, was elected
city recorder of Altoona, Pa, Tuesday, b.
thirty majority.
The wheat crop of the United States Of this
year, it is estimated, will aggregate 325, 000,
900 bushels, against 260, 900, 600 last year.
Pitkin is said TO be determined to be on
hand when the Ohio Republicans convene.
He wants to ''make it pleasant FOR them
Pittsburg has been sued by certain persons
whose property was destroyed by the rioters.
This perhaps is preliminary 10 n suit by the
Pennsylvania railroad for ten millions of dol
lars worth of property destroyed.
Young man named McQuay, from Guelph,
made an ascent in balloon at Paris, Ontario,
Tuesday, and the descent being too rapid he
attempted to jump TO the limb OF n tree, when
he fell TO the ground and was killed.
The remains of General Custer arrived Mt
Chicago on Tuesday from Fort Lincoln,
Dakota Territory and were forwarded 10 West
Point, where they will be inferred in the re-
ceiving vault until the funeral in October
The remains Of Col Cook, Lieut. Reilly and
DR.. Dewalt arrived on the same train. They
will be forwarded respectively to Hamilton,
Ont, Washington, D. c., and Norwalk, Ohio
Gen. Howard intends to pursue Immediately
Joseph and White BirG, who have crossed
the Bitter Root mountains and gone into Mon
! lam Cen Harvard will have obout mn
men under his command. and will operate in
connection with Gen. Wheaton. who has 500,
the immediate objective point Of the two forces
being Missoula. Montana.
There are reasons for believing that the
Turks were beaten more severely south Of the
Balkans than they admit. Snleman Pasha
has been badly defeated The Sultan has made
ready to cross the Bosphorus 10 get into safety;
he has recalled Midhat Pnsha he has tele-
graphed to the Hungarian General Klapka to
come TO his assistance at his own terms All
these are indications that the Turkish govern
ment is in a sort o. panic.
That Mr. Sccretnry-at-Law Evarts is n ter
ribly smart man no native American would be
rash enough TO dispute, but Diaz, Of Mexico,
seems 10 have been n smarter one when he per-
suaded the administration to accept the first
insalment of the Mexican claims monev. II
will take some highly ingenious logic to prove
that this act did not commit our government
to n recognition of the usurper, and it is Just
possible that, inasmuch As there is another in
stnlment Of money about due and ready 10 be
paid over, the cabinet will make no attempt
to deny the obligation. The two usurpers
appear TO he unequally matched.
South Carolina is steadily pursuing the
political thieves who plundered her for SO
many years with impunity, and the whole
country will be glad that they are brought to
punishment. An ex-president of her Senate
and m ex-clerk of her House of Representa-
tives have been lodged in jail on the charge of
having Issued fraudulent pay certificates and
OF having robbed the treasury 10 various
other WAYS. The Boston Post expresses iis
delight al The vigor exhibited by the Hampton
administration, and declares that il is about
time that some exceptions were established TO
the rule that official knavery involves no risks
The New Orleans Times speaks encourage
ingly OF the Frightening prospects Of that city
II says the cotton factory is 20 resume onera-
tons and to be run TO its fullest capicity.-
Two new sugar refneries have been commenced
Two grain elevators are to be built MS soon as
railroad connections are made. As-..eiiTrp
pavemcnts are being aid the ms raj being
~st.fBngnt from Cuaa. fanr turing mills are
under contact The .trves are being re-
paired. New but .ss are IN process of con-
s,ruction in various parts Of the city, and the
rich lands surrounding the CITY have been
thrown open TO persons disposed TO cultivate
them upon the most liberal terms
The merchants and business men of Evens-
vile, Ind, have adopted resolutions declaring
that the prosperity Of business being depen-
dent upon well-paid labor it is the interest
and duty Of business men to remove all causes
that compel employers TO curtail expenses be-
yond the point that makes economy oppres-
sive and too grievous to be borne. Believing
that the cause of the general staguation OF
trade is directly traceable TO the policy OF
, forced resumption through severe contraction
of the currency they demand the repeal Of the
resumption act they also demand the aboli-
, ton OF the bankrupt law, and favor aking
the silver dollar legal-tender for all debts
Mention has been made of the death of a
colored man named Henry jackson, who was
struck by lightning on Saturday last near
Lyons mill, on Rock creek The case was
) attended by some interesting circumstances
which have since become known jackson
lived in the vicinity and was regarded as a
clever, industrious man. lie had been gun
ming and was accompanied by two dogs.
: When the storm approached he took shelter
under tree, sitting on the ground at the root.
After the storm had passed a man connec ed
I with the mill discovered his body, on each
side OF which lay one of the dogs both dead
with their master. Jackson seemed TO have
been instantly killed, as the position of the
< body was natural, the man who discovered /,
at first supposing be was asleep. His clothes
were much torn by the passing fluid, and the
sole of one Of his boots was torn COMPLETELY
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