Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-12
BREVITIEs.


ton on Wednesday. Five were fatal
1t cost Somerset county S7,95l &C for the
ad ministration of justice for the last fiscal
year.
The meeting Of the committee Of organiza-
ton Of the. greenback party of New York
city, held last Saturday night, was disgust
ing exhibition. Blasphemy, profanity, and
every kind OF language resounded through
the hall. They made threats against each
other, insulted each other, and one of them
made an assault upon another.
The railroads of the United States have in
use 8, 500 900 car wheels. Those or fast pass
enger trains are changed every ten months !;
but those on freight cars are continued in use
| for ten years in some cases. The average life
of wheel is 80, 900 miles, and at that rate it
takes TOO 900 year at II cost less the value
Of the Old wheels, OF Sc 900, 900 a year.
The new criminal code of our State went in
to effect last Monday and now the individual
who commits petty larceny, instead o. getting
board and lodging at the Penitentiary, will
have to hug the post and take the lash. 1t
seems like going back into barbarism, but if
i it will occasion 6imunition of crime and at
the same time lessen the burden Of the State,
it is probable that it will prove to be move
in the right direction. -Loudoun Va.) Tete-
phone.
The Philadelphia Record says upon being
convicted and remanded to his cell on We'd
nesday, Hunter, the Camden IN. j murderer
| broke down. This was the first time he show
ed any emotion or realized his terrible posi-
| ton. He walked the narrow confines of his
cell rapidly and appeared like madman.-
| His sobs and cries could oe heard distinctly on
the FIRST floor as he expressed his grief at the
fate awaiting him. His meanings were not
| for a moment or an hour, but lasted during
the whole night.
In the great four mile race between Ten
Brock ana Mollie Mccarthy at Louisville on
! the Fourth of July, the former came out VIC
tor, distancing his opponent for the champion
| ship of the world. From the start TO the
half mile pole the two horses ran evenly, but
| from there the mare ran n nose ahead to the
| three-eighths pole in the third mile where she
gave up running aud was dstanced. The
time was 9l9i, as follows First mile l:493,
second mile 345I, third mile 553, aud fourth
mile 8l9S, more than minute slower than
Ten Broeck's fastest time. Both horses were
well used up, the heat being intense. There
was no heavy betting, Californilns and East
ern people who backed the mare being content
with small investments OF three to five
Thirty thousand people or more were present.
At a picnic near New London, Conn, on
the Fourth of July, Mrs Maxwell took
refuge from a storm under large tree, which
a moment later was struck by lightning and
shattered TO atoms, instantly killing the I'M
fortunate woman. Her clothing and hair
were entirely burned off, her arms and legs
scorched TO crisp, and her face and body
horribly dis6gured and mutilated. The light
ming which killed her also dug her grave, for
when the ball of fire exploded it made IA hole
six feet long and two or three deep at her feet,
irtn q 10 f;,,s,h han, A
| number of persons near by were thrown
down, and two ladies were paralyzed in their
lower limbs and unable to walk.
| The Arkansas Democratic convention adopt
ed resolutions favoring State taxation of
United States bonds, equalization of green
backs, silver and gold, repeal Of the resumption
act, retirement of national bank notes, legis-
lution to prevent the interpostion of Federal
courts by mandamus or otherwise between the
courts of the States and the counties and cities
Of the States, government aid for the con-
struction of a Southern Pacific railroad, in
dorsing the electoral fraud investigation, and
declaring "that the colored population of the
State of Arkansas are identified in interest
with the great Democratic party of the State
and, fully recognizing the Importance of
more harmonious feeling between them, the
convention embrace this opportunity of invit-
ing them, the colored people OF the State to
an active cooperation in furthering our COM
mon interest"
The return of Grant to the land which he
saved and which is painting to be preserved
will be great event in history lie will cir
cumnavigate the globe and approach next
spring from the Occident. He will plant his
foot AT San Francisco. The landing of Napol-
con al Cannes after his return from Eliza was
but paltry circumstance compared with the
pageant which San Francisco will witness up
on this occasion. A grand hymn of welcome
now being composed by skilled musician
will be sung in his honor, and il is expected
that ii will afterward be nodded into a nation
al anthem. All the old ex-olfice holders of the
Grant regime will be there. Then there will
be triumphh ride across the continent in a
magnificent train of palace cars 10 be provided
by Jay Gould. Care will be taken to have
| reasonable amount of disorder going on in
the country, so that on every hand Grant, the
friend and associate of kings, emperors and
| potentates, will be hailed as the Protector
1t viii. be worth living to see.
The Penn Yam IN. Y. Express of recent
date says:
"The horse with a snake 10 his eye was in
town yesterday on exhibition at the stables of
the Knapp House. The reptile is comfortably
located in the watery humor of the left eye, is
perfectly formed, of white color, and about
| the size of an ordinary darning needle. 1t is
| plainly visible, and is constantly on the move,
wriggling and twisting in every direction -
| Its presence does not seem to annoy the horse
in the least, and has evidently created no in
| famation in or about the eve. Ii has, how
ever changed the color Of the eyehall, which
is of lighter shade than that of the right
eve, and has affected the sight somewhat
| The snake was first discovered about a mouth
| ago, when it was much smaller than ii is now.
How it came In the horses eye is a question
which puzzles SCIENTISTS"
DR.. Jas. G. Aver, the well-known patent
medicine proprietor, died on Wednesday OF
last week, at Winchendon, Massachusetts. He
was born in Groton, Connecticut, May 5, 1878,
his farther being Frederick Aver, farmer.
At the age Of thirteen he left bis father house
and went to live with his uncle, Jas. Cook, in
Lowell. by whom he was sent to a grammer
school, and afterwards to the Westfeld Acade-
my. lie did not enter college, bnt returned
to Lowell and secured employment In the drug
store of jacob Robbins. While there he
studied medicine under Dr.. John c. Dalton
and DR.. Graves, completing his course at the
Pennsylvania University, where be received
his degree. II does not appear that he ever
pracliced as a physician. lie devoted all his
| time and attention TO analytic chemistry, in
which il is said he was proficient, and through
which he developed the compounds that
brought him fame and wealth Hard work and
skillful advertising put him in possession Of
a fortune estimated at 50, 0O0, 900, but his in
cessant activity eventually broke him down.