Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Three hundred Tammanyites have signi-
fled their intention of attending the Demo-
cratic Presidential Convention at Cincinnati
Charles @. Taylor, native of Georgetown.
d. c., but employed as city editor on the
Philadelphia Times, suicided on Sunday
morning last by shooting himself through
the head Mental alteration the cause
On Saturday morning last, the dead body
of Mrs. David Griffing was found in the hall
way of her burning dwelling, in Norwich,
N. Y. She made her will the day pre- vious.
The residence of Mr.. Richard Johnston, a
farmer, near Denim, Crawford county, Iowa,
was burned Friday, and his two daughters
persisted in the flames.
Fannie Mitchell, colored girl of IA, was
brutally outraged by negro named Jerry
Pitcher at Georgetown, d. c., Stature day last
Pitcher was arrested. 10
Two brothers named Cobb, on Line Greek,
Rock Castle county, KY, recently shot and
killed a man named Decker in quarrel
over stolen horse. The Cobbs were ar
rested.
The walking match, between O'Leary and
Weston, the walking lunatlcs, terminated at
San Francisco on Saturday. O'Leary scored
514 miles, Weston, 4S5.
The heavy rains that fell last week were
the greatest known in Georgia for years
All the streams are very high and much
damage to the crops are reported.
A general lockout of the journeymen pi-
ano makers took place in New York on
Monday. About 5000 men have by this
action of the manufacturers, been thrown
out of employment.
A dispatch from Petersburg, Va, of the
14th inst, says that black measles prevail to
an alarming extent in several Of the neigh
boring counties, and that number of sud
den deaths have resulted from it.
The strike among the white laborers en-
ployed on the Georges Creek and Cumber-
land railroad still continues, with no proba-
bility of their demands ($1.25 per day. being
acceded to.
The Rev, A. N. Experidon, Bulgarian
monk of the Greek Church Of Turkey, is lee
turing on the Eastern Shore. He is said to
be a man Of ability and learning, being
graduate OF Oxford and other universities in
Europe.
Samuel Redd, formerly foreman of gang
of street-scrapers, whom Mayor Baxter, of
Louisville, discharged day or two ago for
drunkenness, fired upon the mayor on Sat
urday, but fortunately missed his mark.
Redd was arrested.
John McDermot, sentenced to Sing Sing
from New York in 1878 for life, and who
was known as Praying John" attempted
suicide last Saturday by thrusting his head
into the furnace of the mess-room. lie will
probably die.
George ii. Hammond committed suicide
in Boston on last Saturday night, by hang
ing. He was a well known actor and his
stage name was George II. Eillman He
was the father of the Little Hillmans," and
played a long time with Yanko Locke.
The fruit-growers of Caroline county held
ameeting recently for the purpose of forming
protective association, the main object of
which is to effect reduction on freight and
commission in shipping and selling their
fruit and also to secure the safe return of
empties.
Dennis Kearney, the sand-lot orator and
communist of San Francisco, is on trial at
that city for using incendiary and threaten
ing language in his sand-lot harangues.
Later advices inform us that he has been
convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of
$1,000 and undergo an imprisonment of six
months in Jail.
DR.. Luther r. Dickinson, editor of the
Planter and Farmer, published at Richmond,
Va, absconded from that city last week to
escape punishment for forgeries committed
amounting to $28,000 Rev. DIR. A. Dickin-
son has conveyed all his real and personal
estate in trust for the benefit of the sufferers
by his brothers crimes.
The Ohio Temperance Convention was
held on Saturday at Alliance, o. Three
hundred and twenty-three delegates We're
present. Resolutions were adopted to sus-
tain principles rather than party; recon-
mending no separate Prohibition party, but
to labor in caucuses and at the polls to secure
sober men for officials