Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-05-18
Current News of the w eek.

are looking unusually well.
The prospect for good peach crop in
Kent county is said TO be excellent
The late New York Legislature passed a |
law providing for executions in that State
by electricity.
Senator Voorhees, apologized TO the Sen
ate for his language to ingalls,, but not 10
ingalls, himself.
The River and Harbor bill which has
passed the lower House Of Congress aggre-
gates $i9,S00000.
Victor Dupont brother Of the powder
manufacturing firm and one of the leading
lawyers of Delaware, died in Wilmington
on Sunday last, after protracted illness, OF
Brights disease.
Large numbers of cattle are dying in
Texas from a plague which broke out two
weeks ago. The animals throat swells,
choking It to death few hours after being
attacked.
The annual exhibition of the Washing
ton Kennel Club will be held at the Wash
ington Light Infantry Hall, beginning on
Tuesday, 29th instant and continuing four
days. This is expected to be the most in
teresting kennel show ever given in that
city.
Three of the Democratic Congressman
from Ohio, who are credited with dissent
ing from the overwhelming majority of their
party in the House of Representatives on
the Mills tariff bill, received admonitions
from their constituents last week to fall into
the Democratic column.
Senator Stewart has introduced pro-
posed constitutional amendment providing
that majority vote shall override the presi-
dental veto. Mr. Neal has introduced a
bill in the House making the presidential
term six years and prohibiting reelection.
Frank May, working at a sawmill near
Port Republic, Virginia, was, on Saturday
last, caught by the saw, which cut off his
left leg at the thigh, entered his side and cut
his bowels, liver and lungs and forced the
heart from the left TO right side. He lived IA
hours and suffered intense thirst. The water
he drank flowed out at the wound in his
side. He was conscious until death. The
doctors consider it most remarkable that
death did not occur Immediately.
Six masked robbers attacked and robbed
| the south bound passenger train ON the So
| nora Railroad, 10 miles south of Nogales,
Arizona, at 10 o'clock last Friday night.
In attempting to repel the attack the fireman
was shot dead in the cab of his engine, the
conductor and a passenger were wounded,
and Express Messenger Agent Hay was so
badly injured that he will die The latter
was shot through the head and back.
Thomas Mauk, of Mechanicsburg, Pa,
dreamed two years ago that he found pot
| OF money concealed in certain tumble
down building on one of the back streets.
So strong an impression did this make on him
that he made an effort to buy the property
A short time ago he succeeded n purchas-
ing it for $780, Thursday, while engaged
in making some repairs, he found in an old
flue a pot filled with money. He declines
To state the amount, but says it is u little less
than $4,000.
One of the grandest and most awful fires
seen for many years was that at Oil City
Pa, on Saturday last. Lightning struck a
tank containing sixteen thousand barrels OF
crude petroleum which burst forth and ran
down into the creek. 1t became a seething
mass of flame. Another tank containing
thirty five thousand barrels was ignited.--
This added TO the horror. The creek flows
through the city which is place of 1900
Inhabitants and much valuable property
and the CONSERVATION can be better imag
ined than described. All the surrounding
country was ignted, and the sight was one
of terrible grandeur.
A body of female suffragists in Washing
ton have adopted resolution urging al
women to leave the Methodist Church he.
cause of the rejection Of the five female del
egates to the Conference in session in New
York. This foolish advice will not be taken
The question OF admitting women to mem.
bership in the highest tribunal of the Meth
odist Church is new one, and the Confer
ence merely decided that final action upon
it should be postponed until il had been
brought before all the local conferences
throughout the country. This course re-
| In f,f ba al TOD Joi,,
gates themselves, who have made it evident
that they disregard ibe outcres of the fe.
male suffrage politicians w ashington.
There are too many Doctors of Medicine
in the United States. This is not what We
say, but what the American Medida Asso
citation evidently thinks, if we may judge
from the manifestations at the opening ses
sion of that body at Cincinnati on Tuesday
last. The President in his annual address
proposed the formation of a standing commit
tee for each State and Territory in the Union
to "attend their respective Legislatures and
use all honorable means looking to the re
duction of the number of medical schools in
the United States, and consequent diminu.
ton in the annual number of medical gradu.
ates." "rhis suggestion" says the report
twas received with storms of applause, thus
indicating that the members OF the Ameri-
that there are too many doctors in the coun
try.
Alaska is one sixth of the area of the
United States. It's population is only 36,
600. Alaskans are uncivilized blanket wear
ers. The separate household is unknown
among them. Several families live in one
room. In that, children grow up amid filth
ana indecency They are carefully taught
to lie and steal. In Alaska fasehood and
theft are honored. Detection in either is
the only disgrace. Polygamy is venera
bic institution among these beauties. Two
husbands to one women is another institu
tion, highly esteemed, Alaskan nephews
inherit their uncles' wives, and the specta
Gle of boy husbands to toothless old aunts is
frequent. But pre-eminently beastIy and
characteristic of the uncivilization of Alaska
is the common life of many families in one
room, their eating squatted on the ground
in circle around big iron pot, and their
sleeping promiscuously on the floor, wrap
ped in the skins of animals or the 10000
Alaskans only 1000 understand the Eng.
lish language.
Herr G. I'll. Schultz, a German chemist
proposes to construct an apparatus whereby
bait and fish may be preserved fresh for an
indefinite period. The process consists o
| nlacinu the fsh in a steel harrel filled with